WEBVTT 00:00:00.860 --> 00:00:05.440 Amen. If you would please remain standing. Y'all are learning. That's good. 00:00:06.240 --> 00:00:09.839 We're going to remain standing as we read God's Word together this morning. 00:00:09.919 --> 00:00:12.660 Our sermon text is from Psalm chapter 8. 00:00:13.259 --> 00:00:20.240 So if you would, go ahead and flip there in your Bibles as we read Psalm chapter 8 together. 00:00:23.699 --> 00:00:29.620 O Lord, our Lord, how majestic is your name in all the earth. 00:00:30.000 --> 00:00:33.299 You have set your glory above the heavens. 00:00:33.880 --> 00:00:40.659 Out of the mouth of babies and infants, you have established strength because of your foes. 00:00:40.920 --> 00:00:43.759 To still the enemy and the avenger. 00:00:44.859 --> 00:00:52.159 When I look at your heavens, the work of your fingers, the moon and the stars which you have set in place. 00:00:53.060 --> 00:00:55.659 What is man that you are mindful of him? 00:00:56.219 --> 00:00:58.820 And the son of man that you care for him? 00:00:58.820 --> 00:01:04.079 Yet you have made him a little lower than the heavenly beings. 00:01:04.599 --> 00:01:07.500 And crowned him with glory and honor. 00:01:08.319 --> 00:01:12.239 You have given him dominion over the works of your hands. 00:01:12.939 --> 00:01:15.859 You have put all things under his feet. 00:01:15.859 --> 00:01:18.459 All sheep and oxen. 00:01:18.859 --> 00:01:21.099 And also the beast of the field. 00:01:21.859 --> 00:01:24.980 The birds of the heavens and the fish of the sea. 00:01:25.760 --> 00:01:29.379 Whatever passes along the paths of the seas. 00:01:30.239 --> 00:01:36.260 O Lord, our Lord, how majestic is your name in all the earth. 00:01:36.379 --> 00:01:37.539 This is the Word of God. 00:01:37.599 --> 00:01:38.680 If you would please be seated. 00:01:38.680 --> 00:01:47.040 Father, how majestic is your name in all the earth. 00:01:48.000 --> 00:01:51.100 We pray now that you would open up our eyes to see your greatness. 00:01:51.900 --> 00:01:57.780 Lord, and to be in awe of you and your incredible wisdom and power and glory and all that you've made. 00:01:57.780 --> 00:01:59.820 We pray this in Jesus' name. 00:02:00.799 --> 00:02:01.140 Amen. 00:02:03.359 --> 00:02:06.859 What is our mission as a church family? 00:02:07.599 --> 00:02:10.620 It's hard to believe that about six months ago now, 00:02:10.780 --> 00:02:15.080 CW Bay Baptist Church launched out as an autonomous church family. 00:02:15.240 --> 00:02:21.759 And part of that process, as you know, was to clarify and to communicate what is our mission? 00:02:21.939 --> 00:02:23.639 What is this church going to be about? 00:02:23.819 --> 00:02:24.840 What are we doing? 00:02:24.840 --> 00:02:26.960 What are we seeking to accomplish here? 00:02:27.439 --> 00:02:30.879 And the answer, I'm hoping you can say it along with me, 00:02:31.539 --> 00:02:39.599 is that CW Bay exists to magnify the glory of God in the gospel of Jesus Christ. 00:02:39.699 --> 00:02:40.640 We've got some work to do. 00:02:40.900 --> 00:02:41.140 All right. 00:02:42.360 --> 00:02:47.980 We exist to magnify the glory of God in the gospel of Jesus Christ. 00:02:48.080 --> 00:02:49.960 We exist for the glory of God. 00:02:49.960 --> 00:02:52.640 But I hope that you know, and I want to be clear, 00:02:52.760 --> 00:02:57.620 that that process of identifying our mission was not an attempt to be creative. 00:02:58.040 --> 00:02:59.840 It was not an attempt to be original. 00:03:00.360 --> 00:03:04.780 We want to align our mission with the mission of God. 00:03:05.640 --> 00:03:09.159 We want to align our purpose with God's purpose. 00:03:09.900 --> 00:03:13.980 And we want to align what we care about with what God cares about. 00:03:13.979 --> 00:03:21.259 And you can be sure that God cares about nothing more than the magnification of his glory. 00:03:22.500 --> 00:03:27.799 I hope that you can see, I think it's evident, that this is the theme of Psalm chapter 8. 00:03:27.899 --> 00:03:30.199 I love when the Bible makes that clear to us, don't you? 00:03:30.679 --> 00:03:36.019 David, he says in the first verse and in the last verse, he bookends this psalm with this one phrase, 00:03:36.020 --> 00:03:42.200 Oh Lord, our Lord, how majestic is your name in all the earth. 00:03:42.960 --> 00:03:45.000 How majestic is your name. 00:03:45.520 --> 00:03:49.460 This is the first psalm of praise in the book of Psalms. 00:03:50.000 --> 00:03:52.580 You may have felt this over the past several weeks, 00:03:52.680 --> 00:03:56.860 that we've been walking through some pain and some suffering in Psalms 3 through 7. 00:03:56.980 --> 00:03:59.980 It's been hard on poor David over the past several weeks. 00:03:59.980 --> 00:04:04.500 I was joking with somebody this week earlier that we should have named this sermon series 00:04:04.500 --> 00:04:06.960 the summer of suffering this year. 00:04:07.659 --> 00:04:10.759 But now you notice the tone changes. 00:04:11.460 --> 00:04:15.280 And now David is no longer looking internally at his own circumstances. 00:04:15.280 --> 00:04:17.779 He's no longer focusing on his own trials. 00:04:17.959 --> 00:04:20.879 Now the praise has shifted up towards the Lord. 00:04:20.939 --> 00:04:23.500 And we have no indication here of any suffering. 00:04:23.620 --> 00:04:27.579 He's mindful of the praise and the glory of God. 00:04:27.579 --> 00:04:29.560 You know, that's the trajectory of the Christian life. 00:04:30.660 --> 00:04:33.660 What an encouragement it is for us to know that 00:04:33.660 --> 00:04:36.060 no matter what trials we endure here, 00:04:36.340 --> 00:04:38.880 no matter what suffering we endure now, 00:04:39.060 --> 00:04:42.680 it will give way to glory in the end. 00:04:44.000 --> 00:04:46.020 David here, inspired by the Holy Spirit, 00:04:46.140 --> 00:04:50.200 he looks out around him at all the incredible works of God 00:04:50.200 --> 00:04:54.000 and in it he sees the glory of God. 00:04:54.360 --> 00:04:58.000 He knows and he rejoices in this simple and profound truth. 00:04:58.760 --> 00:05:01.000 I think that this is the main idea of this psalm, 00:05:01.000 --> 00:05:06.519 that God magnifies his glory in all of creation, 00:05:07.120 --> 00:05:09.079 especially mankind. 00:05:10.579 --> 00:05:12.300 Especially mankind. 00:05:13.360 --> 00:05:15.600 So what we're going to see here this morning from Psalm chapter 8 00:05:15.600 --> 00:05:19.660 is two ways that God magnifies his glory. 00:05:19.860 --> 00:05:22.639 If you're taking notes, this will be our outline together this morning. 00:05:22.819 --> 00:05:26.920 Two ways God magnifies his glory. 00:05:26.920 --> 00:05:30.660 God magnifies his glory through the works of his hand 00:05:30.660 --> 00:05:34.400 and through the purpose of man. 00:05:35.620 --> 00:05:41.620 First, we see God magnifies his glory through the works of his hand. 00:05:41.720 --> 00:05:42.879 Look there with me to verse 1. 00:05:43.819 --> 00:05:44.439 David says, 00:05:44.439 --> 00:05:50.139 O Lord, our Lord, how majestic is your name in all the earth. 00:05:50.819 --> 00:05:53.219 You have set your glory above the heavens. 00:05:54.019 --> 00:05:59.459 See, the earth, the creation, is a theater for the glory of God. 00:06:00.139 --> 00:06:04.139 It's an arena where we see God's majesty on display. 00:06:04.279 --> 00:06:05.519 And that's by design. 00:06:06.060 --> 00:06:07.199 God made creation. 00:06:07.379 --> 00:06:07.980 He made the earth. 00:06:07.980 --> 00:06:12.860 He made all things as an indicator, as a pointer towards his glory. 00:06:13.600 --> 00:06:16.980 So that if any part of creation is beautiful to us, 00:06:17.040 --> 00:06:17.860 we're meant to ask, 00:06:17.980 --> 00:06:20.960 well, how much more beautiful is the creator? 00:06:21.759 --> 00:06:25.040 If any part of creation is awe-inspiring for us, 00:06:25.100 --> 00:06:25.920 we're meant to ask, 00:06:26.300 --> 00:06:30.400 how much more awe-inspiring is the one who made all of this? 00:06:30.439 --> 00:06:33.160 If any part of creation is worthy of our attention, 00:06:33.480 --> 00:06:34.580 worthy of our devotion, 00:06:35.240 --> 00:06:36.400 worthy of our admiration, 00:06:36.399 --> 00:06:38.219 we're meant to then notice that 00:06:38.219 --> 00:06:39.419 and in turn ask, 00:06:40.199 --> 00:06:42.739 how much more worthy of our attention 00:06:42.739 --> 00:06:47.359 and devotion and admiration is the creator? 00:06:47.699 --> 00:06:49.579 Now, I wonder if you've ever been awestruck 00:06:49.579 --> 00:06:51.219 by any part of creation. 00:06:52.259 --> 00:06:53.239 Of course you have. 00:06:54.099 --> 00:06:56.199 You know how spoiled we are where we live? 00:06:56.239 --> 00:06:59.519 We live in one of the most beautiful places in the world. 00:07:00.319 --> 00:07:01.179 Anytime we want, 00:07:01.259 --> 00:07:02.060 we can pick a morning, 00:07:02.199 --> 00:07:02.939 pick a sunrise, 00:07:03.099 --> 00:07:03.560 pick a beach, 00:07:03.659 --> 00:07:04.139 pick an island, 00:07:04.319 --> 00:07:05.439 pick an ocean, 00:07:05.439 --> 00:07:07.560 go walk out and sit on the beach 00:07:07.560 --> 00:07:11.579 and see God's glory on full display. 00:07:12.620 --> 00:07:13.860 We see it all the time, 00:07:13.980 --> 00:07:16.660 but are we attentive to it? 00:07:17.360 --> 00:07:20.500 Are we listening to the message of creation? 00:07:20.759 --> 00:07:21.540 David was. 00:07:22.259 --> 00:07:22.579 He says, 00:07:22.659 --> 00:07:23.360 how majestic, 00:07:23.659 --> 00:07:24.100 oh Lord, 00:07:24.180 --> 00:07:28.040 how majestic is your name in all the earth? 