Is The Majestic God Your Lord?

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So we started in Psalm 1,

and this is our eighth week this summer

going through the Psalms.

And so this will be our last one

until next summer, Lord willing.

Psalm 8 is one of the most glorious,

most famous Psalms

out of all 150 in the Psalter.

Psalm 8.

Well, as I read Psalm 8

and you follow along,

we believe that this is God's

very own word for his people.

It's God's inspired, inerrant, infallible,

clear and sufficient word.

And so as I read this,

after we're done, I'll say,

this is the word of the Lord

and the people of God say,

thanks be to God.

Psalm 8.

To the choir master,

according to the Giddeth,

a Psalm of David.

O Lord, our Lord,

how majestic is your name

in all the earth.

You have set your glory

above the heavens.

Out of the mouths of babies

and infants,

you have established strength

because of your foes

to silence the foe and the avenger.

When I look at your heavens,

the work of your fingers,

the moon and the stars

which you have set in place,

what is man

that you are mindful of him,

and the son of man

that you care for him.

You have made him

a little lower

than the heavenly beings

and crowned him

with glory and honor.

You have given him dominion

over the works of your hands.

You have put all things

under his feet,

all sheep and oxen

and also the beasts of the field,

the birds of the heavens

and the fish of the sea,

whatever passes along

the paths of the seas.

O Lord, our Lord,

how majestic is your name

in all the earth.

This is the word of the Lord.

Thanks be to God.

You may be seated.

The Bible says that

the grass withers

and the flower fades,

but it's the word of the Lord

that endures forever.

Would you pray with me?

Father, please show us

how all of Scripture

testifies of the gospel

of Jesus Christ.

May his gospel

ring forth

clearly

with the power

of your Holy Spirit

through Psalm 8

and that your purpose

will be done

in each soul

for the glory of Christ alone

we ask.

Amen.

Beloved congregation

of our Lord Jesus Christ,

when God

is your Lord,

worship

is warfare.

Last time we had

an open air service,

one of our brothers here

said,

we need to keep doing that

because it's warfare.

When we are worshiping

publicly,

unashamed of the gospel,

it's spiritual warfare.

We don't know

what's happening

in the spiritual realm.

But look at verse 2

in Psalm 8.

Verse 2 says,

God has enemies

and there's an avenger.

That's Satan.

He wants to spoil

everything God has done.

But yet,

Psalm 8 verse 2

Psalms 8:2

says that God

has ordained,

God has established

his praise.

And it's through

his praise

out of the mouths

of babies

that he attacks

the enemy

and silences him.

Well,

there it is.

Worship

is warfare.

I was trying to

imagine,

what if this exact

congregation right here

got surrounded

by enemies?

And then,

our strong men,

we have many strong men here,

one by one

came to the front,

but then came one

appearing as an angel

of light

and began to recall

all the sins

of each of these

strong men

till each one

takes the back seat again

and fades away.

Well,

I picture out of this

congregation

comes one of our

littlest children.

And from those mouths

in a squeaky,

high-pitched voice,

Jesus loves me,

this I know,

for the Bible

tells me so.

And at the name

of Jesus,

one little word

from an infant

shall fell

that enemy.

And that,

that one

that was the accuser

that appeared

as the angel of light,

it reveals to be

a pulley on the dragon,

whips around

and runs away

at the name

of Jesus

who loves his people.

So,

I hope that this

is less of a sermon

of teaching,

it's more of a sermon

as worship

and worship

as warfare.

As we go through

Psalm 8,

I want to bring up

five questions to you

for reflection

and then one

exhortation

from Psalm 8.

So,

number one,

doesn't all

of creation

move you

to declare

God's majesty?

The superscription

is also part

of inspired scripture.

and there's a Hebrew

word that they decided

to not even translate,

just leave it.

And it's,

do you see it

in the superscription

right above Psalm 8?

It's the gideth.

And that word

is translated

winepress.

But it's probably

a melody

that was familiar

and when you think

of the winepress

in ancient Israel,

that would be

a time of the harvest.

That would be

a time of joy

and abundance.

And you can see

people singing

even as the sun

is down

and the stars

are coming out,

they're stomping

those grapes

and the red juice

is flowing.

O Lord,

our Lord

is the lyric

to this glorious,

joyful melody.

How excellent,

how majestic,

how exceedingly good

is your name

in all the earth.

