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 The scripture reading comes from Daniel chapter 4. 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 Nebuchadnezzar to all peoples, nations and languages that dwell in all the earth, peace be multiplied to you.

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 It has seemed good to me to show the signs and wonders that the Most High God has done for me.

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 How great are His signs! How mighty His wonders!

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 His kingdom is an everlasting kingdom, and His dominion endures from generation to generation.

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 I, Nebuchadnezzar, was at ease in my house and prospering in my palace.

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 I saw a dream that made me afraid. As I lay in bed, the fancies and the visions of my head alarmed me.

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 So I made a decree that all the wise men of Babylon should be brought before me,

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 that they might make known to me the interpretation of the dream.

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 Then, the magicians, the enchanters, the Chaldeans and the astrologers came in,

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 and I told them the dream, but they could not make known to me its interpretation.

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 At last, Daniel came in before me, he who was named Belteshazzar after the name of my God,

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 and in whom is the spirit of the holy gods.

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 And I told him the dream, saying,

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 O Belteshazzar, chief of the magicians,

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 because I know that the spirit of the holy gods is in you,

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 and that no mystery is too difficult for you,

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 tell me the visions of my dream that I saw and their interpretation.

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 The visions of my head as I lay in bed were these.

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 I saw and behold a tree in the midst of the earth,

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 and its height was great.

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 The tree grew and became strong, and its top reached to heaven,

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 and it was visible to the end of the whole earth.

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 Its leaves were beautiful and its fruit abundant,

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 and in it was food for all.

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 The beasts of the field found shade under it,

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 and the birds of the heavens lived in its branches,

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 and all flesh was fed from it.

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 I saw in the visions of my head as I lay in bed,

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 and behold, a watcher, a holy one, came down from heaven.

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 He proclaimed aloud and said thus,

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 Chop down the tree and lop off its branches,

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 strip off its leaves and scatter its fruit.

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 Let the beasts flee from under it,

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 and the birds from its branches,

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 but leave the stump of its roots in the earth,

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 bound with a band of iron and bronze,

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 amid the tender grass of the field.

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 Let him be wet with the dew of heaven.

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 Let his portion be with the beasts in the grass of the earth.

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 Let his mind be changed from a man's,

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 and let a beast's mind be given to him.

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 And let seven periods of time pass over him.

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 The sentence is by the decree of the watchers,

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 the decision by the word of the holy ones,

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 to the end that the living may know

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 that the Most High rules the kingdom of men,

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 and gives it to whom he will,

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 and sets over it the lowliest of men.

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 This dream I, King Nebuchadnezzar, saw,

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 And you, O Belteshazzar, tell me the interpretation,

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 because all the wise men of my kingdom

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 are not able to make known to me the interpretation.

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 But you are able,

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 for the spirit of the holy gods is in you.

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 Then Daniel, whose name was Belteshazzar,

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 was dismayed for a while,

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 and his thoughts alarmed him.

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 The king answered and said,

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 Belteshazzar, let not the dream or the interpretation alarm you.

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 Belteshazzar answered and said,

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 My lord, may the dream be for those who hate you,

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 and its interpretation for your enemies.

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 Then, from verse 24, we read,

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 This is the interpretation, O king.

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 It is a decree of the Most High,

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 which has come upon my lord the king,

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 that you shall be driven from among men,

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 and your dwelling shall be with the beasts of the field.

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 You shall be made to eat grass like an ox,

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 and you shall be wet with the dew of heaven,

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 and seven periods of time shall pass over you,

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 till you know that the Most High rules the kingdom of men,

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 and gives it to whom he will.

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 And as it was commanded to leave the stomp of the roots of the tree,

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 your kingdom shall be confirmed for you,

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 from the time that you know that heaven rules.

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 Therefore, O king, let my counsel be acceptable to you.

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 Break off your sins by practicing righteousness,

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 and your iniquities by showing mercy to the oppressed,

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 that there may perhaps be a lengthening of your prosperity.

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 All this came upon King Nebuchadnezzar.

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 At the end of twelve months,

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 he was walking on the roof of the royal palace of Babylon,

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 and the king answered and said,

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 Is not this great Babylon which I have built by my mighty power as a royal residence,

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 and for the glory of my majesty?

