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PSALM 8:3, 4

"WHAT IS MAN"

I. THE VASTNESS OF GOD.
        A. His glory is above (or greater) than the heavens.
                1. One of the unfortunate by-products of our urbanized modern society is
                   our restricted view of the night sky.
                        a. We need to go to the mountains or desert periodically just
                           to look.
                        b. Looking into the night sky is awesome, glorious.
                2. The heavens are the work of His fingers.
                3. He has ordained the moon and the stars.
                4. In this vast Universe, billions of galaxies.
                        a. One of these galaxies is called Milky Way, it measures
                           10,000 x 100,000 light years.
                        b. In this galaxy are millions of stars, one is called the sun.
                           860,000 miles in diameter.
                                1. Around this sun revolve several planets approx.
                                   93,000,000 miles one called earth 7,926,69 miles in dia.
                                   at cq 7,899,98 at poles.

II. WHAT IS MAN.
        A. On this planet called earth, many living things. One is called man. About
           3 billion at the present time.
        B. The God who created the heavens whose glory exceeds them, is mindful of me.
                1. Not in some abstract way.
                2. In a personal way, He loves me.
                        1. He knows when I stand up and when I lie down. The thoughts I
                           think. Still He loves me.
                        2. He knows my frame that I am dust, He knows my weaknesses and
                           failings. Still He loves me.
                        3. When you are really trying yet fail, you are not punished.
                        4. When your baby was learning to walk, if it would lose its
                           balance and fall you would not punish him.
        C. God is not only mindful of man, but He left His glory greater than the heavens
           to come to this earth to visit man.
                1. "In the beginning was the Word."
                2. "He was in the world and the world."
                3. So God the Son became the Son of man to demonstrate the love of God,
                   and to redeem the fallen earth back to God.
        D. Now God the Father has put all things under Him and given him authority over
           all His created works.
                1. "We do not yet see all things in subjection to Him..." Heb.
                        a. We see many men still rebelling against His authority.
                        b. There are times when my flesh seeks to rebel.

"But we see Jesus, who was made a little lower than the angels, suffering death, crowned
 with glory and honor."

"O Jehovah Our Lord, how excellent are thy ways in all the earth!"