The Bible tells us, "In
the beginning was the Word,
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and the Word was with God,
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and the Word was God."
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It says, "To
receive with meekness
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the implanted Word,
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which is able
to save your souls.
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And to be diligent
to present yourself
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approved to God,
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rightly dividing
the Word of truth."
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Join us now for the
3ABN Sabbath School Panel.
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Our study today is
the Book of Daniel.
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Hello, and welcome to
3ABN Sabbath School Panel.
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This is going to
be a blessed study.
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Already you know, already
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because we're
going to be listening
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at lesson number five.
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And we look at
lesson number five,
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we're going to be
looking from pride to humility.
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So this is really going to
be some interesting things,
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I know that you
wanna be involved with.
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So anyway, I pray
you're having a blessed day
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and you're really excited about
spending this time with us,
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because we're
definitely excited about
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spending this
time with you in study.
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You have other choices I know,
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but you've made
the choice to be here
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and study with this panel today,
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and we thank you for that.
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And again we're going
to be looking at the...
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There's a subject
pride to humility,
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and I think as we look at this,
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I think we're
gonna learn some things
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and maybe even about ourselves,
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and I'm gonna
just encourage you.
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Make sure you get your guide,
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it's very, very
important to get that guide.
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I know when I do study,
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I like to have a guide
something that I can go by.
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And if you don't have one,
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I'll tell you how
you get one right quick,
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then you get
more information on it
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just a little bit later.
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You can download,
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load these at
ABSG.Adventist.org.
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And well, that's
ABSG.Adventist.org.
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So you can get these studies,
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you can get them into your home,
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and you can just fill them out
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and work right
along with us here.
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And we would have
more on this later,
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but bless you and
again, I've often heard said
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and think it's very good,
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if you, if you're
not, if you can't do that
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and maybe don't
know how to do it,
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visit to your
nearest Adventist Church.
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And not only will they be glad
to give you this study guide,
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but I think they
might even invite you
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to for fellowship lunch.
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Oh, you bet.
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Praise the Lord,
that will be good.
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All right. Praise God.
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I want to just
introduce our panel again
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for the faithfulness and
the work that each one do,
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and it is, it's His work.
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And to my left is
Pastor John Lomacang,
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always a pleasure to
work with you, thank you.
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We've been enjoying
our journey through Daniel,
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and I don't think today
is gonna be any different.
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Amen. I like that.
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All right, next to you
is Sister Shelley Quinn?
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We always have fun on this panel
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and it's great to study,
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even though it is work,
it's great to study together.
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Absolutely. And,
Pastor Ryan Day, next you.
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I'm doing fantastic,
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and I'm excited to be
part of this panel as always.
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Amen.
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And down the end
holding it all together.
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Sister Jill Morikone, blessing.
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Always love
opening up the Word of God,
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and learning
from each one of you.
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Amen. Amen.
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And while you're down there,
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would you have
opening prayer for us?
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Sure.
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Holy Father, we come
before You in the name of Jesus,
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praising You
that You are our God.
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Amen.
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We thank You for Your Word,
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and right now as
we open up Your Word,
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would You open up
our minds and our hearts
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to receive What you have for us.
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Speak to us just
now in Jesus' name.
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Amen.
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Amen. Praise the Lord.
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You know, we're going to,
I wanna do the memory verse.
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I like the memory
verse, Daniel 4:3.
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If anyone has that
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or you've got it
open in your Bible,
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read along with us here.
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And this is Sabbath afternoon.
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You've opened up your book.
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Said, "How great are His signs
and how mighty His wonders.
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His kingdom is an
everlasting kingdom
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and His dominion is from
generation to generation."
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If I'm asked the question,
who's basically speaking here?
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What would our answer be?
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Nebuchadnezzar.
Nebuchadnezzar, good.
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That's a good answer.
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I think that's a
right answer here.
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But you notice
here, this is the king's
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after his mind
is restored, right?
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That he's
restored, he's giving praise
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to the King of
kings and Lord of lords,
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in Patriarchs and
Prophets, 521 says,
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"He became a
humble child of God."
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Wow.
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God was working all
along, was it for sure?
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We're going to
be looking at there
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on Saturday's afternoon,
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just a little
synopsis, real quick.
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Pride,
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pride is a dangerous
word, dangerous thing
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when used to elevate man.
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It leads to downfall of many.
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And to Lucifer, his angels
being expelled from heaven.
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So this is something
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I'm gonna spend a little time on
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and it's on my part of it too.
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And I think we
need to spend some,
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because of the word
pride sometime we forget.
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Anything that lifts us up
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rather than lifting
up the name of Jesus.
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I wanna spend...
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And I pray that you are too,
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you've taken in a
notebook, and pencil and paper.
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'Cause we'll go quickly
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right on there
in Sunday's lesson,
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as time is just
flying right by us right now.
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Lesson number five,
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is not this the
Babylon, the great,
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lesson number five.
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What happens to King
Nebuchadnezzar and why?
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Right quick, the same thing
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we just talked
about a moment ago,
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pride issue.
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Pride came in, and
when pride comes in,
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it is a
destroyer, it can hurt you,
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it can tear a church apart.
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It can tear a
family apart, individually,
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it can tear us apart.
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Even though it's
such a simple little word,
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it's like, oh,
well, we can have little,
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maybe that's such a good thing.
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You think,
Pastor, as good pride?
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Is there such a thing?
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And I'm setting
him up, I don't know.
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Yeah.
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No, there's no such
thing as good pride.
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Okay. All right, so we had to...
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We had to, anything
that we had need to be gauged
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by the Word of
God, isn't it, you know?
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Pride in the Word of God,
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mostly it comes to godly thing.
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I wanna read a few
passages quickly about pride
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because we can see.
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And then I wanna just go
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and if we have
time to be on guard
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because this
there's so much to cover
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what happens here
with Nebuchadnezzar,
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there's just so much,
but again pride is the issue.
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We can learn
about Nebuchadnezzar,
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we can read about it,
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but how about this
thing called pride.
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And then I wanna
look at may be about 15
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if I can quickly.
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Signs that you may have pride,
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and maybe we don't know it.
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So it might be very interesting.
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Yes.
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The pride in Proverbs 11:2 said,
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"Pride cometh,
notice, and then shame."
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Pride comes
first and then shame.
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In Proverbs 16:18, we know,
"If pride cometh before" what?
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"It comes before
fall or destruction."
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Proverbs 29:23,
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"Man's pride
shall bring him low."
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Isaiah 25:11,
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"He, God, shall bring
down those their pride."
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Examples of that just
quickly, Jeremiah 48:29 says,
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"The pride of Moab,"
and you can look right down,
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I guess you go on and on and on,
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pride of Sodom,
the pride of Israel,
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the pride of the Philistines,
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we notice that,
the pride of Assyria,
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it can just go on and on and on.
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Their downfall
was because of pride,
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they lifted
themselves up as Nebuchadnezzar
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instead of lifting
up the God of heaven
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which is this
lesson the first part here
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brings him down, right?
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Insanity, he's like
the beast of the field
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'cause God wanted
to get his attention
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and God got his attention.
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Now let's look
at, this is, verse 15
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if I can just get
through them real quickly on it.
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About signs that may
be we need to be on guard
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that may be pride is an issue,
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and it's so subtle sometime
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that we don't realize
that may be it is pride.
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Number one.
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Now I looked,
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I read some of these
and I felt guilty of sin.
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Is it okay to say that?
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I mean, I feel like
they stepped on my toes
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because I didn't
realize maybe that's what it is,
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but I looked at that number one,
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"Assuming you
already know something
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when someone is teaching."
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Whoa, that's
good. Oh, that's good.
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Think about it.
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Something you
already know, so why listen.
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You already know.
That's a sign of pride.
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Two, seeing yourself as too good
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to perform certain task.
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It could be pride.
Well, that's not my job.
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Well, I'm not gonna.
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You know, Steve
stops up, don't call me.
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You know, get
somebody else to do.
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Come on, let's
just get down to it.
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It could be where
I may and all that.
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Well, that's
somebody else's job,
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that's not mine.
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That may be something
there we need to look at.
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Number three, being too
proud, oh, boy, to ask for help.
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Man, I think I've been there.
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Or directions. The directions.
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Well, I don't
never ask direction
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because I never get lost.
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Let's face it up, isn't
it? Reason number eight.
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As long as I have
gas in the car, right?
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I'm still able to drive around,
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like, wow, I can
find my way out of it.
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This is part of being
too proud to ask for help.
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This could be dangerous.
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And I'm told
that lot of times too
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'cause I'll try
to lift something
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or do something
or build something.
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My wife will say,
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"Man, call somebody
and ask to lift there."
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"Ah, I can do it. I can."
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I just think, well, that's...
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I just want to, you know, okay.
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Number four,
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"Feeling the need
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to consistently
teach people things.
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You know, If you feel a need
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that you always need to
teach somebody something,
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maybe that's a sign of pride.
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'Cause remember this is
what all the lesson is about
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is Nebuchadnezzar,
what happened to him
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and the kingdom of Babylon
then all these other kingdoms,
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this little thing called pride.
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Number five,
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talking about yourself a lot.
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There's no one
else to talk about
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and you talk
about yourself a lot.
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Well, a lot of people
have things to talk about
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in the world for sure.
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Number six,
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thinking you are
better than others,
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because may be they
just have less than you have
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or not quite as high a position
may be as you might have.
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Thinking you are
better than others.
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Surely none of us would do that,
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but that's a sign of a pride.
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Of course.
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Number seven.
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When you disregard
the advice of others.
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See we, that
could be a pride issue.
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A pride if we disregard.
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That's why we, the
Bible says when he did what?
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Went to council.
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Council together and to listen
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not that you can always take
everybody's piece of advice.
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Right.
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You know, I always,
listen to my mother's advice,
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and I'll tell you why.
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It's because I knew
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she had my best
interest at heart.
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That's right.
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She might say, well
somebody said da-da-da,
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and I might think, um.
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I'm not sure they have
my best interest at heart.
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But when she says
something, I knew she did.
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But I was not able
to go along with that,
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but I, you could trust that.
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Number eight.
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When you are
consistently critical of others.
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Yes.