00:07:28.860 --> 00:07:31.259 You may remember it stormed last Sunday. 00:07:31.259 --> 00:07:35.439 We were out spending some time with some other church members 00:07:35.439 --> 00:07:36.539 and it stormed 00:07:36.539 --> 00:07:38.620 and we could hardly see the road coming back. 00:07:38.699 --> 00:07:41.060 I don't know if you were out in the middle of that storm. 00:07:41.180 --> 00:07:42.459 We could hardly see where we were going 00:07:42.459 --> 00:07:43.699 as we drove back home. 00:07:43.980 --> 00:07:45.920 It was just pouring down rain, 00:07:46.060 --> 00:07:49.060 this display of the power of God and creation. 00:07:49.659 --> 00:07:50.620 And when we got home, 00:07:50.680 --> 00:07:52.219 I don't know if you could see this where you were, 00:07:52.319 --> 00:07:53.360 but the rain stopped 00:07:53.360 --> 00:07:55.819 and the sky out here behind the church, 00:07:56.039 --> 00:07:56.819 above the trees, 00:07:56.899 --> 00:07:59.399 was this bright pink and purple. 00:07:59.399 --> 00:08:00.979 Like I've never seen it before. 00:08:01.679 --> 00:08:02.719 It was unbelievable. 00:08:03.099 --> 00:08:05.599 The deep color in the back of the field 00:08:05.599 --> 00:08:07.299 over the trees in the sky. 00:08:08.219 --> 00:08:09.279 And Amanda noticed it first. 00:08:09.379 --> 00:08:10.439 She saw it through the blinds 00:08:10.439 --> 00:08:10.739 and she said, 00:08:10.779 --> 00:08:10.899 guys, 00:08:10.939 --> 00:08:12.159 you got to come over here and see this. 00:08:12.719 --> 00:08:13.679 She called us over. 00:08:13.799 --> 00:08:14.719 We looked out 00:08:14.719 --> 00:08:17.979 and we just admired the beauty of the creation. 00:08:18.799 --> 00:08:20.039 I went back and I sat down. 00:08:20.179 --> 00:08:21.500 I was going back to my book. 00:08:21.739 --> 00:08:23.599 She and the boys were staying there, 00:08:23.699 --> 00:08:24.259 admiring it. 00:08:24.299 --> 00:08:26.379 And I overheard her say to one of the boys, 00:08:26.739 --> 00:08:28.560 look at what God has made. 00:08:28.560 --> 00:08:30.379 And I thought, 00:08:30.459 --> 00:08:31.660 that's exactly right. 00:08:32.559 --> 00:08:33.559 And that's the point. 00:08:33.740 --> 00:08:35.620 That's what God is doing. 00:08:35.759 --> 00:08:38.220 The heavens declare the glory of God. 00:08:38.379 --> 00:08:39.419 Psalm 19 tells us 00:08:39.419 --> 00:08:42.179 the heavens declare the glory of God 00:08:42.179 --> 00:08:45.100 and the skies above proclaim his handiwork. 00:08:45.360 --> 00:08:46.779 And the stunning truth 00:08:46.779 --> 00:08:49.059 is that everyone sees it. 00:08:50.120 --> 00:08:51.639 Everyone hears it. 00:08:52.299 --> 00:08:54.720 Everyone who is a part of creation 00:08:54.720 --> 00:08:57.399 hears the witness of creation. 00:08:57.399 --> 00:08:59.299 Psalm 19, 00:08:59.379 --> 00:08:59.819 it tells us, 00:08:59.860 --> 00:09:00.379 it goes on, 00:09:00.720 --> 00:09:00.959 it says, 00:09:01.340 --> 00:09:03.620 day to day pours out speech. 00:09:03.659 --> 00:09:04.579 Not just a little bit, 00:09:04.679 --> 00:09:05.799 it pours it out. 00:09:05.879 --> 00:09:06.519 Day after day, 00:09:06.579 --> 00:09:09.620 won't stop talking about the glory of God. 00:09:10.319 --> 00:09:12.639 Night to night reveals knowledge. 00:09:12.779 --> 00:09:14.819 If you don't know that there is a God, 00:09:14.899 --> 00:09:16.740 it's not because God hasn't told you. 00:09:17.379 --> 00:09:19.399 If you live in God's creation, 00:09:19.620 --> 00:09:22.779 you have heard the testimony of creation. 00:09:22.779 --> 00:09:24.339 One night is enough to know. 00:09:25.059 --> 00:09:27.600 One day in creation is enough to know 00:09:27.600 --> 00:09:29.059 that there is a God 00:09:29.059 --> 00:09:30.779 and he is glorious. 00:09:31.600 --> 00:09:32.699 We have heard. 00:09:33.879 --> 00:09:34.379 Verse 3, 00:09:34.559 --> 00:09:35.480 there is no speech. 00:09:35.620 --> 00:09:38.079 There are no words whose voice is not heard. 00:09:38.179 --> 00:09:40.339 Their voice goes out through all the earth. 00:09:41.120 --> 00:09:43.720 Their words go to the end of the world. 00:09:44.519 --> 00:09:48.500 Do you realize this is incredibly common knowledge? 00:09:48.500 --> 00:09:51.399 All of the earth, 00:09:52.100 --> 00:09:53.779 every single person 00:09:53.779 --> 00:09:55.580 in every single place 00:09:55.580 --> 00:09:57.639 in every single corner of the world 00:09:57.639 --> 00:10:00.879 knows that there is a God. 00:10:01.240 --> 00:10:01.720 How? 00:10:02.559 --> 00:10:04.980 Creation has told them. 00:10:06.379 --> 00:10:09.399 This is why Paul tells us in Romans chapter 1 00:10:09.399 --> 00:10:11.500 that we are without excuse. 00:10:11.500 --> 00:10:12.019 Excuse. 00:10:12.899 --> 00:10:15.759 If we withhold honor from the living God, 00:10:15.840 --> 00:10:17.840 it's not because he hasn't told us he's there. 00:10:17.940 --> 00:10:20.220 It's that we have refused to give him the honor 00:10:20.220 --> 00:10:21.080 that he's due. 00:10:21.899 --> 00:10:23.679 The witness is there. 00:10:23.840 --> 00:10:27.539 The name of the Lord is majestic in all the earth. 00:10:28.059 --> 00:10:29.480 The question is, 00:10:29.679 --> 00:10:30.899 are we listening? 00:10:33.139 --> 00:10:34.879 The heavens proclaim his glory, 00:10:35.139 --> 00:10:36.639 but not only this, 00:10:36.679 --> 00:10:38.500 I love the contrast that we have here 00:10:38.500 --> 00:10:40.500 between verse 1 and 2. 00:10:40.500 --> 00:10:42.340 It's not only the big things 00:10:42.340 --> 00:10:44.360 that describe the glory of God. 00:10:44.440 --> 00:10:45.700 I love the contrast here. 00:10:46.200 --> 00:10:47.419 God's glory is proclaimed 00:10:47.419 --> 00:10:49.320 in the highest heights of heaven 00:10:49.320 --> 00:10:53.740 and in the mouths of babies 00:10:53.740 --> 00:10:55.580 and infants. 00:10:56.759 --> 00:10:58.799 In the smallest and weakest 00:10:58.799 --> 00:11:00.840 and most helpless creatures, 00:11:00.960 --> 00:11:01.299 he says, 00:11:01.399 --> 00:11:04.080 out of the mouth of babies and infants, 00:11:04.159 --> 00:11:05.659 you have established strength 00:11:05.659 --> 00:11:07.299 because of your foes 00:11:07.299 --> 00:11:09.079 to steal the enemy 00:11:09.079 --> 00:11:10.740 and the avenger. 00:11:10.899 --> 00:11:11.059 Now, 00:11:12.000 --> 00:11:13.659 what could this mean? 00:11:17.459 --> 00:11:20.259 How does God magnify his name 00:11:20.259 --> 00:11:22.259 in the mouth of babies? 00:11:22.339 --> 00:11:23.199 I have a guess. 00:11:24.139 --> 00:11:24.799 But first, 00:11:25.639 --> 00:11:26.599 doesn't this just show you 00:11:26.599 --> 00:11:27.379 how God works? 00:11:28.979 --> 00:11:29.319 Now, 00:11:29.320 --> 00:11:31.120 I wonder if you were facing 00:11:31.120 --> 00:11:32.060 an enemy, 00:11:32.620 --> 00:11:33.780 if you were up against 00:11:33.780 --> 00:11:34.879 a powerful enemy, 00:11:35.000 --> 00:11:36.780 if you had all the resources 00:11:36.780 --> 00:11:38.460 of the entire world 00:11:38.460 --> 00:11:39.520 at your disposal, 00:11:39.920 --> 00:11:41.820 I wonder how you would choose 00:11:41.820 --> 00:11:43.040 to display your strength. 00:11:44.040 --> 00:11:45.600 What would you choose 00:11:45.600 --> 00:11:47.460 to steal your enemy? 00:11:47.580 --> 00:11:48.080 What would you choose 00:11:48.080 --> 00:11:49.640 to go to war for you? 00:11:49.720 --> 00:11:50.440 What would you choose? 00:11:51.400 --> 00:11:52.020 God says, 00:11:52.100 --> 00:11:52.740 I know what I'll do. 00:11:53.720 --> 00:11:54.600 I'll silence 00:11:54.600 --> 00:11:55.680 the mouth of the enemy 00:11:55.680 --> 00:11:57.980 with the mouths of babies 00:11:57.980 --> 00:11:59.759 and children. 00:12:01.279 --> 00:12:01.759 And we say, 00:12:01.840 --> 00:12:02.019 God, 00:12:02.060 --> 00:12:02.519 are you sure? 00:12:04.039 --> 00:12:04.460 I mean, 00:12:04.480 --> 00:12:04.960 look around. 00:12:05.060 --> 00:12:05.700 Surely you could find 00:12:05.700 --> 00:12:06.759 something better than that, 00:12:06.840 --> 00:12:07.820 something stronger, 00:12:07.940 --> 00:12:08.659 something more formidable 00:12:08.659 --> 00:12:09.180 than that. 00:12:09.240 --> 00:12:10.940 But that's just how God works. 00:12:11.080 --> 00:12:12.259 God is pleased 00:12:12.259 --> 00:12:13.659 to make his glory known 00:12:13.659 --> 00:12:14.840 through the weakest 00:12:14.840 --> 00:12:16.060 among us. 00:12:17.019 --> 00:12:17.680 He wouldn't have it 00:12:17.680 --> 00:12:18.379 any other way. 00:12:18.740 --> 00:12:19.279 He chooses 00:12:19.279 --> 00:12:20.180 the foolish 00:12:20.180 --> 00:12:20.879 in the world 00:12:20.879 --> 00:12:21.419 to shame 00:12:21.419 --> 00:12:22.279 the wise. 00:12:22.279 --> 00:12:22.720 He chooses 00:12:22.720 --> 00:12:23.319 the weak 00:12:23.319 --> 00:12:23.919 in the world 00:12:23.919 --> 00:12:24.600 to shame 00:12:24.600 --> 00:12:25.620 the strong. 00:12:25.720 --> 00:12:26.240 And I'll be honest 00:12:26.240 --> 00:12:26.539 with you, 00:12:26.639 --> 00:12:28.220 I don't know exactly 00:12:28.220 --> 00:12:29.659 how this fits in 00:12:29.659 --> 00:12:30.159 and applies 00:12:30.159 --> 00:12:31.240 to David's life. 00:12:32.299 --> 00:12:33.339 We saw last week 00:12:33.339 --> 00:12:34.139 from chapter 7 00:12:34.139 --> 00:12:34.959 that others 00:12:34.959 --> 00:12:36.019 were speaking evil 00:12:36.019 --> 00:12:36.500 of him. 00:12:36.579 --> 00:12:37.620 Others were coming 00:12:37.620 --> 00:12:38.600 to kill him. 00:12:39.159 --> 00:12:40.240 He claimed innocence 00:12:40.240 --> 00:12:41.259 from what they were claiming 00:12:41.259 --> 00:12:42.480 and saying about him. 00:12:42.860 --> 00:12:44.039 It could be, 00:12:44.139 --> 00:12:44.899 here's one option, 00:12:45.500 --> 00:12:46.079 that despite 00:12:46.079 --> 00:12:46.899 what the enemy 00:12:46.899 --> 00:12:48.100 said about David, 00:12:48.899 --> 00:12:49.919 even children 00:12:49.919 --> 00:12:50.639 knew 00:12:50.639 --> 00:12:51.639 that he was still 00:12:51.639 --> 00:12:52.500 the anointed king. 00:12:53.279 --> 00:12:54.500 Despite what others 00:12:54.500 --> 00:12:55.620 said about him, 00:12:56.500 --> 00:12:57.639 children knew 00:12:57.639 --> 00:12:58.600 that he was still 00:12:58.600 --> 00:12:59.740 God's anointed king. 00:12:59.799 --> 00:13:00.720 That's one possibility. 