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 The scripture reading comes from Daniel, chapter 5.

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 Please follow along on the screen, the bulletin, or your own Bible.

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 Starting in verse 1, we read,

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 King Delshazhar made a great feast for a thousand of his lords,

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 and drank wine in front of the thousand.

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 Delshazhar, when he tasted the wine, commanded that the vessels of gold

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 and of silver that Nebuchadnezzar, his father, had taken out of the temple in Jerusalem,

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 be brought, that the king and his lords, his wives and his concubines, might drink from them.

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 Then they brought in the golden vessels that had been taken out of the temple,

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 the house of God in Jerusalem, and the king and his lords, his wives and his concubines,

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 drank from them.

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 They drank wine and praised the gods of gold and silver, bronze, iron, wood, and stone.

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 Immediately, the fingers of a human hand appeared,

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 and wrote on the plaster of the wall of the king's palace, opposite the lampstand.

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 And the king saw the hand as it wrote.

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 Then the king's color changed, and his thoughts alarmed him.

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 His limbs gave way, and his knees knocked together.

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 The king called loudly to bring in the enchanters, the Chaldeans, and the astrologers.

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 The king declared to the wise men of Babylon,

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 Whoever reads this writing and shows me its interpretation

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 shall be clothed with purple and have a chain of gold around his neck

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 and shall be the third ruler in the kingdom.

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 Then all the king's wise men came in,

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 but they could not read the writing or make known to the king the interpretation.

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 Then King Belshazzar was greatly alarmed,

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 and his color changed, and his lords were perplexed.

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 The queen, because of the words of the king and his lords,

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 came into the banqueting hall, and the queen declared,

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 O king, live forever.

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 Let not your thoughts alarm you, or your color change.

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 There is a man in your kingdom, and whom is the spirit of the holy gods.

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 In the days of your father, light and understanding and wisdom,

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 like the wisdom of the gods, were found in him.

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 And King Nebuchadnezzar, your father, your father the king,

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 made him chief of the magicians, enchanters, Chaldeans, and astrologers,

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 because an excellent spirit, knowledge, and understanding to interpret dreams,

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 explain riddles, and solve problems, were found in this Daniel,

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 whom the king named Belshazzar.

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 Now let Daniel be called, and he will show you the interpretation.

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 Then Daniel was brought in before the king.

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 The king answered and said to Daniel,

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 You are that Daniel, one of the exiles of Judah,

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 whom the king, my father, brought from Judah.

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 I have heard of you, and that the spirit of the gods is in you,

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 and that light and understanding and excellent wisdom are found in you.

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 Now the wise men, the enchanters, have been brought in before me to read this writing,

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 and make known to me its interpretation.

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 But they could not show the interpretation of the matter.

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 But I have heard that you can give interpretations and solve problems.

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 Now if you can read the writing and make known to me its interpretation,

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 you shall be clothed with purple, and have a chain of gold around your neck,

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 and shall be the third ruler in the kingdom.

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 Then Daniel answered and said before the king,

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 Let your gifts be for yourself, and give your rewards to another.

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 Nevertheless, I will read the writing to the king,

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 and make known to him the interpretation.

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 O king, the most high God, gave Nebuchadnezzar your father kingship and greatness,

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 and glory and majesty.

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 And because of the greatness that he gave him,

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 all peoples, nations, and languages trembled and feared before him.

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 Whom he would, he killed.

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 And whom he would, he kept alive.

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 Whom he would, he raised up.

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 And whom he would, he humbled.

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 But when his heart was lifted up, and his spirit was hardened so that he dealt proudly,

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 he was brought down from his kingly throne, and his glory was taken from him.

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 He was driven from among the children of mankind,

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 and his mind was made like that of a beast,

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 and his dwelling was with the wild donkeys.

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 He was fed grass like an ox,

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 and his body was wet with the dew of heaven,

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 until he knew that the most high God rules the kingdom of mankind,

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 and sets over it whom he will.

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 And you, his son, Belshazzar, have not humbled your heart,

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 though you knew all this.

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 But you have lifted up yourself against the Lord of heaven,

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 and the vessels of his house have been brought in before you.

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 And you, and your lords, your wives, and your concubines,

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 have drunk wine from them.

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 And you have not praised the gods of silver and gold,

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 of bronze, iron, wood, and stone,

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 which do not see or hear or know.

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 But the God in whose hand is your breath,

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 and whose are all your ways, you have not honored.

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 Then from his presence the hand was sent,

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 and this writing was inscribed.

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 And this is the writing that was inscribed.

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 Mene, Mene, Tekel, and Parson.

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 This is the interpretation of the matter.

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 Mene, God has numbered the days of your kingdom,

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 and brought it to an end.

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 Tekel, you have been weighed in the balances,

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 and found wanting.

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 Perez, your kingdom is divided,

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 and given to the Medes and Persians.

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 Then Belshazzar gave the command,

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 and Daniel was clothed with purple.

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 A chain of gold was put around his neck,

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 and a proclamation was made about him,

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 that he should be the third ruler in the kingdom.

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 That very night, Belshazzar, the Chaldean king,

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 was killed,

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 and Darius the Mede received the kingdom,

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 being about 62 years old.

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 So, this is the word of God.

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 Thank you.

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 I just want to briefly introduce Alan.

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 I'm sure many of you know Alan.

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 Alan is on staff with us,

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 and Alan joined our staff in about August last year,

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 is that right?

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 Yep.

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 So, coming up for a year,

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 and oversees the youth.

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 And Alan has been an incredible,

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 incredible gift to our church,

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 and to our staff.

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 You are such a blessing in so many ways.

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 We love working with you,

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 but I know you've blessed many families.

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 Alan's going to be bringing God's word to us this morning.

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 So, just because we've been in COVID,

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 and Alan's actually been leading worship

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 at the community center,

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 like the last six weeks or something,

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 eight weeks, every Sunday.

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 Yeah.

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 So, we haven't seen a lot of you around.

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 So, for those of you who don't know Alan,

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 this is my buddy,

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 and a hero of ours,

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 and we are excited to have you bring God's word to us this morning.

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 So, go for it, buddy.

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 Awesome.

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 Thank you, Kevin.

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 Okay.

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 Let me just go up,

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 because I'm not as tall as Kevin.

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 Okay.

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 Yep.

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 So, I don't think I have to give the introductory speech up.

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 Hi, if anybody does not know me,

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 my name is Alan.

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 I oversee the youths.

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 Okay.

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 Let me get myself ready.

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 Thank you, Henrika.

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 Thank you, Pui,

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 for that scripture reading.

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 Are you guys still with me?

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 Yes?

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 Yes?

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 Okay.

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 Awesome.

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 So,

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 I think my introduction has been done,

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 so let me just dive into the word of God.

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 Okay.

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 So, for the past four weeks,

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 we've been looking into the book of Daniel.

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 One of the things we have been looking into is the sovereignty of God,

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 and at the same time,

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 the faithfulness of God.

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 We've been looking into how amazing God is,

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 how great God is,

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 and He's in control no matter the situation that's happening around us.

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 And if you remember,

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 the theme of the whole series is to live in a godless,

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 what does it mean to be,

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 what does it mean to be living in a godless world?

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 So, that's what we've been looking at,

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 and just last week,

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 through Kevin,

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 we've been looking into a bit like the testimony of King Nebuchadnezzar.

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 So, we've been looking into how King Nebuchadnezzar puts himself up in a pride,

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 and he's making himself great,

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 and obviously,

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 Daniel warns him,

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 hey, if you're going to go on with this,

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 you're going to be like an animal,

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 you're going to,

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 judgment is going to come on you.

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 And finally,

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 at the end of Daniel chapter 4,

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 we see that Nebuchadnezzar,

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 he looks up towards heaven,

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 and he says,

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 like,

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 God,

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 you are good,

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 that you are great,

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 and you are worthy of honor and praise.

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 And if you look at the last verse of chapter 4,

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 it ends with Nebuchadnezzar himself saying,

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 and those who walk in pride,

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 he is able to humble,

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 that he is able to humble.

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 But that raises a question of,

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 but what of those who will not be humbled?

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 For what about those who is not going to humble themselves?

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 What about those people?

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 So now,

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 as we enter chapter 5,

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 we suddenly encounter a new character.

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 Now, we have this new king,

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 a king called Beltesh,

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 no, sorry,

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 a king called Belteshazzar.

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 Man,

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 these names are so tough.

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 My tongue goes like,

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 hold on,

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 so I am just going to call him Belt.

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 So we got a new king,

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 King Belt.

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 He is here,

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 and you must be wondering,

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 like,

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 what happened between chapter 4 and 5?

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 I am like,

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 what happened to our King Nebs?

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 Where did he go?

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 And if you look around verse 2,

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 or verse around there,

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 it says that,

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 hey,

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 Belteshazzar,

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 his father is,

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 Nebuchadnezzar.

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 But actually,

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 in reality,

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 the word father is used in the way of ancestor.

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 So actually,

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 it's used in the same way as we use Jesus,

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 the son of David.

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 Obviously,

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 his father was not David.

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 He was from the line of David.

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 So in the same way,

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 Belteshazzar,

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 the son of Nebuchadnezzar.

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 So,

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 now,

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 but in reality,

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 Belteshazzar's father was actually a person called Nabodunus.

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 And the interesting thing around here is that

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 his father was away in,

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 he was somewhere away,

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 kind of like a retreat or somewhere.

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 And Belteshazzar was,

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 if you allow me,

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 he was like a substitute king in his place.

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 So,

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 that's why if you look later on,

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 when Belteshazzar promises a reward,

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 he promises what?

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 The third highest ruler of Babylon

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 because he himself was the second highest ruler.

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 So that was his promise.

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 That's a little bit of history.

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 Now,

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 let's get into the setting.

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 Well,

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 what's happening really?

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 What's happening out here?

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 Now,

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 Nebuchadnezzar actually has been dead for about 23 years.

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 So,

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 that means Daniel has been around Babylon

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 for about 70 years.

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 Now,

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 Daniel is about 80 years old now.

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 He's a very old man.

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 So,

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 a lot of time has passed between chapter 4 and chapter 5.

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 So,

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 a lot of things has happened.

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 Daniel is an old guy,

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 80 years old.

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 And,

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 it's a huge gap.

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 But,

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 if you actually look closely,

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 the stories between chapter 4 and chapter 5

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 is quite similar.

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 Not the same,

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 but quite similar.

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 Now,

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 with that out of the way,

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 let's dive into God's Word for us today.

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 Okay?

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 Now,

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 diving into the Word of God,

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 Daniel 5,

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 one of the first things we see in chapter 5 is

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 a party.

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 A party is happening

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 with DJ.

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 No,

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 there's no DJ.

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 So,

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 there's a party happening.

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 There's a feast happening.

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 And,

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 we got kings and concubines

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 and wives

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 and wines

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 and no beers,

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 I guess.

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 But,

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 there's a party going on

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 and a feast going on.

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 And,

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 if you look,

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 and one thing you'll notice that is that

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 while this party is happening inside,

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 there's actually something that's happening outside.

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 What's happening outside is actually

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 the Persian army was attacking the city of Babylon

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 at that same time.

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 Actually,

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 the city was under siege at the very moment.

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 And,

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 what's happening here?

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 There's an army,

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 there's an enemy attacking the city

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 and just inside,

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 Bel-Sajar is having a party.

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 Can you imagine that?

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 Your city is under attack

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 and you're enjoying a cup of wine

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 with your friends.

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 I mean,

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 like,

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 that's something you cannot even imagine,

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 right?