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You find somebody
that's critical of others
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a lot times just 'cause
maybe it's a pride issue.
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Number nine.
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Consistently need,
you have consistent need
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for attention and affirmation
or symptom by to affirm you.
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So you're
always I need attention
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or you know you need,
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have that desire
all the time maybe,
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maybe we need to look at.
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May be it's something inside
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or maybe it's
something that's self there.
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Number 10.
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And able to receive
constrictive criticism.
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Yeah.
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A lot of times people say,
I'm just going to give you,
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you know constructive criticism,
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and it's like destructive.
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There's a way to give,
it isn't that right too?
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That's right.
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And sometimes what,
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even that raises
our pride level sometime
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even the way it's spoken
rather than just listen first
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and to go on.
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Number eleven, notice this.
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Overly obsessed, um, boy,
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with our physical appearance.
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Could be a form of...
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Could be form of pride.
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Number 12.
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Unwilling to
submit to authority.
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You know, that's a good one.
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Sometime we have
to fight that one.
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Thirteen, ignoring sometime
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when people are
trying to talk to us.
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We just ignore them
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because they don't
have anything to say
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worth listening to,
could be sign of pride.
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Fourteen, justifying,
I felt this one over,
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justifying our sin,
instead of admitting it.
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That's it.
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Making
justification, well, I did it
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because I didn't want to
but I did because he or she,
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and so sometimes we justify,
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rather than the
Bible's very clear,
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we come to God and
we confess that sin.
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He's faithful and
just to forgive us
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and cleanse us from
all unrighteousness.
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I'm not saying
that's an easy thing to do.
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It's never easy to
admit that we're wrong,
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especially to our
fellowmen and women,
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you know, church family.
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But God says, bring it to Him.
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And if we're wrong, our
fellowmen, go to them also.
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So don't justify.
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Number 15, I'm gonna
say this is name dropping,
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now what does that mean?
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Name dropping,
that means using people,
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some people use people
to try to climb up a ladder
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or they use their name,
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or they try to get
in on a conversation
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to make other people think
that they're just as important
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or have that same position.
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Well, that's a lot. Right.
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But there are people,
these are just simple,
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that may be little simple
signs of what we call pride
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but the results are not simple.
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They can be
devastating. That's right.
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As Nebuchadnezzar we're
being now to lose our mind,
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may be not just for seven years,
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as Nebuchadnezzar, but may
be it might not ever come back.
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So we need to be careful,
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decision and
choices that we make.
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And be sure that we,
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that the memory
text there in Daniel
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that we looked at Daniel 4:3,
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We wanna say it as
Nebuchadnezzar said it
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and the end result
is, he just simply said,
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"How great."
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Basically how great is God,
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notice that, his
kingdom, his dominion
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from generation to generation.
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This should be our
attitude I think as we,
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our prayer come to our senses,
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we consider just
some of these things here.
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Don't take it all personal,
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but I've seen
several that fit me.
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And I don't mean for them to be,
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but they just need to
had an application there,
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and if you're
gonna just a little bit,
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I wanna get rid of that,
I wanna submit it to God,
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and I want Him to take that
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because I don't
wanna miss heaven.
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Because I'm too
prideful to work with some,
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I'm too prideful to take advice,
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too prideful
that I know everything
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and before anyone ever speak.
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So you know, I want this to be,
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you know be, be set in my heart
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and the life to be
ready when Jesus come.
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Pastor John. Amen. Amen.
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Mine is Monday,
warned by the prophet.
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We find examples in scripture,
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David and Jonathan is one.
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We find examples all
throughout the Bible,
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Ahab came to...
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Not Ahab, but
Elijah came to Ahab.
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You find,
there's continual rebuke
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throughout the Bible,
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and we'll find in many cases
when the rebuke is received,
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then a person comes to the place
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where they repent and
they acknowledge their sin
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and then God restores them.
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This is an amazing
chapter in Daniel 4,
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because you think in the
midst of this amazing display
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of power and wealth,
and fame and notoriety,
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that one of the things
we have to guard against
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and you see this in history.
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We're most vulnerable
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when we are at our
height in our successes.
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There's a story in Isaiah 6,
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I read this number of times
and for years that alluded me
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when Isaiah said, "In the
year that king Uzziah died,
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I saw the Lord,
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sitting on His
throne high and lifted up.
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And I always wondered,
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why did he say in the
year that King Uzziah died?
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Why couldn't he have just said,
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I saw the Lord
sitting in his throne?
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Well, when you
study the life of Uzziah
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in the book of 2 Chronicles,
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you find that he
became king when he was,
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he became the
king when he was 16.
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He reigned for 52
years until he was 68
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and was in the
closing moments of his life,
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you find two lepers
that are famous in the Bible.
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Naaman was a leper
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and Uzziah became a leper.
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Now Uzziah, as long
as the Lord prospered,
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as long as he
put the Lord first.
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The Lord made sure
that he never came in last.
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And what happened to
Nebuchadnezzar here though,
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is Nebuchadnezzar
put himself first,
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and he eventually came in last,
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and only second to
Solomon was the man Uzziah.
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His pride got in the way
and he went from being a king
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to attempting to be a priest
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and God never
appointed him a priesthood.
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He went into the temple
and began to burn incense
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that God never
anointed him to be a priest.
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And then when the
rebuke of the priest,
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about 80 priests came
and knocked on his door.
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If 80 elders or
80 church members,
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you look through the
peep hole of your door
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and you have 80 church
members out there, saying,
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Pastor John, open
this door right now.
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You think, I'm in trouble?
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And they rebuked him.
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And then when they rebuked him,
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the Lord chased him
out of the sanctuary.
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And the Bible said,
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leprosy broke
out on his forehead,
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because that's
where his issue was.
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Pride filled his heart,
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and eventually he
suffered the fate of a leper.
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He died in a leper colony.
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And that's how his life ended.
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So Uzziah was now, the
vision was given to Isaiah
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because Uzziah had forfeited
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what God
intended to give to him.
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And that's why Isaiah said
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in the year that
King Uzziah died,
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I saw the Lord.
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And so we'll find out.
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One of the
prideful determinations,
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one of the prideful evidences
in Nebuchadnezzar's life
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was the way he dealt with those
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who were beneath him.
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And what I want to
point out right now is,
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Daniel 4:27.
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You know, I have to say this,
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not tongue in cheek,
00:17:30.21\00:17:31.55
but I have to say this
with a heart of humility,
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but very direct.
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When you are in the position
where God has prospered you,
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be careful how
you talk to people
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that are not as fortunate
or as well established,
00:17:42.72\00:17:46.29
materialistically or financially
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or in a place of notoriety.
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Be careful how
you deal with those
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who you make, consider small,
00:17:53.57\00:17:55.40
because we are all
precious in the sight of God
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and before
we're done the lesson,
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I will show you
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that the
measurement of the judgment
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is not just going to
be the knowledge we have
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about our doctrinal position,
00:18:06.58\00:18:08.02
but how we deal with
those less fortunate.
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That has always been an
issue in the Book of James.
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It talked about the wealthy,
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how they ignore
the cry of the poor,
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that are reaping their
fields, and the Bible says,
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"Their cries hath
entered into the ears
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of the Lord of the Sabbath."
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He's heard their
cries, so be careful.
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Look at Daniel 4:27.
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Daniel not only
interpreted dreams,
00:18:29.64\00:18:31.77
but he also
pointed to Nebuchadnezzar
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to understand where his
heart was in the sight of God.
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He says, "Therefore, O King,
00:18:39.95\00:18:41.58
let my counsel be
acceptable to you.
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Break off your sins,
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by being
righteous, and your iniquities
00:18:48.19\00:18:51.16
by showing mercy to the poor.
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Perhaps, there
may be a lengthening
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or prolonging of
your prosperity."
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I've often seen
throughout history
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that people that have lost
their prosperity have become.
00:19:01.10\00:19:05.07
It's because they have
worshiped their prosperity
00:19:05.11\00:19:07.51
and forgotten God.
00:19:07.54\00:19:09.18
Now, the Lord warned us against
00:19:09.21\00:19:10.55
that even in the
Book of Deuteronomy.
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He said, when you
have lived in your house,
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as you eat, and you're full,
00:19:14.52\00:19:15.85
you have all these things.
00:19:15.88\00:19:17.22
Be careful, lest you
forget that the Lord is the one
00:19:17.25\00:19:19.05
that gave you the
power to get this wealth.
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And so we have
to be very careful,
00:19:21.36\00:19:22.69
even as those who know
and understand the truth,
00:19:22.72\00:19:24.79
that this measurement of pride,
00:19:24.83\00:19:26.59
as you pointed out,
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pride affects
everyone at every level...
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Come on now.
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But mostly, the greatest
effect is when you have a lot.
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The rich fool,
he had a whole lot.
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And he said,
00:19:36.17\00:19:37.51
I have so much stored
up for many, many years
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and that night the Lord said,
00:19:39.11\00:19:40.44
fool, tonight your
soul is required of you
00:19:40.48\00:19:42.51
so be careful when your
possessions possess you.
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That's what
happened to Nebuchadnezzar.
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We find here.
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Look at Proverbs 14:31.
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The warning
that was brought out,
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Proverbs 14:31.
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"He who oppresses the
poor reproaches His maker,
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but he who honors Him
has mercy on the needy."
00:20:01.56\00:20:05.63
Now, notice what this is saying.
00:20:05.67\00:20:07.27
When the poor are,
00:20:07.30\00:20:08.64
when we deal
unjustly with the poor,
00:20:08.67\00:20:11.74
we are in fact dishonoring God.
00:20:11.77\00:20:14.38
But when we honor God,
00:20:14.41\00:20:16.44
we will have mercy
on those who have needs.
00:20:16.48\00:20:19.55
It's showing that the
presence of God is in our heart,
00:20:19.58\00:20:22.38
it's governing our response
to those who have a need.
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Babylon was built on
the shoulders of the poor,
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many great empires are built
on the shoulders of the poor,
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I make reference to America.
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It was built on the
shoulders of many of them,
00:20:35.46\00:20:37.90
of the modern
things we have here
00:20:37.93\00:20:39.57
over the last two
or three hundred years
00:20:39.60\00:20:41.24
was built on the shoulders
00:20:41.27\00:20:42.60
of those who came
over on slave ships.