00:13:01.779 --> 00:13:02.559 Now Jesus quotes 00:13:02.559 --> 00:13:03.159 this text, 00:13:03.220 --> 00:13:03.740 you may recall, 00:13:03.819 --> 00:13:05.480 at the triumphal entry 00:13:05.480 --> 00:13:06.600 into his city, 00:13:07.159 --> 00:13:07.819 into the city 00:13:07.819 --> 00:13:08.419 of Jerusalem 00:13:08.419 --> 00:13:09.699 in Matthew 21. 00:13:10.299 --> 00:13:11.240 He comes in 00:13:11.240 --> 00:13:11.740 to the cheers 00:13:11.740 --> 00:13:12.360 and the praises 00:13:12.360 --> 00:13:13.539 of Hosanna. 00:13:14.399 --> 00:13:14.919 Hosanna. 00:13:15.039 --> 00:13:15.480 He went in 00:13:15.480 --> 00:13:16.439 and he cleared out 00:13:16.439 --> 00:13:16.899 the temple 00:13:16.899 --> 00:13:17.759 and the children 00:13:17.759 --> 00:13:18.439 were there 00:13:18.440 --> 00:13:19.140 in the temple, 00:13:19.360 --> 00:13:20.300 crying out 00:13:20.300 --> 00:13:21.000 in the temple, 00:13:21.140 --> 00:13:22.240 Hosanna to the 00:13:22.240 --> 00:13:23.060 son of David. 00:13:23.580 --> 00:13:24.120 And do you remember 00:13:24.120 --> 00:13:25.060 how the chief priests 00:13:25.060 --> 00:13:25.580 and the rulers 00:13:25.580 --> 00:13:26.400 responded to them? 00:13:27.920 --> 00:13:29.420 Make them be quiet. 00:13:31.080 --> 00:13:32.060 Silence them. 00:13:32.140 --> 00:13:32.440 Do you hear 00:13:32.440 --> 00:13:33.120 what they're saying? 00:13:33.520 --> 00:13:34.660 Make these children 00:13:34.660 --> 00:13:35.440 be quiet. 00:13:35.580 --> 00:13:36.480 Stop them 00:13:36.480 --> 00:13:37.580 from praising you 00:13:37.580 --> 00:13:38.340 as the Messiah. 00:13:38.520 --> 00:13:39.900 You are not the king. 00:13:40.640 --> 00:13:41.260 Doesn't that sound 00:13:41.260 --> 00:13:42.000 a bit like what's going 00:13:42.000 --> 00:13:43.020 on here with David? 00:13:44.020 --> 00:13:44.900 And how does Jesus 00:13:44.900 --> 00:13:45.900 respond? 00:13:45.899 --> 00:13:46.319 He says, 00:13:46.559 --> 00:13:47.459 haven't you read? 00:13:49.079 --> 00:13:50.159 Out of the mouth 00:13:50.159 --> 00:13:51.279 of infants 00:13:51.279 --> 00:13:52.579 and nursing babies 00:13:52.579 --> 00:13:54.419 you have prepared 00:13:54.419 --> 00:13:55.879 praise for me, 00:13:56.019 --> 00:13:57.819 the true king 00:13:57.819 --> 00:13:59.299 of God's people. 00:14:00.399 --> 00:14:01.939 God uses the weak 00:14:01.939 --> 00:14:03.199 to shame the strong, 00:14:03.299 --> 00:14:04.000 but I think 00:14:04.000 --> 00:14:04.919 that there's another 00:14:04.919 --> 00:14:06.259 layer to this. 00:14:06.340 --> 00:14:07.199 So follow with me 00:14:07.199 --> 00:14:08.519 just for a moment here. 00:14:08.659 --> 00:14:10.360 I think we have 00:14:10.360 --> 00:14:11.699 a glimpse here 00:14:11.699 --> 00:14:13.059 of how God 00:14:13.059 --> 00:14:15.220 plans to magnify 00:14:15.220 --> 00:14:16.060 his glory 00:14:16.060 --> 00:14:17.680 not only in creation 00:14:17.680 --> 00:14:21.200 but also in redemption. 00:14:22.420 --> 00:14:23.220 Track with me here 00:14:23.220 --> 00:14:23.620 for a minute. 00:14:24.680 --> 00:14:26.320 It's interesting to me. 00:14:26.480 --> 00:14:27.120 It's interesting, 00:14:27.220 --> 00:14:27.480 isn't it, 00:14:27.500 --> 00:14:28.740 that David faced 00:14:28.740 --> 00:14:30.160 many foes. 00:14:30.279 --> 00:14:31.420 He faced many enemies. 00:14:31.639 --> 00:14:32.399 He faced Saul. 00:14:32.540 --> 00:14:33.399 He faced Absalom. 00:14:33.399 --> 00:14:34.240 All the armies 00:14:34.240 --> 00:14:34.879 with them. 00:14:35.580 --> 00:14:36.139 Verse 2 says 00:14:36.139 --> 00:14:36.779 that God has 00:14:36.779 --> 00:14:37.700 established strength 00:14:37.700 --> 00:14:39.420 because of his foes, 00:14:39.759 --> 00:14:40.200 plural, 00:14:40.660 --> 00:14:41.779 multiple foes. 00:14:41.960 --> 00:14:42.580 But then something 00:14:42.580 --> 00:14:43.639 interesting happens 00:14:43.639 --> 00:14:44.679 at the end of verse 2. 00:14:44.759 --> 00:14:45.240 Do you see it? 00:14:46.100 --> 00:14:46.699 It switches 00:14:46.699 --> 00:14:48.259 to the singular. 00:14:49.120 --> 00:14:49.799 One enemy. 00:14:50.139 --> 00:14:50.620 Do you see that? 00:14:51.580 --> 00:14:52.299 You have established 00:14:52.299 --> 00:14:53.199 strength because 00:14:53.199 --> 00:14:54.399 of your foes, 00:14:54.539 --> 00:14:54.860 plural, 00:14:55.399 --> 00:14:56.740 to steal the enemy 00:14:56.740 --> 00:14:58.919 and the avenger. 00:14:59.019 --> 00:15:00.100 So follow with me here. 00:15:00.399 --> 00:15:01.379 This is my guess. 00:15:02.480 --> 00:15:04.179 One great enemy 00:15:04.179 --> 00:15:05.960 is silenced 00:15:05.960 --> 00:15:07.139 and overcome 00:15:07.139 --> 00:15:08.519 by children 00:15:08.519 --> 00:15:09.720 giving praise 00:15:09.720 --> 00:15:10.500 to the Lord. 00:15:11.000 --> 00:15:11.420 What does that 00:15:11.420 --> 00:15:12.200 sound like to you? 00:15:13.139 --> 00:15:14.040 To me, 00:15:14.240 --> 00:15:15.779 that sounds like 00:15:15.779 --> 00:15:16.820 God's plan 00:15:16.820 --> 00:15:17.720 of redemption. 00:15:19.500 --> 00:15:20.740 I think that David 00:15:20.740 --> 00:15:22.279 is looking back 00:15:22.279 --> 00:15:23.639 to the first chapters 00:15:23.639 --> 00:15:24.759 of the book of Genesis. 00:15:25.519 --> 00:15:25.860 You remember 00:15:25.860 --> 00:15:26.340 what happens 00:15:26.340 --> 00:15:26.800 in Genesis? 00:15:27.500 --> 00:15:28.779 Chapters 1 through 3. 00:15:29.279 --> 00:15:29.920 In the beginning 00:15:29.920 --> 00:15:30.540 of the Bible, 00:15:30.720 --> 00:15:31.879 God creates 00:15:31.879 --> 00:15:32.700 all things. 00:15:32.800 --> 00:15:33.800 He sets his glory 00:15:33.800 --> 00:15:34.560 in the heavens. 00:15:34.680 --> 00:15:35.740 His majestic name 00:15:35.740 --> 00:15:37.320 fills all the earth. 00:15:37.320 --> 00:15:39.340 And then the enemy 00:15:39.340 --> 00:15:40.480 appears. 00:15:41.640 --> 00:15:42.240 The serpent 00:15:42.240 --> 00:15:43.320 appears. 00:15:43.460 --> 00:15:44.260 The great enemy, 00:15:44.720 --> 00:15:45.020 Satan, 00:15:45.240 --> 00:15:46.700 comes and deceives 00:15:46.700 --> 00:15:47.160 Adam, 00:15:47.300 --> 00:15:48.200 deceives Eve. 00:15:48.280 --> 00:15:48.820 They eat, 00:15:48.900 --> 00:15:49.680 they disobey, 00:15:49.820 --> 00:15:50.400 they fall, 00:15:50.540 --> 00:15:51.620 their union 00:15:51.620 --> 00:15:52.320 with the Lord 00:15:52.320 --> 00:15:53.140 is broken. 00:15:53.320 --> 00:15:54.080 God pronounces 00:15:54.080 --> 00:15:54.920 his judgment. 00:15:55.140 --> 00:15:55.600 And do you remember 00:15:55.600 --> 00:15:56.280 what he said 00:15:56.280 --> 00:15:57.020 to the serpent 00:15:57.020 --> 00:15:58.260 in Genesis chapter 3? 00:15:59.560 --> 00:16:01.100 I will put enmity 00:16:01.100 --> 00:16:02.400 between you 00:16:02.400 --> 00:16:03.180 and the woman, 00:16:03.960 --> 00:16:05.460 between your offspring 00:16:05.460 --> 00:16:08.040 and her offspring. 00:16:09.240 --> 00:16:09.920 The Bible, 00:16:10.379 --> 00:16:11.519 from this point forward, 00:16:11.639 --> 00:16:13.040 is the unfolding 00:16:13.040 --> 00:16:14.220 of this war 00:16:14.220 --> 00:16:15.220 between the seed 00:16:15.220 --> 00:16:16.000 of the serpent 00:16:16.000 --> 00:16:16.900 and the seed 00:16:16.900 --> 00:16:17.680 of the woman. 00:16:18.040 --> 00:16:18.900 But in the end, 00:16:19.060 --> 00:16:20.820 one child will come, 00:16:21.259 --> 00:16:22.639 one seed of the woman 00:16:22.639 --> 00:16:23.220 will come, 00:16:23.340 --> 00:16:25.120 he shall bruise your head 00:16:25.120 --> 00:16:26.759 and you shall bruise 00:16:26.759 --> 00:16:27.900 his heels. 00:16:28.019 --> 00:16:28.580 See, the Bible 00:16:28.580 --> 00:16:29.560 is a story of God 00:16:29.560 --> 00:16:31.800 magnifying his glory. 00:16:31.960 --> 00:16:32.460 And how does he 00:16:32.460 --> 00:16:33.259 choose to do it? 00:16:33.259 --> 00:16:34.960 He triumphs 00:16:34.960 --> 00:16:35.960 over the enemy 00:16:35.960 --> 00:16:37.539 and all who belong 00:16:37.539 --> 00:16:38.179 to him 00:16:38.179 --> 00:16:40.360 through a promised 00:16:40.360 --> 00:16:41.519 child. 00:16:43.179 --> 00:16:43.620 And David 00:16:43.620 --> 00:16:44.559 remembers 00:16:44.559 --> 00:16:45.179 that God 00:16:45.179 --> 00:16:46.379 has promised 00:16:46.379 --> 00:16:47.220 a child 00:16:47.220 --> 00:16:48.019 will come 00:16:48.019 --> 00:16:48.840 who will put 00:16:48.840 --> 00:16:49.159 an end 00:16:49.159 --> 00:16:49.720 to the enemy 00:16:49.720 --> 00:16:50.659 and an end 00:16:50.659 --> 00:16:51.379 to his attempted 00:16:51.379 --> 00:16:52.019 robbery 00:16:52.019 --> 00:16:53.019 of the glory 00:16:53.019 --> 00:16:53.620 of God. 00:16:53.720 --> 00:16:54.279 A child 00:16:54.279 --> 00:16:55.120 will come, 00:16:55.220 --> 00:16:55.639 the child 00:16:55.639 --> 00:16:57.200 will be bruised 00:16:57.200 --> 00:16:58.299 and yet he will 00:16:58.299 --> 00:16:59.120 crush the head 00:16:59.120 --> 00:16:59.700 of the serpent. 