Praise of God

Psalms 8

I Value in the Praise of God

II. God’s Gift to Man

III. God’s gift to man has a price.

IV. God’s Purpose for Man.

Theme: God’s character is worthy of Man’s Praise.

ref. Ps. 9:10

Psalm 9:10 ESV

And those who know your name put their trust in you, for you, O Lord, have not forsaken those who seek you.

Psalm 20:7 ESV

Some trust in chariots and some in horses, but we trust in the name of the Lord our God.

Matthew 21:16 ESV

and they said to him, “Do you hear what these are saying?” And Jesus said to them, “Yes; have you never read, “ ‘Out of the mouth of infants and nursing babies you have prepared praise’?”

Isaiah 11:6 ESV

The wolf shall dwell with the lamb, and the leopard shall lie down with the young goat, and the calf and the lion and the fattened calf together; and a little child shall lead them.

Matthew 18:1–4 ESV

At that time the disciples came to Jesus, saying, “Who is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven?” And calling to him a child, he put him in the midst of them and said, “Truly, I say to you, unless you turn and become like children, you will never enter the kingdom of heaven. Whoever humbles himself like this child is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven.

Psalm 89:11 ESV

The heavens are yours; the earth also is yours; the world and all that is in it, you have founded them.

Isaiah 40:26 ESV

Lift up your eyes on high and see: who created these? He who brings out their host by number, calling them all by name; by the greatness of his might and because he is strong in power, not one is missing.

Psalm 103:15 ESV

As for man, his days are like grass; he flourishes like a flower of the field;

Job 4:17 ESV

‘Can mortal man be in the right before God? Can a man be pure before his Maker?

Psalm 80:17 ESV

But let your hand be on the man of your right hand, the son of man whom you have made strong for yourself!

Psalm 144:3 ESV

O Lord, what is man that you regard him, or the son of man that you think of him?

Psalm 146:3 ESV

Put not your trust in princes, in a son of man, in whom there is no salvation.

1 Corinthians 15:10 ESV

But by the grace of God I am what I am, and his grace toward me was not in vain. On the contrary, I worked harder than any of them, though it was not I, but the grace of God that is with me.

Hebrews 2:7–9 ESV

You made him for a little while lower than the angels; you have crowned him with glory and honor, putting everything in subjection under his feet.” Now in putting everything in subjection to him, he left nothing outside his control. At present, we do not yet see everything in subjection to him. But we see him who for a little while was made lower than the angels, namely Jesus, crowned with glory and honor because of the suffering of death, so that by the grace of God he might taste death for everyone.

Genesis 1:26 ESV

Then God said, “Let us make man in our image, after our likeness. And let them have dominion over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the heavens and over the livestock and over all the earth and over every creeping thing that creeps on the earth.”

Psalm 82:1 ESV

God has taken his place in the divine council; in the midst of the gods he holds judgment:

Psalm 86:8 ESV

There is none like you among the gods, O Lord, nor are there any works like yours.

Psalm 89:6 ESV

For who in the skies can be compared to the Lord? Who among the heavenly beings is like the Lord,

Psalm 97:7 ESV

All worshipers of images are put to shame, who make their boast in worthless idols; worship him, all you gods!

Job 1:6 ESV

Now there was a day when the sons of God came to present themselves before the Lord, and Satan also came among them.

Conclusion: We compare ourselves to God’s greatness and we fall short of it, but through Jesus Christ who brings us into union with Him via the cross. Today, Are we prepared to meet a Powerful, Holy God?