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But then when
you have a society,
00:20:45.54\00:20:47.11
a society that
gets well established,
00:20:47.14\00:20:49.14
and fails to
acknowledge the needs of those
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who built many of the
infrastructures of that nation,
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we find that pride
goes before destruction
00:20:54.45\00:20:58.89
and a haughty
spirit before fall.
00:20:58.92\00:21:00.82
So we have to be
very, very careful.
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I'm going to point
out very carefully here
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in Proverbs 22:16,
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the obligation that
we have to the poor.
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The Bible says, "He
who oppresses the poor,
00:21:09.10\00:21:13.13
to increase his riches,
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and he who gives to the rich
will surely come to poverty."
00:21:15.97\00:21:20.21
So don't pad
the pockets of those
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who are already wealthy
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in negligence for
those who are poor.
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Proverbs 22:22,
00:21:26.05\00:21:28.15
"Do not rob the
poor because he is poor,
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nor oppressed the
afflicted at the gate."
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And you find that oftentimes
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in many of the
cities in the Bible,
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the poor waited at the gate.
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They waited there because,
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as people walked into the city,
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they looked at the
affluent and they said, help,
00:21:45.70\00:21:47.87
you know, give me
alms, I need food.
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Zachariah 7:10.
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Another very
important injunction,
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"Do not oppress the
widow or the fatherless,
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the alien or the poor,
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let none of you
plan evil in his heart
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against his brother."
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The Lord is saying,
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you're going to be accountable
for the way that you feel
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towards other people.
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But look at the measurement.
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And Jesus
establishes this beautifully
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in His own life.
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He talked about in degeneration
in the regeneration,
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in the judgment,
here is the standard,
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one of the standards
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by which we're
going to be judged.
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Matthew 25:34,
00:22:24.01\00:22:27.78
"Then the king will say
to those on his right hand,
00:22:27.81\00:22:30.58
come, you
blessed up of my Father,
00:22:30.61\00:22:32.55
inherit the
kingdom prepared for you
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from the
foundation of the world,
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was hungry, and
you gave me food,
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I was thirsty,
and you gave me drink,
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I was a stranger,
and you took me in,
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I was a naked
and you clothed me.
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I was sick and you visited me.
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I was in prison
and you came to me."
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Look at the measurement.
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Then the righteous will
answer, "Lord, when did we see?"
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And He mentions all
these things, and He says,
00:22:53.20\00:22:55.30
"As much as you've done
it unto the least of these,
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My brethren,
you've done it unto Me."
00:22:57.37\00:22:59.17
But look at the
converse, verse 44,
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"Then they also will answer him,
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Lord, when did we see
you hungry or thirsty,
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or stranger, or
naked or in prison.
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And did not minister to you?"
00:23:12.32\00:23:14.29
Then He will answer them saying,
00:23:14.32\00:23:16.93
"Assuredly, I say to you,
00:23:16.96\00:23:20.90
you did not do it.
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As much as you did not do it
00:23:23.50\00:23:24.87
to the one of
the least of these,
00:23:24.90\00:23:26.53
you did not do it to Me,
00:23:26.57\00:23:28.87
and these will go away
into everlasting punishment,
00:23:28.90\00:23:32.11
but the righteous
into everlasting life."
00:23:32.14\00:23:35.91
So, I want to also
point out one more thing,
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that the whole basis of the way
that we often deal with people,
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is we have our gods mixed up.
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We can't serve God and
money at the same time.
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Matthew 6:24,
00:23:48.39\00:23:49.82
"No one can serve two masters
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for either he will hate
the one and love the other,
00:23:51.53\00:23:53.96
or else he will
be loyal to the one
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and despise the other."
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You cannot serve God and Mammon.
00:23:57.57\00:23:59.60
Nebuchadnezzar served Mammon,
00:23:59.63\00:24:01.60
Nebuchadnezzar served Marduke.
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Nebuchadnezzar served his pride
00:24:03.67\00:24:05.54
and God brought him
to the place of humility.
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Okay, we're going
to take a short break.
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Welcome back to 3ABN
Sabbath School panel.
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We're going to go right directly
00:24:53.99\00:24:55.32
to Tuesday's lesson,
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Sister Shelley Quinn.
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Yes, mine is
the most high rules.
00:24:58.09\00:25:00.06
And when you
think about Chapter 4,
00:25:00.10\00:25:02.36
the most amazing
thing of Chapter 4
00:25:02.40\00:25:04.43
is this new vision, that dream
00:25:04.47\00:25:07.34
that Nebuchadnezzar has had,
00:25:07.37\00:25:08.70
and he's dreamt
of this large tree
00:25:08.74\00:25:10.87
that's reaching to the heavens,
spreading out its branches,
00:25:10.91\00:25:14.11
everybody's coming
out from underneath it,
00:25:14.14\00:25:16.44
and all of a sudden,
it's gonna get chopped down.
00:25:16.48\00:25:19.15
And he's troubled.
00:25:19.18\00:25:20.52
So he talks with Nebuchadnezzar,
00:25:20.55\00:25:22.08
I mean with Daniel,
and Daniel tells him,
00:25:22.12\00:25:24.49
hey, that tree is you,
00:25:24.52\00:25:27.56
you know, the
leaves were lovely,
00:25:27.59\00:25:29.62
the fruit was abundant.
00:25:29.66\00:25:32.23
But then he says, in as much
as he's explaining all of this,
00:25:32.26\00:25:36.93
he says, in as much as the
King saw a watcher, a holy one,
00:25:36.97\00:25:41.54
saying chop down
the tree and destroy it,
00:25:41.57\00:25:43.81
but leave its stump
and root in the earth,
00:25:43.84\00:25:46.94
bound with a band of iron
till seven times pass over.
00:25:46.98\00:25:51.88
He's saying, hey,
King, this is you.
00:25:51.91\00:25:54.58
Seven years, you're going
to be driven out to the field.
00:25:54.62\00:25:57.85
So despite the
interpretation of the dream.
00:25:57.89\00:26:01.29
And, you know,
00:26:01.32\00:26:03.69
Daniel is saying
you need to repent.
00:26:03.73\00:26:06.06
That's right.
00:26:06.09\00:26:07.43
You know, I
mean, he's telling him,
00:26:07.46\00:26:08.80
seek God for forgiveness.
00:26:08.83\00:26:10.73
Nope.
00:26:10.77\00:26:12.10
Nebuchadnezzar's
still just a narcissistic.
00:26:12.13\00:26:14.70
I started to say, fool,
00:26:14.74\00:26:16.07
but maybe that's not
the right thing to say.
00:26:16.10\00:26:17.91
But, God delays His
sentence for whole year.
00:26:17.94\00:26:22.68
He's giving
Nebuchadnezzar a chance
00:26:22.71\00:26:25.01
and when the king is so
fully consumed with pride,
00:26:25.05\00:26:30.55
then it's time for
the disciplinary measure.
00:26:30.59\00:26:32.75
So look at this, Daniel 4:28,
00:26:32.79\00:26:36.26
"All this came
upon King Nebuchadnezzar
00:26:36.29\00:26:39.43
and at the end
of the 12 months,"
00:26:39.46\00:26:41.56
this is after Daniel's
told him the interpretation,
00:26:41.60\00:26:44.87
I'm sorry, Daniel 4:28.
00:26:44.90\00:26:47.97
Okay.
00:26:48.00\00:26:49.34
"All this came upon
King Nebuchadnezzar,
00:26:49.37\00:26:52.37
at the end of the 12 months,"
00:26:52.41\00:26:53.74
this is after Daniel has
told him the interpretation
00:26:53.78\00:26:56.31
of this new dream,
00:26:56.34\00:26:58.48
"he was walking about
the Royal Palace of Babylon
00:26:58.51\00:27:00.98
the king spoke saying,
00:27:01.02\00:27:03.35
Is not this great
Babylon that I have built
00:27:03.39\00:27:08.09
for royal dwelling
by my mighty power.
00:27:08.12\00:27:12.43
And for the
honor of my majesty."
00:27:12.46\00:27:16.26
You know,
Nebuchadnezzar had built
00:27:16.30\00:27:18.17
one of the seven wonders
of the world for his wife.
00:27:18.20\00:27:23.37
He had a 400 foot mountain
00:27:23.41\00:27:26.57
that had flowing waters
coming down at Hanging Gardens.
00:27:26.61\00:27:33.08
This was a place of rest,
00:27:33.11\00:27:35.02
but it was supposed to
be for time of refreshing.
00:27:35.05\00:27:38.52
So here he is now.
00:27:38.55\00:27:40.59
He's looking,
00:27:40.62\00:27:41.96
he built at least three castles.
00:27:41.99\00:27:43.36
He's looking
around and he's thinking,
00:27:43.39\00:27:45.49
I'm the man, you know,
00:27:45.53\00:27:48.16
look at what I've done, right?
00:27:48.20\00:27:50.93
But he failed to give God glory.
00:27:50.97\00:27:52.73
Yes, that's right.
00:27:52.77\00:27:54.10
He is.
00:27:54.14\00:27:55.50
You know, God is
ultimately the giver
00:27:55.54\00:27:57.21
of every good and perfect gift.
00:27:57.24\00:27:59.27
And for his pride,
00:27:59.31\00:28:01.31
for him totally
ignoring what God,
00:28:01.34\00:28:04.65
all these
opportunities God has given him.
00:28:04.68\00:28:07.15
Judgment falls. So
let's look at verse 31.
00:28:07.18\00:28:10.59
Daniel 4:31,
00:28:10.62\00:28:12.82
"While the word was
still in the king's mouth."
00:28:12.85\00:28:16.73
Oh, I did this
all by my mighty power
00:28:16.76\00:28:19.46
for my honor and glory.
00:28:19.49\00:28:22.00
"A voice fell from heaven,
00:28:22.03\00:28:24.33
King Nebuchadnezzar,
to you, it is spoken,
00:28:24.37\00:28:28.47
the kingdom has
departed from you."
00:28:28.50\00:28:32.51
Justice was prophesied before.