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 While the words were still in the king's mouth,

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 there fell a voice from heaven,

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 O king Nebuchadnezzar,

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 to you it is spoken.

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 The kingdom has departed from you,

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 and you shall be driven from among men,

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 and your dwelling shall be with the beasts of the field.

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 And you shall be made to eat grass like an ox,

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 and seven periods of time shall pass over you,

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 until you know that the Most High rules the kingdom of men,

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 and gives it to whom he will.

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 Immediately, the word was fulfilled against Nebuchadnezzar.

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 He was driven from among men,

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 and ate grass like an ox,

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 and his body was wet with the dew of heaven,

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 till his hair grew as long as eagle's feathers,

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 and his nails were like bird's claws.

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 At the end of the days,

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 I, Nebuchadnezzar,

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 lifted my eyes to heaven,

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 and my reason returned to me,

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 and I blessed the Most High,

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 and praised and honored him,

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 who lives forever,

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 for his dominion is an everlasting dominion,

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 and his kingdom endures from generation to generation.

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 All the inhabitants of the earth are accounted as nothing,

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 and he does according to his will,

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 among the host of heaven,

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 and among the inhabitants of the earth.

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 And none can stay his hand,

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 or say to him,

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 What have you done?

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 At the same time,

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 my reason returned to me,

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 and for the glory of my kingdom,

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 my majesty and splendor returned to me.

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 My counselors and my lords sought me,

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 and I was established in my kingdom,

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 and still more greatness was added to me.

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 Now I, Nebuchadnezzar,

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 praise and extol and honor the King of heaven,

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 for all his works are right,

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 and his ways are just,

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 and those who walk in pride,

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 he is able to humble.

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 This is the word of God.

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 Great.

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 Celeste, thank you for reading that long reading,

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 and for reading it so well.

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 I feel like you really brought the narrative to life,

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 so thank you for doing that.

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 Good morning everybody,

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 and welcome once again.

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 If you don't know me,

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 I'm Kevin, one of the leaders,

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 and it is great to be with you this morning.

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 A couple of new faces,

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 welcome.

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 It's great to see you,

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 and have you with us this morning.

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 Let me pray for us briefly,

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 and then let's dive into Daniel chapter four.

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 So Father God,

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 as we come to your word this morning,

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 this amazing passage,

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 God once again,

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 we ask you by your spirit to speak to us.

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 Father, if we've come just to find three tips

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 on how to be more successful in life,

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 there's many places to go,

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 but God, none of those things will deal with really the root issue.

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 None of those things will really encounter our hearts.

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 God, we come before you this morning

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 because you are true.

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 Your word is true.

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 You are the one true living God,

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 the most high God,

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 as we read about this morning,

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 and God, we want to encounter you.

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 We want you to speak to us.

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 And so Jesus, as we look at this word,

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 won't you come and have your way?

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 Won't you establish your kingdom in our hearts

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 and in our lives?

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 And as you do that, God,

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 won't you establish your kingdom here in Hong Kong,

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 we pray.

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 Let your word be made known to us.

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 Spirit of God,

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 open the eyes of our hearts

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 to see you freshly this morning, we pray.

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 In your awesome and glorious name, amen.

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 So we are looking at the book of Daniel,

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 and the reason we're doing that

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 is because we are wanting to learn

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 from Daniel and his friends

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 what does it mean and look like

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 to be the people of God

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 in the midst of a world

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 which is not the most God-honoring world.

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 Daniel and his friends are taken out of Israel

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 into Babylon.

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 Babylon is a pagan nation.

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 It's not a God-honoring nation.

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 But they are incredibly faithful.

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 And we want to learn as Christians

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 in 21st century Hong Kong,

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 how can we be the same?

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 How can we be faithful to God

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 even in the midst of a world

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 which doesn't always honor him?

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 And today we are looking at Daniel chapter 4.

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 Now, before we dive into it,

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 I want us just to take note of one thing

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 that's really interesting.

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 Daniel was in the city of Babylon for 70 years.

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 And that's a long period of time.

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 And in those 70 years,

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 we only have the recordings

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 of about four or five things

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 that he actually did in that time.

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 And in chapter 1,

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 and possibly chapter 2,

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 most of those events take place

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 in the first few years

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 that he's in Babylon.

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 The next few weeks

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 that we're going to look at,

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 chapter 5 and 6,

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 the next two Sundays,

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 happen right at the end

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 of those 70 years.

