The Heavenly Luminaries
Genesis 1:14-19
And God said, Let there be lights in the firmament of the heaven to divide the day from the night; and let them be for signs…


I. THESE LIGHTS ARE ALL GOD'S SERVANTS.

II. THE MISTAKES MAN'S EYE MAKES IN JUDGING THE WORKS OF GOD. We "limit the Holy One of Israel." What a small world man's eye would make of God's creation!

III. THE DEEPEST HUMILITY IS THE TRUEST WISDOM. The most difficult discovery for man to make in the world is to find out his own littleness.

IV. UNCONSCIOUS BENEFITS ARE RENDERED BY ONE. PART OF CREATION TO ANOTHER. Here are seen the wisdom, power, and goodness of the great Creator. Little do these distant stars know what benefits they confer on our small world.

V. THE HIGH ESTIMATE WHICH GOD PUTS ON MAN. He ordains such glorious worlds to serve Him.

VI. THE GREAT SIN OF IDOL WORSHIP.

(J. P. Millar.)



Parallel Verses
KJV: And God said, Let there be lights in the firmament of the heaven to divide the day from the night; and let them be for signs, and for seasons, and for days, and years:

WEB: God said, "Let there be lights in the expanse of sky to divide the day from the night; and let them be for signs, and for seasons, and for days and years;




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