00:28:32.54\00:28:35.34
"They shall drive you for men,
00:28:35.38\00:28:37.11
your dwelling shall be
with the beasts of the field,
00:28:37.15\00:28:40.48
they shall make you eat grass,
like oxen, and seven times,"
00:28:40.52\00:28:44.85
that means seven years,
00:28:44.89\00:28:46.35
"shall pass over
you until you know
00:28:46.39\00:28:51.29
that the Most High
rules in the kingdom of men
00:28:51.33\00:28:54.63
and give it to
whomever he chooses."
00:28:54.66\00:28:57.63
That very hour, verse 33 says,
00:28:57.67\00:29:02.07
"The word was fulfilled
concerning Nebuchadnezzar.
00:29:02.10\00:29:05.74
He was driven from men.
00:29:05.77\00:29:07.58
He ate grass like
ox and his body was wet
00:29:07.61\00:29:11.01
with the dew of heaven
00:29:11.05\00:29:13.25
till his hair had
grown like eagle's feathers
00:29:13.28\00:29:16.75
and his nails,
like birds claws."
00:29:16.79\00:29:21.02
There is a rare mental
disease called boanthropy.
00:29:21.06\00:29:24.99
And I read a case recently,
00:29:25.03\00:29:27.60
I mean, a recent case
of someone who had this,
00:29:27.63\00:29:31.00
they're out in the
fields eating grass,
00:29:31.03\00:29:32.53
they think they're cattle
00:29:32.57\00:29:34.44
and their nails
were thickened out,
00:29:34.47\00:29:38.57
just like the
King Nebuchadnezzar.
00:29:38.61\00:29:40.21
So, this isn't some
fairy tale, this stuff happens.
00:29:40.24\00:29:44.41
Now, this is the
interesting thing.
00:29:44.45\00:29:45.85
I just have to say.
00:29:45.88\00:29:47.45
His punishment
could have been averted.
00:29:47.48\00:29:50.39
I mean, God warned him,
00:29:50.42\00:29:52.39
He forewarned
him with His dream.
00:29:52.42\00:29:54.69
Daniel told him the
interpretation of the dream
00:29:54.72\00:29:57.86
and often the prophecies
of doom are conditional.
00:29:57.89\00:30:02.80
Remember when
Ezekiah was on his deathbed
00:30:02.83\00:30:09.57
and the prophet
comes to him and says,
00:30:09.60\00:30:10.94
hey, the Lord says,
00:30:10.97\00:30:12.31
"Get your house in
order you're gonna die."
00:30:12.34\00:30:14.24
And he turns his
face while he's praying
00:30:14.28\00:30:16.85
and he's begging the Lord.
00:30:16.88\00:30:18.28
Well, that word didn't come
00:30:18.31\00:30:19.65
because the prophet
comes back and says,
00:30:19.68\00:30:21.22
okay, God's heard your prayers.
00:30:21.25\00:30:22.58
He's going to add, you
know, more years to your life.
00:30:22.62\00:30:26.12
Think about when the
Ninevites in Jonah 3,
00:30:26.15\00:30:29.22
they truly repented.
00:30:29.26\00:30:31.06
Here God had told Jonah,
go in there and tell them
00:30:31.09\00:30:33.40
I'm gonna wipe out their city.
00:30:33.43\00:30:35.66
But they
repented, God then repented.
00:30:35.70\00:30:39.17
Malachi 3:6 says,
"I'm a Lord, I change not."
00:30:39.20\00:30:43.71
He does not
change in His character,
00:30:43.74\00:30:46.17
in His being, in
His righteousness,
00:30:46.21\00:30:48.88
His nature.
00:30:48.91\00:30:50.95
Hebrews 13:8 says,
00:30:50.98\00:30:52.31
"Jesus is the same
yesterday, today and forever."
00:30:52.35\00:30:55.48
So, but He will change,
00:30:55.52\00:30:58.49
sometimes it's
like a parent says,
00:30:58.52\00:31:02.22
I'm going to spank you.
00:31:02.26\00:31:03.89
Oh, no, Mommy, please don't,
00:31:03.93\00:31:05.69
I'm going to be a good girl.
00:31:05.73\00:31:07.76
Okay, mommy
doesn't follow through
00:31:07.80\00:31:09.86
because you've
reversed your action.
00:31:09.90\00:31:11.90
Right?
00:31:11.93\00:31:13.27
So this is what
God will often change
00:31:13.30\00:31:15.94
His intended
actions toward humans
00:31:15.97\00:31:18.97
who changed their
response to Him, right?
00:31:19.01\00:31:22.64
Jeremiah, I just want
to read this real quickly
00:31:22.68\00:31:24.95
before we go forward.
00:31:24.98\00:31:26.31
Jeremiah 18:7-8.
00:31:26.35\00:31:28.78
The Lord is speaking.
00:31:28.82\00:31:30.85
Jeremiah 18, and
we'll read verses 7 and 8.
00:31:30.89\00:31:35.12
God says, "The instant I
speak concerning a nation
00:31:35.16\00:31:38.26
and concerning a kingdom
to pluck it up to pull it down
00:31:38.29\00:31:40.90
and to destroy it.
00:31:40.93\00:31:42.26
If that nation
against whom I have spoken
00:31:42.30\00:31:45.27
turns from its evil, I
will relent of the disaster
00:31:45.30\00:31:48.84
that I thought
to bring upon it."
00:31:48.87\00:31:52.17
Let's look at verse 9.
00:31:52.21\00:31:53.71
"The instant I
speak concerning a nation
00:31:53.74\00:31:56.71
and a kingdom to
build in the planet."
00:31:56.75\00:32:00.32
This is the Lord speaking,"
00:32:00.35\00:32:01.68
if it does evil in my sight
00:32:01.72\00:32:04.75
so that it does
not obey My voice,
00:32:04.79\00:32:07.12
then I won't
relent from the good
00:32:07.16\00:32:09.56
that I said I
was going to do it."
00:32:09.59\00:32:11.69
So now let's
return to Daniel 4:26.
00:32:11.73\00:32:16.00
The purpose of the vision
was to teach Nebuchadnezzar
00:32:16.03\00:32:20.60
that heaven rules, right?
00:32:20.64\00:32:22.60
So verse 26,
00:32:22.64\00:32:23.97
"In as much as
they gave the command
00:32:24.01\00:32:26.24
to leave the stump
and the root of the trees,
00:32:26.27\00:32:29.14
your kingdom
shall be assured to you,
00:32:29.18\00:32:32.68
after you come to
know that heaven rules."
00:32:32.71\00:32:36.85
Nebuchadnezzar learned
but he learned the hard way.
00:32:36.89\00:32:40.19
He, you know,
00:32:40.22\00:32:41.56
God had to deprive
him of this authority,
00:32:41.59\00:32:43.49
let him be out in the
fields for seven years.
00:32:43.53\00:32:46.86
But he did learn
total dependence upon God.
00:32:46.90\00:32:51.60
That is what
humility is all about.
00:32:51.63\00:32:54.74
Its' total dependence upon God.
00:32:54.77\00:32:57.71
So let's look at verse,
00:32:57.74\00:33:00.04
God's larger purpose
that was in Daniel 4:17,
00:33:00.08\00:33:04.71
we're going to back up.
00:33:04.75\00:33:07.02
Here when he
expressed this decree,
00:33:07.05\00:33:09.82
we see the larger purpose.
00:33:09.85\00:33:11.79
"This decision," Daniel says,
00:33:11.82\00:33:15.02
"is by the
decree of the watchers,
00:33:15.06\00:33:17.63
and the sentence by
the word of the holy ones,
00:33:17.66\00:33:22.26
in order that
the living may know
00:33:22.30\00:33:26.60
that the Most High rules
in the kingdom of heaven,
00:33:26.63\00:33:30.67
gives it to whomever He will,
00:33:30.71\00:33:33.17
and sets it on
the lowest of men."
00:33:33.21\00:33:37.81
The lesson we all need to learn.
00:33:37.85\00:33:40.92
God is sovereign. Yes.
00:33:40.95\00:33:43.15
And we've all
been given free will.
00:33:43.18\00:33:46.22
But God still
rules over the earth.
00:33:46.25\00:33:48.42
I want to add just
to your list of pride.
00:33:48.46\00:33:54.53
Prejudice is pride.
00:33:54.56\00:33:57.13
Well, now.
00:33:57.17\00:33:58.80
If you are
prejudiced against any people,
00:33:58.83\00:34:02.07
against any people
group, that's pride.
00:34:02.10\00:34:05.07
You think you're
better than them.
00:34:05.11\00:34:06.91
But here's the one
that's the clincher.
00:34:06.94\00:34:09.41
The Lord once spoke to me
because I was kind of offended,
00:34:09.44\00:34:12.41
something somebody had done.
00:34:12.45\00:34:13.78
This is many years ago
and I heard this so clearly.
00:34:13.82\00:34:18.15
He said, "The spirit of
offense is the spirit of pride."
00:34:18.19\00:34:21.92
Now you think
about that for a minute.
00:34:21.96\00:34:24.59
You cannot be offended
00:34:24.63\00:34:27.26
if your pride
hasn't been wounded.
00:34:27.30\00:34:29.50
So, what we need to do is learn,
00:34:29.53\00:34:32.93
God's plan is that we would live
00:34:32.97\00:34:36.91
in total dependence upon Him.
00:34:36.94\00:34:39.67
That's true
humility as Jesus had.
00:34:39.71\00:34:43.81
Amen, praise the Lord.
00:34:43.85\00:34:46.38
Man, so this entire
chapter is powerful,
00:34:46.41\00:34:49.65
as you continue to see
what he's going through.
00:34:49.68\00:34:52.09
But my favorite
part of it is the end.
00:34:52.12\00:34:54.92
The mother report is to
see the powerful conversion
00:34:54.96\00:34:57.56
of this man and
how it came about.
00:34:57.59\00:34:59.19
Obviously we know that he's
out in the middle of a field,
00:34:59.23\00:35:01.80
he's eating grass
like an animal, like a cow.
00:35:01.83\00:35:05.13
His body is hairy.
00:35:05.17\00:35:07.70
You know, I think the Bible says
00:35:07.74\00:35:09.20
it's like the
feathers of an eagle.
