Sunday, January 2, 2011

For You are Dust, and to Dust You Shall Return

Gen.3:19 ESV By the sweat of your face you shall eat bread, till you return to the ground, for out of it you were taken; for you are dust, and to dust you shall return."
Gen.2:7 ESV then the LORD God formed the man of dust from the ground and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life, and the man became a living creature.
Ps.103:14 ESV For he knows our frame; he remembers that we are dust.
Ecc.3:20 ESV All go to one place. All are from the dust, and to dust all return.
Did you ever stop to think about these statements? We are just plain old dirt! God, in his majesty, made us from what we walk on everyday! If that does not humble you, then you have a real problem!
Ps.104:29 ESV When you hide your face, they are dismayed; when you take away their breath, they die and return to their dust.
Take heart, God cares for us!
Ps.8:3-5 ESV 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? Yet you have made him a little lower than the heavenly beings and crowned him with glory and honor.
Ps.8:6-8 ESV 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. Even though we are born into sin, God made a way for us to be reconciled to Him through Jesus Christ who is our sinless sacrifice.Matt.2:4-6 and assembling all the chief priests and scribes of the people, he inquired of them where the Christ was to be born. They told him, "In Bethlehem of Judea, for so it is written by the prophet:  "'And you, O Bethlehem, in the land of Judah, are by no means least among the rulers of Judah; for from you shall come a ruler who will shepherd my people Israel.'" Lord, thank You for caring for us even while we are in rebellion against You. Forgive us and have mercy on us for You are our creator. Amen

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