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 And in the middle,

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 kind of 50, 60 years,

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 we know almost nothing

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 about Daniel's life

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 except this one event

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 that we read today.

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 The only thing that we know

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 about Daniel and his friends

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 in that large portion of his life

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 is actually that he's faithful to God

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 and he faithfully serves his boss,

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 who in this case

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 happens to be a pagan king,

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 Nebuchadnezzar.

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 And that's really important

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 because for many of us

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 who are followers of Jesus,

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 we want to do something great

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 and we want to change the world.

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 Our generation has been described

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 as the snowflakes generation.

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 Do you know what I mean by that?

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 We are all told from kindergarten

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 that we are like snowflakes.

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 We are super special.

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 We are one of a kind.

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 There's no one in the world like us.

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 We are precious

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 and we are delicate.

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 And what that means

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 is that our generation

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 largely thinks that

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 by the age of 25,

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 we should hit our peak

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 and we all want to be like

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 Daniel and Esther

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 that live in the king's palace

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 and just change the world

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 disproportionately.

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 But actually what's important to note

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 is that for much of Daniel's life,

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 he spent his life

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 faithfully serving God

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 and serving his boss

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 as he lived in the midst of Babylon.

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 And when his time came,

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 because of his decades-long faithfulness,

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 actually God used him

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 to speak with incredible wisdom

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 and profundity.

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 Eugene Peterson talks about

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 a long obedience

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 in the same direction.

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 And much of the Christian life

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 is like that.

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 A long obedience

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 in the same direction

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 rather than always being

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 in the king's palace

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 or the queen's palace

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 with this disproportionate influence.

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 Okay, so that's just

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 by way of introduction.

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 So let's dive into

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 Daniel chapter 4.

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 And this passage

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 is an amazing passage

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 and one of the things

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 that's amazing about it

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 is that it's written,

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 it's one of the only chapters

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 in the Bible

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 that's written by a pagan.

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 It's written by King Nebuchadnezzar.

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 He writes it in a way

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 giving his testimony.

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 And so look at what he says

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 in verse 1.

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 He says,

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 I, King Nebuchadnezzar,

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 to all the peoples,

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 the nations and the languages

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 that dwell on the earth.

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 He's saying, listen up,

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 I've got a message for you.

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 And what is his message?

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 Peace be multiplied to you.

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 It's a message of good news.

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 It's a gospel message.

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 He says,

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 It seemed good to me

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 to write the signs

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 and the wonders

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 that the Most High God

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 has done for me.

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 How great are his signs!

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 How mighty are his wonders!

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 His kingdom

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 is an everlasting kingdom.

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 His dominion endures

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 from generation to generation.

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 Now the book of Daniel

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 up until now

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 has kind of had this one

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 melodic theme

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 throughout the whole book.

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 This one thread.

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 Which is that

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 the kingdoms of the world

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 are going to bow down

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 to the kingdoms of God.

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 That God alone

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 rules of the kingdoms of man

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 and the kingdoms of our world.

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 Remember the statue

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 in chapter 2.

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 All these kingdoms

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 and eventually a stone comes

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 that's going to crush them all

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 and is going to be established

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 as the kingdom

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 over all the world.

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 So that's the theme

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 for the book of Daniel.

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 Now what Nebuchadnezzar

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 wants to do here

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 is he wants to

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 take that theme

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 and apply it

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 not just on a macro level

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 kingdoms and nations

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 and empires

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 but on an individual level.

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 What Nebuchadnezzar

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 is going to do here

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 is he's going to show

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 the great lengths

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 that God will go to

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 to establish his kingdom

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 in the hearts

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 and the lives

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 of individuals

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 like you and I.

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 Okay?

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 So,

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 let's see what happens here.

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 Nebuchadnezzar

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 has this dream.

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 And like

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 in previous chapters

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 he wants to know

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 what's happening

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 with his dream

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 this interpretation.

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 He calls all his wise men in

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 they don't know

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 what's going on

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 and eventually

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 he calls Daniel in.

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 And he tells Daniel

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 his dream.

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 And this dream

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 is essentially

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 a picture

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 of a majestically

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 beautiful

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 gigantic

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 tall tree.

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 Glorious tree.

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 It's a picture

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 of unrivaled

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 stature.