The first book

of the Psalms,

this first cluster

of Psalms

from the pen

of King David,

they tell of a king

who's being accused.

Isn't that comforting

that as the king's

own heart and flesh

fears the men

all around him,

the enemies

and the foes,

the king is encouraged

by looking at

the faithful people

of God

singing this melody,

O Lord,

our Lord,

how majestic

is your name

in all the earth.

God ordains

his strength

even for that

accused king

out of the mouths

of babes

and infants

who are praising God.

Faith like a child

brings strength

to the people

of God.

Hasn't that been true

in your experience?

Well,

then,

this glorious

Psalm picks up

momentum

and

nothing is beyond

the reach

of the imagination

when it comes

to Psalm 8

declaring the majesty

of God.

Look at verse 3.

King David,

the harp-playing

psalmist,

says,

I look at your heavens,

the work

of your fingers,

the moon

and the stars

which you have

set in place.

King David

was a shepherd

when he was younger,

so you can almost

picture him out there

in the pasture

late at night.

Everybody in his home

forgot that he was

even part of the family,

but he's out there

all alone

laying with his back

on the dewy pasture

looking up.

There's no light pollution,

there's no artificial light

anywhere.

And the majesty

of God

is on display.

Maybe now

in the midst

of the congregation

these little babes

and infants

that come close,

they ask him,

how did those stars

get there?

How come the moon

travels that way?

And do you see

the answer in verse 3?

It's because God

has set each one

in their place.

That's the childlike faith.

That's the answer.

It's that

this is all

the work of God's fingers.

If that was true

true in ancient Israel,

you would think

that perhaps now

with scientific advancements,

we would realize

well Christianity

and this Judeo-Christian

God of the Bible

of the Psalter

is very archaic.

And all of modern science

dispels

those false notions.

In the 1990s,

the Hubble telescope,

which is a giant telescope

about the size

of a school bus,

it was set to fly

about 340 miles

above the Earth's crust.

And the pictures

that the Hubble telescope

take reveal even more

God's majesty

rather than denying it.

Just one example

is what's called

the Whirlpool Galaxy.

If you want to,

be blown away,

look up HD photos

taken by the Hubble telescope

of the Whirlpool Galaxy.

This galaxy is 31 million

light years away.

We don't even know

enough about science,

most of us,

to even appreciate

how far that is.

31 million light years away.

This one galaxy

has 300 billion stars.

You think there's a lot

of people in the world?

There's about 8 billion

people in the world.

This one galaxy

has 300 billion stars in it.

How did all those stars

get to be

in this Whirlpool Galaxy?

And how did their light

travel 31 million years

from there

until Earth

so that it could even

be viewed?

It's because God said,

let there be light.

So to speak,

the light traveled

from the mouth of God

at 300 million miles

per second.

And the Whirlpool Galaxy

was formed.

Doesn't that sound big?

Well,

this one galaxy

is only one

of hundreds

of billions

of other galaxies,

and that's only

within the known cosmos

of God.

Let me give you

a comparison

of how big

one billion is

compared to one million.

We're throwing out

these astronomically

large numbers.

One million seconds,

if you had to estimate,

how much time

would pass

with one million seconds?

It's only 12 days.

One billion seconds

is 31 years.

Modern science

does not deny

the majesty

of our Creator.

If anything,

it humbles us

even smaller

than what

ancient David

would have thought

looking up

at the stars.

That's why

we can say

like that wonderful poem

by Milton Vincent,

Beholding the heavens,

I now understand

God measured them all

with the breadth

of His hand.

He fashioned

the trillions

of stars in the sky,

the sun and the moon

He established on high,

all heaven and earth

which He made

in six days,

show daily

and nightly

His merit

of praise.

Now look at verse 1.

We think that the stars

reveal the majesty

of God.

Verse 1 says

that God set

His own glory

above the heavens.

Isaiah 40 verse 22

Isaiah 40:22

says that God

sits on His throne

above the horizon

of the cosmos.

This was our call

to worship

that God

stretched out

the heavens

like a piece

of cloth.

You see how much

more majestic

God is.

Then we can even

fathom

or put into words

one of the most

beloved hymns

of the church

is

How Great Thou Art

and How Great Thou Art

is written

about Psalm 8.

And that's exactly

what we declare

when we sing it.

Oh Lord my God,

when I in awesome wonder

consider all the worlds

Thy hands have made,

I see the stars,

I hear the roaring thunder,

Thy power throughout,

the universe displayed.