00:17:00.419 --> 00:17:01.179 And we know, 00:17:01.419 --> 00:17:01.860 don't we, 00:17:01.860 --> 00:17:02.860 who this child 00:17:02.860 --> 00:17:03.300 is? 00:17:04.759 --> 00:17:05.279 Child, 00:17:06.220 --> 00:17:06.860 the promised 00:17:06.860 --> 00:17:07.279 child 00:17:07.279 --> 00:17:07.960 is Christ 00:17:07.960 --> 00:17:08.559 Jesus. 00:17:10.200 --> 00:17:11.000 We know 00:17:11.000 --> 00:17:12.240 that through 00:17:12.240 --> 00:17:13.440 this child 00:17:13.440 --> 00:17:14.700 many children 00:17:14.700 --> 00:17:15.660 will come 00:17:15.660 --> 00:17:16.599 to the Father. 00:17:17.380 --> 00:17:17.880 That through 00:17:17.880 --> 00:17:19.019 this promised 00:17:19.019 --> 00:17:19.599 offspring 00:17:19.599 --> 00:17:20.460 many will be 00:17:20.460 --> 00:17:21.620 born again, 00:17:21.779 --> 00:17:22.519 delivered from 00:17:22.519 --> 00:17:23.319 belonging to the 00:17:23.319 --> 00:17:24.120 kingdom of darkness 00:17:24.120 --> 00:17:25.140 and now adopted 00:17:25.140 --> 00:17:26.279 into the family 00:17:26.279 --> 00:17:26.860 of God. 00:17:26.960 --> 00:17:27.319 And it is 00:17:27.319 --> 00:17:28.759 their praises 00:17:28.759 --> 00:17:29.360 that will be 00:17:29.360 --> 00:17:30.480 the unraveling 00:17:30.480 --> 00:17:31.120 of all 00:17:31.120 --> 00:17:32.420 the enemy's 00:17:32.420 --> 00:17:32.940 schemes. 00:17:34.500 --> 00:17:35.660 That's my guess. 00:17:37.180 --> 00:17:38.500 God magnifies 00:17:38.500 --> 00:17:39.339 his glory 00:17:39.339 --> 00:17:40.140 through the works 00:17:40.140 --> 00:17:41.160 of his hands 00:17:41.160 --> 00:17:41.900 in creation 00:17:41.900 --> 00:17:43.140 and in 00:17:43.140 --> 00:17:44.120 redemption. 00:17:44.940 --> 00:17:45.680 Which leads 00:17:45.680 --> 00:17:46.660 David to ask 00:17:46.660 --> 00:17:47.420 out of all 00:17:47.420 --> 00:17:48.019 the works 00:17:48.019 --> 00:17:48.779 of creation, 00:17:49.059 --> 00:17:49.259 Lord, 00:17:50.240 --> 00:17:51.079 what am I 00:17:51.079 --> 00:17:51.940 that you're 00:17:51.940 --> 00:17:52.660 mindful of me? 00:17:53.660 --> 00:17:54.900 What is man 00:17:54.900 --> 00:17:55.839 that you're 00:17:55.839 --> 00:17:57.400 mindful of him? 00:17:57.480 --> 00:17:58.039 Verse 3, 00:17:58.039 --> 00:17:59.379 he says, 00:17:59.440 --> 00:17:59.960 when I look 00:17:59.960 --> 00:18:00.659 at your heavens, 00:18:00.779 --> 00:18:01.099 the work 00:18:01.099 --> 00:18:01.759 of your fingers, 00:18:01.879 --> 00:18:02.359 the moon, 00:18:02.480 --> 00:18:02.960 the stars 00:18:02.960 --> 00:18:03.319 which you 00:18:03.319 --> 00:18:04.119 have set 00:18:04.119 --> 00:18:04.740 in place, 00:18:04.879 --> 00:18:05.980 what is man 00:18:05.980 --> 00:18:06.359 that you're 00:18:06.359 --> 00:18:07.299 mindful of him? 00:18:07.980 --> 00:18:08.420 The son 00:18:08.420 --> 00:18:08.920 of man 00:18:08.920 --> 00:18:09.759 that you 00:18:09.759 --> 00:18:10.559 care for him. 00:18:11.220 --> 00:18:12.039 Who are 00:18:12.039 --> 00:18:12.700 we 00:18:12.700 --> 00:18:13.759 that we 00:18:13.759 --> 00:18:14.220 should receive 00:18:14.220 --> 00:18:15.480 any attention 00:18:15.480 --> 00:18:16.579 from the 00:18:16.579 --> 00:18:17.339 Lord of all 00:18:17.339 --> 00:18:17.879 creation? 00:18:18.039 --> 00:18:18.399 Do you see 00:18:18.399 --> 00:18:18.899 David's 00:18:18.899 --> 00:18:19.799 perplexity 00:18:19.799 --> 00:18:20.159 here? 00:18:21.200 --> 00:18:21.440 Do you 00:18:21.440 --> 00:18:22.019 ever feel 00:18:22.019 --> 00:18:23.240 that perplexity? 00:18:23.399 --> 00:18:24.740 What am I, 00:18:24.859 --> 00:18:24.960 God, 00:18:24.980 --> 00:18:25.399 that you should 00:18:25.399 --> 00:18:26.379 listen to me? 00:18:26.500 --> 00:18:26.779 Bring it 00:18:26.779 --> 00:18:27.819 all the way 00:18:27.819 --> 00:18:28.539 back down 00:18:28.539 --> 00:18:29.079 to us. 00:18:29.240 --> 00:18:29.599 Get that 00:18:29.599 --> 00:18:30.519 image of a 00:18:30.519 --> 00:18:31.599 zooming camera 00:18:31.599 --> 00:18:32.399 shot in your 00:18:32.399 --> 00:18:32.660 mind, 00:18:32.700 --> 00:18:33.180 all the way 00:18:33.180 --> 00:18:33.519 from the 00:18:33.519 --> 00:18:34.319 highest reaches 00:18:34.319 --> 00:18:34.759 of outer 00:18:34.759 --> 00:18:35.139 space, 00:18:35.200 --> 00:18:35.759 as high up 00:18:35.759 --> 00:18:36.399 as it goes, 00:18:36.859 --> 00:18:37.639 zooming in 00:18:37.639 --> 00:18:38.119 through the 00:18:38.119 --> 00:18:38.619 planets, 00:18:39.240 --> 00:18:39.839 zooming in 00:18:39.839 --> 00:18:40.359 through the 00:18:40.359 --> 00:18:40.819 sky, 00:18:41.339 --> 00:18:41.899 zooming in 00:18:41.899 --> 00:18:42.500 over the 00:18:42.500 --> 00:18:42.859 earth, 00:18:42.920 --> 00:18:43.660 into the 00:18:43.660 --> 00:18:44.059 state of 00:18:44.059 --> 00:18:44.879 South Carolina, 00:18:45.039 --> 00:18:45.500 over the 00:18:45.500 --> 00:18:45.879 forest, 00:18:46.000 --> 00:18:46.359 over the 00:18:46.359 --> 00:18:46.899 waters of 00:18:46.899 --> 00:18:47.319 Awe and 00:18:47.319 --> 00:18:47.579 Awe, 00:18:47.720 --> 00:18:48.559 right here 00:18:48.559 --> 00:18:49.500 to Seawee Bay 00:18:49.500 --> 00:18:49.940 Baptist 00:18:49.940 --> 00:18:50.500 Church. 00:18:51.039 --> 00:18:51.960 What are 00:18:51.960 --> 00:18:52.559 we? 00:18:53.559 --> 00:18:54.180 God is 00:18:54.180 --> 00:18:54.779 mindful of 00:18:54.779 --> 00:18:55.139 us. 00:18:55.140 --> 00:18:57.380 who are 00:18:57.380 --> 00:18:59.080 we that 00:18:59.080 --> 00:18:59.720 God should 00:18:59.720 --> 00:19:01.420 care about 00:19:01.420 --> 00:19:01.740 us? 00:19:01.780 --> 00:19:01.900 Do you 00:19:01.900 --> 00:19:02.280 ever think 00:19:02.280 --> 00:19:02.660 about how 00:19:02.660 --> 00:19:03.020 incredible 00:19:03.020 --> 00:19:03.580 that is? 00:19:04.940 --> 00:19:05.660 That our 00:19:05.660 --> 00:19:06.800 little songs 00:19:06.800 --> 00:19:08.660 blasted out 00:19:08.660 --> 00:19:09.820 here Sunday 00:19:09.820 --> 00:19:10.320 morning, 00:19:11.040 --> 00:19:11.420 30, 00:19:11.540 --> 00:19:11.780 40, 00:19:11.900 --> 00:19:12.500 50 of us 00:19:12.500 --> 00:19:12.780 in the 00:19:12.780 --> 00:19:13.060 room, 00:19:13.700 --> 00:19:14.280 when we 00:19:14.280 --> 00:19:15.440 sing praise 00:19:15.440 --> 00:19:15.880 to the 00:19:15.880 --> 00:19:16.340 Lord, 00:19:16.440 --> 00:19:17.220 the Almighty, 00:19:17.560 --> 00:19:17.980 the King 00:19:17.980 --> 00:19:18.740 of creation, 00:19:19.960 --> 00:19:20.840 that God 00:19:20.840 --> 00:19:21.980 hears our 00:19:21.980 --> 00:19:23.480 songs and 00:19:23.480 --> 00:19:24.360 is pleased 00:19:24.359 --> 00:19:25.279 by our 00:19:25.279 --> 00:19:25.619 worship. 00:19:27.339 --> 00:19:27.659 Does it 00:19:27.659 --> 00:19:27.839 ever 00:19:27.839 --> 00:19:29.019 astound 00:19:29.019 --> 00:19:29.519 you that 00:19:29.519 --> 00:19:30.659 our prayers, 00:19:31.519 --> 00:19:31.939 when we 00:19:31.939 --> 00:19:32.419 pray, I 00:19:32.419 --> 00:19:32.679 think we've 00:19:32.679 --> 00:19:33.019 prayed maybe 00:19:33.019 --> 00:19:33.599 four, five, 00:19:33.699 --> 00:19:34.240 six times 00:19:34.240 --> 00:19:34.919 together in 00:19:34.919 --> 00:19:35.479 service this 00:19:35.479 --> 00:19:36.139 morning already, 00:19:36.719 --> 00:19:37.039 do our 00:19:37.039 --> 00:19:37.479 prayers ever 00:19:37.479 --> 00:19:38.339 feel small 00:19:38.339 --> 00:19:38.979 to you? 00:19:40.119 --> 00:19:40.500 Doesn't it 00:19:40.500 --> 00:19:40.939 feel like 00:19:40.939 --> 00:19:41.679 God, with 00:19:41.679 --> 00:19:42.099 all that he 00:19:42.099 --> 00:19:42.619 has going 00:19:42.619 --> 00:19:43.219 on in the 00:19:43.219 --> 00:19:43.779 world, that 00:19:43.779 --> 00:19:44.500 maybe he 00:19:44.500 --> 00:19:44.939 just kind 00:19:44.939 --> 00:19:45.279 of let 00:19:45.279 --> 00:19:45.740 some of 00:19:45.740 --> 00:19:46.339 those prayers 00:19:46.339 --> 00:19:46.699 from that 00:19:46.699 --> 00:19:47.159 little church 00:19:47.159 --> 00:19:47.479 and all 00:19:47.479 --> 00:19:47.799 and all 00:19:47.799 --> 00:19:48.579 slide this 00:19:48.579 --> 00:19:48.899 week, 00:19:50.000 --> 00:19:50.619 and yet he 00:19:50.619 --> 00:19:51.779 bids us, 00:19:51.959 --> 00:19:52.719 invites us, 00:19:52.859 --> 00:19:53.579 compels us 00:19:53.579 --> 00:19:54.000 to come 00:19:54.000 --> 00:19:54.379 and ask 00:19:54.379 --> 00:19:54.639 him to 00:19:54.639 --> 00:19:54.919 move 00:19:54.919 --> 00:19:55.460 mountains 00:19:55.460 --> 00:19:56.240 and to 00:19:56.240 --> 00:19:56.679 ask him 00:19:56.679 --> 00:19:57.059 for our 00:19:57.059 --> 00:19:58.019 daily bread, 00:19:58.339 --> 00:19:59.139 because the 00:19:59.139 --> 00:19:59.759 Lord of all 00:19:59.759 --> 00:20:00.619 creation is 00:20:00.619 --> 00:20:02.119 mindful of 00:20:02.119 --> 00:20:02.399 you. 00:20:05.779 --> 00:20:06.419 Why? 00:20:08.480 --> 00:20:09.399 Because by 00:20:09.399 --> 00:20:10.119 his sheer 00:20:10.119 --> 00:20:12.119 grace, he 00:20:12.119 --> 00:20:12.720 has chosen 00:20:12.720 --> 00:20:13.819 to give us 00:20:13.819 --> 00:20:14.839 incredible 00:20:14.839 --> 00:20:16.859 dignity and 00:20:16.859 --> 00:20:17.619 purpose. 