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 Come on,

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 you're going to be killed.

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 Your people are being killed outside

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 and then you're having a party inside.

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 And,

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 you got a question,

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 what's really going on here?

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 What's happening?

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 And,

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 which leads us to our first thing

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 that we are looking into

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 and in fact,

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 the title of our,

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 this sermon is

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 The Contempt of the King.

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 The Contempt of the King.

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 Ooh,

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 okay.

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 I don't see that back there,

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 but Contempt of the King.

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 So,

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 what do I mean by contempt?

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 The best place to go

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 is the dictionary.

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 Like,

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 well,

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 the dictionary defines contempt as

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 the feeling that someone

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 or something

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 is without value

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 and deserves no respect at all.

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 Does not have value

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 and deserves no respect at all.

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 So,

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 how do I define content?

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 That's how I define content.

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 Do you want to turn to the person beside you

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 and go like,

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 do it.

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 Do it.

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 I'm looking at you.

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 Go to the person beside you

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 and

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 contempt.

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 Contempt.

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 That's contempt,

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 right?

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 When I was in high school

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 back in India,

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 I used to study in all boys

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 boarding school.

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 I used to hate contempt

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 with the passion.

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 I used to hate it.

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 We had a system in high school

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 where the senior boys

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 used to have complete authority

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 over the junior boys.

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 So,

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 meaning,

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 the class 12,

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 the most senior boys

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 had complete authority

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 given by the school

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 to take care of the discipline,

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 to make sure the boys

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 are behaving well.

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 So,

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 we had complete authority.

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 And once in a while,

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 there used to be one or two juniors

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 who used to think

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 that it's a good idea

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 to break that system.

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 And I used to tell them

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 to do something

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 and they used to be like,

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 man,

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 and that used to be received

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 with a sweep,

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 with a quick beating up.

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 Yeah,

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 that's boys school,

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 you know.

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 But I used to hate,

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 hate contempt

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 with a passion.

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 And I'm sure all of us

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 have experienced contempt

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 once or twice in our life,

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 right?

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 Man,

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 it's,

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 it's just so,

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 because the reason is

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 because contempt is not just,

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 it's actually a deep disrespect.

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 It's actually,

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 when you look at the other person

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 in such a way

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 that that person

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 has no value whatsoever.

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 There is a saying

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 in my,

00:14:30.919 --> 00:14:32.139
 in Nepalese language,

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 manse ne gondena.

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 So,

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 that means,

00:14:35.379 --> 00:14:36.379
 you look at the other person

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 and you don't even count him

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 as a man,

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 as a person.

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 You don't even look at him

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 as a human being.

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 It's,

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 that is what contempt is.

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 Deep disrespect,

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 look at others

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 with no value

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 as if that person

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 is not even a person.

00:14:51.740 --> 00:14:52.779
 Back to Belshazzar.

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 Now,

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 Belshazzar is pretty chilled,

00:14:55.779 --> 00:14:55.959
 right?

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 I mean,

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 there's enemies

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 lying right outside

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 the city gates

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 and he is having

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 a party inside,

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 which kind of reminds me

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 of Genesis chapter 4,

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 7,

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 where God tells Cain,

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 hey,

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 be careful,

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 sin is crouching

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 right outside your door.

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 Be careful.

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 And then,

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 we have here Belshazzar

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 who is like,

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 the sin and destruction

00:15:11.819 --> 00:15:12.539
 is right outside

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 and he's pretty chilled inside

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 having drinks

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 and having a party.

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 Now,

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 if you remember,

00:15:19.039 --> 00:15:19.779
 last week,

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 we talked about Babylon,

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 right?

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 I mean,

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 like Babylon was

00:15:22.659 --> 00:15:23.539
 such a great city.

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 It was an amazing city

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 with hanging gardens

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 and like amazing infrastructure

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 and I don't know

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 what you call it,

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 buildings and stuff like that.

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 And like Belshazzar

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 actually had reasons

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 to be confident.

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 Man,

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 it's such a great city.

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 It has been years

00:15:36.439 --> 00:15:38.159
 that it has not been conquered.

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 It's an amazing place.

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 And we're actually also

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 looking at the life

00:15:42.299 --> 00:15:43.000
 of Nebuchadnezzar

00:15:43.000 --> 00:15:43.539
 last week,

00:15:43.720 --> 00:15:44.259
 chapter 4,

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 and one of the key themes

00:15:45.759 --> 00:15:46.580
 was pride.

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 And we were looking

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 at how terrible

00:15:48.779 --> 00:15:49.360
 and disastrous

00:15:49.360 --> 00:15:50.159
 what pride was.

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 And what pride was

00:15:51.580 --> 00:15:52.399
 was basically

00:15:52.399 --> 00:15:53.819
 to lift yourself up

00:15:53.819 --> 00:15:55.679
 above others,

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 to lift yourself up

00:15:56.759 --> 00:15:57.419
 in such a way

00:15:57.419 --> 00:15:58.659
 that you see your glory,

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 that you are glorious,

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 that you are amazing

00:16:00.960 --> 00:16:01.799
 and you are majestic.

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 I'm like,

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 that's what Nebuchadnezzar said,

00:16:04.259 --> 00:16:04.539
 right?

00:16:05.039 --> 00:16:06.340
 If you look in chapter 4,

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 he said,

00:16:06.779 --> 00:16:07.960
 I build this great Babylon

00:16:07.960 --> 00:16:09.559
 by my mighty power

00:16:09.559 --> 00:16:10.299
 for the glory

00:16:10.299 --> 00:16:11.379
 of my majesty.

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 That's what Nebuchadnezzar said.

00:16:15.320 --> 00:16:16.600
 And Belshazzar is no different.

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 And if I may,

00:16:18.439 --> 00:16:19.059
 I could say,

00:16:19.159 --> 00:16:19.580
 like father,

00:16:19.659 --> 00:16:20.019
 like son.

00:16:22.879 --> 00:16:23.320
 So,

00:16:23.799 --> 00:16:25.539
 if you look at verse 1,

00:16:26.720 --> 00:16:27.559
 King Belshazzar

00:16:27.559 --> 00:16:28.500
 made a great feast

00:16:28.500 --> 00:16:29.159
 for thousands

00:16:29.159 --> 00:16:30.000
 of his lords

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 and drank wine

00:16:31.820 --> 00:16:32.720
 in front

00:16:32.720 --> 00:16:33.960
 of the thousand.

00:16:34.320 --> 00:16:35.159
 So what's happening

00:16:35.159 --> 00:16:35.519
 is here,

00:16:35.580 --> 00:16:36.679
 he's not just having a feast,

00:16:36.799 --> 00:16:37.879
 he's not just having a party,

00:16:37.879 --> 00:16:39.200
 he's actually drinking

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 and he's invited

00:16:40.460 --> 00:16:41.759
 all these thousands of people

00:16:41.759 --> 00:16:42.700
 and he's actually

00:16:42.700 --> 00:16:43.539
 standing in front

00:16:43.539 --> 00:16:44.360
 of them

00:16:44.360 --> 00:16:45.419
 like I am right now

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 and he's drinking wine.

00:16:47.240 --> 00:16:47.980
 Almost like

00:16:47.980 --> 00:16:49.139
 he's displaying himself,

00:16:49.299 --> 00:16:49.799
 look at me,

00:16:50.659 --> 00:16:52.000
 look at how great I am.

00:16:52.360 --> 00:16:52.659
 I'm like,

00:16:52.740 --> 00:16:53.659
 there's an enemy outside

00:16:53.659 --> 00:16:54.439
 but don't worry,

00:16:54.620 --> 00:16:55.019
 look at me,

00:16:55.100 --> 00:16:55.840
 I'm pretty chill

00:16:55.840 --> 00:16:56.820
 and pretty amazing.

00:16:58.639 --> 00:16:59.419
 Look at me,

00:16:59.799 --> 00:17:00.500
 I'm on display.

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 But you see,

00:17:02.940 --> 00:17:03.620
 he does not only

00:17:03.620 --> 00:17:04.460
 raise himself up,

00:17:04.980 --> 00:17:05.880
 he does not only

00:17:05.880 --> 00:17:06.960
 put himself up

00:17:06.960 --> 00:17:08.259
 above other people

00:17:08.259 --> 00:17:09.559
 but at the same time,

00:17:09.900 --> 00:17:11.120
 he looks down on other

00:17:11.120 --> 00:17:12.160
 with no respect

00:17:12.160 --> 00:17:13.360
 and no value.

00:17:13.559 --> 00:17:14.240
 At the same time,

00:17:14.279 --> 00:17:15.720
 as he's lifting himself up,

00:17:15.900 --> 00:17:16.640
 at the same time,

00:17:16.680 --> 00:17:17.559
 he's looking at the other

00:17:17.559 --> 00:17:18.120
 with no,

00:17:18.460 --> 00:17:19.559
 as if the other person

00:17:19.559 --> 00:17:20.240
 has no worthy

00:17:20.240 --> 00:17:21.180
 of any respect

00:17:21.180 --> 00:17:22.180
 or value.

00:17:22.420 --> 00:17:24.140
 So as he's putting himself up,

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 he's looking at something else

00:17:25.340 --> 00:17:26.480
 that that thing

00:17:26.480 --> 00:17:27.279
 has no value,

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 it's not worthy of respect

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 and in discontempt.

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 And that other

00:17:33.519 --> 00:17:34.759
 was God.

00:17:34.759 --> 00:17:37.119
 He was looking at God

00:17:37.119 --> 00:17:39.220
 with complete contempt.

00:17:40.740 --> 00:17:41.740
 If you look at

00:17:41.740 --> 00:17:43.900
 later on in chapter 5,

00:17:44.279 --> 00:17:45.900
 Daniel confronts Belshazzar

00:17:45.900 --> 00:17:46.980
 and accuses him

00:17:46.980 --> 00:17:47.640
 of his sins.

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 And one of the things

00:17:49.119 --> 00:17:50.960
 Daniel says in verse 23

00:17:50.960 --> 00:17:51.460
 is that

00:17:51.460 --> 00:17:53.339
 he has not honored God

00:17:53.339 --> 00:17:54.379
 in whose hands

00:17:54.379 --> 00:17:54.900
 is,

00:17:55.180 --> 00:17:56.420
 in whose hands

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 in his pure breath

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 and in whose is

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 all your ways.

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 So,

00:18:02.839 --> 00:18:03.920
 he has not honored

00:18:03.920 --> 00:18:04.460
 the God

00:18:04.460 --> 00:18:05.619
 in whom

00:18:05.619 --> 00:18:06.779
 everything of his

00:18:06.779 --> 00:18:07.259
 belonged.

00:18:07.720 --> 00:18:08.819
 So not only has he

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 not honored this God

00:18:09.900 --> 00:18:10.779
 who by the way

00:18:10.779 --> 00:18:11.319
 is sovereign,

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 who by the way

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 holds his whole life

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 and breath

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 in his hand,

00:18:14.740 --> 00:18:15.339
 in verse 22,

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 Daniel accuses him

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 that,

00:18:17.599 --> 00:18:18.480
 and though he knew

00:18:18.480 --> 00:18:19.099
 what God did

00:18:19.099 --> 00:18:20.139
 with King Nebuchadnezzar,

00:18:20.299 --> 00:18:21.619
 he did not humble himself.

00:18:21.940 --> 00:18:22.099
 No,

00:18:22.180 --> 00:18:22.700
 in other words,

00:18:22.779 --> 00:18:23.680
 what Daniel is telling

00:18:23.680 --> 00:18:24.639
 Belshazzar is that

00:18:24.640 --> 00:18:25.880
 you knew,

00:18:26.120 --> 00:18:28.180
 you knew who God is.

