Job 7:17 - Homiletics

Lord, what is man?

I. THE INSIGNIFICANCE OF MAN .

1 . In origin , allied to the dust.

2 . In character ' defiled by sin.

3 . In experience ' weighted with misery.

4 . In duration , short-lived and evanescent.

5 . In destiny ' doomed to dissolution.

II. THE GREATNESS OF MAN .

1 . Created in the Divine image.

2 . Preserved by Divine care.

3 . Redeemed by Divine love.

4 . Renewed by Divine grace.

5 . Immortalized by Divine life.

6 . Crowned with Divine glory, already in Christ Jesus, and afterwards in them that are his.

Lessons.

1 . Since man is so insignificant, be humble.

2 . Since man is so great be good.