00:20:18.539 --> 00:20:19.079 There's our 00:20:19.079 --> 00:20:19.699 second point 00:20:19.699 --> 00:20:20.460 this morning, 00:20:20.539 --> 00:20:20.859 the second 00:20:20.859 --> 00:20:21.379 way God 00:20:21.379 --> 00:20:22.639 magnifies his 00:20:22.640 --> 00:20:23.940 name is God 00:20:23.940 --> 00:20:24.860 magnifies his 00:20:24.860 --> 00:20:26.120 glory in the 00:20:26.120 --> 00:20:27.440 purpose of 00:20:27.440 --> 00:20:28.140 man. 00:20:28.880 --> 00:20:29.520 I want you to 00:20:29.520 --> 00:20:30.480 notice David's 00:20:30.480 --> 00:20:31.780 posture here. 00:20:32.000 --> 00:20:32.540 First, just 00:20:32.540 --> 00:20:33.280 listen to what 00:20:33.280 --> 00:20:34.360 he doesn't say. 00:20:35.040 --> 00:20:36.160 He doesn't say, 00:20:36.320 --> 00:20:36.720 look how 00:20:36.720 --> 00:20:37.580 wonderful you 00:20:37.580 --> 00:20:37.880 are. 00:20:38.820 --> 00:20:39.380 Look how 00:20:39.380 --> 00:20:41.000 incredible you 00:20:41.000 --> 00:20:41.320 are. 00:20:42.020 --> 00:20:42.940 Of course God 00:20:42.940 --> 00:20:43.440 wants to pay 00:20:43.440 --> 00:20:44.240 attention to you. 00:20:44.380 --> 00:20:45.400 You're special. 00:20:45.580 --> 00:20:46.240 You're full of 00:20:46.240 --> 00:20:46.960 potential. 00:20:47.120 --> 00:20:47.860 You are wonderful. 00:20:48.000 --> 00:20:48.500 Of course God 00:20:48.500 --> 00:20:48.960 wants to think 00:20:48.960 --> 00:20:49.420 about you. 00:20:49.900 --> 00:20:50.620 You're worthy of 00:20:50.620 --> 00:20:51.259 God's attention. 00:20:51.360 --> 00:20:51.740 Is that what he 00:20:51.740 --> 00:20:52.019 says? 00:20:53.140 --> 00:20:54.180 No, he says 00:20:54.180 --> 00:20:55.140 we are 00:20:55.140 --> 00:20:56.000 nothing. 00:20:57.160 --> 00:20:58.359 What is man 00:20:58.359 --> 00:20:59.440 that God would 00:20:59.440 --> 00:21:00.180 be mindful of 00:21:00.180 --> 00:21:00.380 us? 00:21:00.440 --> 00:21:01.259 We're a speck of 00:21:01.259 --> 00:21:02.180 dust compared to 00:21:02.180 --> 00:21:02.640 the rest of 00:21:02.640 --> 00:21:03.140 creation. 00:21:03.319 --> 00:21:04.299 You made the 00:21:04.299 --> 00:21:04.859 heavens with 00:21:04.859 --> 00:21:05.599 your fingers. 00:21:05.720 --> 00:21:06.140 Do you realize 00:21:06.140 --> 00:21:07.380 how simple he 00:21:07.380 --> 00:21:07.819 makes that 00:21:07.819 --> 00:21:08.240 sound? 00:21:09.039 --> 00:21:09.980 You set the 00:21:09.980 --> 00:21:10.620 moon in its 00:21:10.620 --> 00:21:11.019 place. 00:21:11.099 --> 00:21:11.500 You set the 00:21:11.500 --> 00:21:12.319 stars in their 00:21:12.319 --> 00:21:12.799 place. 00:21:15.039 --> 00:21:16.299 What are we 00:21:16.299 --> 00:21:17.019 that you're 00:21:17.019 --> 00:21:18.620 mindful of us? 00:21:18.700 --> 00:21:19.039 We are 00:21:19.039 --> 00:21:19.859 nothing. 00:21:19.859 --> 00:21:20.519 And yet, 00:21:21.339 --> 00:21:22.139 verse 5, 00:21:23.139 --> 00:21:23.759 yet you have 00:21:23.759 --> 00:21:24.759 made him a 00:21:24.759 --> 00:21:25.419 little lower 00:21:25.419 --> 00:21:26.139 than heavenly 00:21:26.139 --> 00:21:26.879 beings and 00:21:26.879 --> 00:21:27.719 crowned him 00:21:27.719 --> 00:21:29.179 with glory and 00:21:29.179 --> 00:21:29.479 honor. 00:21:30.219 --> 00:21:30.719 You have given 00:21:30.719 --> 00:21:31.579 him dominion 00:21:31.579 --> 00:21:32.319 over the works 00:21:32.319 --> 00:21:33.199 of your hands. 00:21:33.879 --> 00:21:34.240 You have put 00:21:34.240 --> 00:21:35.539 all things under 00:21:35.539 --> 00:21:36.299 his feet, 00:21:36.379 --> 00:21:37.199 all sheep and 00:21:37.199 --> 00:21:38.119 oxen and also 00:21:38.119 --> 00:21:38.859 the beast of the 00:21:38.859 --> 00:21:40.339 field, the birds 00:21:40.339 --> 00:21:41.099 of the heavens and 00:21:41.099 --> 00:21:41.759 the fish of the 00:21:41.759 --> 00:21:42.519 sea, whatever 00:21:42.519 --> 00:21:44.219 passes along the 00:21:44.219 --> 00:21:45.599 paths of the 00:21:45.599 --> 00:21:45.879 seas. 00:21:45.979 --> 00:21:46.139 You know, 00:21:46.179 --> 00:21:47.199 when we read 00:21:47.199 --> 00:21:47.699 this text, 00:21:47.700 --> 00:21:48.200 we shouldn't 00:21:48.200 --> 00:21:49.220 be puffed up 00:21:49.220 --> 00:21:50.080 with how great 00:21:50.080 --> 00:21:50.960 we are. 00:21:51.059 --> 00:21:51.559 That's not the 00:21:51.559 --> 00:21:51.940 point. 00:21:53.240 --> 00:21:53.779 We should be 00:21:53.779 --> 00:21:54.580 in awe, like 00:21:54.580 --> 00:21:55.460 David, at the 00:21:55.460 --> 00:21:57.539 undeserved blessing 00:21:57.539 --> 00:21:58.360 and attention 00:21:58.360 --> 00:21:59.640 and honor given 00:21:59.640 --> 00:22:01.559 to us by God. 00:22:02.360 --> 00:22:04.319 Any glory, any 00:22:04.319 --> 00:22:05.160 honor, any 00:22:05.160 --> 00:22:06.080 goodness that you 00:22:06.080 --> 00:22:06.940 and I have is 00:22:06.940 --> 00:22:08.240 not from us and 00:22:08.240 --> 00:22:09.620 it's not for us. 00:22:09.680 --> 00:22:10.000 It ought to, 00:22:10.240 --> 00:22:11.460 again, point away 00:22:11.460 --> 00:22:12.860 from us back to 00:22:12.860 --> 00:22:13.640 the one who has 00:22:13.640 --> 00:22:15.140 crowned us with 00:22:15.140 --> 00:22:16.080 glory and honor. 00:22:16.079 --> 00:22:17.359 What does it 00:22:17.359 --> 00:22:18.460 say about God? 00:22:19.000 --> 00:22:19.960 That the God who 00:22:19.960 --> 00:22:20.980 made the heavens 00:22:20.980 --> 00:22:22.220 cares about you. 00:22:23.539 --> 00:22:24.019 What does it 00:22:24.019 --> 00:22:24.839 say about God? 00:22:24.939 --> 00:22:26.019 That the God who 00:22:26.019 --> 00:22:27.559 is transcendent has 00:22:27.559 --> 00:22:29.279 chosen also to be 00:22:29.279 --> 00:22:30.720 imminent, to be 00:22:30.720 --> 00:22:32.740 near, to be near 00:22:32.740 --> 00:22:33.539 to his people. 00:22:33.679 --> 00:22:34.879 He has chosen to 00:22:34.879 --> 00:22:35.839 make his name known 00:22:35.839 --> 00:22:37.859 to us and through 00:22:37.859 --> 00:22:38.339 us. 00:22:38.399 --> 00:22:39.079 What a privilege 00:22:39.079 --> 00:22:39.639 that is. 00:22:41.079 --> 00:22:42.019 How does he do 00:22:42.019 --> 00:22:42.399 that? 00:22:43.659 --> 00:22:44.619 How does he do 00:22:44.619 --> 00:22:45.000 that? 00:22:45.000 --> 00:22:47.119 Two ways here. 00:22:47.799 --> 00:22:48.539 God has given 00:22:48.539 --> 00:22:49.599 mankind, all 00:22:49.599 --> 00:22:50.920 mankind, two 00:22:50.920 --> 00:22:51.880 gifts. 00:22:51.940 --> 00:22:52.380 Really two 00:22:52.380 --> 00:22:53.980 responsibilities here. 00:22:54.099 --> 00:22:54.579 He has given 00:22:54.579 --> 00:22:55.279 all mankind 00:22:55.279 --> 00:22:57.559 dignity and 00:22:57.559 --> 00:22:58.519 dominion. 00:22:59.599 --> 00:23:00.319 Just look at the 00:23:00.319 --> 00:23:01.200 dignity that he 00:23:01.200 --> 00:23:02.339 gives to all 00:23:02.339 --> 00:23:02.859 mankind. 00:23:02.960 --> 00:23:03.480 Verse 5. 00:23:04.160 --> 00:23:04.759 He says he has 00:23:04.759 --> 00:23:06.319 crowned us out of 00:23:06.319 --> 00:23:07.019 all creation. 00:23:07.140 --> 00:23:08.460 He has crowned us 00:23:08.460 --> 00:23:09.920 with glory and 00:23:09.920 --> 00:23:10.440 honor. 00:23:10.579 --> 00:23:10.819 How? 00:23:11.819 --> 00:23:13.579 Because we alone 00:23:13.579 --> 00:23:14.799 are made, we 00:23:14.799 --> 00:23:15.299 talked about it 00:23:15.299 --> 00:23:16.299 this morning, in 00:23:16.299 --> 00:23:16.859 his what? 00:23:17.859 --> 00:23:18.879 In his image. 00:23:20.119 --> 00:23:21.220 What other part of 00:23:21.220 --> 00:23:22.519 creation can we say 00:23:22.519 --> 00:23:23.019 this about? 00:23:24.379 --> 00:23:26.599 Mankind alone is 00:23:26.599 --> 00:23:27.859 made in the image 00:23:27.859 --> 00:23:28.399 of God. 00:23:28.500 --> 00:23:29.179 No other part of 00:23:29.179 --> 00:23:30.240 creation has this 00:23:30.240 --> 00:23:31.679 distinguished honor. 00:23:31.839 --> 00:23:33.379 We bear the image 00:23:33.379 --> 00:23:34.399 of God. 00:23:35.039 --> 00:23:35.659 You know, we were 00:23:35.659 --> 00:23:37.099 made to be little 00:23:37.099 --> 00:23:39.259 representations of God 00:23:39.259 --> 00:23:40.879 walking around on 00:23:40.879 --> 00:23:41.319 the earth. 00:23:41.319 --> 00:23:41.879 We talked this 00:23:41.879 --> 00:23:42.720 morning in the 00:23:42.720 --> 00:23:43.519 grow class about 00:23:43.519 --> 00:23:44.419 some of the ways 00:23:44.419 --> 00:23:45.460 that we can share 00:23:45.460 --> 00:23:45.980 and some of the 00:23:45.980 --> 00:23:47.059 attributes of God. 00:23:47.379 --> 00:23:48.419 Do you realize we 00:23:48.419 --> 00:23:49.379 were made to 00:23:49.379 --> 00:23:50.599 reflect God's 00:23:50.599 --> 00:23:50.960 holiness? 00:23:52.119 --> 00:23:53.079 We were made to 00:23:53.079 --> 00:23:54.259 reflect God's 00:23:54.259 --> 00:23:54.879 goodness. 00:23:55.899 --> 00:23:56.899 We were made to 00:23:56.899 --> 00:23:57.839 reflect God's 00:23:57.839 --> 00:23:59.159 mercy, his love, 00:23:59.240 --> 00:24:00.299 his wisdom, his 00:24:00.299 --> 00:24:01.480 creativity, his 00:24:01.480 --> 00:24:02.639 intelligence, even 00:24:02.639 --> 00:24:03.559 his beauty. 00:24:03.759 --> 00:24:04.460 Out of all 00:24:04.460 --> 00:24:05.679 creation, mankind 00:24:05.679 --> 00:24:07.279 especially, was 00:24:07.279 --> 00:24:08.259 made to walk 00:24:08.259 --> 00:24:09.139 around as 00:24:09.139 --> 00:24:10.700 reflections of the 00:24:10.700 --> 00:24:12.279 glory of God. 00:24:13.940 --> 00:24:15.080 I have a niece 00:24:15.080 --> 00:24:16.240 that we saw 00:24:16.240 --> 00:24:17.380 last week at the 00:24:17.380 --> 00:24:19.000 beach who looks 00:24:19.000 --> 00:24:20.480 exactly like my 00:24:20.480 --> 00:24:20.720 dad. 00:24:23.539 --> 00:24:24.700 It is unbelievable. 00:24:24.860 --> 00:24:25.420 There's a picture of 00:24:25.420 --> 00:24:25.840 the two of them 00:24:25.840 --> 00:24:26.480 sitting on the couch 00:24:26.480 --> 00:24:27.380 together and except 00:24:27.380 --> 00:24:28.059 for the size 00:24:28.059 --> 00:24:28.799 difference and the 00:24:28.799 --> 00:24:29.460 hair difference, 00:24:29.840 --> 00:24:30.539 you almost can't 00:24:30.539 --> 00:24:31.120 tell them apart. 