00:18:28.740 --> 00:18:29.580
 You have heard

00:18:29.580 --> 00:18:30.080
 the story

00:18:30.080 --> 00:18:31.060
 of your father,

00:18:31.180 --> 00:18:31.780
 of your ancestor

00:18:31.780 --> 00:18:32.540
 Nebuchadnezzar,

00:18:32.780 --> 00:18:33.880
 of how he humbled

00:18:33.880 --> 00:18:34.620
 Nebuchadnezzar.

00:18:34.840 --> 00:18:35.880
 You know how,

00:18:36.200 --> 00:18:37.380
 how God was,

00:18:37.460 --> 00:18:38.120
 how great God,

00:18:38.200 --> 00:18:39.420
 how sovereign God is.

00:18:39.560 --> 00:18:40.740
 You knew all that

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 and still

00:18:41.800 --> 00:18:42.759
 you have not

00:18:42.759 --> 00:18:43.460
 honored

00:18:43.460 --> 00:18:44.840
 him.

00:18:46.259 --> 00:18:46.600
 I'm like,

00:18:46.640 --> 00:18:47.140
 from the mouths

00:18:47.140 --> 00:18:47.800
 of Nebuchadnezzar,

00:18:47.880 --> 00:18:48.880
 you've heard his testimony.

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 I mean,

00:18:49.640 --> 00:18:50.460
 you saw that.

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 Let me read

00:18:51.480 --> 00:18:52.259
 what Nebuchadnezzar

00:18:52.259 --> 00:18:53.280
 says in chapter 4,

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 I mean,

00:18:53.540 --> 00:18:54.060
 which we read

00:18:54.059 --> 00:18:55.519
 in the worship

00:18:55.519 --> 00:18:56.619
 before we started worship.

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 He says,

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 for his dominion

00:18:58.139 --> 00:18:59.460
 is an everlasting dominion

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 and his kingdom

00:19:00.299 --> 00:19:01.500
 endures from generation

00:19:01.500 --> 00:19:02.220
 to generation.

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 All the inhabitants

00:19:03.539 --> 00:19:04.039
 of earth

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 are accounted

00:19:04.579 --> 00:19:05.119
 as nothing

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 and he does

00:19:05.639 --> 00:19:06.599
 according to his will

00:19:06.599 --> 00:19:07.359
 among the hosts

00:19:07.359 --> 00:19:07.779
 of heaven

00:19:07.779 --> 00:19:09.099
 and among the inhabitants

00:19:09.099 --> 00:19:09.639
 of the earth

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 and none can

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 stay,

00:19:11.579 --> 00:19:12.940
 stay his hand

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 and say to him,

00:19:13.960 --> 00:19:14.599
 what have you done?

00:19:17.119 --> 00:19:17.519
 Nebuchadnezzar

00:19:17.519 --> 00:19:18.259
 looks up to heaven

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 and he says this

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 and Belshazzar

00:19:20.079 --> 00:19:20.659
 knew it

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 but still Belshazzar

00:19:23.220 --> 00:19:24.200
 looks up to God

00:19:24.200 --> 00:19:24.600
 and says

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 and does,

00:19:27.059 --> 00:19:27.799
 he just shrugs

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 in contempt.

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 Now imagine,

00:19:30.620 --> 00:19:32.140
 imagine the queen

00:19:32.140 --> 00:19:32.480
 of England

00:19:32.480 --> 00:19:33.059
 comes in,

00:19:33.579 --> 00:19:33.940
 Ebenezer.

00:19:35.360 --> 00:19:36.180
 I can't say that

00:19:36.180 --> 00:19:36.799
 because Chris

00:19:36.799 --> 00:19:37.579
 is not with us today.

00:19:37.980 --> 00:19:38.400
 So the queen

00:19:38.400 --> 00:19:39.480
 of England

00:19:39.480 --> 00:19:40.019
 comes in,

00:19:40.140 --> 00:19:40.839
 she walks in,

00:19:41.240 --> 00:19:41.940
 everyone's standing,

00:19:42.180 --> 00:19:42.860
 everyone's bowing,

00:19:42.900 --> 00:19:43.600
 I don't know how you bow,

00:19:43.839 --> 00:19:44.400
 I don't know what's

00:19:44.400 --> 00:19:45.039
 the protocol

00:19:45.039 --> 00:19:46.620
 but then I stand,

00:19:47.079 --> 00:19:47.900
 I sit beside her

00:19:47.900 --> 00:19:48.380
 and I like,

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 I sit down,

00:19:49.360 --> 00:19:49.960
 I don't look at her

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 and I go,

00:19:51.079 --> 00:19:51.960
 I'm not gonna honor you.

00:19:53.120 --> 00:19:54.120
 I know you're sovereign,

00:19:54.240 --> 00:19:55.039
 I know you're powerful

00:19:55.039 --> 00:19:55.779
 and you have authority

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 but I'm not gonna honor you.

00:19:58.400 --> 00:19:59.420
 Can you imagine

00:19:59.420 --> 00:20:00.160
 the disrespect

00:20:00.160 --> 00:20:02.120
 and the contempt

00:20:02.120 --> 00:20:03.360
 that is shown

00:20:03.360 --> 00:20:04.079
 towards the queen?

00:20:06.279 --> 00:20:07.340
 And this is what happens,

00:20:07.579 --> 00:20:08.079
 first thing,

00:20:09.059 --> 00:20:09.880
 Belshazzar knows

00:20:09.880 --> 00:20:10.640
 who God is,

00:20:11.000 --> 00:20:11.660
 Belshazzar knows

00:20:11.660 --> 00:20:12.700
 the sovereignty of God,

00:20:13.039 --> 00:20:13.900
 Belshazzar knows

00:20:13.900 --> 00:20:15.600
 what God is all about

00:20:15.600 --> 00:20:16.579
 but then he,

00:20:16.860 --> 00:20:17.340
 instead he just

00:20:17.340 --> 00:20:18.259
 shrugs it off,

00:20:18.259 --> 00:20:19.579
 he's not gonna humble himself

00:20:19.579 --> 00:20:20.879
 or honor this God.

00:20:22.299 --> 00:20:23.299
 It's amazing, right?

00:20:24.660 --> 00:20:25.059
 I'm like,

00:20:25.099 --> 00:20:25.759
 God has

00:20:25.759 --> 00:20:27.519
 the very breath,

00:20:27.660 --> 00:20:28.319
 very air

00:20:28.319 --> 00:20:29.460
 that Belshazzar

00:20:29.460 --> 00:20:30.079
 is breathing,

00:20:30.420 --> 00:20:31.200
 the very air

00:20:31.200 --> 00:20:32.160
 that is in his lungs,

00:20:32.279 --> 00:20:33.059
 the very thing

00:20:33.059 --> 00:20:34.279
 that he's walking on

00:20:34.279 --> 00:20:35.660
 and his very life

00:20:35.660 --> 00:20:36.559
 is held by God

00:20:36.559 --> 00:20:37.339
 and he chooses

00:20:37.339 --> 00:20:39.059
 not to honor him.

00:20:40.119 --> 00:20:41.279
 The other accusation

00:20:41.279 --> 00:20:41.980
 by Daniel

00:20:41.980 --> 00:20:42.440
 you'll find

00:20:42.440 --> 00:20:43.599
 in verse 2 and 23

00:20:43.599 --> 00:20:44.640
 and basically

00:20:44.640 --> 00:20:45.180
 it is this,

00:20:45.279 --> 00:20:45.740
 that you took

00:20:45.740 --> 00:20:46.420
 the vessels,

00:20:46.960 --> 00:20:47.799
 you took the vessels

00:20:47.799 --> 00:20:48.419
 or goblets

00:20:48.419 --> 00:20:49.480
 of gold and silver

00:20:49.480 --> 00:20:50.740
 that were in God's temple

00:20:50.740 --> 00:20:51.720
 and used it

00:20:51.720 --> 00:20:52.419
 for their pleasure.

00:20:52.720 --> 00:20:53.159
 So basically

00:20:53.159 --> 00:20:53.899
 he took what was

00:20:53.899 --> 00:20:54.460
 in the temple,

00:20:54.619 --> 00:20:55.980
 the things from the temple,

00:20:56.039 --> 00:20:56.919
 he took it out,

00:20:57.180 --> 00:20:58.399
 he took it to his party,

00:20:58.480 --> 00:20:59.039
 his feast

00:20:59.039 --> 00:21:00.019
 and uses it

00:21:00.019 --> 00:21:00.819
 for his pleasure.

00:21:01.259 --> 00:21:02.200
 He uses it to drink,

00:21:02.579 --> 00:21:03.399
 he uses it to give,

00:21:03.839 --> 00:21:04.819
 entertain his guest

00:21:04.819 --> 00:21:06.159
 and while he does that

00:21:06.159 --> 00:21:07.019
 at the same time

00:21:07.019 --> 00:21:08.079
 he praises

00:21:08.079 --> 00:21:09.180
 the gods of silver,

00:21:09.639 --> 00:21:09.940
 gold,

00:21:10.119 --> 00:21:10.419
 bronze,

00:21:10.559 --> 00:21:10.819
 iron,

00:21:10.980 --> 00:21:12.139
 wood and stone.

00:21:12.259 --> 00:21:12.839
 Now I don't even

00:21:12.839 --> 00:21:13.639
 have to tell you

00:21:13.639 --> 00:21:14.700
 why that is wrong.

00:21:15.500 --> 00:21:15.940
 I don't even

00:21:15.940 --> 00:21:16.680
 have to tell you

00:21:16.680 --> 00:21:17.640
 how wrong

00:21:17.640 --> 00:21:18.500
 that is.

00:21:19.480 --> 00:21:20.259
 I mean imagine,

00:21:20.660 --> 00:21:21.279
 imagine

00:21:21.279 --> 00:21:22.279
 you created

00:21:22.279 --> 00:21:23.420
 a beautiful art

00:21:23.420 --> 00:21:24.319
 and you put it

00:21:24.319 --> 00:21:25.240
 up on your wall.

00:21:26.059 --> 00:21:26.680
 Imagine this

00:21:26.680 --> 00:21:27.660
 beautiful painting

00:21:27.660 --> 00:21:28.400
 is a masterpiece

00:21:28.400 --> 00:21:29.340
 and you put it

00:21:29.340 --> 00:21:30.059
 up off your sofa

00:21:30.059 --> 00:21:31.460
 and I come in one day,

00:21:31.640 --> 00:21:32.400
 I take it out,

00:21:32.620 --> 00:21:33.180
 I take it back

00:21:33.180 --> 00:21:33.740
 to my house,

00:21:34.000 --> 00:21:35.220
 I use it as a chopping board

00:21:35.220 --> 00:21:35.880
 for my BBQ

00:21:35.880 --> 00:21:37.080
 and while I'm chopping

00:21:37.080 --> 00:21:38.080
 the meat on your painting

00:21:38.080 --> 00:21:38.620
 I say like,

00:21:38.700 --> 00:21:38.880
 man,

00:21:39.259 --> 00:21:39.960
 this other artist

00:21:39.960 --> 00:21:40.819
 is such a good artist

00:21:40.819 --> 00:21:41.259
 for making

00:21:41.259 --> 00:21:42.660
 this beautiful chopping board.

00:21:42.660 --> 00:21:45.440
 How would you feel?

00:21:47.120 --> 00:21:48.160
 How would you feel that?

