Focal Text: Psalm 8 O Lord, our Lord, how excellent is thy name in all the earth! who hast set thy glory above the heavens. 2 Out of the mouth of babes and sucklings hast thou ordained strength because of thine enemies, that thou mightest still the enemy and the avenger. 3 When I consider thy heavens, the work of thy fingers, the moon and the stars, which thou hast ordained; 4 What is man, that thou art mindful of him? and the son of man, that thou visitest him? 5 For thou hast made him a little lower than the angels, and hast crowned him with glory and honour. 6 Thou madest him to have dominion over the works of thy hands; thou hast put all things under his feet: 7 All sheep and oxen, yea, and the beasts of the field; 8 The fowl of the air, and the fish of the sea, and whatsoever passeth through the paths of the seas. 9 O Lord our Lord, how excellent is thy name in all the earth!

I. The Wisdom of Elective Glory 1. The Innocence of a Child Celebrates His Praise (Psalm 8:2; Matthew 18:2-3) 2. The Impotence of a Child Demonstrates His Power (Psalm 8:2)

II. The Witness of God’s Creative Glory (Psalm 8:3) 1. The Immensity of God's Creation (Psalm 8:3) A. The Witness of Heaven (Psalm 19:1) B. The Witness of the Moon (Genesis 1:14-16) C. The Witness of the Stars (Genesis 15:5) 2. The Activity of God's Creation (Psalm 8:3; Colossians 1:16-17)

III. The Wonder of God’s Redemptive Glory 1. The Place of Divinity (Psalm 8:5; John 1:12-13; John 10:28) 2. The Place of Dignity (Psalm 8:5) 3. The Place of Dominion (Psalm 8:6-8)

Conclusion (Psalm 8:9)