What are the Three Ways Names are Earned by Men?
O Lord, our Lord, How excellent is Your name in all the earth, Who have set Your glory above the heavens! (Psalm 8:1) David grasped the fact that God was and continues to be more than simply the God of Israel; He was and continues to be the God of the entire world. His name is excellent across all the world. A famous Bible scholar once observed that great names are earned by men in three different ways.
- Some men are born with a prestigious title, such as a king, for example.
- Others make their name great by means of their accomplishments.
- Still others have a great name conferred upon them.
The more excellent Name of Jesus came to us through all three of these channels.
- Jesus' Name is great because He inherited a great Name.
- His Name is great because of His achievements.
- His Name is great because it was bestowed upon Him by the Father
How can the mouth of babes silence the enemy?
Praise is a spiritual weapon that we can use to silence the devil. There is perhaps no more important fact in the Bible than this. From the point of view of practical Christian living, God has given us a way to silence the devil’s mouth. Psalm 8:2 says:
Out of the mouth of babes and nursing infants
You have ordained strength,
Because of Your enemies,
That You may silence the enemy and the avenger. (Psalm 8:2)
Babes and nursing infants are helpless and cannot fight back in their own strength. This is a picture of the Christian for whom circumstances can seem beyond his power and understanding.
However, there is a hidden secret here. The moment the Christian begins to use his or her mouth to praise God, their enemies are struck dumb. Praise is the surest way to counter slander of the enemy.
God always uses weak and the so called insignificant vessels to display His overcoming power and glory through them.
Lord Jesus quoted Psalm 8:2
15But when the chief priests and scribes saw the wonderful things that He did, and the children crying out in the temple and saying, “Hosanna to the Son of David!” they were indignant 16 and said to Him, “Do You hear what these are saying?” And Jesus said to them, “Yes. Have you never read, ‘Out of the mouth of babes and nursing infants You have perfected praise?” (Matthew 21:15-16)
These little ones knew—as those leaders did not know; that Jesus was the long-awaited Son of God.
For You have made him a little lower than the angels,
And You have crowned him with glory and honor. (Psalm 8:5)
Psalm 8:5 is a prophecy about Jesus Christ quoted by the writer in Hebrews 2:9.
This is to show us that Jesus did take on human nature and thus became a little lower than angels.
What is the Scientific Evidence for "Paths of the Sea"
American naval officer and oceanographer Matthew Maury (1806-1873) was a Christian who loved reading his Bible. He also had no doubts about its accuracy. And these facts led him to some remarkable discoveries in science.
The words of Psalm 8:8 stuck in his mind:
The birds of the air, and the fish of the sea, and whatever passes along the paths of the seas.
Maury determined that if God’s Word said there were ‘paths’ in the seas, then there must be paths. So he set out to find them and he did find those paths. His ground breaking research led to many advancements in marine navigation.
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