Word
of God
But he replied and
said, "It is written, 'It is not by bread alone that a man
lives, except by every word that issues from the mouth of God
The Gospel According
to Matthew 4:4
The
Book of Psalms 8:6
6 Thou hast made him
to have dominion in the works of thine hands, thou hast put all
things under his feet
Brethren:
During the last few
readings we have decidedly learned how our Creator has, through His
hands, made us to be a bit lower than Himself. As such, He has given
us control over His other creations that we might derive from it the
blessings that He bestows upon us. Verses 7-8 in the above psalm goes
on to list some of them, and should be read in order to further
understand the gift of stewardship which we have received. - Dr.
Riktor Von Zhades - Disciple of Christ
“His charter, by
which he holds this royalty, bears equal date with his creation (Read
Genesis. 1:28) and was renewed after the flood, (Read Genesis 9:2.
God has put all things under man’s feet, that he might serve
himself, not only of the labour, but of the productions and lives of
the inferior creatures; they are all delivered into his hand, nay,
they are all put under his feet. He specifies some of the inferior
animals (See verses 7-8), not only sheep and oxen, which man takes
care of and provides for, but the beasts of the field, as well as
those of the flood, yea, and those creatures which are most at a
distance from man, as the fowl of the air, yea, and the fish of the
sea, which live in another element and pass unseen through the paths
of the seas. Man has arts to take these; though many of them are much
stronger and many of them much swifter than he, yet, one way or
other, he is too hard for them, Read James. 3:7). Every kind of
beasts, and birds, and things in the sea, is tamed, and has been
tamed. He has likewise liberty to use them as he has occasion. Rise
Peter, kill and eat, (Read Acts 10:13). Every time we partake of fish
or of fowl we realize this dominion which man has over the works of
God’s hands; and this is a reason for our subjection to God, our
chief Lord, and to his dominion over us.
In singing this and
praying it [this psalm] over, though we must not forget to
acknowledge, with suitable affections, God’s common favours to
mankind, particularly in the serviceableness of the inferior
creatures to us, yet we must especially set ourselves to give glory
to our Lord Jesus, by confessing that he is Lord, submitting to him
as our Lord, and waiting till we see all things put under him and all
his enemies made his footstool.”
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