What is so Sacred About Life? Thy Kingdom Come – p.2 Psalm 8

Psalm 8 is a hymn celebrating the “glory” of God and man Psalm 8 is a hymn celebrating the “glory” of God and man

God’s people have a king. O LORD, our Lord, how majestic is your name in all the earth! - Psalm 8:1,9 (ESV) - Psalm 8:1,9 (ESV)

God’s people have a king. The hymn writer is saying: O Jehovah, our king!The hymn writer is saying: O Jehovah, our king! His anthem is our king is glorified!His anthem is our king is glorified!

Our king won’t be ignored or overthrown (Psalm 8:1b-3) God’s glory is established above the heavens.God’s glory is established above the heavens. You have set your glory above the heavens. (Ps. 8:1b ESV)

Our king won’t be ignored or overthrown (Psalm 8:1b-3) Noisy kids are evidence our King wins!Noisy kids are evidence our King wins! Out of the mouth of babies and infants, you have established strength because of your foes, to still the enemy and the avenger. (Ps. 8:2 ESV)

Our king won’t be ignored or overthrown (Psalm 8:1b-3) Creation is evidence our King caresCreation is evidence our King cares When I look at your heavens, the work of your fingers, the moon and the stars, which you have set in place, (Ps. 8:3 ESV)When I look at your heavens, the work of your fingers, the moon and the stars, which you have set in place, (Ps. 8:3 ESV) God planned the universe as a home for His family.God planned the universe as a home for His family.

People matter to the king what is man that you are mindful of him, and the son of man that you care for him? - (Ps. 8:4 ESV)

In God’s kingdom people have glory Yet you have made him a little lower than the heavenly beings and crowned him with glory and honor.

In God’s kingdom people have glory You have given him dominion over the works of your hands; you have put all things under his feet, all sheep and oxen, and also the beasts of the field, the birds of the heavens, and the fish of the sea, whatever passes along the paths of the seas. (Ps. 8:5-8 ESV)

In God’s kingdom people have glory One is we believe God did this in creation but undid it when Adam and Eve sinned.One is we believe God did this in creation but undid it when Adam and Eve sinned. The visitation of the Son to our world means that the breach between the holy and the profane can be healed.The visitation of the Son to our world means that the breach between the holy and the profane can be healed.

In God’s kingdom people have glory The second reason is a lack of spiritual esteem.The second reason is a lack of spiritual esteem. People in God’s kingdom have been elevated to "royalty," but a derived royalty.People in God’s kingdom have been elevated to "royalty," but a derived royalty.

Bottom Line: People are the crown of God’s creation!People are the crown of God’s creation!

Bottom Line: Think through your position on capital punishment.Think through your position on capital punishment.

Bottom Line: Think through your position on capital punishment.Think through your position on capital punishment. And for your lifeblood I will surely demand an accounting. I will demand an accounting from every animal. And from each human being, too, I will demand an accounting for the life of another human being.

Bottom Line: Think through your position on capital punishment.Think through your position on capital punishment. “Whoever sheds human blood, by humans shall their blood be shed; for in the image of God has God made mankind. (Genesis 9:5-6 ESV) (Genesis 9:5-6 ESV)

Bottom Line: Think through your position on capital punishment.Think through your position on capital punishment. “‘Anyone who takes the life of a human being is to be put to death. Anyone who takes the life of someone’s animal must make restitution—life for life.

Bottom Line: Think through your position on capital punishment.Think through your position on capital punishment. Anyone who injures their neighbor is to be injured in the same manner: fracture for fracture, eye for eye, tooth for tooth. The one who has inflicted the injury must suffer the same injury.

Bottom Line: Think through your position on capital punishment.Think through your position on capital punishment. Whoever kills an animal must make restitution, but whoever kills a human being is to be put to death.

Bottom Line: Think through your position on capital punishment.Think through your position on capital punishment. You are to have the same law for the foreigner and the native-born. I am the LORD your God.’” (Lev. 24:17-22 ESV)

Bottom Line: Take a stand for the unborn.Take a stand for the unborn.

Bottom Line: Examine your thought life – it can be deadly.Examine your thought life – it can be deadly.

Bottom Line: Examine your thought life – it can be deadly.Examine your thought life – it can be deadly.