00:24:31.240 --> 00:24:32.880 It is unreal. 00:24:33.640 --> 00:24:34.220 And if you knew my 00:24:34.220 --> 00:24:34.799 dad, if you knew 00:24:34.799 --> 00:24:35.539 what he looked like 00:24:35.539 --> 00:24:36.340 and then lined my 00:24:36.340 --> 00:24:37.200 niece up with about 00:24:37.200 --> 00:24:38.180 20 other little 00:24:38.180 --> 00:24:39.019 girls, you would be 00:24:39.019 --> 00:24:39.620 able to look at her 00:24:39.619 --> 00:24:40.699 and say, that is a 00:24:40.699 --> 00:24:41.039 chancy. 00:24:41.699 --> 00:24:42.759 And there's no doubt 00:24:42.759 --> 00:24:43.319 about it. 00:24:43.359 --> 00:24:44.299 The family resemblance 00:24:44.299 --> 00:24:45.059 is strong. 00:24:45.179 --> 00:24:46.799 She bears his image. 00:24:47.719 --> 00:24:48.779 That is how it's 00:24:48.779 --> 00:24:49.539 supposed to be with 00:24:49.539 --> 00:24:50.379 us, isn't it? 00:24:51.839 --> 00:24:53.919 We are made to bear 00:24:53.919 --> 00:24:55.719 the image of God so 00:24:55.719 --> 00:24:57.079 that others look at 00:24:57.079 --> 00:24:58.679 us and say, that's 00:24:58.679 --> 00:24:59.259 God's child. 00:25:00.159 --> 00:25:01.619 He looks just like 00:25:01.619 --> 00:25:02.259 the Lord. 00:25:02.579 --> 00:25:03.859 She looks just like 00:25:03.859 --> 00:25:04.659 the Lord. 00:25:05.459 --> 00:25:06.579 And not just 00:25:06.579 --> 00:25:08.559 Christians bear the 00:25:08.559 --> 00:25:09.299 image of God. 00:25:09.379 --> 00:25:10.000 We need to realize 00:25:10.000 --> 00:25:10.460 this. 00:25:11.059 --> 00:25:13.799 All people bear the 00:25:13.799 --> 00:25:15.200 image of God. 00:25:16.099 --> 00:25:16.919 This is what gives 00:25:16.919 --> 00:25:18.019 all mankind 00:25:18.019 --> 00:25:20.500 dignity and honor. 00:25:20.720 --> 00:25:22.019 God has crowned 00:25:22.019 --> 00:25:24.099 all people with glory 00:25:24.099 --> 00:25:26.039 and honor by making 00:25:26.039 --> 00:25:28.119 all people in his 00:25:28.119 --> 00:25:28.819 image. 00:25:31.639 --> 00:25:33.240 I talked to Treg this 00:25:33.240 --> 00:25:34.639 week, Monday morning, 00:25:34.720 --> 00:25:35.359 we opened up this 00:25:35.359 --> 00:25:36.339 passage and talked 00:25:36.339 --> 00:25:38.079 through it and he 00:25:38.079 --> 00:25:40.039 said, man, the 00:25:40.039 --> 00:25:41.220 implications of this 00:25:41.220 --> 00:25:41.980 are enormous. 00:25:43.359 --> 00:25:44.399 And they are. 00:25:44.879 --> 00:25:45.939 The applications that 00:25:45.939 --> 00:25:46.619 we could draw from 00:25:46.619 --> 00:25:47.740 that simple fact are 00:25:47.740 --> 00:25:49.419 almost endless. 00:25:49.559 --> 00:25:50.419 But we'll try a few 00:25:50.419 --> 00:25:50.899 here. 00:25:51.000 --> 00:25:53.579 For one, the fact 00:25:53.579 --> 00:25:55.119 that we are all made 00:25:55.119 --> 00:25:56.539 in the image of God 00:25:56.539 --> 00:25:57.740 is what makes racism 00:25:58.500 --> 00:26:00.859 evil in the sight of 00:26:00.859 --> 00:26:01.220 God. 00:26:01.220 --> 00:26:01.620 God. 00:26:03.160 --> 00:26:04.779 If we treat anybody 00:26:04.779 --> 00:26:06.220 differently because 00:26:06.220 --> 00:26:07.319 they look different 00:26:07.319 --> 00:26:08.539 than us, could it be 00:26:08.539 --> 00:26:09.759 that we value our 00:26:09.759 --> 00:26:10.920 image more than we 00:26:10.920 --> 00:26:12.660 value God's image? 00:26:14.480 --> 00:26:16.460 If we give a higher 00:26:16.460 --> 00:26:17.640 honor to those who 00:26:17.640 --> 00:26:18.960 are wealthy or 00:26:18.960 --> 00:26:20.420 beautiful or have 00:26:20.420 --> 00:26:21.759 use to us 00:26:21.759 --> 00:26:23.319 personally, could it 00:26:23.319 --> 00:26:24.019 be that we have a 00:26:24.019 --> 00:26:25.360 different honor system 00:26:25.360 --> 00:26:26.579 than God? 00:26:27.440 --> 00:26:28.559 God has crowned all 00:26:28.559 --> 00:26:29.660 people with dignity 00:26:29.660 --> 00:26:30.840 and honor. 00:26:31.000 --> 00:26:31.300 Shouldn't that 00:26:31.300 --> 00:26:31.880 impact the way 00:26:31.880 --> 00:26:32.440 that we treat 00:26:32.440 --> 00:26:32.920 each other? 00:26:33.840 --> 00:26:34.440 The way that we 00:26:34.440 --> 00:26:36.320 talk to and about 00:26:36.320 --> 00:26:37.060 one another. 00:26:37.140 --> 00:26:38.300 How we love one 00:26:38.300 --> 00:26:38.660 another. 00:26:39.400 --> 00:26:40.160 You know, that person 00:26:40.160 --> 00:26:41.420 that drives you crazy. 00:26:41.600 --> 00:26:42.019 I know you're 00:26:42.019 --> 00:26:42.600 thinking about them 00:26:42.600 --> 00:26:43.180 in your mind right 00:26:43.180 --> 00:26:43.400 now. 00:26:43.500 --> 00:26:44.820 That person that you 00:26:44.820 --> 00:26:46.400 just cannot stand to 00:26:46.400 --> 00:26:47.100 be around. 00:26:47.700 --> 00:26:48.460 That person that, 00:26:48.580 --> 00:26:49.000 if you're honest, 00:26:49.000 --> 00:26:50.880 maybe you hate 00:26:50.880 --> 00:26:52.880 is made in the 00:26:52.880 --> 00:26:54.480 image of God. 00:26:55.600 --> 00:26:56.320 Who are we to 00:26:56.320 --> 00:26:56.580 hate? 00:26:56.880 --> 00:26:57.759 Those whom God 00:26:57.759 --> 00:26:58.519 himself has 00:26:58.519 --> 00:26:59.539 honored and 00:26:59.539 --> 00:27:00.680 crowned with 00:27:00.680 --> 00:27:02.019 dignity and 00:27:02.019 --> 00:27:02.440 glory. 00:27:03.759 --> 00:27:04.680 We have been 00:27:04.680 --> 00:27:05.759 given incredible 00:27:05.759 --> 00:27:06.940 dignity, but not 00:27:06.940 --> 00:27:08.359 only that, second, 00:27:08.519 --> 00:27:09.519 we have been given 00:27:09.519 --> 00:27:10.980 dominion. 00:27:11.819 --> 00:27:12.660 Mankind was made 00:27:12.660 --> 00:27:13.960 to reflect the 00:27:13.960 --> 00:27:15.000 image of God and 00:27:15.000 --> 00:27:16.779 also to rule as 00:27:16.779 --> 00:27:18.539 extensions of the 00:27:18.539 --> 00:27:20.839 authority of God. 00:27:21.559 --> 00:27:22.579 In Genesis chapter 00:27:22.579 --> 00:27:24.059 1, 28, God gave 00:27:24.059 --> 00:27:25.299 Adam and Eve a 00:27:25.299 --> 00:27:25.839 command. 00:27:26.039 --> 00:27:26.859 He said, be fruitful 00:27:26.859 --> 00:27:28.079 and multiply, fill 00:27:28.079 --> 00:27:28.859 the earth and 00:27:28.859 --> 00:27:29.879 subdue it. 00:27:30.479 --> 00:27:31.619 Have dominion over 00:27:31.619 --> 00:27:32.399 the fish of the 00:27:32.399 --> 00:27:33.459 sea, over the 00:27:33.459 --> 00:27:34.299 birds of the air, 00:27:34.359 --> 00:27:35.359 over every living 00:27:35.359 --> 00:27:36.419 thing that moves. 00:27:36.539 --> 00:27:37.819 David is looking 00:27:37.819 --> 00:27:38.839 back on this 00:27:38.839 --> 00:27:39.259 truth. 00:27:39.399 --> 00:27:40.259 He's reflecting 00:27:40.259 --> 00:27:40.939 back on the 00:27:40.939 --> 00:27:42.379 incredible dominion 00:27:42.379 --> 00:27:43.419 and authority that 00:27:43.419 --> 00:27:44.399 God has given man 00:27:44.399 --> 00:27:45.299 in Genesis 1. 00:27:45.459 --> 00:27:46.059 And he works 00:27:46.059 --> 00:27:47.000 backwards from the 00:27:47.000 --> 00:27:47.259 list. 00:27:47.319 --> 00:27:47.859 You notice that? 00:27:48.500 --> 00:27:49.059 You have given 00:27:49.059 --> 00:27:49.879 him dominion over 00:27:49.879 --> 00:27:50.619 the works of your 00:27:50.619 --> 00:27:51.500 hands, he says. 00:27:52.059 --> 00:27:52.979 You put all things 00:27:52.979 --> 00:27:54.039 under his feet, all 00:27:54.039 --> 00:27:55.799 sheep and oxen, the 00:27:55.799 --> 00:27:56.399 beasts of the 00:27:56.399 --> 00:27:57.319 field, the birds of 00:27:57.319 --> 00:27:57.899 the heavens, the 00:27:57.899 --> 00:27:58.579 fish of the sea, 00:27:58.659 --> 00:28:00.059 whatever passes along 00:28:00.059 --> 00:28:01.480 the paths of the 00:28:01.480 --> 00:28:02.000 seas. 00:28:02.500 --> 00:28:03.799 We were made with 00:28:03.799 --> 00:28:05.259 a purpose to 00:28:05.259 --> 00:28:07.500 exercise dominion over 00:28:07.500 --> 00:28:08.359 all of God's 00:28:08.359 --> 00:28:09.680 creation as 00:28:09.680 --> 00:28:11.339 extensions of his 00:28:11.339 --> 00:28:12.559 good authority. 00:28:13.659 --> 00:28:14.059 You know, that's 00:28:14.059 --> 00:28:14.720 what gives purpose 00:28:14.720 --> 00:28:15.420 to our work. 00:28:17.420 --> 00:28:18.200 Do you know how 00:28:18.200 --> 00:28:19.720 empty it is to 00:28:19.720 --> 00:28:21.119 try to labor to 00:28:21.119 --> 00:28:21.940 build your own 00:28:21.940 --> 00:28:23.720 kingdom and to 00:28:23.720 --> 00:28:24.860 try to labor to 00:28:24.860 --> 00:28:25.920 accumulate riches 00:28:25.920 --> 00:28:27.220 and wealth or 00:28:27.220 --> 00:28:28.140 respect and honor 00:28:28.140 --> 00:28:29.180 that will eventually 00:28:29.180 --> 00:28:30.019 fade away? 00:28:31.279 --> 00:28:32.320 Maybe the reason 00:28:32.320 --> 00:28:33.460 that feels empty 00:28:33.460 --> 00:28:34.500 to us is because 00:28:34.500 --> 00:28:35.740 we were made for 00:28:35.740 --> 00:28:36.840 something much 00:28:36.840 --> 00:28:38.240 greater than that. 00:28:39.340 --> 00:28:41.279 We were made so 00:28:41.279 --> 00:28:42.080 that all of our 00:28:42.080 --> 00:28:43.400 labors, all of our 00:28:43.400 --> 00:28:44.440 efforts, all of our 00:28:44.440 --> 00:28:46.080 work, all of our 00:28:46.080 --> 00:28:47.380 endeavors are meant 00:28:47.380 --> 00:28:48.700 to be extensions of 00:28:48.700 --> 00:28:51.220 God's work, God's 00:28:51.220 --> 00:28:51.820 labors. 00:28:51.940 --> 00:28:53.820 God's effort, God's 00:28:53.820 --> 00:28:54.259 endeavors. 