00:21:48.900 --> 00:21:49.680
 Not only am I

00:21:49.680 --> 00:21:50.680
 taking your painting

00:21:50.680 --> 00:21:51.300
 and using it

00:21:51.300 --> 00:21:52.200
 for the wrong purpose,

00:21:52.620 --> 00:21:53.580
 I'm at the same time

00:21:53.580 --> 00:21:54.980
 I'm praising an artist

00:21:54.980 --> 00:21:56.300
 that has not even done it.

00:21:58.080 --> 00:21:59.779
 It makes you furious,

00:21:59.940 --> 00:22:00.120
 right?

00:22:01.160 --> 00:22:01.920
 The vessel

00:22:01.920 --> 00:22:02.980
 that were in the temple

00:22:02.980 --> 00:22:04.680
 actually had a purpose.

00:22:05.440 --> 00:22:05.960
 The vessel,

00:22:06.080 --> 00:22:06.560
 the goblets

00:22:06.560 --> 00:22:08.100
 that Belshazzar took

00:22:08.100 --> 00:22:09.320
 actually had a purpose.

00:22:09.660 --> 00:22:10.259
 It was made

00:22:10.259 --> 00:22:11.440
 for the worship of God.

00:22:11.440 --> 00:22:12.740
 It was made

00:22:12.740 --> 00:22:13.500
 so that God

00:22:13.500 --> 00:22:14.200
 would be worshipped

00:22:14.200 --> 00:22:14.900
 in the temple.

00:22:15.380 --> 00:22:16.220
 But what we find here

00:22:16.220 --> 00:22:17.100
 is Belshazzar

00:22:17.100 --> 00:22:17.940
 takes it

00:22:17.940 --> 00:22:19.019
 and instead of using it

00:22:19.019 --> 00:22:19.620
 for worship,

00:22:19.940 --> 00:22:21.039
 he takes it

00:22:21.039 --> 00:22:22.259
 and uses it

00:22:22.259 --> 00:22:23.220
 for his feast.

00:22:23.740 --> 00:22:24.720
 Instead of taking it

00:22:24.720 --> 00:22:26.700
 for the glory of God,

00:22:26.759 --> 00:22:27.259
 he takes it

00:22:27.259 --> 00:22:27.980
 and uses it

00:22:27.980 --> 00:22:29.519
 for his own pleasure.

00:22:30.160 --> 00:22:31.000
 He takes something

00:22:31.000 --> 00:22:31.680
 with a purpose

00:22:31.680 --> 00:22:32.640
 and does totally

00:22:32.640 --> 00:22:34.019
 opposite of it.

00:22:34.259 --> 00:22:34.460
 Now,

00:22:34.720 --> 00:22:35.059
 I'm like,

00:22:35.140 --> 00:22:35.820
 that might sound,

00:22:35.980 --> 00:22:36.940
 I don't know,

00:22:37.019 --> 00:22:37.360
 funny

00:22:37.360 --> 00:22:38.299
 or that might sound

00:22:38.299 --> 00:22:38.840
 shocking,

00:22:39.080 --> 00:22:39.600
 that might sound

00:22:39.600 --> 00:22:40.240
 like terrible.

00:22:40.240 --> 00:22:42.500
 But I wonder

00:22:42.500 --> 00:22:43.180
 if that sounds

00:22:43.180 --> 00:22:44.160
 familiar to us,

00:22:45.319 --> 00:22:46.880
 which actually should.

00:22:47.680 --> 00:22:48.180
 I wonder

00:22:48.180 --> 00:22:49.180
 if that sounds familiar.

00:22:50.960 --> 00:22:52.019
 Think about it.

00:22:53.380 --> 00:22:54.920
 We created nuclear

00:22:54.920 --> 00:22:55.779
 with the purpose

00:22:55.779 --> 00:22:57.200
 of clean energy,

00:22:58.000 --> 00:22:58.620
 a good energy,

00:22:59.160 --> 00:23:00.680
 and then we take it

00:23:00.680 --> 00:23:01.160
 and turn it

00:23:01.160 --> 00:23:02.500
 into a weapon

00:23:02.500 --> 00:23:03.440
 of mass destruction,

00:23:03.640 --> 00:23:04.480
 killing thousands

00:23:04.480 --> 00:23:05.079
 and thousands

00:23:05.079 --> 00:23:06.539
 and threatening

00:23:06.539 --> 00:23:07.640
 countries and people.

00:23:07.640 --> 00:23:10.900
 God created sex

00:23:10.900 --> 00:23:12.660
 to be between

00:23:12.660 --> 00:23:13.560
 a husband and wife,

00:23:13.660 --> 00:23:14.460
 something beautiful

00:23:14.460 --> 00:23:15.060
 and intimate,

00:23:15.180 --> 00:23:16.000
 a gift of God

00:23:16.000 --> 00:23:17.980
 with a purpose

00:23:17.980 --> 00:23:20.220
 and then we take it

00:23:20.220 --> 00:23:21.020
 and pervert it,

00:23:21.280 --> 00:23:21.980
 make it into something

00:23:21.980 --> 00:23:22.980
 lustful and dirty,

00:23:23.560 --> 00:23:24.240
 so much so

00:23:24.240 --> 00:23:25.080
 that we flinch

00:23:25.080 --> 00:23:26.160
 at the thought

00:23:26.160 --> 00:23:27.100
 of talking about it

00:23:27.100 --> 00:23:28.100
 sometimes.

00:23:29.800 --> 00:23:30.800
 Jobs and positions,

00:23:31.300 --> 00:23:32.220
 maybe God has given

00:23:32.220 --> 00:23:33.040
 jobs and positions

00:23:33.040 --> 00:23:33.620
 to us

00:23:33.620 --> 00:23:34.360
 and we take it

00:23:34.360 --> 00:23:35.100
 and use it

00:23:35.099 --> 00:23:36.299
 to glorify ourselves,

00:23:36.519 --> 00:23:37.240
 to put value

00:23:37.240 --> 00:23:37.699
 on ourselves,

00:23:37.799 --> 00:23:38.279
 to look down

00:23:38.279 --> 00:23:39.240
 on other people

00:23:39.240 --> 00:23:39.740
 while actually

00:23:39.740 --> 00:23:40.599
 God gave it to us

00:23:40.599 --> 00:23:41.879
 so that we can glorify

00:23:41.879 --> 00:23:42.819
 Him in that place

00:23:42.819 --> 00:23:44.119
 and use that place

00:23:44.119 --> 00:23:45.279
 to do His work.

00:23:46.179 --> 00:23:46.699
 We could take

00:23:46.699 --> 00:23:47.359
 God's calling

00:23:47.359 --> 00:23:48.139
 in our life

00:23:48.139 --> 00:23:48.579
 as something

00:23:48.579 --> 00:23:49.519
 to separate ourselves

00:23:49.519 --> 00:23:51.159
 from other unholy people

00:23:51.159 --> 00:23:52.459
 rather than serving

00:23:52.459 --> 00:23:53.179
 and loving people.

00:23:53.259 --> 00:23:54.279
 We can take the gospel

00:23:54.279 --> 00:23:55.459
 for us

00:23:55.459 --> 00:23:56.480
 which we all received

00:23:56.480 --> 00:23:57.759
 and use it as something

00:23:57.759 --> 00:23:58.759
 and keep it with ourselves

00:23:58.759 --> 00:24:00.139
 and keep it for ourselves

00:24:00.139 --> 00:24:01.439
 and stay in our comfort zone

00:24:01.439 --> 00:24:02.399
 rather than going out

00:24:02.399 --> 00:24:03.019
 into nations

00:24:03.019 --> 00:24:04.339
 and sharing the gospel

00:24:04.339 --> 00:24:05.879
 which is why God

00:24:05.879 --> 00:24:06.720
 gave us the gospel.

00:24:08.460 --> 00:24:09.660
 We can take the grace

00:24:09.660 --> 00:24:10.579
 and mercy of God

00:24:10.579 --> 00:24:11.200
 in our lives

00:24:11.200 --> 00:24:12.519
 and use it as a license

00:24:12.519 --> 00:24:13.079
 to sin

00:24:13.079 --> 00:24:15.160
 rather than a reason

00:24:15.160 --> 00:24:16.339
 for it to be

00:24:16.339 --> 00:24:17.579
 for us to come

00:24:17.579 --> 00:24:18.480
 in gratefulness

00:24:18.480 --> 00:24:19.099
 and worship

00:24:19.099 --> 00:24:20.160
 and thankfulness

00:24:20.160 --> 00:24:21.539
 to devote our life

00:24:21.539 --> 00:24:22.079
 to our God

00:24:22.079 --> 00:24:22.900
 who has shown mercy

00:24:22.900 --> 00:24:23.900
 and grace in our life.

00:24:26.480 --> 00:24:27.639
 Belshazzar took that

00:24:27.639 --> 00:24:28.839
 which was sacred,

00:24:29.400 --> 00:24:30.539
 that which had a purpose,

00:24:30.759 --> 00:24:32.139
 something that was for God

00:24:32.140 --> 00:24:33.080
 and about God

00:24:33.080 --> 00:24:33.660
 and made it

00:24:33.660 --> 00:24:34.880
 about His pleasure

00:24:34.880 --> 00:24:35.880
 and His glory

00:24:35.880 --> 00:24:37.020
 about Himself.

00:24:38.200 --> 00:24:38.720
 And not only

00:24:38.720 --> 00:24:39.440
 did He do that,

00:24:39.759 --> 00:24:41.200
 while He was using the vessel,

00:24:41.360 --> 00:24:42.320
 while He was doing this

00:24:42.320 --> 00:24:42.940
 in the temple,

00:24:43.420 --> 00:24:44.400
 He actually praised

00:24:44.400 --> 00:24:45.080
 other gods,

00:24:45.400 --> 00:24:46.520
 gods that did not see,

00:24:46.940 --> 00:24:48.000
 gods that did not hear

00:24:48.000 --> 00:24:49.520
 and gods that did not know.

00:24:49.680 --> 00:24:50.120
 In other words,

00:24:50.200 --> 00:24:50.600
 understand.

00:24:51.480 --> 00:24:52.220
 In other words,

00:24:52.480 --> 00:24:53.320
 He started praising

00:24:53.320 --> 00:24:54.480
 gods that did not see,

00:24:54.640 --> 00:24:55.600
 gods that were blind,

00:24:56.100 --> 00:24:57.640
 gods that could not lead Him

00:24:57.640 --> 00:24:58.380
 because He was blind,

00:24:58.500 --> 00:24:59.440
 gods that could not hear.

00:24:59.820 --> 00:25:00.420
 So in other words,

00:25:00.460 --> 00:25:01.500
 He cannot hear His prayer

00:25:01.500 --> 00:25:02.240
 or His suffering.

00:25:02.640 --> 00:25:03.700
 Gods who could not understand,

00:25:03.819 --> 00:25:04.240
 in other words,

00:25:04.319 --> 00:25:05.819
 with whom He cannot have

00:25:05.819 --> 00:25:07.079
 any relationship,

00:25:07.259 --> 00:25:08.400
 who cannot understand Him.

00:25:08.720 --> 00:25:10.000
 Things that were useless.

00:25:11.619 --> 00:25:13.000
 Do we have those kind of gods

00:25:13.000 --> 00:25:13.640
 in our life?

00:25:14.619 --> 00:25:15.519
 Gods that do not see,

00:25:15.720 --> 00:25:15.920
 hear,

00:25:16.220 --> 00:25:17.000
 or understand.

00:25:20.680 --> 00:25:22.720
 The contempt of the king.

