Serving Jesus Christ

May 31, 2026 Sermon - What Is Man?


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This Sunday's Inspirational Message is:

Waiting On God With Whole Heart!

Today's message comes from one of the most beloved poems ever written — Psalm 8. And I want you to hold on to that word: poem. Because that's what this is. King David didn't sit down with a theology textbook when he wrote Psalm 8. He stepped outside under the vast, star-splashed sky of the ancient Near East, and something deep inside him stirred. He looked up — and then he looked inward — and the result was this breathtaking song that asks one of the most honest questions any human being has ever asked: "What is man, that You take thought of him?"

That question is just as alive today as it was three thousand years ago. In a world that sometimes tells you that you don't matter, that you're just a number, just a body, just a brief flash of existence in an indifferent universe — Psalm 8 thunders back with a different answer. A better answer. A truer answer. And it begins and ends not with us, but with God — with His majestic name, His sovereign glory, and His astonishing grace toward people like you and me.

Here's what you can expect in today's message: We're going to walk through Psalm 8 carefully and prayerfully. We'll look at where this psalm came from, what it meant to its original audience, and why it matters enormously for how we live on a Tuesday in rural Minnesota. We'll talk about what it means that God's glory fills creation, why human dignity is not something we earn but something God gave, and how Jesus Christ Himself is the final and fullest answer to the question David asked.

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Once again, thanks for joining us in our time of worshiping the Lord through His Word!

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"Scripture quotations taken from the Holy Bible: New American Standard Bible. 1995. LaHabra, CA: The Lockman Foundation.

The music "Revive Us Again" and "Be Thou My Vision" arranged and played by Don Wigton. Used by Permission.

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Serving Jesus ChristBy Pastor Warren Swanson