00:28:54.480 --> 00:28:55.000 We were made to 00:28:55.000 --> 00:28:56.539 labor for his 00:28:56.539 --> 00:28:57.539 kingdom, not for 00:28:57.539 --> 00:28:58.000 ours. 00:28:58.840 --> 00:28:59.799 Whatever you do, do 00:28:59.799 --> 00:29:01.640 all for the glory of 00:29:01.640 --> 00:29:01.980 God. 00:29:02.039 --> 00:29:03.120 That's the purpose of 00:29:03.120 --> 00:29:03.920 your nine to five. 00:29:04.980 --> 00:29:06.500 We are made to fill 00:29:06.500 --> 00:29:07.500 the earth with the 00:29:07.500 --> 00:29:08.620 glory of God and to 00:29:08.620 --> 00:29:10.320 labor to usher in 00:29:10.320 --> 00:29:11.820 his kingdom. 00:29:12.140 --> 00:29:13.299 What a privilege that 00:29:13.299 --> 00:29:14.820 is that he's given 00:29:14.820 --> 00:29:15.480 to us. 00:29:17.100 --> 00:29:18.299 David says we're to 00:29:18.299 --> 00:29:19.840 exercise dominion, 00:29:20.039 --> 00:29:21.039 even, David points 00:29:21.039 --> 00:29:22.200 out for us, even 00:29:22.200 --> 00:29:24.339 over the animals. 00:29:25.680 --> 00:29:26.940 Some of us, I 00:29:26.940 --> 00:29:28.079 know, are animal 00:29:28.079 --> 00:29:28.420 people. 00:29:30.519 --> 00:29:31.700 My apologies in 00:29:31.700 --> 00:29:33.819 advance to PETA and 00:29:33.819 --> 00:29:34.480 to all the animal 00:29:34.480 --> 00:29:35.980 people in the room, 00:29:36.059 --> 00:29:36.599 animal lovers 00:29:36.599 --> 00:29:37.259 everywhere. 00:29:37.379 --> 00:29:38.079 I am an animal 00:29:38.079 --> 00:29:39.139 lover, okay, for the 00:29:39.139 --> 00:29:39.440 record. 00:29:39.920 --> 00:29:41.599 I love animals, but 00:29:41.599 --> 00:29:43.480 animals are not our 00:29:43.480 --> 00:29:43.859 equals. 00:29:43.859 --> 00:29:43.959 animals. 00:29:45.299 --> 00:29:46.839 Mankind is made 00:29:46.839 --> 00:29:48.139 superior to the 00:29:48.139 --> 00:29:48.539 animals. 00:29:48.659 --> 00:29:49.979 Animals exist for man, 00:29:50.059 --> 00:29:51.079 not the other way 00:29:51.079 --> 00:29:52.679 around, and it seems 00:29:52.679 --> 00:29:53.839 sometimes like our 00:29:53.839 --> 00:29:55.579 society has lost its 00:29:55.579 --> 00:29:56.059 mind. 00:29:57.359 --> 00:29:58.199 Some of you may know 00:29:58.199 --> 00:29:58.879 that we live right 00:29:58.879 --> 00:29:59.959 across the street from 00:29:59.959 --> 00:30:00.859 the Seaweed Visitor 00:30:00.859 --> 00:30:01.939 Center over here. 00:30:02.000 --> 00:30:03.019 They are protecting the 00:30:03.019 --> 00:30:04.359 red wolf population. 00:30:04.699 --> 00:30:05.639 You can go and have a 00:30:05.639 --> 00:30:07.219 tour of the red wolves 00:30:07.219 --> 00:30:07.559 there. 00:30:07.639 --> 00:30:08.439 I think that that's 00:30:08.439 --> 00:30:09.019 great. 00:30:09.459 --> 00:30:10.619 They are protected. 00:30:10.619 --> 00:30:12.659 If you kill a red 00:30:12.659 --> 00:30:14.099 wolf, you get a 00:30:14.099 --> 00:30:17.119 $100,000 fine and 00:30:17.119 --> 00:30:17.939 possibly spend some 00:30:17.939 --> 00:30:18.639 time in prison. 00:30:19.879 --> 00:30:20.879 But we've made it 00:30:20.879 --> 00:30:21.879 perfectly acceptable 00:30:21.879 --> 00:30:25.859 to kill a child in 00:30:25.859 --> 00:30:26.419 the womb of their 00:30:26.419 --> 00:30:28.479 mother in the first 00:30:28.479 --> 00:30:29.839 trimester with no 00:30:29.839 --> 00:30:30.319 consequence. 00:30:31.559 --> 00:30:32.479 It's insane. 00:30:34.099 --> 00:30:35.119 Do you realize how 00:30:35.119 --> 00:30:36.139 insane it is to live 00:30:36.139 --> 00:30:36.639 in a world where 00:30:36.639 --> 00:30:37.559 animals have greater 00:30:37.559 --> 00:30:38.619 protection than 00:30:39.379 --> 00:30:40.359 children who are made 00:30:40.359 --> 00:30:40.919 in the image of 00:30:40.919 --> 00:30:41.179 God? 00:30:42.599 --> 00:30:44.039 We have everything 00:30:44.039 --> 00:30:45.799 twisted up. 00:30:47.659 --> 00:30:48.619 I don't know about 00:30:48.619 --> 00:30:50.779 you, but when I 00:30:50.779 --> 00:30:51.779 look around and I 00:30:51.779 --> 00:30:53.619 see the wickedness 00:30:53.619 --> 00:30:54.759 in the world around 00:30:54.759 --> 00:30:55.539 us, when I look in 00:30:55.539 --> 00:30:56.479 the mirror and I see 00:30:56.479 --> 00:30:57.939 the wickedness in the 00:30:57.939 --> 00:30:59.479 mirror as I look at 00:30:59.479 --> 00:31:01.679 myself, I have a 00:31:01.679 --> 00:31:03.279 hard time seeing 00:31:03.279 --> 00:31:04.740 glory and honor. 00:31:04.919 --> 00:31:05.279 Don't you? 00:31:07.019 --> 00:31:08.319 This psalm, as with 00:31:08.319 --> 00:31:09.839 many of the psalms, 00:31:09.839 --> 00:31:10.839 they give us a 00:31:10.839 --> 00:31:11.799 picture of the 00:31:11.799 --> 00:31:12.480 ideal. 00:31:13.379 --> 00:31:15.439 This is the ideal man 00:31:15.439 --> 00:31:16.379 represented here. 00:31:16.459 --> 00:31:17.519 This is who Adam was 00:31:17.519 --> 00:31:18.799 meant to be. 00:31:19.480 --> 00:31:20.480 This is who you and I 00:31:20.480 --> 00:31:21.819 were meant to be. 00:31:21.919 --> 00:31:22.659 So what happened? 00:31:24.059 --> 00:31:25.959 What happened was sin. 00:31:27.779 --> 00:31:29.199 You know, when we read 00:31:29.199 --> 00:31:30.119 this text, something 00:31:30.119 --> 00:31:31.379 ought to be happening 00:31:31.379 --> 00:31:32.559 within us. 00:31:33.139 --> 00:31:34.419 The alarms of our 00:31:34.419 --> 00:31:34.740 heart. 00:31:34.899 --> 00:31:36.240 When we read this text, 00:31:36.279 --> 00:31:37.259 it says, you were made 00:31:37.259 --> 00:31:38.660 to reflect the glory 00:31:38.660 --> 00:31:39.319 of God. 00:31:39.799 --> 00:31:40.579 You were made to 00:31:40.579 --> 00:31:41.900 magnify his glory. 00:31:42.000 --> 00:31:42.940 You were made to be 00:31:42.940 --> 00:31:44.519 his representatives here 00:31:44.519 --> 00:31:44.920 on earth. 00:31:45.039 --> 00:31:46.720 God made you for him 00:31:46.720 --> 00:31:47.640 and his glory. 00:31:48.000 --> 00:31:48.859 The alarms of your 00:31:48.859 --> 00:31:49.980 heart ought to be going 00:31:49.980 --> 00:31:51.059 off and saying, that is 00:31:51.059 --> 00:31:51.539 true. 00:31:52.339 --> 00:31:53.619 I know I was made for 00:31:53.619 --> 00:31:54.000 that. 00:31:54.440 --> 00:31:55.559 That is why I'm here. 00:31:55.640 --> 00:31:56.539 That's what I was made 00:31:56.539 --> 00:31:56.740 for. 00:31:56.819 --> 00:31:57.879 That's the purpose of my 00:31:57.879 --> 00:31:58.259 life. 00:31:58.259 --> 00:32:00.599 And yet, I have fallen 00:32:00.599 --> 00:32:02.519 so short. 00:32:04.200 --> 00:32:05.200 That's sin. 00:32:06.519 --> 00:32:08.500 All have sinned and 00:32:08.500 --> 00:32:10.240 fallen short of the 00:32:10.240 --> 00:32:12.019 glory of God. 00:32:12.299 --> 00:32:14.379 Everything was distorted 00:32:14.379 --> 00:32:17.240 and twisted and warped 00:32:17.240 --> 00:32:19.799 and messed up by Adam's 00:32:19.799 --> 00:32:20.079 sin. 00:32:20.960 --> 00:32:22.480 We still bear the image 00:32:22.480 --> 00:32:23.480 of God, but that image 00:32:23.480 --> 00:32:24.839 is so hard to tell because 00:32:24.839 --> 00:32:26.279 it's been dragged through 00:32:26.279 --> 00:32:27.700 the mud of our own 00:32:27.700 --> 00:32:28.299 sinfulness. 00:32:29.519 --> 00:32:30.720 We still have the 00:32:30.720 --> 00:32:31.899 authority, the 00:32:31.899 --> 00:32:33.579 responsibility to exercise 00:32:33.579 --> 00:32:35.039 dominion, to rule, to 00:32:35.039 --> 00:32:36.639 work, to labor, but we 00:32:36.639 --> 00:32:38.220 want to rule, to work, to 00:32:38.220 --> 00:32:40.559 labor for our kingdom, for 00:32:40.559 --> 00:32:42.559 our glory, not for his. 00:32:43.319 --> 00:32:45.399 We have inherited Adam's 00:32:45.399 --> 00:32:47.539 failure, and with it, we've 00:32:47.539 --> 00:32:49.539 inherited all of the curse 00:32:49.539 --> 00:32:50.839 of sin. 00:32:51.940 --> 00:32:54.940 But, but, 00:32:54.940 --> 00:33:00.420 we praise God that he did 00:33:00.420 --> 00:33:02.220 not leave us in our sin. 00:33:04.039 --> 00:33:06.600 We praise God that he has 00:33:06.600 --> 00:33:09.340 mercifully and graciously 00:33:09.340 --> 00:33:13.059 provided a way of escape, a 00:33:13.059 --> 00:33:15.160 way of renewal, a way of 00:33:15.160 --> 00:33:17.900 restoration that magnifies 00:33:17.900 --> 00:33:20.080 his glorious name. 00:33:20.200 --> 00:33:23.160 He sent a child to silence 00:33:23.160 --> 00:33:24.040 the enemy. 00:33:25.120 --> 00:33:28.180 He sent Christ, the true 00:33:28.180 --> 00:33:30.380 and better Adam. 00:33:30.480 --> 00:33:31.519 As Hebrews 2, we just 00:33:31.519 --> 00:33:32.259 read it this morning, 00:33:32.360 --> 00:33:34.259 reminds us, God made him 00:33:34.259 --> 00:33:35.820 a little while lower than 00:33:35.820 --> 00:33:37.480 the angels and crowned him 00:33:37.480 --> 00:33:39.140 with glory and honor, 00:33:39.220 --> 00:33:39.980 putting everything in 00:33:39.980 --> 00:33:42.019 subjection to his feet. 00:33:42.100 --> 00:33:43.860 We see him who for a 00:33:43.860 --> 00:33:44.740 little while was made 00:33:44.740 --> 00:33:45.900 lower than the angels. 00:33:46.100 --> 00:33:46.259 Who? 00:33:47.259 --> 00:33:48.580 Namely, Jesus. 00:33:49.580 --> 00:33:51.460 Crowned with glory and 00:33:51.460 --> 00:33:52.440 honor because of the 00:33:52.440 --> 00:33:53.519 suffering of death, so 00:33:53.519 --> 00:33:54.980 that by the grace of God 00:33:54.980 --> 00:33:56.539 he might taste death 00:33:56.539 --> 00:33:57.799 for everyone. 00:33:59.000 --> 00:34:00.279 The first Adam 00:34:00.279 --> 00:34:03.700 failed, and with his 00:34:03.700 --> 00:34:06.319 failure brought sin and 00:34:06.319 --> 00:34:06.799 death. 