00:25:23.380 --> 00:25:24.440
 Now let's take a pause here.

00:25:25.700 --> 00:25:27.099
 I don't know about you.

00:25:27.160 --> 00:25:28.000
 Now I'm furious

00:25:28.000 --> 00:25:29.119
 with King Belshazzar.

00:25:29.119 --> 00:25:30.119
 Are you guys angry

00:25:30.119 --> 00:25:31.039
 with King Belshazzar?

00:25:31.919 --> 00:25:32.719
 Nod your head.

00:25:34.539 --> 00:25:34.939
 I'm like,

00:25:35.059 --> 00:25:36.399
 I know we are a congregation

00:25:36.399 --> 00:25:37.239
 that's pretty quiet,

00:25:37.639 --> 00:25:38.819
 but are you furious

00:25:38.819 --> 00:25:39.819
 with Belshazzar?

00:25:40.879 --> 00:25:41.359
 Yes.

00:25:41.779 --> 00:25:42.419
 Yes, right?

00:25:42.500 --> 00:25:43.199
 Man, it's,

00:25:43.659 --> 00:25:44.500
 I'm pissed off.

00:25:44.979 --> 00:25:46.039
 Let me drink some water

00:25:46.039 --> 00:25:46.759
 because I'm pissed off.

00:25:50.059 --> 00:25:51.239
 And you should be angry.

00:25:51.919 --> 00:25:53.139
 Man, how could he?

00:25:53.199 --> 00:25:54.819
 How dare he do that?

00:25:54.819 --> 00:25:57.700
 Man, it makes you just furious

00:25:57.700 --> 00:25:58.379
 and angry.

00:25:59.679 --> 00:26:00.779
 But let's take a pause here.

00:26:03.779 --> 00:26:04.759
 I'm going to take a walk.

00:26:06.359 --> 00:26:07.179
 Do you know,

00:26:07.319 --> 00:26:09.480
 do you know that sin

00:26:09.480 --> 00:26:12.259
 is a contempt towards God?

00:26:14.639 --> 00:26:16.799
 Do you know that every sin committed,

00:26:17.279 --> 00:26:18.319
 that every sin done

00:26:18.319 --> 00:26:21.359
 is a contempt towards God?

00:26:21.359 --> 00:26:23.799
 Now you might say like,

00:26:23.899 --> 00:26:24.419
 hey, no, no, no.

00:26:24.919 --> 00:26:26.000
 No, I respect God.

00:26:26.179 --> 00:26:26.859
 Yes, I did the sin,

00:26:26.899 --> 00:26:27.659
 but I respect God.

00:26:27.979 --> 00:26:28.339
 No, Alan,

00:26:28.419 --> 00:26:29.019
 I think you're wrong.

00:26:30.000 --> 00:26:30.419
 No, no,

00:26:30.459 --> 00:26:32.500
 it's a contempt towards God.

00:26:33.959 --> 00:26:34.519
 No, no, no.

00:26:34.879 --> 00:26:35.179
 Like,

00:26:35.399 --> 00:26:36.559
 I'm not disrespecting God.

00:26:36.599 --> 00:26:37.240
 When I did the sin,

00:26:37.379 --> 00:26:38.879
 I was not even thinking about God.

00:26:41.979 --> 00:26:43.079
 That's what contempt is,

00:26:43.159 --> 00:26:44.240
 not thinking about God.

00:26:44.919 --> 00:26:45.339
 I'm like,

00:26:45.359 --> 00:26:46.240
 it's worse if you're thinking

00:26:46.240 --> 00:26:47.199
 about God and sin.

00:26:47.559 --> 00:26:47.959
 But then,

00:26:48.919 --> 00:26:50.059
 not thinking about God,

00:26:50.119 --> 00:26:51.240
 isn't that what contempt is?

00:26:51.240 --> 00:26:52.120
 That you're not even thinking

00:26:52.120 --> 00:26:52.819
 about the one

00:26:52.819 --> 00:26:54.660
 in whom your whole life

00:26:54.660 --> 00:26:55.420
 and the very breath

00:26:55.420 --> 00:26:56.039
 that you're breathing

00:26:56.039 --> 00:26:57.099
 is in Him.

00:26:58.519 --> 00:26:59.519
 Every sin committed

00:26:59.519 --> 00:27:02.299
 is a contempt towards God.

00:27:02.480 --> 00:27:03.299
 I want you to remember

00:27:03.299 --> 00:27:04.460
 the definition of contempt

00:27:04.460 --> 00:27:05.099
 that we were looking.

00:27:05.400 --> 00:27:06.039
 Not that one,

00:27:06.140 --> 00:27:07.460
 the one we were looking properly.

00:27:07.980 --> 00:27:08.140
 But,

00:27:08.900 --> 00:27:10.000
 it not only is sin

00:27:10.000 --> 00:27:11.359
 a contempt towards God,

00:27:11.460 --> 00:27:12.000
 but sin,

00:27:13.319 --> 00:27:14.200
 every sin committed

00:27:14.200 --> 00:27:16.779
 is totally against God.

00:27:17.599 --> 00:27:18.960
 If you remember Psalm 51,

00:27:18.960 --> 00:27:20.480
 which talks about David,

00:27:20.799 --> 00:27:21.299
 and David,

00:27:21.400 --> 00:27:22.259
 what David does is,

00:27:22.299 --> 00:27:22.880
 he goes on,

00:27:23.079 --> 00:27:24.200
 he steals another wife,

00:27:24.500 --> 00:27:26.279
 and he commits adultery.

00:27:26.600 --> 00:27:27.519
 And not only does he steal

00:27:27.519 --> 00:27:28.440
 another woman,

00:27:28.860 --> 00:27:30.420
 he actually kills her husband

00:27:30.420 --> 00:27:31.519
 in the process of it.

00:27:32.519 --> 00:27:32.779
 Man,

00:27:32.840 --> 00:27:33.319
 that's terrible.

00:27:33.620 --> 00:27:34.500
 I wonder how many of you

00:27:34.500 --> 00:27:35.000
 have done that.

00:27:35.620 --> 00:27:35.920
 Raise your hand.

00:27:35.960 --> 00:27:36.059
 No,

00:27:36.079 --> 00:27:36.400
 just kidding.

00:27:36.559 --> 00:27:37.140
 Don't raise your hand.

00:27:37.660 --> 00:27:38.240
 But yeah,

00:27:38.360 --> 00:27:38.600
 I'm like,

00:27:38.640 --> 00:27:39.140
 that's terrible.

00:27:39.299 --> 00:27:39.559
 And then,

00:27:39.720 --> 00:27:40.180
 later on,

00:27:40.299 --> 00:27:41.340
 the prophet comes in,

00:27:41.539 --> 00:27:42.880
 and he confronts David,

00:27:42.880 --> 00:27:45.660
 and David writes this Psalm 51.

00:27:45.920 --> 00:27:47.040
 And what David says is,

00:27:49.240 --> 00:27:49.880
 that my sin,

00:27:50.960 --> 00:27:51.820
 and against you,

00:27:51.920 --> 00:27:52.900
 and only you,

00:27:53.260 --> 00:27:53.980
 have I sinned.

00:27:56.120 --> 00:27:57.480
 He looks up to heaven,

00:27:57.560 --> 00:27:57.960
 and he says,

00:27:58.200 --> 00:27:59.240
 this sin that I've committed

00:27:59.240 --> 00:28:00.460
 is against you, God,

00:28:01.280 --> 00:28:02.500
 and only against you.

00:28:04.440 --> 00:28:04.740
 You see,

00:28:04.780 --> 00:28:05.220
 many times,

00:28:05.320 --> 00:28:06.760
 we can make sin about us.

00:28:07.340 --> 00:28:08.140
 Think about pornography.

00:28:08.340 --> 00:28:08.760
 You'll think,

00:28:09.180 --> 00:28:09.340
 well,

00:28:09.380 --> 00:28:10.500
 pornography is just about me

00:28:10.500 --> 00:28:11.940
 and the screen in front of me.

00:28:11.940 --> 00:28:12.960
 It's not harming anyone.

00:28:14.160 --> 00:28:14.440
 Oh,

00:28:14.480 --> 00:28:15.720
 this bitterness is only about me

00:28:15.720 --> 00:28:16.460
 and that person.

00:28:16.940 --> 00:28:17.720
 It's not against,

00:28:17.940 --> 00:28:18.920
 not really against God.

00:28:19.140 --> 00:28:19.799
 But do you know,

00:28:19.920 --> 00:28:20.580
 that every sin,

00:28:20.980 --> 00:28:21.840
 it's not only his contempt,

00:28:22.000 --> 00:28:22.420
 it's done,

00:28:22.799 --> 00:28:23.820
 his sin is against,

00:28:24.059 --> 00:28:25.840
 and only against God.

00:28:27.680 --> 00:28:28.120
 Now,

00:28:28.200 --> 00:28:30.039
 this contempt that Belshazzar shows,

00:28:30.220 --> 00:28:30.420
 now,

00:28:30.480 --> 00:28:31.940
 this sin that Belshazzar shows,

00:28:32.559 --> 00:28:33.820
 is not only ignored.

00:28:35.580 --> 00:28:36.019
 Now,

00:28:36.120 --> 00:28:38.360
 this contempt that Belshazzar shows,

00:28:38.420 --> 00:28:39.059
 is not ignored,

00:28:39.400 --> 00:28:40.580
 is not brushed away,

00:28:40.579 --> 00:28:43.599
 because there is an immediate consequence to it.

00:28:44.339 --> 00:28:44.740
 Immediately,

00:28:45.000 --> 00:28:45.799
 something happens,

00:28:46.079 --> 00:28:46.579
 and now,

00:28:46.779 --> 00:28:48.259
 moving on from the contempt of the king,

00:28:48.500 --> 00:28:50.939
 we enter into the judgment of the king.

00:28:51.980 --> 00:28:52.319
 Now,

00:28:52.379 --> 00:28:53.199
 what happens next,

00:28:53.519 --> 00:28:54.879
 is pretty amazing,

00:28:55.039 --> 00:28:55.199
 right?

00:28:55.259 --> 00:28:55.639
 I'm like,

00:28:55.779 --> 00:28:57.259
 it's a very well-known story.

00:28:58.299 --> 00:28:58.720
 Immediately,

00:28:59.199 --> 00:29:00.639
 the fingers of a human hand appears,

00:29:00.819 --> 00:29:01.539
 and right on the wall,

00:29:01.619 --> 00:29:02.599
 opposite of the lampstand.

00:29:03.339 --> 00:29:04.000
 There's a painting,

00:29:04.220 --> 00:29:05.240
 that I've put up,

00:29:05.659 --> 00:29:06.720
 if you can't see it.

00:29:06.839 --> 00:29:07.619
 It's a beautiful painting,

00:29:07.619 --> 00:29:07.979
 but,

00:29:08.500 --> 00:29:08.699
 yeah.

00:29:09.199 --> 00:29:09.379
 So,

00:29:09.679 --> 00:29:09.919
 now,

00:29:10.019 --> 00:29:10.399
 verse 6,

00:29:10.439 --> 00:29:11.659
 if you look at verse 6 in the bulletin,

00:29:11.719 --> 00:29:12.359
 this is what it says,

00:29:12.619 --> 00:29:14.059
 then the king's color changed,

00:29:14.339 --> 00:29:15.459
 his thoughts were alarmed,

00:29:15.539 --> 00:29:16.719
 his limbs gave away,

00:29:16.939 --> 00:29:18.639
 and his knees knocked together.