00:35:09.24\00:35:13.11
I mean, this man is a mess.
00:35:13.14\00:35:15.58
And but yet, God
says God has mercy on him,
00:35:15.61\00:35:19.48
because he turned his ways.
00:35:19.51\00:35:21.18
And how did that come about?
00:35:21.22\00:35:22.55
Well, Wednesday's
lesson is entitled,
00:35:22.58\00:35:24.62
lifting eyes toward heaven.
00:35:24.65\00:35:27.12
So I'm going to
read the closing verses
00:35:27.16\00:35:28.99
of Daniel Chapter 4.
00:35:29.02\00:35:30.39
So we're going to
start with verse 34,
00:35:30.43\00:35:32.36
and read through verse 37.
00:35:32.39\00:35:33.90
So the Bible says,
starting with verse 34,
00:35:33.93\00:35:37.13
"And at that
time," or excuse me,
00:35:37.17\00:35:38.57
"At the end of the time,
00:35:38.60\00:35:40.44
I Nebuchadnezzar
lifted my eyes to heaven,
00:35:40.47\00:35:44.44
and my
understanding returned to me,
00:35:44.47\00:35:46.61
and I bless the Most High
and praised and honored Him
00:35:46.64\00:35:50.08
who lives forever.
00:35:50.11\00:35:51.61
For His dominion is
an everlasting dominion,
00:35:51.65\00:35:53.68
and His kingdom is from
generation to generation.
00:35:53.72\00:35:56.52
All the inhabitants of the earth
00:35:56.55\00:35:57.89
are reputed as nothing
00:35:57.92\00:35:59.79
He does according to His
will in the army of heaven
00:35:59.82\00:36:02.96
and among the
inhabitants of the earth,
00:36:02.99\00:36:04.79
no one can restrain
His hand or say to Him,
00:36:04.83\00:36:08.13
What have You done?
00:36:08.16\00:36:09.93
At the same time my
reason returned to me
00:36:09.96\00:36:12.33
and for the glory of my kingdom,
00:36:12.37\00:36:14.14
my honor and
splendor returned to me.
00:36:14.17\00:36:16.81
My counselors and
nobles resorted to me,
00:36:16.84\00:36:20.38
and was restored to my kingdom,
00:36:20.41\00:36:22.91
and excellent
majesty was added to me.
00:36:22.94\00:36:25.95
Now, I
Nebuchadnezzar praise and extol
00:36:25.98\00:36:28.48
and honor the King of heaven,
all of whose works are truth,"
00:36:28.52\00:36:32.99
I love that,
"and ways are justice
00:36:33.02\00:36:35.46
and those who walk in
pride He is able to put down."
00:36:35.49\00:36:38.93
I just want to say offset
as we reading through this,
00:36:38.96\00:36:41.26
you could see a drastic
00:36:41.30\00:36:43.47
not just a
small, not just a short
00:36:43.50\00:36:46.60
but a drastic
change in his attitude.
00:36:46.63\00:36:48.97
He goes from,
00:36:49.00\00:36:50.34
you know, me, me, me,
me, I, I, I, my kingdom to,
00:36:50.37\00:36:52.97
hey, this guy's got a
better kingdom than I.
00:36:53.01\00:36:54.84
He's mightier than I,
He's more powerful than I,
00:36:54.88\00:36:57.55
and so the focus
goes from self to God,
00:36:57.58\00:37:00.42
just as John the Baptist said,
00:37:00.45\00:37:01.78
He must increase
and I must decrease,
00:37:01.82\00:37:03.42
that happens right here
00:37:03.45\00:37:04.79
in the life of
King Nebuchadnezzar.
00:37:04.82\00:37:06.52
And I also would like
to make mention here that,
00:37:06.55\00:37:09.12
you know, we can
see now that his focus
00:37:09.16\00:37:11.79
is on the important aspects
00:37:11.83\00:37:14.23
of what it means to
live for this mighty God,
00:37:14.26\00:37:16.60
as he says here in the end,
00:37:16.63\00:37:18.03
"His works are truth,
and His ways are justice."
00:37:18.07\00:37:20.77
God is a merciful God.
00:37:20.80\00:37:23.77
You can read this
entire story, and it just,
00:37:23.81\00:37:27.08
it's overflowing
with mercy and grace.
00:37:27.11\00:37:30.61
But at the same time, we
also have to make very clear
00:37:30.65\00:37:33.25
that while God
is a merciful God,
00:37:33.28\00:37:35.35
He is a gracious God.
00:37:35.38\00:37:37.09
He's a God of justice. Yes.
00:37:37.12\00:37:38.69
He's a God of justice,
00:37:38.72\00:37:40.06
and He will do what is necessary
00:37:40.09\00:37:41.42
to get a hold of our attention.
00:37:41.46\00:37:42.79
And in this case, we would
say this is pretty extreme,
00:37:42.82\00:37:45.16
ending up in a field
eating grass, like a cow.
00:37:45.19\00:37:48.23
That's pretty extreme.
00:37:48.26\00:37:49.60
And it's
powerful to kind of look
00:37:49.63\00:37:50.97
in hindsight of this
00:37:51.00\00:37:52.33
because you
might say to yourself,
00:37:52.37\00:37:53.84
you know, how did the
king get to this point?
00:37:53.87\00:37:56.00
Because, again, he was
given three opportunities
00:37:56.04\00:38:00.31
to recognize and
to clearly understand
00:38:00.34\00:38:04.51
who God is, for who He is.
00:38:04.55\00:38:06.65
I'm referencing
Daniel Chapter 1,
00:38:06.68\00:38:08.48
he found the Hebrew
boys 10 times wiser,
00:38:08.52\00:38:10.92
through that
experience, you would think,
00:38:10.95\00:38:12.52
wow, these guys are what,
now who is this God you serve.
00:38:12.55\00:38:15.72
But evidently
that wasn't the case.
00:38:15.76\00:38:17.69
So that he goes on
in Daniel Chapter 2,
00:38:17.73\00:38:19.39
and God shakes his
life up with the dream.
00:38:19.43\00:38:22.13
And, of course,
out of this dream,
00:38:22.16\00:38:23.50
I could just imagine,
as Daniel was telling him,
00:38:23.53\00:38:26.84
not only what he dreamed,
00:38:26.87\00:38:28.20
but the
interpretation of this dream,
00:38:28.24\00:38:29.57
you know, they
probably had to pick
00:38:29.60\00:38:30.94
this brother up off the floor,
00:38:30.97\00:38:32.31
because he was just astounded,
who is this God you serve?
00:38:32.34\00:38:35.88
But it still wasn't enough.
00:38:35.91\00:38:37.38
And then we go into Daniel 3,
00:38:37.41\00:38:38.75
which is what we
studied last week.
00:38:38.78\00:38:40.32
He saw the Son of God deliver
00:38:40.35\00:38:43.15
the three Hebrew
children from the fire
00:38:43.18\00:38:44.65
and not only did he see them,
00:38:44.69\00:38:46.02
he see God
delivered them from the fire.
00:38:46.05\00:38:47.76
He saw God in the fire. Amen.
00:38:47.79\00:38:49.62
And you would think,
man, surely that's enough.
00:38:49.66\00:38:51.89
But that's simply not the case.
00:38:51.93\00:38:53.26
And there's someone that says,
00:38:53.29\00:38:54.63
"How can you
experience all of that
00:38:54.66\00:38:56.00
and it not be enough?"
00:38:56.03\00:38:57.37
Well, there was an
interesting quote here
00:38:57.40\00:38:58.73
if I can find it.
00:38:58.77\00:39:00.10
This comes from
Prophets and Kings, page 519.
00:39:00.14\00:39:02.17
It is written here
concerning the memory
00:39:02.20\00:39:04.34
of his dream
fading from his mind.
00:39:04.37\00:39:06.37
She says he lost confidence
00:39:06.41\00:39:08.44
in the
interpretation of the dream
00:39:08.48\00:39:11.08
mentioned in Daniel 2,
00:39:11.11\00:39:12.45
and jested at his former fears.
00:39:12.48\00:39:15.78
And so what is God about to do?
00:39:15.82\00:39:17.32
God is about to wake him up.
00:39:17.35\00:39:19.25
He's about to say,
00:39:19.29\00:39:20.62
Hey, man, let me
clarify who I am in your life.
00:39:20.66\00:39:23.19
Let me show you who I really am,
00:39:23.22\00:39:25.09
because we have to
take in consideration
00:39:25.13\00:39:27.13
Nebuchadnezzar's concept of God
00:39:27.16\00:39:29.86
was that of the Chaldeans
as found in Daniel 2:11,
00:39:29.90\00:39:34.14
which was a
totally transcendent God
00:39:34.17\00:39:37.44
who is
uninterested in human affairs.
00:39:37.47\00:39:39.97
So each and every one
of those powerful acts,
00:39:40.01\00:39:42.08
I could just see Him as,
Oh, this is a pretty cool God.
00:39:42.11\00:39:44.08
Oh, He's a really nice
guy. Wow, what a powerful God.
00:39:44.11\00:39:46.51
But still, there
was that disconnect.
00:39:46.55\00:39:48.58
He couldn't
quite put it together.
00:39:48.62\00:39:49.95
Who is this God?
00:39:49.98\00:39:51.32
You see the ancient gods,
00:39:51.35\00:39:53.66
the pagan gods were conceived of
00:39:53.69\00:39:56.02
or conceived of self
serving despots and tyrants,
00:39:56.06\00:40:00.46
who did not care
about human beings
00:40:00.50\00:40:02.26
except to have them cater
to their every whim and fancy,
00:40:02.30\00:40:05.30
and that's exactly
how he was viewing God
00:40:05.33\00:40:07.54
up to this point.
00:40:07.57\00:40:08.94
But seven years on a
field would change that.
00:40:08.97\00:40:11.94
And so we see that God
shows him exactly who He is
00:40:11.97\00:40:14.84
slowly but surely.
00:40:14.88\00:40:17.25
The Hebrew God changes
the king's concept of himself.
00:40:17.28\00:40:21.48
He became to see
00:40:21.52\00:40:22.85
that God wanted to
communicate His will
00:40:22.88\00:40:25.95
to human beings.
