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Treasuring God's Truth in Your Heart

I John 3:3-5: And everyone who thus hopes in him purifies himself as he is pure.

Treasuring God's Truth in Your Heart

I John 3:1-2: How great is the love the Father has lavished on us, that we should be called children of God! And that is what we are! The reason the world does not know us is that it did not know him. Dear friends, now we are children of God, and what we will be has not yet been made known. But we know that when he appears, we shall be like him, for we shall see him as he is. [1]

Treasuring God's Truth in Your Heart

As David closes this Psalm, he reminds us of two important things: (1) man’s functioning as God’s representative on earth, and (2) that “The Redeemer-King of Israel is the Creator.”

Treasuring God's Truth in Your Heart

In the first four verses we have focused on human beings. But the rest of Psalm 8 forces us to realize that David is not talking about any mere human.

Treasuring God's Truth in Your Heart

Psalm 8:1-2 showed us humanity’s privileged position because God has entrusted mankind with His creation and sustains them from infancy, but most clearly shows His love in Christ.