00:29:18.759 --> 00:29:19.059
 Basically,

00:29:19.199 --> 00:29:19.819
 what happened was,

00:29:20.019 --> 00:29:20.799
 he turned pale,

00:29:21.059 --> 00:29:22.779
 and his limbs gave away,

00:29:22.879 --> 00:29:24.459
 meaning that he could not stand anymore.

00:29:24.779 --> 00:29:26.019
 He was shaking on his knees,

00:29:26.239 --> 00:29:26.759
 and it was like,

00:29:27.099 --> 00:29:27.159
 oh,

00:29:27.519 --> 00:29:27.919
 I don't know,

00:29:27.919 --> 00:29:29.000
 I don't know how to do that.

00:29:29.039 --> 00:29:29.219
 I'm like,

00:29:29.319 --> 00:29:29.579
 oh,

00:29:29.719 --> 00:29:30.719
 maybe,

00:29:30.819 --> 00:29:31.319
 something like that.

00:29:31.319 --> 00:29:33.240
 He was terrified,

00:29:33.960 --> 00:29:35.240
 he was scared,

00:29:35.639 --> 00:29:36.639
 and he was just,

00:29:37.039 --> 00:29:38.019
 he just loses it.

00:29:38.579 --> 00:29:38.960
 I'm like,

00:29:39.000 --> 00:29:39.879
 just a few minutes before,

00:29:40.039 --> 00:29:41.519
 he was having a party in front of thousands.

00:29:41.639 --> 00:29:42.079
 Now he's like,

00:29:42.159 --> 00:29:42.480
 oh,

00:29:42.559 --> 00:29:43.399
 oh my gosh.

00:29:45.019 --> 00:29:46.099
 And he calls his people,

00:29:46.259 --> 00:29:46.659
 he calls like,

00:29:46.740 --> 00:29:46.879
 okay,

00:29:47.139 --> 00:29:48.099
 get all my wise men,

00:29:48.179 --> 00:29:48.839
 get the PhD,

00:29:49.359 --> 00:29:51.039
 the doctors from Babylon,

00:29:51.359 --> 00:29:53.039
 those who studied in Babylon universities,

00:29:53.179 --> 00:29:53.559
 get them,

00:29:53.819 --> 00:29:55.379
 get them all these wise men together,

00:29:55.879 --> 00:29:57.339
 and make them interpret it.

00:29:57.339 --> 00:29:57.980
 What does that mean?

00:29:57.980 --> 00:29:59.099
 What is that writing on the wall?

00:29:59.339 --> 00:30:00.220
 Can someone tell me?

00:30:00.220 --> 00:30:01.380
 And obviously,

00:30:01.500 --> 00:30:02.579
 no one is able to do that,

00:30:02.839 --> 00:30:03.279
 and finally,

00:30:03.400 --> 00:30:04.519
 the queen comes in and says,

00:30:04.680 --> 00:30:04.799
 hey,

00:30:04.839 --> 00:30:04.980
 you know,

00:30:05.039 --> 00:30:06.660
 there is one guy who does it.

00:30:07.420 --> 00:30:08.059
 His name is Daniel,

00:30:08.140 --> 00:30:09.100
 and Daniel is brought in,

00:30:09.360 --> 00:30:10.720
 and Daniel comes before him,

00:30:11.059 --> 00:30:12.440
 and he tells him what he has done.

00:30:12.900 --> 00:30:13.640
 He tells them,

00:30:13.819 --> 00:30:15.940
 he tells him of the contempt of his sin,

00:30:16.900 --> 00:30:19.160
 that he tells Belshazzar,

00:30:19.259 --> 00:30:20.839
 that you have not humbled yourself,

00:30:21.000 --> 00:30:22.299
 that you have not honored the God,

00:30:22.500 --> 00:30:24.039
 you have held God in contempt,

00:30:24.519 --> 00:30:25.380
 and in that,

00:30:26.420 --> 00:30:26.980
 and now,

00:30:27.460 --> 00:30:28.680
 because you have not humbled yourself,

00:30:28.680 --> 00:30:29.819
 even though you knew it,

00:30:30.220 --> 00:30:31.700
 judgment has arrived,

00:30:32.200 --> 00:30:33.299
 and this is what he says,

00:30:33.579 --> 00:30:33.799
 many,

00:30:33.900 --> 00:30:34.180
 many,

00:30:34.640 --> 00:30:35.160
 tickle,

00:30:35.339 --> 00:30:35.759
 and parson.

00:30:37.120 --> 00:30:37.940
 Sounds like many,

00:30:38.000 --> 00:30:38.940
 many tickle a person,

00:30:39.400 --> 00:30:41.519
 doesn't mean that he's going to be tickled and dead,

00:30:41.759 --> 00:30:42.480
 but many,

00:30:42.600 --> 00:30:42.799
 many,

00:30:43.059 --> 00:30:43.600
 tickle,

00:30:44.000 --> 00:30:44.559
 and parson.

00:30:45.700 --> 00:30:46.559
 Back at high school,

00:30:46.680 --> 00:30:46.839
 again,

00:30:46.900 --> 00:30:48.140
 I have a lot of stories from high school.

00:30:48.539 --> 00:30:49.740
 When I was in class nine,

00:30:50.259 --> 00:30:50.539
 I,

00:30:51.299 --> 00:30:52.720
 it's a boarding school,

00:30:52.720 --> 00:30:57.220
 I used to run away from school every night when I was in class nine,

00:30:58.500 --> 00:30:59.500
 and I mean every night,

00:30:59.620 --> 00:31:00.960
 literally every night,

00:31:01.039 --> 00:31:01.880
 I was outside the,

00:31:02.079 --> 00:31:03.880
 outside the school boundaries in a restaurant,

00:31:04.259 --> 00:31:05.319
 having parathas,

00:31:05.380 --> 00:31:05.940
 and noodles,

00:31:06.200 --> 00:31:07.039
 and I'm like,

00:31:07.079 --> 00:31:07.559
 every night,

00:31:07.620 --> 00:31:07.880
 I'm like,

00:31:07.940 --> 00:31:09.480
 I used to be an expert bunker,

00:31:09.740 --> 00:31:09.940
 I'm like,

00:31:09.980 --> 00:31:10.860
 that's what we call ourselves,

00:31:10.940 --> 00:31:11.319
 bunkers,

00:31:12.160 --> 00:31:13.299
 and we used to be expert at that,

00:31:13.500 --> 00:31:14.160
 and every night,

00:31:14.240 --> 00:31:14.880
 we went away,

00:31:15.160 --> 00:31:15.799
 we got noodles,

00:31:15.980 --> 00:31:16.500
 and foods,

00:31:16.640 --> 00:31:16.920
 and the,

00:31:16.920 --> 00:31:19.100
 and the auntie from the shop used to know me so well,

00:31:19.099 --> 00:31:19.359
 oh,

00:31:19.480 --> 00:31:20.459
 Allen brother is coming,

00:31:20.759 --> 00:31:21.019
 and like,

00:31:21.079 --> 00:31:22.259
 I used to be famous at bunking,

00:31:22.559 --> 00:31:22.699
 so,

00:31:22.819 --> 00:31:23.219
 but then,

00:31:23.559 --> 00:31:23.980
 finally,

00:31:24.059 --> 00:31:24.480
 we thought like,

00:31:24.519 --> 00:31:25.339
 we'll never get caught,

00:31:25.539 --> 00:31:26.980
 but finally,

00:31:27.219 --> 00:31:27.659
 obviously,

00:31:28.179 --> 00:31:29.759
 it does happen.

00:31:30.119 --> 00:31:31.679
 On the last day of school,

00:31:31.919 --> 00:31:33.759
 can you imagine the last day of school,

00:31:34.359 --> 00:31:36.459
 we were just jumping over the fence,

00:31:36.839 --> 00:31:39.619
 and then the security guard sees us with a torchlight,

00:31:40.159 --> 00:31:41.740
 and then we start running,

00:31:42.159 --> 00:31:42.319
 and then,

00:31:42.480 --> 00:31:44.459
 and we took a one whole round of our school boundary,

00:31:44.459 --> 00:31:45.679
 and our school is huge,

00:31:46.099 --> 00:31:47.899
 in between jungles,

00:31:48.019 --> 00:31:48.959
 and on top of the mountain,

00:31:49.299 --> 00:31:49.619
 and we're like,

00:31:49.639 --> 00:31:50.500
 going through the jungles,

00:31:50.659 --> 00:31:52.419
 we came from the front gate,

00:31:52.500 --> 00:31:53.939
 and we went straight into the classroom,

00:31:54.359 --> 00:31:55.959
 and pretended that we were studying,

00:31:56.059 --> 00:31:57.699
 which was funny,

00:31:58.039 --> 00:31:58.779
 which would have worked,

00:31:59.099 --> 00:32:00.000
 if we were studious,

00:32:00.240 --> 00:32:00.519
 you know,

00:32:00.519 --> 00:32:00.759
 like,

00:32:01.240 --> 00:32:01.500
 I'm like,

00:32:01.539 --> 00:32:02.719
 we used to come first in class,

00:32:03.159 --> 00:32:04.259
 from the opposite direction,

00:32:05.279 --> 00:32:05.819
 from the back,

00:32:06.339 --> 00:32:06.659
 so,

00:32:06.939 --> 00:32:07.179
 yeah,

00:32:07.279 --> 00:32:07.939
 and then we were there,

00:32:08.019 --> 00:32:08.659
 me and my partner,

00:32:08.799 --> 00:32:09.500
 his name was Tashi,

00:32:09.819 --> 00:32:11.159
 he used to come second last,

00:32:11.279 --> 00:32:12.079
 I used to come last,

00:32:12.459 --> 00:32:12.980
 and then,

00:32:13.139 --> 00:32:13.939
 the teacher comes in,

00:32:13.939 --> 00:32:14.259
 and he said,

00:32:14.339 --> 00:32:14.980
 what are you guys doing?