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 And Nebuchadnezzar

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 describes it like this.

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 He says

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 its height was great.

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 It grew

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 and became strong.

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 Its top

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 reached to the heavens.

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 Okay?

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 That's a reference

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 to Genesis 11

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 the Tower of Babel

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 its top

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 reached to the heavens.

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 It was visible

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 from the ends

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 of the earth.

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 So it's this picture

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 of magnificence.

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 It's a picture

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 of supreme glory.

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 And under this tree

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 all the animals

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 of the world

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 take shade

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 and people

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 come and take shade

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 and people

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 get their food

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 and the birds

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 nest.

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 It's a picture

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 of safety

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 and security

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 and refuge.

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 And of course

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 this tree

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 is a picture

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 of Nebuchadnezzar.

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 Okay?

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 And we're told

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 that this is true.

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 Nebuchadnezzar

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 is one of the most

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 powerful

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 men in all the world.

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 He is one of the guys

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 that built

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 the seven wonders

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 of the ancient world.

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 Babylon was known

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 for its hanging gardens.

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 They had these

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 magnificent architecture

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 and infrastructure.

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 Nebuchadnezzar

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 is the one

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 who kind of designed

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 that and got it going.

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 And Nebuchadnezzar

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 is this amazing

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 majestic king.

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 He is in many ways

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 as someone said

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 he is living the dream.

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 Right?

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 He has this dream

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 and it's true

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 he's living it.

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 I don't know

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 if you noticed

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 I think it's verse 4

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 he says

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 I was at ease

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 in my house

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 and prospering

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 in my palace.

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 How many of you know

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 that if you are powerful

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 and wealthy

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 that often means

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 you've got lots of headaches.

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 Right?

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 That's not always

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 a recipe for ease of life.

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 Wealth and power

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 means lots of problems.

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 But not Nebuchadnezzar

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 he is living the dream.

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 He's at ease at home

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 he's prospering at work

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 the kingdom is growing

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 and he has a picture of him

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 glorious and magnificent.

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 But of course

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 something goes wrong.

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 I don't know

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 if you've ever had a dream

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 at night

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 that turns into a nightmare.

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 The dream starts out

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 you're on the beach

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 tropical island

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 drinking pina coladas

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 something like that

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 and by the end of the dream

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 there's some madman

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 that's chasing you

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 with an axe or something.

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 A dream that starts out

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 and ends as a nightmare.

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 That's what's happening

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 to Nebuchadnezzar.

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 He has this dream

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 and it's glorious

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 but then

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 an angel says

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 chop it down

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 and the tree

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 is felled

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 and it's brought

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 it gets stripped bare

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 it gets chopped down.

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 And what God's saying here

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 he's saying

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 you Nebuchadnezzar

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 are going to be chopped down

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 you are going to be

00:16:23.439 --> 00:16:24.259
 stripped bare.

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 And the reason

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 is because

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 Nebuchadnezzar

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 has become proud

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 and arrogant.

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 In fact

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 look at how he acts

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 in verse 29.

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 Having heard

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 the interpretation

00:16:35.000 --> 00:16:35.919
 of this dream

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 he seems completely

00:16:37.419 --> 00:16:38.320
 to disregard it.

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 He says in verse 29

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 at the end of 12 months

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 he was walking

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 on the roof of his palace

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 he overlooks his empire

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 and he says

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 is not this great Babylon

00:16:47.779 --> 00:16:49.059
 which I have built

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 by my mighty power

00:16:50.960 --> 00:16:52.500
 as a royal residence

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 for the glory

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 of my majesty.

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 Notice all the personal pronouns.

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 I, I, I

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 me, me, me

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 my, my, my

00:17:01.620 --> 00:17:03.399
 In chapter 2

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 when Nebuchadnezzar

00:17:04.059 --> 00:17:04.799
 has a dream

00:17:04.799 --> 00:17:05.779
 it talks about

00:17:05.779 --> 00:17:06.420
 how the kingdom

00:17:06.420 --> 00:17:07.180
 is going to come down

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 but for Nebuchadnezzar

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 himself

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 it's okay

00:17:09.359 --> 00:17:10.599
 here things

00:17:10.599 --> 00:17:11.339
 are a little different.

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 Here God says

00:17:12.679 --> 00:17:13.599
 you are going

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 to be brought down.