Aren't you moved

to declare

the majestic name

of our God?

Don't you want to worship

this majestic God,

creator of all?

Well the second point

of reflection is this,

when you do see

the majesty of God,

don't you marvel then

by contrast

at your place

in this universe

that He's created?

See,

God set His glory

even above

those heavens

and then you look

at yourself

like David,

look what he says

in verse 4,

what is man?

Who am I

that you are mindful

of a guy like me?

Or even the son of man

that you care for him?

Isaiah 40, 22 says

man is like a grasshopper

before God.

But yet,

this psalm tells us

that God does care

for His creation.

Every single one,

not a hair can fall

from our head

without the knowledge

of the Father

in heaven.

Milton Vincent's poem

goes on to say,

so wondrously caring

is God

every day,

creating,

sustaining

my life

every way.

Each breath I intake,

every beat

of my heart,

all pleasures

well tasted

are His

to impart.

In fact,

for this purpose

He brought me to be

that I might

His glory

and kindliness see

and cherish Him

fully

in all of my days

obeying with pleasure

whatever He says.

Well, David

takes his eyes

off of the heavens

and he looks

at the earth next

in verse 5.

He says,

you have crowned man

with glory

and honor.

He says,

I look at all

the other beasts,

all the other creatures.

None of them

have a soul.

No other creature

is called an image

bearer of God.

When God made

all the creation

He says it is good

but when He made

Adam and Eve

He says it is

very good.

Do you marvel

at this majestic God

who cares

about you?

not only

has He made you

in His image

He has placed you

over His creation

in a special role.

Look at what He says

in verse 6.

You have given

man dominion

over the works

of your hand.

In verse 7 He says

all sheep,

oxen,

and the beasts

of the field.

In verse 8 He says

it's also the birds

of the heavens,

the fish of the sea,

whatever passes

along the paths

of the seas.

Oh Lord,

our Lord,

how majestic

is your name

in all the earth.

The nation of Israel

was doing spiritual warfare

by calling out

specifically

how God

is majestic

in all His creation.

What comes to your mind

when you think of

all that God

has created

that declares

His majesty?

What comes to mind?

When we rehearse

this together,

we're worshiping God

and we're doing this

as spiritual warfare.

That simple little pigeon

in Israel,

that pigeon declares

the majesty of God.

The piranha

in the Amazon

declares

the majesty of God.

The palatopis

off the beach

in Australia

declares

the majesty

of God.

What else declares

the majesty

of God?

Well, the penguin

on an iceberg

in Argentina

declares

the majesty

of God.

The porcupine

in a Canadian forest

declares

the majesty

of God.

There's a pike fish

right now

in a lake

in Mongolia

that declares

the majesty

of God.

We worship God

by looking at

all that He has made.

And when we

praise God

for His majesty

in all the creation,

His spirit

is winning the war.

His kingdom

is advancing

as we worship Him.

I thought about

picking on

the poodle

in Paris

but that was

just too obvious.

But even the poodle

would declare

the majesty

of God.

You want a couple more?

Okay.

No one said yes

but okay.

Well, the panther

in the Brazilian jungle

declares

the majesty

of God.

The panda

in a forest

in China

declares

the majesty

of God.

And even for those

who fear snakes,

yes,

even the python

in subtropical

India

declares

the majesty

of God.

Anywhere we travel

or walk

or visit,

any hike you go on,

it's declaring

the majesty

of God.

You can say

this is my

Father's world.

He shines

in all

that's fair.

In the rustling grass

I hear Him pass

and He speaks

to me

everywhere.

The third point

of reflection.

The more you

marvel at creation,

doesn't it make

you want to know

your majestic

creator?

You want to

declare His majesty

but don't you

want more than that

too?

You want to

know Him.

Look back

at verse 1

again.

He says,

O Lord,

our Lord.

And He's not

just repeating

the same word.

In the Hebrew

He says,

O Yahweh,

our Adonai.

Yahweh is

the unspeakable

name of God.

It's not even

including the

vowels.

It's just

Y-W-H.

It's the name

that should not

be spoken

because of fear

of taking the

Lord's name

in vain.

So when you

behold all of

God's majesty

and all of

creation,

you say,

that's Yahweh.

I can't even

say His name.

But yet,

He says,

O Lord,

O Yahweh,

our Adonai.