00:32:15.259 --> 00:32:15.539
 And I'm like,

00:32:15.579 --> 00:32:16.059
 we're studying,

00:32:16.319 --> 00:32:16.859
 and like,

00:32:16.939 --> 00:32:17.279
 obviously,

00:32:17.399 --> 00:32:18.799
 the teacher's not gonna believe us,

00:32:19.099 --> 00:32:19.799
 and yeah,

00:32:19.839 --> 00:32:20.619
 we got caught,

00:32:20.679 --> 00:32:21.359
 and we were thinking like,

00:32:21.480 --> 00:32:21.719
 man,

00:32:21.779 --> 00:32:23.139
 we never thought we would get caught,

00:32:23.899 --> 00:32:24.159
 man,

00:32:24.199 --> 00:32:25.099
 we never thought that,

00:32:25.879 --> 00:32:27.339
 this consequence would ever come,

00:32:28.240 --> 00:32:28.619
 I'm like,

00:32:28.879 --> 00:32:30.039
 we have never imagined,

00:32:30.119 --> 00:32:31.079
 because we were so good,

00:32:31.859 --> 00:32:32.939
 no one was after us,

00:32:32.940 --> 00:32:35.000
 but you see,

00:32:35.080 --> 00:32:35.440
 it does,

00:32:36.200 --> 00:32:37.940
 consequences does come,

00:32:38.480 --> 00:32:39.620
 and it did for Belshazzar,

00:32:40.920 --> 00:32:41.140
 many,

00:32:41.340 --> 00:32:42.039
 meaning numbered,

00:32:42.340 --> 00:32:42.559
 tackle,

00:32:42.720 --> 00:32:43.200
 meaning weighed,

00:32:43.420 --> 00:32:43.820
 and parson,

00:32:44.420 --> 00:32:45.460
 meaning divided,

00:32:46.180 --> 00:32:46.559
 counted,

00:32:46.759 --> 00:32:47.080
 counted,

00:32:47.799 --> 00:32:48.580
 found wanting,

00:32:49.140 --> 00:32:49.519
 divided,

00:32:49.940 --> 00:32:50.620
 so basically,

00:32:51.900 --> 00:32:52.480
 Belshazzar,

00:32:52.820 --> 00:32:53.880
 you have been found guilty,

00:32:54.279 --> 00:32:56.259
 now the kingdom is gonna be taken away from you,

00:32:56.539 --> 00:32:58.019
 and it'll be given to the Persians,

00:32:58.100 --> 00:32:58.640
 and the Medes,

00:32:58.640 --> 00:33:01.380
 and as we come to verse 30 at the last,

00:33:01.820 --> 00:33:02.780
 that does come true,

00:33:03.700 --> 00:33:04.460
 and Belshazzar,

00:33:04.580 --> 00:33:05.880
 whose name actually means,

00:33:06.180 --> 00:33:07.020
 Baal save the king,

00:33:07.240 --> 00:33:08.300
 Baal as in their God,

00:33:08.740 --> 00:33:09.720
 Baal will save the king,

00:33:10.100 --> 00:33:10.740
 and in verse 30,

00:33:10.820 --> 00:33:11.340
 what we find,

00:33:11.580 --> 00:33:12.500
 is that he's killed,

00:33:13.060 --> 00:33:14.680
 at the end of verse 30,

00:33:14.800 --> 00:33:16.040
 and at the end of chapter 5,

00:33:17.640 --> 00:33:20.220
 that's the end of chapter 5,

00:33:20.320 --> 00:33:22.620
 now,

00:33:23.040 --> 00:33:24.300
 we see that we saw the contempt,

00:33:24.480 --> 00:33:25.280
 and we saw the judgment,

00:33:25.279 --> 00:33:28.099
 and we are furious with King Belshazzar,

00:33:28.859 --> 00:33:30.639
 but you know,

00:33:30.700 --> 00:33:31.460
 it's quite easy,

00:33:32.240 --> 00:33:33.899
 to sit at the side as an audience,

00:33:34.240 --> 00:33:35.980
 and watch this story unfold,

00:33:36.559 --> 00:33:38.319
 to actually sit at a theater,

00:33:38.579 --> 00:33:40.059
 and watch the story play out,

00:33:41.259 --> 00:33:41.859
 but you see,

00:33:41.980 --> 00:33:42.960
 this not only tells us,

00:33:43.039 --> 00:33:44.319
 the story of King Belshazzar,

00:33:44.660 --> 00:33:45.279
 but actually,

00:33:45.379 --> 00:33:46.460
 it also reveals something,

00:33:46.899 --> 00:33:48.259
 for those who are actually sitting,

00:33:48.379 --> 00:33:49.440
 and listening to this story,

00:33:49.920 --> 00:33:51.259
 it reveals to us something,

00:33:51.460 --> 00:33:53.259
 that is quite easy to see in others,

00:33:53.639 --> 00:33:55.259
 but quite difficult to see in ourselves,

00:33:55.279 --> 00:33:56.960
 the word of God,

00:33:57.039 --> 00:33:58.240
 suddenly becomes a mirror,

00:33:59.039 --> 00:34:00.420
 and we see ourselves,

00:34:00.720 --> 00:34:01.220
 in the story,

00:34:02.480 --> 00:34:03.759
 you see Romans 3,

00:34:03.879 --> 00:34:04.639
 tells us that,

00:34:04.839 --> 00:34:05.899
 there is no one who is righteous,

00:34:06.779 --> 00:34:09.340
 that everyone has sinned,

00:34:09.500 --> 00:34:11.380
 and everyone has fallen short of glory,

00:34:11.460 --> 00:34:12.460
 that everyone is a sinner,

00:34:13.199 --> 00:34:14.019
 there's no one,

00:34:14.199 --> 00:34:15.199
 who is righteous,

00:34:15.920 --> 00:34:18.739
 and now we find ourselves,

00:34:19.019 --> 00:34:19.519
 with sin,

00:34:20.279 --> 00:34:21.059
 with contempt,

00:34:21.659 --> 00:34:22.460
 towards God,

00:34:22.619 --> 00:34:23.320
 I mean a few minutes,

00:34:23.420 --> 00:34:24.719
 we are furious with Belshazzar,

00:34:24.719 --> 00:34:25.899
 but in reality,

00:34:26.179 --> 00:34:27.019
 actually we are,

00:34:27.480 --> 00:34:28.480
 with Belshazzar,

00:34:29.419 --> 00:34:30.399
 that we are standing,

00:34:30.559 --> 00:34:31.259
 just beside him,

00:34:33.259 --> 00:34:35.119
 but this,

00:34:36.279 --> 00:34:36.659
 you see,

00:34:36.739 --> 00:34:37.679
 but as Belshazzar,

00:34:37.759 --> 00:34:38.439
 came with sin,

00:34:38.519 --> 00:34:39.099
 and contempt,

00:34:39.359 --> 00:34:40.000
 so do we,

00:34:40.579 --> 00:34:41.199
 so do you,

00:34:41.339 --> 00:34:41.799
 so do I,

00:34:42.779 --> 00:34:43.279
 but,

00:34:43.939 --> 00:34:45.179
 as Belshazzar,

00:34:45.239 --> 00:34:46.219
 came face to face,

00:34:46.279 --> 00:34:46.859
 with judgment,

00:34:48.059 --> 00:34:48.739
 you and I,

00:34:48.980 --> 00:34:50.139
 we come face to face,

00:34:50.559 --> 00:34:51.259
 with the mercy,

00:34:51.260 --> 00:34:52.260
 of the king,

00:34:52.940 --> 00:34:53.700
 which leads us,

00:34:53.760 --> 00:34:54.420
 to our last point,

00:34:54.680 --> 00:34:55.620
 the mercy of the king,

00:34:55.940 --> 00:34:58.080
 you see,

00:34:58.160 --> 00:34:58.900
 our sins,

00:34:59.600 --> 00:35:00.780
 are in contempt,

00:35:00.940 --> 00:35:01.580
 towards God,

00:35:02.180 --> 00:35:03.800
 they are against God,

00:35:04.000 --> 00:35:05.380
 it is a clear rejection,

00:35:05.720 --> 00:35:06.840
 of our creator God,

00:35:06.900 --> 00:35:07.920
 it is a clear rejection,

00:35:08.100 --> 00:35:08.960
 of who God is,

00:35:09.200 --> 00:35:10.420
 who God created us to be,

00:35:10.500 --> 00:35:11.660
 I mean Isaiah 43,

00:35:11.800 --> 00:35:12.360
 tells us that,

00:35:12.720 --> 00:35:13.400
 God created us,

00:35:13.480 --> 00:35:14.180
 for his glory,

00:35:14.520 --> 00:35:15.320
 but we went on,

00:35:15.420 --> 00:35:16.300
 and we lived our lives,

00:35:16.560 --> 00:35:16.740
 any,

00:35:16.840 --> 00:35:17.580
 for anything else,

00:35:17.579 --> 00:35:18.779
 but for our own glory,

00:35:19.019 --> 00:35:19.659
 we live our lives,

00:35:19.719 --> 00:35:20.559
 for our own pleasure,

00:35:20.960 --> 00:35:21.840
 for our own self,

00:35:21.940 --> 00:35:22.539
 hurting others,

00:35:22.659 --> 00:35:23.380
 hurting ourselves,

00:35:23.639 --> 00:35:24.559
 we do anything,

00:35:24.940 --> 00:35:26.579
 except for his glory,

00:35:27.480 --> 00:35:27.840
 you see,

00:35:27.920 --> 00:35:28.920
 it is not just sin,

00:35:29.440 --> 00:35:30.179
 that are committed,

00:35:30.480 --> 00:35:31.119
 it is not just,

00:35:31.579 --> 00:35:33.079
 sin that are done,

00:35:33.400 --> 00:35:34.659
 it is actually contempt,

00:35:36.360 --> 00:35:37.319
 it is a disrespect,

00:35:37.759 --> 00:35:38.519
 and rejection,

00:35:38.980 --> 00:35:39.619
 of God,

00:35:40.000 --> 00:35:40.940
 it is easy,

00:35:40.940 --> 00:35:41.480
 to look down,

00:35:41.639 --> 00:35:42.259
 on Belshazzar,

00:35:42.900 --> 00:35:43.619
 but actually,

00:35:44.219 --> 00:35:45.440
 that's where we find ourselves,

00:35:45.440 --> 00:35:45.739
 too,

00:35:45.940 --> 00:35:46.819
 with Belshazzar,

00:35:47.579 --> 00:35:49.440
 and let me be clear,

00:35:49.920 --> 00:35:50.940
 judgment did fall,

00:35:51.340 --> 00:35:52.639
 as it did with Belshazzar,

00:35:52.799 --> 00:35:53.099
 it did,

00:35:53.219 --> 00:35:54.219
 so did it for us,

00:35:54.579 --> 00:35:54.860
 you see,

00:35:54.980 --> 00:35:56.000
 judgment did fall,

00:35:56.199 --> 00:35:57.199
 on our sins,

00:35:57.539 --> 00:35:57.900
 and on,

00:35:58.059 --> 00:35:59.059
 and all the contempt,

00:35:59.199 --> 00:35:59.960
 of all our sins,

00:36:00.259 --> 00:36:01.199
 the judgment did fall,

00:36:01.259 --> 00:36:01.940
 for all the sins,

00:36:01.980 --> 00:36:02.480
 that we did,

00:36:02.599 --> 00:36:03.519
 and all the contempt,

00:36:03.679 --> 00:36:04.279
 that we have shown,

00:36:04.360 --> 00:36:04.920
 towards God,

00:36:05.079 --> 00:36:05.639
 but you see,

00:36:05.900 --> 00:36:06.699
 the judgment fell,

00:36:06.799 --> 00:36:07.480
 on Belshazzar,

00:36:07.599 --> 00:36:08.460
 but for us,

00:36:08.599 --> 00:36:09.619
 the judgment fell,

00:36:09.779 --> 00:36:10.719
 on the son of God,

00:36:11.360 --> 00:36:12.199
 Jesus Christ,

00:36:14.199 --> 00:36:15.519
 the judgment did fall,

00:36:15.519 --> 00:36:16.659
 but it fell,

00:36:16.659 --> 00:36:17.699
 on Jesus,

00:36:18.339 --> 00:36:21.399
 God sent his son,

00:36:21.500 --> 00:36:22.059
 to a world,

00:36:22.480 --> 00:36:23.599
 that was in contempt,

00:36:23.759 --> 00:36:24.460
 towards him,

00:36:25.339 --> 00:36:26.059
 Jesus came,

00:36:26.139 --> 00:36:27.019
 and lived among people,

00:36:27.139 --> 00:36:27.799
 that were sinful,

00:36:28.420 --> 00:36:29.119
 and though they stood,

00:36:29.179 --> 00:36:29.659
 against God,

00:36:29.719 --> 00:36:30.539
 he reached out,

00:36:31.099 --> 00:36:32.319
 and touched the unclean,

00:36:32.379 --> 00:36:33.059
 and made them whole,

00:36:34.339 --> 00:36:34.940
 though we stood,

00:36:35.000 --> 00:36:35.420
 in contempt,

00:36:35.619 --> 00:36:36.359
 he welcomed us,

00:36:36.440 --> 00:36:36.779
 to eat,

00:36:37.059 --> 00:36:37.920
 and drink with him,

00:36:38.579 --> 00:36:39.139
 though we stood,

00:36:39.219 --> 00:36:39.799
 in contempt,

00:36:40.639 --> 00:36:41.859
 he took our contempt,

00:36:43.000 --> 00:36:43.799
 in contempt,

00:36:43.799 --> 00:36:44.440
 he was beaten,

00:36:44.940 --> 00:36:45.759
 he was mocked,

00:36:45.760 --> 00:36:47.220
 in contempt,

00:36:47.400 --> 00:36:48.620
 people spat on his face,

00:36:49.460 --> 00:36:50.260
 and put a crown,

00:36:50.340 --> 00:36:50.980
 on his thorn,

00:36:51.560 --> 00:36:52.220
 to mock him,

00:36:52.480 --> 00:36:53.060
 as a king,

00:36:53.320 --> 00:36:54.160
 while in reality,

00:36:54.400 --> 00:36:55.580
 he was the king of kings,

00:36:57.360 --> 00:36:58.380
 made to carry,

00:36:58.600 --> 00:36:59.480
 the very instrument,

00:36:59.620 --> 00:37:00.680
 of his death,

00:37:01.360 --> 00:37:02.100
 he went to the,

00:37:02.280 --> 00:37:03.020
 Calvary hill,

00:37:03.880 --> 00:37:04.660
 and he was nailed,

00:37:05.120 --> 00:37:05.740
 taking on him,

00:37:05.800 --> 00:37:06.360
 the punishment,

00:37:06.880 --> 00:37:07.760
 of our sins,

00:37:07.820 --> 00:37:08.660
 and our contempt,

00:37:09.540 --> 00:37:10.360
 taking on him,

00:37:10.560 --> 00:37:11.200
 our judgment,

00:37:11.199 --> 00:37:14.199
 Romans 5,

00:37:14.259 --> 00:37:15.159
 8 tells us,

00:37:16.199 --> 00:37:16.859
 this is love,

00:37:17.539 --> 00:37:18.379
 this is how God,

00:37:18.439 --> 00:37:19.739
 showed love,

00:37:20.379 --> 00:37:21.139
 that while we were,

00:37:21.279 --> 00:37:21.939
 still sinners,

