Psalm 8:3-4 (NKJV) When I consider Your heavens, the work of Your fingers,The moon and the stars, which You have ordained,What is man that You are mindful of him, And the son of man that You visit him?
The back story of
1. Where did I come from?
1) The primordial soup
2) The God
Psalm 8:1-2 (NKJV)O Lord, our Lord, How excellent is Your name in all the earth, Who have set Your glory above the heavens! Out of the mouth of babes and nursing infants You have ordained strength, Because of Your enemies, That You may silence the enemy and the avenger.
2. What on earth am I here for?
1) You are
Psalm 8:3-4 (NKJV) When I consider Your heavens, the work of Your fingers,The moon and the stars, which You have ordained,What is man that You are mindful of him, And the son of man that You visit him?
2) You are
Psalm 8:5-6 (NKJV)For You have made him a little lower than the angels, And You have crowned him with glory and honor. You have made him to have dominion over the works of Your hands; You have put all things under his feet,
3) You have an
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The of humanity
Psalm 8:4 (NKJV) What is man that You are mindful of him, And the son of man that You visit him?
Genesis 2:7 (NKJV) And the Lord God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living being.
1. We bare the image of
1) Masterfully formed like a potter
2) Beautifully created like an artist
Psalm 139:14 (NKJV) I will praise You, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made; Marvelous are Your works,
3) Uniquely designed like an engineer – distinct, marked out
2. We bare the image of
Genesis 1:27 (NKJV) So God created man in His own image; in the image of God He created him; male and female He created them.
1) – the natural image of God
2) – the moral image of God
3) – the unique image of God
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The about humanity
1. Something is
1) Materialists claim there is nothing wrong
2) Dualists claim evil is an eternal conflict
3) Moralists claim evil is a matter of self-control
4) Christians claim evil is the result of sin
2. Sin entered the
Romans 5:12 (NKJV) Therefore, just as through one man sin entered the world, and death through sin, and thus death spread to all men, because all sinned
1) The
Genesis 2:9 (NKJV) And out of the ground the Lord God made every tree grow that is pleasant to the sight and good for food. The tree of life was also in the midst of the garden, and the tree of the knowledge of good and evil.
2) The
Romans 6:23a (NKJV) For the wages of sin is death
Romans 3:23 (NKJV) for all have sinned and come short of the glory of God
3) The
Romans 5:12 (NKJV) Therefore, just as through one man sin entered the world, and death through sin, and thus death spread to all men, because all sinned
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The “GOOD NEWS” for humanity
1. God sent the
Romans 5:17 (NKJV) For if by the one man’s offense death reigned through the one, much more those who receive abundance of grace and of the gift of righteousness will reign in life through the One, Jesus Christ.
2. You have a new
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