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 Daniel

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 says

00:17:18.179 --> 00:17:20.579
 verse 22

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 this tree

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 is you

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 O king

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 you have grown

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 and become strong

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 your greatness

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 has grown

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 and reaches

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 to the heavens

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 but you shall

00:17:27.959 --> 00:17:28.539
 be driven

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 from man

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 your dwelling place

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 will be with the

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 beasts of the field

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 you'll be made

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 to eat grass

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 like an ox

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 you'll be wet

00:17:35.679 --> 00:17:36.459
 like the dew

00:17:36.459 --> 00:17:37.079
 of heaven

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 and for seven

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 periods of time

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 until you know

00:17:41.259 --> 00:17:41.839
 that the most

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 high rules

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 the kingdom

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 of men

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 and gives

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 it to whom

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 he will.

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 I don't know

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 if you saw

00:17:47.220 --> 00:17:48.000
 in verse 17

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 when Nebuchadnezzar

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 has this dream

00:17:50.240 --> 00:17:50.839
 and he's telling

00:17:50.839 --> 00:17:51.460
 it to Daniel

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 he says

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 and God said

00:17:53.359 --> 00:17:53.919
 that this will

00:17:53.919 --> 00:17:54.740
 happen until

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 those that are

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 living

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 the people

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 of the world

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 know that

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 God rules

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 the most

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 that God

00:18:00.059 --> 00:18:00.579
 the most high

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 rules

00:18:00.980 --> 00:18:02.419
 but when Daniel

00:18:02.419 --> 00:18:03.359
 interprets the dream

00:18:03.359 --> 00:18:04.139
 he doesn't just

00:18:04.139 --> 00:18:05.319
 generically say

00:18:05.319 --> 00:18:05.960
 this will happen

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 until all people

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 out there

00:18:07.500 --> 00:18:07.799
 know

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 he says

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 until you know

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 he's saying

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 you need to know

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 Nebuchadnezzar

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 you

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 God is looking

00:18:14.000 --> 00:18:15.059
 you in the eye

00:18:15.059 --> 00:18:16.019
 and he's saying

00:18:16.019 --> 00:18:16.779
 there's a problem

00:18:16.779 --> 00:18:17.119
 here

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 you need to know

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 oh king

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 that God

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 the most high

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 rules the kingdoms

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 of the world

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 that he is God

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 and you

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 are not

00:18:26.399 --> 00:18:27.799
 and what Daniel

00:18:27.799 --> 00:18:28.399
 is saying here

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 is there's

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 there's a problem

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 Nebuchadnezzar

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 and there's a cancer

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 in your heart

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 there's a cancer

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 which thinks

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 that your majesty

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 and your achievements

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 and your success

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 in life

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 is because of

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 your greatness

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 there is a virus

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 in your heart

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 which is telling you

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 that all power

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 resides in you

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 that you are distinct

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 that you are different

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 from the rest

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 of humanity

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 and that other people

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 are not like you

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 and God is wanting

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 you to know

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 that as long

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 as this cancer

