Man's Study of Himself
Homiletic Review
Psalm 8:3-4
When I consider your heavens, the work of your fingers, the moon and the stars, which you have ordained;…


I. FINE ANIMAL ORGANISM. Perfect machine; every part-adapted; power to repair itself, and reproduce its kind. "Fearfully and wonderfully made."

II. INTELLECTUAL BEING. Animal organism of little value aside from this. To answer text, see intellectual giants: Paul, Caesar, Shakespeare, Newton.

III. SPIRITUAL BEING. Man created after grand plan: "Let us make man in our own image." Traces of grandeur in fallen man.

IV. IMMORTAL BEING. This soul, in glorified body, shall go on forever. Were death the end, life would be unexplainable.

V. RESPONSIBLE BEING. Life is not chance; nor is the hereafter. We give account of our powers. We shall face our Maker. Tomorrow is the judgment. These facts should not oppress us, but lead us, by God's hell), to make our lives the best answer to the text.

(Homiletic Review.)



Parallel Verses
KJV: When I consider thy heavens, the work of thy fingers, the moon and the stars, which thou hast ordained;

WEB: When I consider your heavens, the work of your fingers, the moon and the stars, which you have ordained;




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