00:40:25.99\00:40:27.32
That's right.
00:40:27.36\00:40:28.69
He saw it, and I made a
list here of powerful things
00:40:28.72\00:40:30.06
here that we can
gather from this,
00:40:30.09\00:40:31.53
he came to see Him as a God
00:40:31.56\00:40:34.86
who is
interested in human affairs,
00:40:34.90\00:40:37.07
generally and
specific persons in particular.
00:40:37.10\00:40:40.94
In fact, he came to realize
00:40:40.97\00:40:42.30
that the Hebrew God was
interested in saving him.
00:40:42.34\00:40:45.14
Amen.
00:40:45.17\00:40:46.51
He slowly came to realize
00:40:46.54\00:40:47.88
that God is not only
the high and lofty one,
00:40:47.91\00:40:50.55
but is also with those of
humble and contrite hearts.
00:40:50.58\00:40:54.28
That is, God is concerned
with His earthly children.
00:40:54.32\00:40:58.52
He saw this clearly
00:40:58.55\00:40:59.89
when Jesus Himself
came into the furnace
00:40:59.92\00:41:02.06
to deliver His
servants from certain death.
00:41:02.09\00:41:04.39
And that's got to be powerful,
a powerful witness indeed.
00:41:04.43\00:41:07.13
He saw the Hebrew
God as the patient,
00:41:07.16\00:41:10.03
and long suffering God
00:41:10.07\00:41:11.73
who does all in
His power to save.
00:41:11.77\00:41:14.44
And we see that
through this story,
00:41:14.47\00:41:16.07
through this very story,
00:41:16.10\00:41:17.44
God was not willing to
give up on Nebuchadnezzar,
00:41:17.47\00:41:19.44
just as He's not
willing to give up on you.
00:41:19.47\00:41:21.41
He's not willing
to give up on us.
00:41:21.44\00:41:22.78
He's going to do
everything He can
00:41:22.81\00:41:24.48
to reach us on our level
00:41:24.51\00:41:25.98
to wake us up, to shake
us, to say, hey, I'm here.
00:41:26.01\00:41:28.45
I'm here to serve you.
00:41:28.48\00:41:29.82
I'm here to be your God,
if you would allow me to.
00:41:29.85\00:41:32.59
God even gave the king 12 months
00:41:32.62\00:41:34.49
as Jill, excuse me,
Shelley clearly mentioned,
00:41:34.52\00:41:37.49
God even gave the king 12 months
00:41:37.53\00:41:39.09
after the dream to repent
in order to avert punishment.
00:41:39.13\00:41:42.23
And that's a good example
of that classical prophecy
00:41:42.26\00:41:45.63
that was studied from
lesson one of this series.
00:41:45.67\00:41:48.24
And the fact that
it was conditional,
00:41:48.27\00:41:49.74
God was willing to
wipe away all of that
00:41:49.77\00:41:52.01
and not have him
go through any of that
00:41:52.04\00:41:53.98
if only he would have
turned from his pride,
00:41:54.01\00:41:56.34
and he would have lived
00:41:56.38\00:41:57.71
and given his heart to the Lord.
00:41:57.75\00:41:59.61
But, of course, through it all,
00:41:59.65\00:42:00.98
we see that this king
finally truly is converted.
00:42:01.02\00:42:04.12
And I have to mention
as to how this comes about,
00:42:04.15\00:42:06.42
which is the
title of this lesson,
00:42:06.45\00:42:08.49
because we know
that it all came about
00:42:08.52\00:42:11.16
once he lifted his
eyes toward heaven.
00:42:11.19\00:42:16.50
You know, truly there is life,
00:42:16.53\00:42:19.50
in a look toward heaven.
00:42:19.53\00:42:21.30
Amen.
00:42:21.34\00:42:22.67
There is life in a
look at our Savior,
00:42:22.70\00:42:24.24
we would just lift our
eyes and place them on Jesus,
00:42:24.27\00:42:26.64
as Jesus said, put
first the Kingdom of God,
00:42:26.68\00:42:29.21
if we would just lift
our eyes towards heaven
00:42:29.24\00:42:31.05
as King Nebuchadnezzar
did, I think all of us,
00:42:31.08\00:42:33.01
many of us would
see a major conversion
00:42:33.05\00:42:36.35
and experience in our life,
I think of 1 Chronicles 16:11,
00:42:36.38\00:42:40.36
and I've chose the
NIV version of this
00:42:40.39\00:42:42.22
because it clearly communicates
what the original says.
00:42:42.26\00:42:45.09
And it says, "Look to
the Lord and His strength,
00:42:45.13\00:42:48.20
seek his face always."
00:42:48.23\00:42:50.73
Yeah.
00:42:50.77\00:42:52.10
And I think of, you know,
there's some Bible characters,
00:42:52.13\00:42:54.50
that their life was changed
00:42:54.54\00:42:57.04
when they had a
look towards heaven
00:42:57.07\00:42:58.94
or looked towards their God,
00:42:58.97\00:43:00.48
I think of
Abraham in Genesis 13:14,
00:43:00.51\00:43:03.58
on the establishment
of that beautiful covenant
00:43:03.61\00:43:06.41
that the Lord made of him.
00:43:06.45\00:43:07.78
He said there, it says,
and the Lord said to Abraham,
00:43:07.82\00:43:10.02
after Lot had
separated from him,
00:43:10.05\00:43:11.39
"Lift your eyes now and look
from the place where you are."
00:43:11.42\00:43:14.76
So, take your eyes off Babylon,
00:43:14.79\00:43:16.42
because God called
Abraham out of Babylon.
00:43:16.46\00:43:18.96
Take your eyes off Babylon,
and put it on God's kingdom.
00:43:18.99\00:43:22.83
Also think of Moses.
00:43:22.86\00:43:24.83
When Moses looked
into that burning bush,
00:43:24.87\00:43:26.63
he was looking
into the very presence
00:43:26.67\00:43:29.14
and very face of the Lord.
00:43:29.17\00:43:30.81
And we know that Moses
also had that experience
00:43:30.84\00:43:33.17
with the serpent
in the wilderness,
00:43:33.21\00:43:34.84
remember the serpents
that came about the kingdom.
00:43:34.88\00:43:36.75
What did he have to do?
00:43:36.78\00:43:38.11
He put it on a pole
00:43:38.15\00:43:39.48
and how were the
children of Israel saved?
00:43:39.51\00:43:41.25
Simply by looking in
faith they were saved,
00:43:41.28\00:43:44.79
I think of David. I
love this scripture.
00:43:44.82\00:43:47.22
Psalm 123:1-2, I love this.
00:43:47.26\00:43:50.89
"Unto you I lift my eyes.
00:43:50.93\00:43:53.13
He says, O you who
dwell in the heavens, behold,
00:43:53.16\00:43:56.03
as the eyes of servants,
00:43:56.06\00:43:58.07
look to the hand
of their masters.
00:43:58.10\00:43:59.97
As the eyes of a maid
the hand of their mistress,
00:44:00.00\00:44:03.24
so our eyes look to the Lord,
00:44:03.27\00:44:05.17
our God until he
has mercy on us."
00:44:05.21\00:44:08.78
I think of Isaiah, Pastor,
you mentioned it earlier.
00:44:08.81\00:44:11.55
He had an
experience in which he looked
00:44:11.58\00:44:13.31
and saw God seated
high on His throne.
00:44:13.35\00:44:15.78
He saw His
Majesty, His righteousness,
00:44:15.82\00:44:18.19
and then he saw his dirtiness
and what was his response,
00:44:18.22\00:44:20.69
"Woe is me Lord, I am undone.
00:44:20.72\00:44:23.59
I'm a man of unclean lips."
00:44:23.63\00:44:25.33
Conversion came out of that.
00:44:25.36\00:44:27.43
We also see Zachariah again
in Zachariah 5:5, Chapter 5:5,
00:44:27.46\00:44:32.47
"Lift up your eyes,
the Lord said to him,
00:44:32.50\00:44:34.77
Jesus, He's lifting
His eyes to heaven."
00:44:34.80\00:44:38.54
Jesus lifted His eyes to
heaven to pray to His Father
00:44:38.57\00:44:41.51
in John Chapter 17.
00:44:41.54\00:44:42.91
And, of course, we
know that Jesus says,
00:44:42.94\00:44:44.45
if I am lifted up,
00:44:44.48\00:44:46.38
I will draw all
peoples to myself.
00:44:46.41\00:44:49.78
Lift your eyes to
heaven, my friends,
00:44:49.82\00:44:51.72
behold the Lord's majesty,
behold His righteousness,
00:44:51.75\00:44:55.22
and we shall and
can be converted,
00:44:55.26\00:44:57.59
just as Nebuchadnezzar was.
00:44:57.63\00:44:58.99
Amen. Amen.
00:44:59.03\00:45:00.40
Powerful study,
I've just been so blessed
00:45:00.43\00:45:02.66
listening to each one of you,
00:45:02.70\00:45:04.33
the Holy Spirit's
working to convict my own heart
00:45:04.37\00:45:07.00
in those areas that he says,
Jill, I want you to grow here.
00:45:07.04\00:45:10.37
What I love is that God
uses the gentlest means possible
00:45:10.41\00:45:15.51
to get our attention.
00:45:15.54\00:45:17.18
Now, in Nebuchadnezzar's
case, he used some gentle means,
00:45:17.21\00:45:20.35
and then some
not so gentle means
00:45:20.38\00:45:22.02
and then we saw some
pretty, we could say,
00:45:22.05\00:45:24.29
stern or fierce measures,
00:45:24.32\00:45:26.32
because God
loved Nebuchadnezzar.
00:45:26.35\00:45:29.96
And He wanted him
saved in His Kingdom.
00:45:29.99\00:45:31.96
What a merciful God we serve.
00:45:31.99\00:45:34.46
He could have said,
okay, we're just leaving him
00:45:34.50\00:45:36.77
and he can stay in his
pride, and I'm done with him.
00:45:36.80\00:45:40.20
But yet He loved him enough.
00:45:40.24\00:45:43.81
Even though he went
through this hardship,
00:45:43.84\00:45:46.41
that it brought
about his conversion.
