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Job 7:17

The Pulpit Commentary on Job 7:17

The Pulpit Commentary · Joseph S. Exell and contributors · Public domain

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.

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