00:34:07.279 --> 00:34:08.579 But the second Adam, 00:34:08.740 --> 00:34:10.440 Christ Jesus, the very 00:34:10.440 --> 00:34:12.240 image of the invisible God, 00:34:13.000 --> 00:34:14.340 crowned with glory and 00:34:14.340 --> 00:34:16.280 honor, came to restore 00:34:16.280 --> 00:34:18.860 all that was lost in the 00:34:18.860 --> 00:34:19.240 fall. 00:34:19.239 --> 00:34:20.759 That's the gospel, church. 00:34:22.259 --> 00:34:25.159 The kids have been talking 00:34:25.159 --> 00:34:26.239 in children's ministry. 00:34:28.259 --> 00:34:30.019 Miss Regina has them deep 00:34:30.019 --> 00:34:31.619 in the weeds of theology. 00:34:31.759 --> 00:34:32.299 I love it. 00:34:33.259 --> 00:34:34.299 Apparently, they came 00:34:34.299 --> 00:34:35.659 across the topic in their 00:34:35.659 --> 00:34:37.079 curriculum that made them 00:34:37.079 --> 00:34:38.399 think about this question. 00:34:38.539 --> 00:34:40.379 How is Adam like Christ? 00:34:41.519 --> 00:34:44.139 How is Adam like Jesus? 00:34:44.359 --> 00:34:46.099 Adam, the first man, God's 00:34:46.099 --> 00:34:47.959 first human being, and Jesus 00:34:47.960 --> 00:34:50.059 Christ, the God man, how are 00:34:50.059 --> 00:34:50.780 they alike? 00:34:50.880 --> 00:34:52.320 And so in Miss Regina's 00:34:52.320 --> 00:34:53.420 wisdom, she did as every 00:34:53.420 --> 00:34:55.079 good parent or teacher does, 00:34:55.159 --> 00:34:56.519 and she bribed them. 00:34:58.639 --> 00:34:59.940 She said, go ask one of your 00:34:59.940 --> 00:35:02.980 pastors that question, and if 00:35:02.980 --> 00:35:05.059 you do, and if they come back 00:35:05.059 --> 00:35:06.880 with a response, if you bring 00:35:06.880 --> 00:35:08.139 back the answer to the rest of 00:35:08.139 --> 00:35:09.980 the class, I will give you a 00:35:09.980 --> 00:35:11.800 prize, a Chick-fil-A gift card, 00:35:11.880 --> 00:35:13.340 which to my kids is worth a 00:35:13.340 --> 00:35:14.500 thousand dollars, at least. 00:35:14.500 --> 00:35:17.880 Amanda, she filled me in on 00:35:17.880 --> 00:35:19.360 this scheme, so I expected 00:35:19.360 --> 00:35:20.980 them to come, and I waited, 00:35:21.139 --> 00:35:22.699 but one week went by, nobody 00:35:22.699 --> 00:35:25.340 asked me, and to be honest, I 00:35:25.340 --> 00:35:26.480 was a little relieved, because 00:35:26.480 --> 00:35:28.400 I was trying in my own mind to 00:35:28.400 --> 00:35:30.380 think through, how can I explain 00:35:30.380 --> 00:35:31.280 this to a child? 00:35:32.260 --> 00:35:34.320 I think I understand it myself. 00:35:34.519 --> 00:35:36.219 I think I can point them to 00:35:36.219 --> 00:35:37.280 scripture where it says it, but 00:35:37.280 --> 00:35:38.659 how do I make it simple enough, 00:35:38.719 --> 00:35:40.380 not only for them to understand, 00:35:40.840 --> 00:35:42.380 but for them to understand and 00:35:42.380 --> 00:35:44.260 then go articulate it to other 00:35:44.260 --> 00:35:45.700 people, bring it back to their 00:35:45.700 --> 00:35:46.039 teacher. 00:35:46.360 --> 00:35:48.700 The next week went by, two 00:35:48.700 --> 00:35:50.019 weeks to come up with an 00:35:50.019 --> 00:35:52.640 answer, and one of them asked, 00:35:52.980 --> 00:35:56.780 how is Adam like Jesus? 00:35:58.400 --> 00:35:59.420 And so I said something like 00:35:59.420 --> 00:36:01.460 this, I said, well, Adam was 00:36:01.460 --> 00:36:03.360 made in the image of God. 00:36:03.440 --> 00:36:04.960 He was the first man, and he was 00:36:04.960 --> 00:36:07.480 given a job to represent God and 00:36:07.480 --> 00:36:09.680 to exercise dominion over all 00:36:09.680 --> 00:36:12.360 creation, but Adam failed and 00:36:12.360 --> 00:36:14.019 Jesus is the new Adam. 00:36:14.140 --> 00:36:15.460 He's the second Adam. 00:36:15.539 --> 00:36:16.599 He's the true Adam. 00:36:16.980 --> 00:36:18.000 He's the better Adam. 00:36:18.099 --> 00:36:19.940 He succeeds where the first Adam 00:36:19.940 --> 00:36:20.559 failed. 00:36:22.200 --> 00:36:24.140 He said, how are they alike? 00:36:25.920 --> 00:36:27.519 I didn't answer the question 00:36:27.519 --> 00:36:29.480 satisfactorily. 00:36:30.180 --> 00:36:31.280 So I tried again. 00:36:31.280 --> 00:36:33.860 I said, they are alike because 00:36:33.860 --> 00:36:36.680 they both represent us. 00:36:37.579 --> 00:36:40.620 They're representers, meaning we 00:36:40.619 --> 00:36:42.460 get what they earn. 00:36:43.179 --> 00:36:46.460 By nature, we get what Adam has 00:36:46.460 --> 00:36:49.019 earned, his sin and death with it, 00:36:49.059 --> 00:36:50.539 the consequence of the fall. 00:36:50.639 --> 00:36:52.859 But by new nature given through 00:36:52.859 --> 00:36:55.159 faith, we get what Christ has 00:36:55.159 --> 00:36:55.559 earned. 00:36:56.139 --> 00:36:58.880 We get his righteousness and life 00:36:58.880 --> 00:37:01.159 and restored relationship with God. 00:37:01.259 --> 00:37:03.279 Christ, he lived in our place. 00:37:03.359 --> 00:37:04.500 He died in our place. 00:37:04.579 --> 00:37:06.659 He rose in our place so that through 00:37:06.659 --> 00:37:09.259 faith in him, we might be restored 00:37:09.920 --> 00:37:11.259 and be truly human again. 00:37:13.259 --> 00:37:14.899 And he said, what do I tell Miss 00:37:14.899 --> 00:37:15.199 Regina? 00:37:18.319 --> 00:37:19.399 So I said, okay. 00:37:21.119 --> 00:37:25.759 Again, Adam is like Christ because 00:37:25.759 --> 00:37:27.239 they both represent us. 00:37:27.239 --> 00:37:30.699 everyone in the world, everyone in 00:37:30.699 --> 00:37:34.599 this room is represented by one or 00:37:34.599 --> 00:37:35.059 the other. 00:37:35.199 --> 00:37:38.739 You are either in Adam or you are in 00:37:38.739 --> 00:37:39.619 Christ. 00:37:39.719 --> 00:37:41.759 But that's about where the similarities 00:37:41.759 --> 00:37:42.239 end. 00:37:43.439 --> 00:37:45.079 And I came up with this little rhyme to 00:37:45.079 --> 00:37:45.739 help it stick. 00:37:47.439 --> 00:37:52.059 All in Adam bear his sin, but all in 00:37:52.059 --> 00:37:53.659 Christ are new again. 00:37:55.799 --> 00:37:59.239 All in Adam bear his sin. 00:37:59.320 --> 00:38:00.019 That's everyone. 00:38:00.900 --> 00:38:03.860 That's everyone by natural birth. 00:38:04.000 --> 00:38:06.880 Everyone bears his sin, this distorted 00:38:06.880 --> 00:38:09.759 image of God, this selfish inward 00:38:09.759 --> 00:38:12.840 labor, inward purpose, inward building 00:38:12.840 --> 00:38:13.840 of our own kingdom. 00:38:13.940 --> 00:38:14.880 Does that sound like you? 00:38:16.259 --> 00:38:20.380 But all who are in Christ, who by the 00:38:20.380 --> 00:38:23.019 grace of God have been redeemed, who 00:38:23.019 --> 00:38:25.920 trust in the perfect son of man, all 00:38:25.920 --> 00:38:28.840 who are in Christ are new again. 00:38:30.220 --> 00:38:33.380 We are remade into the image of God. 00:38:34.059 --> 00:38:37.059 We are repurposed for his glory. 00:38:37.240 --> 00:38:40.380 And so now by his grace, we labor to 00:38:40.380 --> 00:38:43.380 usher forth his kingdom, not ours. 00:38:44.539 --> 00:38:47.160 Now we, by his grace, live as children 00:38:47.160 --> 00:38:49.980 of God for the glory of God. 00:38:49.980 --> 00:38:52.240 And in Christ, we are crowned 00:38:52.240 --> 00:38:55.420 undeservedly with glory and honor. 00:38:56.519 --> 00:38:59.980 If you are in Christ, church, that is 00:38:59.980 --> 00:39:00.699 your purpose. 00:39:01.699 --> 00:39:04.119 That is your dignity. 00:39:05.159 --> 00:39:07.920 That is what we were made for. 00:39:09.119 --> 00:39:14.559 We exist to magnify the glory of God in 00:39:14.559 --> 00:39:17.139 the gospel of Jesus Christ. 00:39:17.139 --> 00:39:17.279 Christ. 00:39:18.599 --> 00:39:22.099 Oh Lord, how majestic is your name in all 00:39:22.099 --> 00:39:22.579 the earth. 00:39:23.359 --> 00:39:24.379 Would you pray with me? 00:39:32.599 --> 00:39:35.619 Lord, we see so clearly what you have 00:39:35.619 --> 00:39:36.440 made us for. 00:39:37.739 --> 00:39:39.099 It's not for ourselves. 00:39:39.299 --> 00:39:41.039 It's not for our glory. 00:39:41.159 --> 00:39:42.379 It's not for our kingdom. 00:39:42.380 --> 00:39:43.860 It's not for our honor. 00:39:44.260 --> 00:39:46.700 Lord, it is for you and about you. 00:39:47.340 --> 00:39:49.599 And it's from you, God, that we are made 00:39:49.599 --> 00:39:52.140 back into your holy image. 00:39:53.260 --> 00:39:55.380 Lord, we pray if there are any here, 00:39:55.980 --> 00:39:58.099 Father, who remain in Adam, 00:39:59.099 --> 00:40:00.680 we pray that you would give them 00:40:00.680 --> 00:40:02.119 faith in Christ. 00:40:03.420 --> 00:40:05.039 And Lord, if there are any here who are 00:40:05.039 --> 00:40:07.599 struggling with their purpose, 00:40:07.700 --> 00:40:09.599 with their identity, Lord, would you remind 00:40:09.599 --> 00:40:11.739 them of who you have made them to be in him. 00:40:13.159 --> 00:40:14.940 We love you, Lord, and we pray all this 00:40:14.940 --> 00:40:15.599 in Christ's name. 00:40:16.440 --> 00:40:16.699 Amen. 00:40:16.699 --> 00:40:16.839 Amen. 00:40:16.839 --> 00:40:16.860 Amen. 00:40:16.860 --> 00:40:16.900 Amen. 00:40:16.900 --> 00:40:16.920 Amen. 00:40:16.920 --> 00:40:16.940 Amen. 00:40:16.940 --> 00:40:16.980 Amen. 00:40:16.980 --> 00:40:17.000 Amen. 00:40:17.000 --> 00:40:17.420 Amen. 00:40:17.420 --> 00:40:18.920 Amen. 00:40:18.920 --> 00:40:18.980 Amen. 00:40:18.980 --> 00:40:19.039 Amen. 00:40:19.039 --> 00:40:19.539 Amen. 00:40:19.539 --> 00:40:19.559 Amen. 00:40:19.559 --> 00:40:19.619 Amen. 00:40:19.619 --> 00:40:19.639 Amen. 00:40:19.639 --> 00:40:19.679 Amen. 00:40:19.679 --> 00:40:19.699 Amen.