“How Majestic is Your Name in All the Earth”
Psalm 8; Rev.21:1-6 Jan.7, 2007 Play
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New Year’s Reservations
○ passage of time forces us to acknowledge
effects of aging
○ difficult time of year: family &
financial tensions
○ need injection of purpose God’s Word offers
God’s Glory in Creation Blows Our
Socks Off
○ beauty of heavens hints at God’s excellence
(8:1; Ps 148:13; Ex 34:5ff)
○ heavens make clear God’s eternal power &
divinity to all (Ps 19:1; Rom 1:20)
○ even secular ‘photos of the year’ showcase
wonders of nature
○ evidence for intelligent design mounts with
fossil record, information theory research
○ human chromosome incredibly rich library,
wonderfully made (Ps 139:14)
Man’s Minuteness yet Surprising Dignity
○ humans weak by comparison, fall short of
God’s qualities (8:4; Job 25:6; Ps 39:5,11)
○ yet God has raised us up to be rulers, cares
for us (8:5f; Ex 4:31; Gen 1:26; 9:2)
○ long-term plan: to dwell with us, be our God
(Rev 21:3)
New Infancy and Maturity
○ God the One who makes everything new (Rev
21:1,5a,6)
○ new infancy: praise from children’s lips
silences the enemy (8:2)
○ childlike attitude key to appreciating God’s
Kingdom (Mt 18:3; 21:16; 11:25)
○ new maturity: not to neglect this world or
be idle, but actively responsible (2Thess 3:11-13)
○ care for environment; coalitions, identify
with suffering as Jesus did incarnationally