00:45:46.44\00:45:48.44
So on Thursday, we
look at humble and grateful.
00:45:48.48\00:45:51.01
I have the same
verses that Ryan had,
00:45:51.05\00:45:53.52
so I'm not going
to read them again.
00:45:53.55\00:45:55.18
We're going to
instead trace the steps
00:45:55.22\00:45:57.62
of Nebuchadnezzar's conversion,
00:45:57.65\00:45:59.75
and then we will look at
00:45:59.79\00:46:01.59
how we know that Nebuchadnezzar
was really converted.
00:46:01.62\00:46:05.09
The lesson talks about
that on Thursday's lesson.
00:46:05.13\00:46:07.80
So let's trace the
steps in his conversion.
00:46:07.83\00:46:10.37
Now in everyone's
conversion, there's many steps.
00:46:10.40\00:46:13.03
You could say it doesn't
just begin with the initial,
00:46:13.07\00:46:15.80
there's many steps and
of course in his there's,
00:46:15.84\00:46:18.57
I'm sure more than
what I'm going to say.
00:46:18.61\00:46:20.51
But as I read the scriptures,
00:46:20.54\00:46:21.94
I find at least six
steps in his conversion.
00:46:21.98\00:46:24.28
The first step is that
God brought, Pastor Ryan,
00:46:24.31\00:46:27.55
God fearing men to
the kingdom of Babylon.
00:46:27.58\00:46:29.88
Amen.
00:46:29.92\00:46:31.25
God knew that
Nebuchadnezzar had no contact
00:46:31.29\00:46:33.49
with anyone except
for those pagan gods.
00:46:33.52\00:46:35.39
That's right.
00:46:35.42\00:46:36.76
And the
Chaldeans and their wisdom.
00:46:36.79\00:46:38.13
So God brought God fearing men,
00:46:38.16\00:46:40.03
this would be Daniel
and his three friends
00:46:40.06\00:46:42.13
to the kingdom of Babylon.
00:46:42.16\00:46:44.07
Step number two, we
see in Daniel Chapter 1,
00:46:44.10\00:46:46.97
that God enabled
Daniel and his friends
00:46:47.00\00:46:50.74
to stand for principle.
00:46:50.77\00:46:53.04
Now this, the king
seemed very ignorant
00:46:53.07\00:46:55.71
of their God at this time.
00:46:55.74\00:46:57.21
And as you read Daniel
1, you kind of see that.
00:46:57.25\00:46:59.31
But he somehow
recognizes the superior wisdom
00:46:59.35\00:47:03.42
and knowledge that
Daniel and his friends possess.
00:47:03.45\00:47:06.92
Now he doesn't
really know the purpose
00:47:06.96\00:47:08.79
and the reason behind that.
00:47:08.82\00:47:10.56
But he still sees that
these men are superior.
00:47:10.59\00:47:13.70
And I would imagine
that somehow in his mind,
00:47:13.73\00:47:15.76
he thought,
what's going on here?
00:47:15.80\00:47:17.90
Number three, Daniel Chapter 2,
00:47:17.93\00:47:20.14
God sent the dream of the
image and the interpretation.
00:47:20.17\00:47:23.24
Now we know there's many reasons
00:47:23.27\00:47:24.61
for the sending of that dream.
00:47:24.64\00:47:26.07
But I think one of them
is that the king could learn
00:47:26.11\00:47:28.91
that God is all wise,
00:47:28.94\00:47:30.58
We see Nebuchadnezzar's
response in Daniel 2:46,
00:47:33.85\00:47:37.25
he falls prostrate on the ground
00:47:37.29\00:47:40.02
before Daniel so he's not,
00:47:40.06\00:47:42.02
he's not honoring
God at this point.
00:47:42.06\00:47:43.89
He's honoring a man.
00:47:43.93\00:47:46.26
But he does acknowledge God
in the next verse, Verse 47.
00:47:46.29\00:47:49.20
He says, "Truly, your
God is the God of gods."
00:47:49.23\00:47:51.80
So he
acknowledges at this point,
00:47:51.83\00:47:54.40
that God is all wise and
able to foretell the future.
00:47:54.44\00:47:58.61
And Daniel 3, as
you talk about, Ryan,
00:47:58.64\00:48:00.54
it goes a step further.
00:48:00.58\00:48:02.94
He learns that God
is not only all wise,
00:48:02.98\00:48:05.75
but God is all powerful.
00:48:05.78\00:48:07.58
God can deliver His children.
00:48:07.62\00:48:10.95
Now he
acknowledges God in Daniel 3:28.
00:48:10.99\00:48:15.09
"Nebuchadnezzar spoke
saying, 'Blessed be the God
00:48:15.12\00:48:17.23
of Shadrach,
Meshach and Abednego.'
00:48:17.26\00:48:19.23
He sent his angel and
delivered his servants
00:48:19.26\00:48:21.36
who trusted in Him.'"
00:48:21.40\00:48:22.76
So you can see
Nebuchadnezzar's knowledge
00:48:22.80\00:48:24.93
of who God is,
00:48:24.97\00:48:26.30
and his character
is growing as it were.
00:48:26.33\00:48:29.54
But we also see in verse 29,
that he pronounces a punishment
00:48:29.57\00:48:33.54
against those who
don't serve this God.
00:48:33.58\00:48:36.24
So really, he's not
converted at this point,
00:48:36.28\00:48:38.71
you can clearly see that,
00:48:38.75\00:48:40.08
that he does not
understand who God is.
00:48:40.12\00:48:42.78
Then God sent
the dream of the tree
00:48:42.82\00:48:44.45
that we've been talking
about here in Daniel Chapter 4.
00:48:44.49\00:48:47.02
This is a warning
to Nebuchadnezzar,
00:48:47.06\00:48:49.46
and we know Daniel 4
occurred several years
00:48:49.49\00:48:51.99
after Daniel Chapter 3.
00:48:52.03\00:48:53.70
God had given him time
and then we get to Daniel 4,
00:48:53.73\00:48:56.13
in this,
Shelley, you brought out
00:48:56.16\00:48:57.50
there was the 12 months,
00:48:57.53\00:48:59.10
that he had
Daniel appeal to him,
00:48:59.13\00:49:02.07
please, would you
break off your sins,
00:49:02.10\00:49:04.07
please would you repent,
00:49:04.11\00:49:06.04
and he hardened
his heart and pride
00:49:06.07\00:49:09.58
against the Most High God.
00:49:09.61\00:49:13.95
And then the sixth step
that I see in his conversion
00:49:13.98\00:49:16.58
is actually the
fulfillment of the dream.
00:49:16.62\00:49:18.69
We could say that's
judgment that came against him.
00:49:18.72\00:49:21.66
You know, you think
about the children of Israel,
00:49:21.69\00:49:23.66
they did not follow God
and they worshiped other gods,
00:49:23.69\00:49:27.63
the heathen gods
and what happened?
00:49:27.66\00:49:30.60
They were brought
into the land of captivity
00:49:30.63\00:49:33.30
here in Babylon for
the 70 years as a result.
00:49:33.34\00:49:37.11
Now God had called through
the prophets to the children
00:49:37.14\00:49:39.21
of Israel before that time,
00:49:39.24\00:49:40.78
there had been a
measure of repentance
00:49:40.81\00:49:42.48
and then backsliding
00:49:42.51\00:49:43.85
and then a measure of repentance
00:49:43.88\00:49:45.21
and then backsliding.
00:49:45.25\00:49:46.61
And then God used
even stronger measures,
00:49:46.65\00:49:49.15
that was the 70 years captivity
to get their attention.
00:49:49.18\00:49:53.62
So the same thing
with Nebuchadnezzar.
00:49:53.66\00:49:55.32
God used pretty strong measures
in order to get his attention.
00:49:55.36\00:49:59.16
All that happens to the king
00:49:59.19\00:50:00.73
is not for his
ultimate destruction,
00:50:00.76\00:50:03.70
but it is for his deliverance.
00:50:03.73\00:50:05.37
It's for his salvation.
00:50:05.40\00:50:07.44
It's for his
redemption and restoration.
00:50:07.47\00:50:11.37
The king decides to
trust this God with his life
00:50:11.41\00:50:15.38
and allow Christ to
come in and change him.
00:50:15.41\00:50:17.58
I love those
references you used, Ryan,
00:50:17.61\00:50:20.08
when he lifted
his eyes up to heaven.
00:50:20.12\00:50:22.58
So, how do we know
00:50:22.62\00:50:23.95
that Nebuchadnezzar
was truly converted?
00:50:23.99\00:50:26.55
There's probably many,
00:50:26.59\00:50:27.92
but I can think
of at least seven.
00:50:27.96\00:50:29.89
Number one, he
referenced in this chapter,
00:50:29.92\00:50:33.96
his pride and his mistakes.
00:50:34.00\00:50:36.00
Now, the lesson brought out,
00:50:36.03\00:50:37.97
that ancient
monarchs would rarely write
00:50:38.00\00:50:40.54
anything
derogatory against themselves.
00:50:40.57\00:50:43.07
If you read the
ancient world documents,
00:50:43.10\00:50:45.21
they always glorify the king.
00:50:45.24\00:50:46.78
That's just how the
ancient kings would do it.
00:50:46.81\00:50:50.18
But he is the author of
Daniel 4, he and Daniel,
00:50:50.21\00:50:55.02
but portions of it are
written by Nebuchadnezzar,
00:50:55.05\00:50:57.55
and it's very clear
that he points out his faults
00:50:57.59\00:51:02.32
and his failures and his
pride against the Most High God.
00:51:02.36\00:51:07.60
Number two, he desires to
share this God with others,
00:51:07.63\00:51:12.17
now not in the way that
he desired to do it before
00:51:12.20\00:51:14.54
where he says I'm
gonna cut you in pieces.
00:51:14.57\00:51:17.11
So it wasn't
that type of desire.
00:51:17.14\00:51:19.31
He wanted them to know
this God for themselves.
00:51:19.34\00:51:22.84
He wanted them
to acknowledge Him,
00:51:22.88\00:51:24.41
and to understand
Him, and to know Him.