And Adonai

was the word

they could say

when they speak

of God

without it being

irreverent.

So yes,

this majestic

Lord that is

transcendent,

He is our

Adonai.

He's our

covenant keeping

God who draws

near to us.

We marvel at

His creation,

but we want to

know Him.

We want to be

able to call

Him by His

name and

worship Him.

But see,

the psalm,

He's always got

this tension

going through it

because He says,

God has set

His glory above

the heavens like

it's out of His

reach.

All of creation,

it's pointing to

how majestic God

is almost

beyond the

grasp of

any sinful

human.

In fact,

it is beyond

the grasp

unless God

were to do

something.

This is what

the church has

always recognized

and declared

of God.

Nehemiah 9.6

says,

You alone

are the Lord.

You made

the heavens,

even the highest

heavens,

and all their

starry host,

the earth and

all that is in

it, the seas and

all that is in

them.

You can just

hear the longing

of God's people

as they're coming

back from exile.

We want to

know You,

Lord.

We see all

that You have

done, and You

have been faithful

to us as our

Adonai.

We want to

know You.

In verse 5,

He says,

You made man,

this is interesting

how He words it,

You made man a

little lower

than the Elohim.

You made man a

little lower than

those heavenly

beings, those angels

and spiritual

beings.

Now, He could have

drawn the comparison

looking down,

couldn't He?

He said,

You have made man a

little above the

beasts.

But that's not

where He sets man's

sight.

He says,

You made man a

little lower than

the spiritual beings,

and on top of that,

You crowned him with

Your own glory and

honor.

We can find some

good help here from

classical theism,

from men like

Thomas Aquinas,

who synthesized what

the church believed

of God in the

Middle Ages.

Thomas Aquinas

looked at Psalm 8,

and he says,

Okay, here we have

man that is formed

out of the dirt,

like Adam was made

from the dirt that

God put,

and then God breathed

with the Holy Spirit

a spirit and a soul

into Adam.

And that's exactly the

picture we see here,

that Adam was put over

all the animals,

but yet on top of that,

he was made spiritual

like those heavenly

beings.

So man has this

position of being

earthly,

but yet being spiritual.

There's no other

creature that God

made that is that

way, that has a

body and also has

a soul.

Nehemiah echoes

this in that same

passage, Nehemiah

9, 6, he says,

God, not only did

you create everything,

you gave life to

everything, and

what's more,

multitudes of

heaven worship

you.

That longing to

worship God

belongs to

spiritual beings.

Man longs to

worship the

creator as the

heavenly beings

worship him

as spirit.

The more you

marvel at creation,

doesn't it make you

want to know this

true God, this

creator?

And as you want to

know him, you're

met with that

reality that I

can only tremble.

I want to

worship him, but

I'm so small.

I am like a

grasshopper.

And you're

overwhelmed with

fear.

Scottish

pastor Eric

Alexander, he

said, the fear

of the Lord is

just the proper

reaction of

sinners to

God's infinite

holiness, or of

creatures to God's

infinite majesty.

As we grow in the

knowledge of God, we

will learn to truly

tremble before his

great glory and his

burning purity, and

see this is indeed

the beginning of

wisdom.

wisdom.

Well, because we are

spiritual creatures,

here's the fourth

point of reflection.

Don't you long for a

new creation in which

you truly can feel

closer to God?

We are spiritual

beings.

Don't you have that

inner longing to be

closer and feel even

closer to God, the

creator?

There's a problem

with Psalm 8.

The problem is

this.

It cannot be

speaking of Adam, and

it cannot be speaking

of any son of Adam.

Let me try to make

that case for you.

Before Adam sinned, did

he have any children?

Were there any born of

the seed of Adam that

were sinless, born

sinless unto the

earth?

No.

Well, then how can

verse 2 be referring

to Adam?

Look at verse 2.

The promise in Psalm

Psalms 8:2

8 verse 2 is that God

will silence his foe and

the avenger from the

mouths of babes and

infants.

Well, there were no

infants in the Garden

of Eden.

On top of that, did

Adam silence the foe and

the avenger?

No.

He did just the

opposite.

He failed.

Adam did not guard and

keep the temple dwelling

presence of God in

Eden from the serpent.

Instead, Adam joined the

rebellion, fell to sin.

And Adam brought a curse on

all of the first creation.