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 is the operating

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 system of your heart

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 you are on a

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 collision course

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 with the almighty God

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 that's what Daniel

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 is saying to him

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 Nebuchadnezzar's

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 problem here

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 is that he's become

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 proud and arrogant

00:19:12.879 --> 00:19:15.579
 C.S. Lewis

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 who was this

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 incredible writer

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 has an amazing

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 way of describing

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 the everyday

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 affairs of life

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 and listen to how

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 he describes pride

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 he says

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 I've heard people

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 admit that they

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 are bad tempered

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 or that they

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 struggle with lust

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 or alcohol

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 even that they

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 are slightly

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 cowardly

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 I do not think

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 I've ever heard

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 anyone who is not

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 a Christian

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 accuse himself

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 of pride

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 there is no fault

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 which makes a man

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 more unpopular

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 and no fault

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 of which we are

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 more unconscious

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 of in ourselves

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 the more we have

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 it in ourselves

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 the more we dislike

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 it in others

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 it is pride

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 which has been

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 the chief cause

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 of misery

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 in every nation

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 and every family

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 since the world

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 began

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 other faults

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 may bring people

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 together

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 but pride

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 always means

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 enmity

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 it is enmity

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 not only between

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 people

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 but between

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 us and God

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 and C.S. Lewis

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 makes this

00:20:10.419 --> 00:20:11.779
 incredible observation

00:20:11.779 --> 00:20:12.279
 he says

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 there is no fault

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 of which we are

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 more conscious

00:20:15.339 --> 00:20:16.359
 of in others

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 and yet more

00:20:17.659 --> 00:20:18.659
 unconscious of

00:20:18.659 --> 00:20:19.579
 in ourselves

00:20:19.579 --> 00:20:21.079
 friends have you

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 ever been talking

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 to someone

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 and they are

00:20:23.159 --> 00:20:24.159
 complaining about

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 somebody else

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 and you're thinking

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 to yourself

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 you know you do

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 that very thing

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 that you're

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 complaining about

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 has that ever

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 happened

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 that's pride

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 it's work

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 in our hearts

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 friends

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 and the reason

00:20:37.480 --> 00:20:38.039
 do you want to

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 know the reason

00:20:38.559 --> 00:20:39.359
 for the conflict

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 in our lives

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 the reason

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 for conflict

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 in our homes

00:20:41.539 --> 00:20:42.339
 and our marriages

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 and with our kids

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 and with our colleagues

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 and in the workplace

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 the reason is

