Sunday Morning SoundBytes – 1/13/2008
January 14, 2008
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Posted by Ray Fowler
Yesterday’s message in the God’s Good Creation Series was called Our Place in God’s Creation, taken from Psalm 8.
Psalm 8:1-8 – “O LORD, our Lord, how majestic is your name in all the earth! You have set your glory above the heavens.
From the lips of children and infants you have ordained praise because of your enemies, to silence the foe and the avenger.
When I consider your heavens, the work of your fingers, the moon and the stars, which you have set in place, what is man that you are mindful of him, the son of man that you care for him?
You made him a little lower than the heavenly beings and crowned him with glory and honor. You made him ruler over the works of your hands; you put everything under his feet: all flocks and herds, and the beasts of the field, the birds of the air, and the fish of the sea, all that swim the paths of the seas.
O LORD, our Lord, how majestic is your name in all the earth!” (NIV)
The main idea of the message was that we must first understand man’s place in the universe before we can understand our own individual place in the world. Here is the outline of the message:
What does Palm 8 teach us about our place in God’s creation?
I. God is greater than all (1-2)
A. God’s name is majestic in all the earth.
B. God has set his glory above the heavens.
C. God can silence his enemies even through the praises of little children.
II. The universe is big; we are small (3-4)
A. The beauty of God’s creation should cause us to worship the Creator.
B. The vastness of God’s creation should cause us to consider our
place in the universe.
C. God’s gracious concern for tiny man in the universe should humble
and amaze us.
III. God gave us a special place of honor in creation (5-9)
A. God made man a little lower than the heavenly beings.
B. God crowned man with glory and honor.
C. God made man ruler over all creation.
Note: To read the complete message, go to the Sermons tab at the top of the blog.
Related post: The Size of the Earth Compared to Other Objects in Space
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Psalm 8 is one of my favorites – one of the few in my memory bank. Enjoyed the photos of the comparative sizes of our earth, planets, sun, other suns etc. Really makes you think about the incredible vastness of God’s creation.
The falling snow on this morning’s blog looked really strange, on the sun and all the other pictures. Verrrrrrrrrrrry interesting!!
Margaret – Yes, that was really weird timing turning on the snow for the blog along with the planet post. It may be the first time it has snowed in outer space! Psalm 8 is a wonderful Psalm, isn’t it?