Did Adam, look at verse 6

in Psalm 8, did Adam have

all things put under his

feet?

Adam never did.

Yes, he was supposed to

name the animals, but here

comes the rebellious serpent,

and the serpent wins that

battle against Adam.

So the psalmist asks in

verse 4, what is man?

What is Adam that you

should care about him or

the son of Adam?

Who's the son of Adam?

It's everyone born of Adam.

Why should God care for

anyone under the curse of

the first creation sin through

the first federal head?

That's why you and I have

problems.

In Psalm 8, it elevates the

majesty of God, but it also

exposes us before this

majestic God as sinners

standing in need of God to

do something on our behalf.

We are spiritual beings that

long to worship our creator,

but yet we're fallen sinners in

Adam.

We need a new creation.

Some of you are feeling that

now, and though you are part

of the new creation in Christ,

you still feel that distance

from God.

I just want to encourage you

right now.

You get to pray.

You and I get to pray to this

mighty God, the creator.

And we get to hear his word

ministered to us by his spirit.

Martin Luther felt that.

He felt, he knew he was saved

forensically, but yet he felt

distance from God.

He struggled so much throughout

this whole life.

And he devoured God's word and

translated the whole Bible into

German.

And Martin Luther said this about

prayer and your fellowship with

the Lord on a daily basis.

Martin Luther's conclusion, see if

you agree.

We don't pray for God to make us

want to read the Bible.

We read the Bible, and God uses

that to make us want to pray.

We want to fellowship with God.

We get to pray, but it's a

spiritual battle as long as we

are in this body of flesh, under

the curse of Adam, on this world.

But you have a soul, and it's

your soul that longs to worship

God like the heavenly beings.

And it's that soul that is united

to your Savior, Jesus Christ.

Christ.

Well, Jesus is foreshadowed in Psalm

8.

God says, I will make my majesty, my

exceeding good name known to all

the earth.

I will do it.

It will not come from the son of

Adam.

It will come from the seed of woman.

The sons of man will forever be

slaves to the serpent.

But Genesis 3.15, like our older

children are memorizing, God

promised in the curse of the

serpent, I will put enmity between

Eve's offspring and Satan.

And from Eve's line shall rise up

one, my one seed that shall crush

Satan's head, and Satan shall

bruise his heel.

We long for a new creation.

We long to feel closer to God.

Trust Him.

Trust this majestic God will come to

save.

If, Augustine said, if you ever are

longing, be ever praying.

So the last, the fifth and last point

of reflection is this, that Psalm 8

can only be fulfilled if the majestic

God Himself does it.

Do you see, here's what you need to

reflect on, do you see Christ in Psalm

8?

Let's march through this.

Psalm 8 verse 5 says this,

Psalms 8:5

God made Him a little lower than the

heavenly beings.

How was this fulfilled in Christ?

Philippians 2.5 says that though Jesus

Christ is God, He did not count equality

with God a thing to be grasped.

Psalm 8.4 says, how mindful is God of

man and how much does God care for the

fallen line of Adam?

Philippians 2.7 answers that question.

Taking on the form of a servant,

being born in the likeness of men.

Psalm 8 says, it will be sinners on

earth who will praise the majestic

name of God.

And when Jesus Christ walked this earth

and He was casting out demons,

in Luke 9.42 and 43, the Pharisees

and scribes, they were the foes and the

avengers.

They were plotting to kill Jesus and as

they were plotting against Him, Jesus

interpreted Psalm 8 for them and said,

God has ordained praise for me out of

the mouths of these babies and infants.

And He did that and fulfilled that to

strengthen your faith.

God silenced Satan once and for all.

Taking on the form of a man by being

crushed on the cross.

Putting death to death for our sins.

Philippians 2.8 says that in human form,

God humbled Himself by becoming obedient

to the point of death, even death on a

cross.

How majestic is the name of our great God.

Our hymn says it so well,

and when I think that God,

His Son, not sparing, sent Him to die,

I scarce can take it in.

That on the cross, my burden gladly bearing,

He bled and died to take away my sin.

Psalm 8 verse 5 says that God crowned Him

Psalms 8:5

with glory and honor.

God crowned Jesus Christ the new man,

the firstborn of the new creation,

the second Adam,

with glory and honor.

Hebrews 1.3 interprets this for us,

that Jesus Christ is the radiance of the glory of God,

the exact imprint of His nature,

and He upholds the universe by the world,

by the word of His power.