00:37:22.699 --> 00:37:23.699
 that while we still,

00:37:23.699 --> 00:37:24.460
 showed contempt,

00:37:24.579 --> 00:37:25.259
 towards God,

00:37:25.879 --> 00:37:26.299
 Christ,

00:37:26.899 --> 00:37:27.659
 died for us,

00:37:28.299 --> 00:37:28.639
 Christ,

00:37:28.759 --> 00:37:29.419
 died for me,

00:37:29.619 --> 00:37:29.839
 Christ,

00:37:29.899 --> 00:37:30.500
 died for you,

00:37:30.779 --> 00:37:31.579
 while we still,

00:37:31.659 --> 00:37:32.480
 showed contempt,

00:37:32.919 --> 00:37:33.519
 towards him,

00:37:33.639 --> 00:37:34.779
 1 John 4 tells us,

00:37:34.859 --> 00:37:35.500
 this is love,

00:37:36.000 --> 00:37:36.939
 it's not that we loved him,

00:37:37.000 --> 00:37:38.559
 but he loved us first,

00:37:39.119 --> 00:37:40.199
 he loved us first,

00:37:40.199 --> 00:37:42.079
 I don't know,

00:37:43.259 --> 00:37:44.099
 do you see,

00:37:44.299 --> 00:37:44.719
 the weight,

00:37:44.919 --> 00:37:46.139
 of that word first,

00:37:47.179 --> 00:37:48.199
 he loved us first,

00:37:48.439 --> 00:37:49.359
 when we were looking,

00:37:49.719 --> 00:37:50.639
 as best as it did,

00:37:50.699 --> 00:37:51.500
 when we looked at God,

00:37:51.539 --> 00:37:52.199
 with contempt,

00:37:52.339 --> 00:37:53.099
 with no respect,

00:37:53.339 --> 00:37:53.899
 of no value,

00:37:53.980 --> 00:37:55.419
 not even thinking about him,

00:37:56.039 --> 00:37:56.859
 he looked at us,

00:37:56.939 --> 00:37:58.279
 and he loved us first,

00:38:00.059 --> 00:38:00.639
 I'm like,

00:38:00.679 --> 00:38:01.659
 if someone showed me contempt,

00:38:01.799 --> 00:38:02.960
 I cannot even imagine,

00:38:02.960 --> 00:38:04.139
 doing that to that person,

00:38:04.799 --> 00:38:05.839
 but God,

00:38:06.119 --> 00:38:07.379
 loved you,

00:38:07.719 --> 00:38:08.579
 and I first,

00:38:08.579 --> 00:38:12.840
 so as we come,

00:38:13.000 --> 00:38:13.599
 towards the end,

00:38:14.659 --> 00:38:15.219
 see if you are new,

00:38:15.319 --> 00:38:15.759
 this morning,

00:38:16.119 --> 00:38:16.699
 do you know that,

00:38:16.799 --> 00:38:18.000
 even before you knew Jesus,

00:38:18.219 --> 00:38:18.819
 he loved you,

00:38:19.759 --> 00:38:20.299
 would you come,

00:38:20.380 --> 00:38:21.440
 and taste his love for you,

00:38:21.500 --> 00:38:22.559
 that he paid the price,

00:38:22.739 --> 00:38:23.539
 of every sin,

00:38:23.619 --> 00:38:24.360
 and every contempt,

00:38:24.440 --> 00:38:24.980
 that was committed,

00:38:25.360 --> 00:38:26.059
 that he is willing,

00:38:26.159 --> 00:38:27.079
 to take our shame,

00:38:27.139 --> 00:38:27.559
 and guilt,

00:38:27.920 --> 00:38:28.539
 that he is willing,

00:38:28.539 --> 00:38:30.119
 to take every contempt,

00:38:30.319 --> 00:38:31.239
 that we had done,

00:38:31.940 --> 00:38:32.460
 and in return,

00:38:32.539 --> 00:38:33.420
 he promises peace,

00:38:33.480 --> 00:38:34.239
 and eternal life,

00:38:34.599 --> 00:38:35.900
 peace not as the world gives,

00:38:36.239 --> 00:38:37.199
 peace that he gives,

00:38:37.199 --> 00:38:39.119
 that is out of this world,

00:38:40.739 --> 00:38:41.960
 would you come,

00:38:42.039 --> 00:38:42.559
 and know this God,

00:38:42.599 --> 00:38:43.419
 who created you,

00:38:43.559 --> 00:38:44.299
 and formed you,

00:38:44.379 --> 00:38:44.819
 this God,

00:38:44.899 --> 00:38:45.839
 who is above all,

00:38:46.079 --> 00:38:47.179
 and who created everything,

00:38:47.279 --> 00:38:47.879
 in one word,

00:38:48.059 --> 00:38:49.239
 who calls you by name,

00:38:49.359 --> 00:38:50.379
 who redeems you,

00:38:50.519 --> 00:38:51.399
 and he calls you,

00:38:51.619 --> 00:38:52.019
 his own,

00:38:52.119 --> 00:38:53.319
 who calls you by name,

00:38:54.699 --> 00:38:55.719
 and for us,

00:38:56.099 --> 00:38:57.719
 those who do know Christ,

00:38:58.219 --> 00:38:58.699
 for us,

00:38:58.759 --> 00:38:59.779
 those who are believers,

00:39:01.099 --> 00:39:02.239
 are there still places,

00:39:02.559 --> 00:39:04.359
 of contempt in our lives,

00:39:04.360 --> 00:39:06.900
 sins that we know,

00:39:07.000 --> 00:39:07.860
 are clearly wrong,

00:39:08.840 --> 00:39:10.300
 but instead of bringing to Christ,

00:39:10.960 --> 00:39:11.700
 and repenting,

00:39:11.820 --> 00:39:12.780
 we entertain it,

00:39:13.780 --> 00:39:14.840
 maybe it could be,

00:39:14.920 --> 00:39:15.599
 in our workplaces,

00:39:15.720 --> 00:39:16.300
 and universities,

00:39:16.620 --> 00:39:17.180
 and our schools,

00:39:17.340 --> 00:39:18.780
 and workplaces,

00:39:19.260 --> 00:39:19.900
 where we know,

00:39:20.059 --> 00:39:21.220
 what God is calling us to be,

00:39:21.320 --> 00:39:21.840
 where we know,

00:39:22.000 --> 00:39:23.380
 what God is telling us to do,

00:39:23.579 --> 00:39:24.700
 but we just brush it away,

00:39:25.079 --> 00:39:25.880
 and ignore that,

00:39:26.740 --> 00:39:27.579
 because we just want to be,

00:39:27.900 --> 00:39:29.140
 comfortable in our lives,

00:39:29.820 --> 00:39:30.800
 I mean even for communion,

00:39:31.000 --> 00:39:31.200
 right,

00:39:32.300 --> 00:39:32.579
 I mean like,

00:39:32.620 --> 00:39:33.320
 we can take communion,

00:39:33.320 --> 00:39:33.920
 in contempt,

00:39:34.500 --> 00:39:34.820
 I mean like,

00:39:34.860 --> 00:39:35.519
 we do come in,

00:39:35.620 --> 00:39:36.940
 when we come and take communion,

00:39:37.420 --> 00:39:38.780
 while we have been harboring,

00:39:38.900 --> 00:39:39.480
 unforgiveness,

00:39:39.620 --> 00:39:40.720
 and bitterness towards others,

00:39:41.019 --> 00:39:42.260
 because 1 Corinthians 11,

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 tells us,

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 examine yourself,

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 before you take communion,

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 do we really do that,

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 or in contempt,

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 take it like,

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 like it's just a ritual,

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 that we do,

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 are there any places,

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 of contempt in our lives,

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 and for all of us,

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 this is the invitation,

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 for us,

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 come to the God,

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 come to God,

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 who loves you,

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 and who loved you first,

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 I mean Isaiah 1,

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 18 says,

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 though your sins,

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 are like scarlet,

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 though they are red as crimson,

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 they will be white as snow,

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 yes we do have sins,

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 and there is contempt,

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 in our life,

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 that we have shown towards God,

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 but calls us,

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 God calls us,

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 to him,

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 who loved us first,

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 come in repentance,

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 come,

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 and he will show us,

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 grace and mercy,

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 and Daniel's accusation,

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 was this,

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 towards Belshazzar,

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 that even though you knew,

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 you have not humbled yourself,

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 you knew,

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 you knew the story,

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 you know the gospel,

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 you know the love of God,

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 but now come,

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 so may I invite,

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 all of us to stand,

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 and also invite,

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 the worship team,

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 to come front,

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 why don't we take some time,

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 and let the Holy Spirit,

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 come and work among us,

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 why don't we call,

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 let the Holy Spirit come,

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 and show us in our lives,

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 places of contempt,

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 places that we have been missing out,

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 why don't we just spend some time,

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 allowing the Holy Spirit,

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 to speak to us right now,

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 so why don't we take the posture,

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 with our open hands,

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 and just spend some time,

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 in quiet,

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 and say,

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 Father,

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 Holy Spirit,

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 would you come,

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 and show us places,

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 of contempt in our life,

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 in my life,

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 in my life,

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 sink in our life,

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 through example,

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 one place,

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 two place,

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 and rude,

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 establishing,

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 a story,

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 and