00:51:24.45\00:51:27.35
So that's why he
wrote this letter
00:51:27.38\00:51:29.12
to all of his subjects.
00:51:29.15\00:51:30.65
I think of 1 Peter 2:9,
00:51:30.69\00:51:32.75
"We are called to
proclaim the praises of Him
00:51:32.79\00:51:35.92
who has called
us out of darkness
00:51:35.96\00:51:38.03
into this marvelous light."
00:51:38.06\00:51:39.89
No sooner does one
accept the Lord Jesus Christ
00:51:39.93\00:51:42.60
into their heart, then
they become a missionary.
00:51:42.63\00:51:46.30
As soon as we make
Jesus the Lord of our lives,
00:51:46.33\00:51:50.44
we want to go and tell,
00:51:50.47\00:51:51.81
we want to tell what
he has done in our lives.
00:51:51.84\00:51:54.91
And I see Daniel 4
as his go and tell,
00:51:54.94\00:51:57.38
Nebuchadnezzar wants
to say, this is who I was,
00:51:57.41\00:52:00.75
this is how far I had fallen,
00:52:00.78\00:52:03.39
this was my arrogance
against the God of heaven.
00:52:03.42\00:52:06.99
And yet in His mercy,
He brought judgment on me,
00:52:07.02\00:52:10.93
so that I could repent.
00:52:10.96\00:52:12.89
And I could follow
this God with all my heart,
00:52:12.93\00:52:16.13
so he wanted to share this
00:52:16.16\00:52:17.50
with the
subjects of his kingdom.
00:52:17.53\00:52:19.57
Number three, we
see his praise of God.
00:52:19.60\00:52:23.81
And Daniel 4:34,
you talked about that,
00:52:23.84\00:52:26.57
how he identifies
God as being eternal,
00:52:26.61\00:52:29.41
living forever.
00:52:29.44\00:52:31.71
He says, "At
the end of the time,
00:52:31.75\00:52:33.08
I Nebuchadnezzar
lifted my eyes to heaven
00:52:33.11\00:52:34.95
and my
understanding returned to me
00:52:34.98\00:52:36.38
and I blessed the Most High
00:52:36.42\00:52:37.82
and praised and
honored Him who lives forever.
00:52:37.85\00:52:41.36
And he honored Him
00:52:41.39\00:52:42.72
because His dominion is
an everlasting dominion,
00:52:42.76\00:52:45.16
and His kingdom is from
generation to generation.
00:52:45.19\00:52:48.20
Number four,
00:52:48.23\00:52:49.56
he recognized who he was
in relationship to who God is.
00:52:49.60\00:52:53.57
I think everyone on the
panel has referenced that today,
00:52:53.60\00:52:57.34
as well as Isaiah 6
00:52:57.37\00:52:58.71
where Isaiah all of a sudden
00:52:58.74\00:53:00.14
recognized who he was
in relationship to God,
00:53:00.18\00:53:03.95
who was high
and holy and lifted.
00:53:03.98\00:53:07.42
He recognized who he is,
00:53:07.45\00:53:08.82
I think conversion
begins at that place.
00:53:08.85\00:53:10.59
Yes.
00:53:10.62\00:53:11.95
You know,
recognizing, who is God?
00:53:11.99\00:53:14.12
Who am I in
contrast to who God is?
00:53:14.16\00:53:17.59
That's right.
00:53:17.63\00:53:18.96
We have to recognize that
before we even realize our sin
00:53:18.99\00:53:21.00
and our desire to
come to Him and repent.
00:53:21.03\00:53:23.77
And, of course, we know
it is the goodness of God
00:53:23.80\00:53:25.60
that leads us to repentance.
00:53:25.63\00:53:26.97
That's right.
00:53:27.00\00:53:28.34
So it's not only,
00:53:28.37\00:53:29.70
it's not something we
conjure up in ourselves.
00:53:29.74\00:53:31.17
God is the one who brings
us to that place of recognition
00:53:31.21\00:53:33.98
of who He is.
00:53:34.01\00:53:35.34
God is the one who
brings us to recognition
00:53:35.38\00:53:36.71
of who we are in our sinfulness.
00:53:36.75\00:53:38.88
He's the one who draws
us to Christ in repentance.
00:53:38.91\00:53:42.48
He's the one who
puts that in our heart.
00:53:42.52\00:53:44.55
So I'm so thankful for that.
00:53:44.59\00:53:46.25
Number five, he acknowledges
the sovereignty of God.
00:53:46.29\00:53:51.36
And Daniel
4:35, the second part,
00:53:51.39\00:53:54.66
"He does according to His will,
00:53:54.70\00:53:56.03
in the army of heaven
00:53:56.06\00:53:57.40
and among the
inhabitants of earth."
00:53:57.43\00:53:58.77
He recognize that God
is sovereign over all,
00:53:58.80\00:54:02.04
that is a
reoccurring theme actually
00:54:02.07\00:54:03.84
throughout the
entire Book of Daniel.
00:54:03.87\00:54:05.87
Number six, he
recognizes the justice of God.
00:54:05.91\00:54:09.18
Now you can
recognize God is sovereign,
00:54:09.21\00:54:11.05
but to recognize that He is just
00:54:11.08\00:54:12.85
and what His ways are
truth and His ways are just.
00:54:12.88\00:54:18.29
Finally number seven.
00:54:18.32\00:54:19.65
I want to read this
quote from Sister White.
00:54:19.69\00:54:21.42
This is Prophets and Kings, 521.
00:54:21.46\00:54:24.63
"The once proud monarch had
become a humble child of God,
00:54:24.66\00:54:28.83
the tyrannical,
overbearing ruler,
00:54:28.86\00:54:30.90
a wise and compassionate king.
00:54:30.93\00:54:33.60
He who had defied
00:54:33.64\00:54:34.97
and blasphemed
the God of heaven,
00:54:35.00\00:54:36.34
now acknowledge the
power of the Most High,
00:54:36.37\00:54:38.57
and earnestly sought to
promote the fear of Jehovah
00:54:38.61\00:54:41.34
and the
happiness of his subjects.
00:54:41.38\00:54:43.98
Under the rebuke of
Him who is King of kings
00:54:44.01\00:54:46.01
and Lord of lords."
00:54:46.05\00:54:47.38
Nebuchadnezzar had at
last learned the lesson,
00:54:47.42\00:54:50.29
which all rulers and I'd
say everyone needs to learn,
00:54:50.32\00:54:53.46
that true greatness
consists in true goodness.
00:54:53.49\00:54:57.13
Amen. Praise the Lord.
00:54:57.16\00:54:59.09
What a mountain of information,
00:54:59.13\00:55:01.26
you know, and there's
much more something like,
00:55:01.30\00:55:03.16
we feel like we just
scratched the surface,
00:55:03.20\00:55:05.00
don't we, of these things
00:55:05.03\00:55:06.37
because we have just a
limited amount of time.
00:55:06.40\00:55:08.17
And sometimes
people will write and say,
00:55:08.20\00:55:09.60
"Well, why didn't you
cover this and cover that?"
00:55:09.64\00:55:11.57
Well, that's some
of your homework too.
00:55:11.61\00:55:12.97
But just you know, as
the Holy Spirit impresses
00:55:13.01\00:55:14.91
all the vast
amount of information
00:55:14.94\00:55:17.15
to kind of condense it
down in about 10 minutes,
00:55:17.18\00:55:19.08
sometimes difficult to,
00:55:19.11\00:55:20.52
but on the guidance of
the Holy Spirit, praise God.
00:55:20.55\00:55:22.48
Okay, we got a few moments left.
00:55:22.52\00:55:24.02
Some last thoughts, Pastor John.
00:55:24.05\00:55:25.55
Well, the key to what I saw
00:55:25.59\00:55:27.62
in Nebuchadnezzar's
treatment of the poor,
00:55:27.66\00:55:31.03
I leave you with this thought,
00:55:31.06\00:55:32.76
treat others the way you
would like to be treated.
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Isaiah 58:6-8.
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"Is this not the
fast that I have chosen
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to lose the bonds of wickedness,
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to undo the heavy burdens,
to let the oppressed go free.
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And that you break every yoke?
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Is it not to share
your bread with the hungry
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and that you bring to your house
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the poor who are cast out,
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when you see the
naked that you cover him
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and not hide
yourself from your own flesh,"
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that means your own family,
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"then your light shall
break forth like the morning,
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your healing shall
spring forth speedily.
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And your righteousness
shall go before you,
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the glory of the Lord
shall be your rear guard."
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Amen. Amen.
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I think James 1:17 that says,
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"Every good and
perfect gift comes
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from the father
of heavenly lights,
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in whom there's no variation
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and there is no
shadow of turning."
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Let me tell you something.
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Pride is a deception.
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Everything that we have comes
from God's providential hand.
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So there's no room for boasting.
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That's right.
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It doesn't matter what you have.
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God is the giver of
every good and perfect gift.
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And pride can harden your
heart and drive you crazy,
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just like it did
with Nebuchadnezzar.
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Yeah, absolutely.
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You know, as I was
going through my lesson,
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about
Nebuchadnezzar lifting his eyes,
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I thought of John Chapter 3,
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where Jesus is
communicating the salvation,
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clearly so
communicated to Nicodemus,
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and Jesus says something
there in verses 14 and 15.
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"And as Moses lifted up
the serpent in the wilderness
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even so must the
Son of Man be lifted up,
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that whosoever believes
in Him should not perish,
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but have eternal life."
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I think that we
still have that today,
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if we'll just lift
our eyes to heaven.
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Amen.
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We've been talking about
the problem of pride here.
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Sin originated in
self seeking with Lucifer,
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but Christ is
the perfect example
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of self sacrificing love.
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Amen. Praise the Lord.
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This is a little quote here
from Education, 177 and 178.
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Just a couple lines that
"He setteth above the cherubim,
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He guides the
affairs of the earth.
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He overrides all
for the accomplishments
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of his purpose."
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Amen.
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So I just want to
encourage each one of you.
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If you want to keep your mind,
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then dedicate it,
give it to Jesus Christ.
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Give it to Jesus Christ.
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Next week we come together
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we're going to be
on lesson number six
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from arrogance to destruction.
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God bless you.
We'll see you next time.
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