After making purification for sins,

Jesus Christ sat down at the right hand

of the majesty on high.

Jesus has fully and finally fulfilled

all that God promised in Psalm 8,

so that you can call Him your Lord.

Philippians 2.9 says that God

has highly exalted Jesus

and bestowed on Him

God's majestic name

that is above every name.

Psalm 8.6 says that God has given Him dominion

over the works of His hands

and put all things under His feet.

Because the new creation

is inaugurated spiritually

by the finished work of Christ,

you can approach this great God,

our Creator.

You can know Him.

You can enjoy fellowship with Him spiritually,

though it's a battle

with the remaining flesh.

So here's our exhortation.

It's the first and the last verse

of Psalm 8.

The exhortation for us,

if you know Christ,

is to worship His majestic name

in this life

in preparation for the life to come.

David calls all of God's people

to sing it.

O Lord, our Lord,

how majestic is Your name

in all the earth.

We worship His majestic name

in spirit now

with all of creation

confirming the gospel truth

that our Creator came

to save sinners like us.

And we can declare again,

this is my Father's world.

Why should my heart be sad?

The Lord is King.

Let the heavens ring.

God reigns.

Let the earth be glad.

You will feel distant from God

in this life

from time to time.

you will feel

spiritually cold

in worship.

And it's good

that we long

to be closer

and closer

and closer

to God,

our Creator.

When you worship Him,

you are fighting

in the battle.

We need to fight

to worship our God,

fight against our own flesh

in private

and in public.

Worship is warfare.

I love how

Don Whitney said,

can we expect

the flames

of our worship of God

to burn brightly

in public

on the Lord's day

when they barely

flicker for Him

in secret

on other days?

Worship

on this earth

will always be

warfare for us.

Hebrews 2, 5, and 6

says that there is

a world to come.

There is a new heavens,

a new earth.

And it says that

God will not subject

the world to come

to angels.

That's why

Jesus Christ was

lower than the angels

becoming a man,

becoming a mediator

because it's to Him

that God will entrust

that new world

that is to come.

God has set

Jesus Christ

on His throne

of glory

above the heavens.

And soon

He will usher in

this new world.

And in the meantime,

we worship God

in spirit,

believing the truth

of all that He has

revealed and fulfilled

in Jesus Christ.

How majestic

is the great name

of our Lord.

We worship now

as a fool

before the world,

trusting that

He will come

from heaven

with all of His glory

unto the whole earth

one day very soon.

Philippians 2, 10

says that when

He does come,

you know this,

every knee

will bow

in heaven,

on earth,

and under the earth.

Why will they bow?

At the name

of Jesus Christ.

Worship the majestic

name of God

in this life

in preparation

for that great,

glorious life

with Him

that's to come.

What will that be like?

Well, when this life

is over for you,

Christ Himself

will usher you

into His heavenly realm.

Psalm 45,

Psalms 45:5

verse 5,

describes what that

will be like this way.

It's with joy

and rejoicing

that you will be brought

and you will enter

into the King's palace.

How majestic

is the great name

of our God.

Psalm 16, verse 11

Psalms 16:11

says that

when you're there

in His glorious presence,

there is fullness of joy

at the right hand of God,

our pleasures

forevermore.

So you worship

His majestic name

now by faith.

By faith,

you know His kingdom

is coming.

Your spirit inside of you

longs for that.

And one day,

our faith will be made sight.

How great is our God.

The hymn says that

when Christ shall come

with shout of acclamation

and take me home,

what joy shall fill my heart.

Then I shall bow

in humble adoration

and then proclaim,

my God,

how great

thou art.

So we worship

this majestic name

of our Lord now.

It's a battle,

but it's preparing

our souls

for the world

that is to come.

If God has revealed

His majestic name

to you,

as the Father

foreordained,

as the Son

came to fully reveal,

and as the Spirit

now comes to minister

the fullness of God

to you,

then you praise

the majestic name

of the Lord,

our God,

now in preparation

for all of eternity.

Glory be to God.

Would you pray with me?

O Lord,

our God,

may the majesty

of your most excellent name

be on display

in our lives

and in this congregation.

We pray from Jude 1, 12,

that through Jesus Christ

our Lord,

the only God,

our Savior,

to you alone

be all glory,

majesty,

dominion,

and authority

before all time

and now

and forevermore.

Amen.