Bennett writes and asks this pastor, John, I recently read the following in a book, quote,

God purposefully created the world to function in such a way that he is not enough for us.

That is why God says it is not good for man to be alone.

If God were all that Adam needed, then Adam would not be alone, but he is alone.

Not because God is there, but because one of his kind is not there.

By choice, God limited his ability to be everything Adam needed.

This flies in the face of what many of us have heard on a regular basis.

I hear people say, all you need is God.

God is enough.

Well, that sounds nice, but the problem is that it's not true or even biblical for that

matter from a relational point of view.

If we're talking about grace, then these statements are true.

God's grace is enough.

However, if we're talking about relationships, they are not so.

And so, Pastor John, does Christian hedonism teach that God is enough to satisfy every

relational longing of our souls?

Or has God created us with an intrinsic need for others that God cannot satisfy?

How would you answer Bennett on this question?

That is an absolutely excellent question.

And the reason it's an excellent question is that it grows out of a text.

Genesis 2.18 and the Lord God said, it's not good that a man should be alone.

I will make a helper fit for him.

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