Psalm of Creation Psalm 8
Psalm of Creation Psalm 8
What things in creation set your heart to Praise God?
• L-O-R-D = Yahweh • Lord = Adonai, “ruler”
• “Yahweh, you are our Master.” • In the greatness of his power that
created the whole universe he cares about us
Praising the God of Creation • “You have set your glory above the
heavens.” • “When I consider your heavens, the work of your fingers, the moon and the stars, which you have set in place...”
Praising the God of Creation • “You have set your glory above the
heavens.” • “When I consider your heavens, the work of your fingers, the moon and the stars, which you have set in place...”
Praising the God of Creation • “But will God really dwell on earth? The heavens, even the highest heaven, cannot contain you. How much less this temple I have built!” 1 Kings 8:27
Praising the Creators Fulfilment • “From the lips of children and
infants you have ordained praise because of your enemies, to silence the foe and the avenger.” Psalm 8:2
Praising the Creators Fulfilment • “When I am weak, he is strong”
2 Corinthians 12:9-10
Praising the Creators Fulfilment • “Son of David,” • “Don’t you hear what these children are saying?” • Jesus first replied with a simple, “Yes.”
Praising the Creators Fulfilment • “Yes, I hear them, and I am not
going to correct them, because they are right. I am the Messiah, the Son of the Living God.”
Praising the Creator who loves us • “What is man that you are mindful
of him, the son of man that you care for him?” Psalm 8:4 • “God, why are we so important that you remember us, that you care for us?”
Praising the Creator who loves us • God chooses to love us
Praising the Creator who loves us • “Let us make mankind in our image, in our likeness, so that they may rule over the fish in the sea and the birds in the sky, over the livestock and all the wild animals, and over all the creatures that move along the ground.’
Praising the Creator who loves us • So God created mankind in his own image, in the image of God he created them; male and female he created them.” Genesis 1:26-27
Praising the Creator who loves us • A corruption of our original role: to
care for the creation in honour of the Creator • Someday all will be right with the world and with the relationship between the Creator and the created
Praising the Creator who loves us • Jesus made himself a little lower
than the heavenly beings • To become one of us • To die on a cross, and to be raised on the third day
Praising the Creator who loves us • Overcoming sin and death for good • And Jesus will return to institute a new heaven and a new earth
In Praise of the God of Creation “O Yahweh, our Master, how majestic is your name in all the earth!”
What things in creation set your heart to Praise God?
• L-O-R-D = Yahweh • Lord = Adonai, “ruler”
• “Yahweh, you are our Master.” • In the greatness of his power that
created the whole universe he cares about us
Praising the God of Creation • “You have set your glory above the
heavens.” • “When I consider your heavens, the work of your fingers, the moon and the stars, which you have set in place...”
Praising the God of Creation • “You have set your glory above the
heavens.” • “When I consider your heavens, the work of your fingers, the moon and the stars, which you have set in place...”
Praising the God of Creation • “But will God really dwell on earth? The heavens, even the highest heaven, cannot contain you. How much less this temple I have built!” 1 Kings 8:27
Praising the Creators Fulfilment • “From the lips of children and
infants you have ordained praise because of your enemies, to silence the foe and the avenger.” Psalm 8:2
Praising the Creators Fulfilment • “When I am weak, he is strong”
2 Corinthians 12:9-10
Praising the Creators Fulfilment • “Son of David,” • “Don’t you hear what these children are saying?” • Jesus first replied with a simple, “Yes.”
Praising the Creators Fulfilment • “Yes, I hear them, and I am not
going to correct them, because they are right. I am the Messiah, the Son of the Living God.”
Praising the Creator who loves us • “What is man that you are mindful
of him, the son of man that you care for him?” Psalm 8:4 • “God, why are we so important that you remember us, that you care for us?”
Praising the Creator who loves us • God chooses to love us
Praising the Creator who loves us • “Let us make mankind in our image, in our likeness, so that they may rule over the fish in the sea and the birds in the sky, over the livestock and all the wild animals, and over all the creatures that move along the ground.’
Praising the Creator who loves us • So God created mankind in his own image, in the image of God he created them; male and female he created them.” Genesis 1:26-27
Praising the Creator who loves us • A corruption of our original role: to
care for the creation in honour of the Creator • Someday all will be right with the world and with the relationship between the Creator and the created
Praising the Creator who loves us • Jesus made himself a little lower
than the heavenly beings • To become one of us • To die on a cross, and to be raised on the third day
Praising the Creator who loves us • Overcoming sin and death for good • And Jesus will return to institute a new heaven and a new earth
In Praise of the God of Creation “O Yahweh, our Master, how majestic is your name in all the earth!”
