1. Psalm 8 1 O LORD, our Lord, how majestic is your name in all the earth! You have set your glory above the heavens. 1 O LORD, our Lord, how majestic is your name in all the earth! You have set your glory above the heavens.

2. 2 From the lips of children and infants you have ordained praise because of your enemies, to silence the foe and the avenger. 3 When I consider your heavens, the work of your fingers, the moon and the stars, which you have set in place, 2 From the lips of children and infants you have ordained praise because of your enemies, to silence the foe and the avenger. 3 When I consider your heavens, the work of your fingers, the moon and the stars, which you have set in place, Psalm 8

3. 4 what is man that you are mindful of him, the son of man that you care for him? 5 You made him a little lower than the heavenly beings and crowned him with glory and honor. 4 what is man that you are mindful of him, the son of man that you care for him? 5 You made him a little lower than the heavenly beings and crowned him with glory and honor. Psalm 8

4. 6 You made him ruler over the works of your hands; you put everything under his feet: 7 all flocks and herds, and the beasts of the field, 6 You made him ruler over the works of your hands; you put everything under his feet: 7 all flocks and herds, and the beasts of the field, Psalm 8

5. 8 the birds of the air, and the fish of the sea, all that swim the paths of the seas. 9 O LORD, our Lord, how majestic is your name in all the earth! 8 the birds of the air, and the fish of the sea, all that swim the paths of the seas. 9 O LORD, our Lord, how majestic is your name in all the earth! Psalm 8

6. Man, the Image of God Psalm 8

7. David Marvels at the Majesty of God The majesty of the Lord fills the heavens and the earth. The majesty of the Lord fills the heavens and the earth. Gods strength is in the mouths of babes. Gods strength is in the mouths of babes. David is amazed that the Lord has shown such concern for humans and has crowned them with honor. David is amazed that the Lord has shown such concern for humans and has crowned them with honor.

8. God created Adam in his own image Gen. 1:27 Why? What? Who? Why? What? Who? A human being is an ingenious assembly of portable plumbing. A human being is an ingenious assembly of portable plumbing. Man is a seeker after the greatest degree of comfort for the least necessary expenditure of energy. Man is a seeker after the greatest degree of comfort for the least necessary expenditure of energy.

9. What is man, that You are mindful of him? Icon Icon Son of Man Son of Man A little lower than God A little lower than God

10. We are not God Humanism Humanism Epicureanism Epicureanism Materialism Materialism

11. Glorifying the Majesty of God You cannot starve the aged human and glorify the majesty of God. You cannot starve the aged human and glorify the majesty of God. You cannot dismember the unborn human and glorify the majesty of God. You cannot dismember the unborn human and glorify the majesty of God. You cannot gas the Jewish human and glorify the majesty of God. You cannot gas the Jewish human and glorify the majesty of God.

12. Glorifying the Majesty of God You cannot lynch the black human and glorify the majesty of God. You cannot lynch the black human and glorify the majesty of God. You cannot treat human pregnancy like a disease and glorify the majesty of God. You cannot treat human pregnancy like a disease and glorify the majesty of God. You cannot ignore dying, starving, lost humanity and glorify the majesty of God. You cannot ignore dying, starving, lost humanity and glorify the majesty of God.

13. Man - created in the image of God does not mean: there is a distinction to be made between image and likeness there is a distinction to be made between image and likeness that we are divine that we are divine that we look like God physically that we look like God physically that there is anything to do with the sexual distinction between man and woman that there is anything to do with the sexual distinction between man and woman that man has domination of the lower creation around him that man has domination of the lower creation around him

14. What does it mean, image, likeness? Man is capable of speaking. Man is capable of speaking. Man can write, improve his education, accumulate knowledge, and build on past achievements. Man can write, improve his education, accumulate knowledge, and build on past achievements. Man is creative. Man is creative. Closely related to mans creative ability is his gift of reasoning. Closely related to mans creative ability is his gift of reasoning. Man has free-will capacity to make rational choices. Man has free-will capacity to make rational choices.

15. Of all the creatures upon the Earth, only man has the ability to choose between right and wrong. Of all the creatures upon the Earth, only man has the ability to choose between right and wrong. Man possesses a conscience. Man possesses a conscience. Like God, man can experience heart-felt emotions. Like God, man can experience heart-felt emotions. Man alone possesses a unique, inherent religious inclination; he has both the desire and the ability to worship. Man alone possesses a unique, inherent religious inclination; he has both the desire and the ability to worship. Man bears the spiritual imprint of God due to the fact that he possesses an immortal soul. Man bears the spiritual imprint of God due to the fact that he possesses an immortal soul.

16. Why is God constantly in pursuit of man?