Psalms 8

Introduction:

1. What is the difference between:

a. Jacob: "carry my sorrow to grave..."
Joseph: handled tough breaks well?

b. Dorie Van Stone: abused, yet a life of service
Another believer: continues to see the offense?

c. Believer: hurt deeply ... moves on
Another: broods, talks, stews

d. Believer who compromises on issues of truth.
Believer who live by convictions/Word of God?

KEY IS NOT: - denial - just be positive - smile clouds away

ANSWER: View of God!

Q: How does your view of God affect a. b. c. d.?

2. Psalm 8 is very important to your view of God!

- you and I need to see

I. His Exalted Position & Glory

A. How much importance is placed on a name?

1. Finish: "A good name is ..."
"He/she made quite a ..."

2. What do you know about God's name?

> power > all-sufficient... authority > righteousness
> salvation > prayer > growth

cf. Phil. 2:10

B. How is His splendor displayed?

(above heavens .. human utterances)

1. Among the creatures (man-beast-fowl-fish)

2. In the fabric of universe - Heb. 1:3

- oxygen pressure greater in air than in blood
- oxygen pressure greater in blood than in tissue

- CO 2 pressure greater in tissue that in the blood
- CO 2 pressure greater in the blood than in air

3. Stars in orbit (Alpha Hercules - 2 billion, 400 million
miles across
4. Sunlit Valleys - ration of animal to food

5. Mountains

cf. Job 9:8-12 - Mt. St. Helens (33,000 times Hiroshima)

II. His Elementary Defense v. 2

A. Not Gabriel, armies, or eloquence

cf. I Cor. 1:21,26,29

B. Has ordained infants - Mt. 21:15,16

- "establish His strength" = "build a defense"

III. His Enormous Creation -- Fingerwork -- v.3

A. Dr. Welk: "Why I re-studied creation."

B. What is the importance of believing in creation?

cf. "find myself"

- no view of creation
- no view of accountability
- no view of stewardship

C. Other thoughts:

1. Whatever you believe about creation/evolution (origins),
you believe by "faith."

- no one observed -- Heb. 11:3

2. Leading scientists in Darwin's day said, "We chose Darwin
not because it was scientific, but for lifestyle."

3. Creationism means:

- accountability
- life is personal
- there is a God who cares, I must
- there is a hereafter!
- life is important, purposeful

4. The bible is clear:

a. Ex Nehilo = "out of nothing"

b. 6 Days ... morning & evenings

- will not allow for long periods
- these are literal 24 hr. days

c. If long periods ... then:

- trees w/o light
- trees w/o bees to pollinate
- trees w/o winds to pollinate

d. "After his kind"

e. Gen 1:31 "very good"

- included not fossils of chaos
- violence, man-like creatures
- no sin and death till Gen. 3

f. Ex. 20:9 "Six days labored and did ALL His work"

IV. His Everlasting Love & Plan For Man

A. Our rank -- below God v.5

- in image

B. Our crown

- Artic Tern -- round trip between poles each year
- Bees .. intricate home
- Ants .. forethought
- Salmon .. once a lifetime trip to home
- Man Gen. 1:29, 5,6

C. Our failure - Heb. 2:8

D. Our Fulfiller and Savior - Heb. 2:9-12

- Psalm 8:9 - The praise He deserves

- How should that affect your life? my life?

- our view of salvation?
- our view of growth?
- our view of obedience?