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 because there's

00:20:48.079 --> 00:20:48.859
 a fundamental

00:20:48.859 --> 00:20:49.559
 attitude

00:20:49.559 --> 00:20:50.539
 in the human heart

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 that says

00:20:50.960 --> 00:20:51.960
 I am wrong

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 and I am right

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 and you are wrong

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 I know what I'm

00:20:54.740 --> 00:20:55.380
 talking about

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 and you don't

00:20:56.079 --> 00:20:57.379
 there's an attitude

00:20:57.379 --> 00:20:57.919
 that says

00:20:57.919 --> 00:20:59.000
 I am patient

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 and you are so

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 demanding

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 it says

00:21:01.419 --> 00:21:02.639
 I am so humble

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 and you are so proud

00:21:04.099 --> 00:21:05.159
 there's an attitude

00:21:05.159 --> 00:21:05.639
 that says

00:21:05.639 --> 00:21:06.740
 I am selfless

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 and you are self-centered

00:21:08.059 --> 00:21:09.740
 Tim Keller says

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 that pride

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 is the carbon monoxide

00:21:11.980 --> 00:21:12.859
 of all sins

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 we

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 it is invisible

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 and you don't know

00:21:15.779 --> 00:21:16.879
 that you're breathing it in

00:21:16.879 --> 00:21:17.799
 but silently

00:21:17.799 --> 00:21:18.859
 it suffocates

00:21:18.859 --> 00:21:20.159
 everything that is good

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 and pleasant

00:21:20.740 --> 00:21:21.720
 about our lives

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 and pride

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 is obviously

00:21:24.500 --> 00:21:25.819
 very sinister

00:21:25.819 --> 00:21:27.079
 and it's deceptive

00:21:27.079 --> 00:21:28.460
 we see it in others

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 but we don't see it

00:21:29.120 --> 00:21:29.519
 in ourselves

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 and one of the ways

00:21:31.059 --> 00:21:32.400
 that this plays out

00:21:32.400 --> 00:21:33.339
 is that we think

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 that only those

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 that think of themselves

00:21:35.259 --> 00:21:36.240
 as great

00:21:36.240 --> 00:21:36.940
 are proud

00:21:36.940 --> 00:21:38.019
 and yet those

00:21:38.019 --> 00:21:38.880
 who think of themselves

00:21:38.880 --> 00:21:39.559
 lowly

00:21:39.559 --> 00:21:40.480
 are not proud

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 but actually

00:21:41.480 --> 00:21:42.160
 C.S. Lewis says

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 that's not always the case

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 he says

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 that to be humble

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 is not to think

00:21:46.920 --> 00:21:47.319
 of yourself

00:21:47.319 --> 00:21:48.299
 as lowly

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 it's not to think

00:21:50.000 --> 00:21:51.180
 less of yourself

00:21:51.180 --> 00:21:51.900
 it's to think

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 of yourself

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 less altogether

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 the truly humble

00:21:54.900 --> 00:21:55.740
 person is not

00:21:55.740 --> 00:21:56.500
 someone who beats

00:21:56.500 --> 00:21:57.380
 themselves up

00:21:57.380 --> 00:21:57.660
 saying

00:21:57.660 --> 00:21:58.660
 I'm suck

00:21:58.660 --> 00:21:59.960
 I'm so bad

00:21:59.960 --> 00:22:01.220
 I'm such a loser

00:22:01.220 --> 00:22:02.460
 that's not the humble

00:22:02.460 --> 00:22:02.940
 person

00:22:02.940 --> 00:22:04.100
 the humble person

00:22:04.100 --> 00:22:04.519
 is the person

00:22:04.519 --> 00:22:05.019
 that just doesn't

00:22:05.019 --> 00:22:05.600
 think of themselves

00:22:05.600 --> 00:22:06.320
 at all

00:22:06.320 --> 00:22:07.759
 because when you

00:22:07.759 --> 00:22:08.600
 think of yourself

00:22:08.600 --> 00:22:09.640
 as miserable

00:22:09.640 --> 00:22:10.620
 I'm always a victim

00:22:10.620 --> 00:22:11.720
 poor me

00:22:11.720 --> 00:22:12.840
 the world treats

00:22:12.840 --> 00:22:13.600
 me so badly

00:22:13.600 --> 00:22:14.920
 no one will ever

00:22:14.920 --> 00:22:15.600
 respect me

00:22:15.600 --> 00:22:16.360
 who are you

00:22:16.360 --> 00:22:16.980
 thinking of?

00:22:17.640 --> 00:22:18.180
 you're thinking

00:22:18.180 --> 00:22:18.860
 of yourself

00:22:18.860 --> 00:22:20.700
 and so C.S. Lewis says

00:22:20.700 --> 00:22:21.960
 pride is

00:22:21.960 --> 00:22:22.980
 the ruthless

00:22:22.980 --> 00:22:24.360
 unsmiling

00:22:24.360 --> 00:22:25.420
 concentration

00:22:25.420 --> 00:22:26.640
 on the self

00:22:26.640 --> 00:22:28.160
 and some of us

00:22:28.160 --> 00:22:28.500
 are proud

00:22:28.500 --> 00:22:29.059
 because we think

00:22:29.059 --> 00:22:29.440
 of ourselves

00:22:29.440 --> 00:22:30.200
 as being great

00:22:30.200 --> 00:22:30.680
 and awesome

00:22:30.680 --> 00:22:31.700
 and some of us

00:22:31.700 --> 00:22:32.120
 are proud

00:22:32.120 --> 00:22:32.640
 because we think

00:22:32.640 --> 00:22:33.120
 of ourselves

00:22:33.120 --> 00:22:34.059
 as being miserable

00:22:34.059 --> 00:22:34.720
 and victims

00:22:34.720 --> 00:22:36.680
 and both of that

00:22:36.680 --> 00:22:37.400
 is a concentration

00:22:37.400 --> 00:22:38.539
 on ourself

00:22:38.539 --> 00:22:40.420
 and so let's

00:22:40.420 --> 00:22:41.480
 do something here

00:22:41.480 --> 00:22:42.059
 this is a bit

00:22:42.059 --> 00:22:42.519
 of a risk

00:22:42.519 --> 00:22:43.539
 I hope this works

00:22:43.539 --> 00:22:43.960
 out okay

00:22:43.960 --> 00:22:45.420
 let's do a little

00:22:45.420 --> 00:22:46.500
 bit of an inventory

00:22:46.500 --> 00:22:47.200
 an assessment

00:22:47.200 --> 00:22:48.059
 and I want to ask

00:22:48.059 --> 00:22:48.420
 us a bunch

00:22:48.420 --> 00:22:49.000
 of questions

00:22:49.000 --> 00:22:50.640
 and let's think

00:22:50.640 --> 00:22:52.120
 whether any of

00:22:52.120 --> 00:22:52.680
 these questions

00:22:52.680 --> 00:22:53.460
 resonate with our

00:22:53.460 --> 00:22:53.880
 own hearts

00:22:53.880 --> 00:22:55.300
 and just disclaimer

00:22:55.300 --> 00:22:56.500
 these questions

00:22:56.500 --> 00:22:57.320
 came out of my

00:22:57.320 --> 00:22:57.779
 own heart

00:22:57.779 --> 00:22:58.000
 right

00:22:58.000 --> 00:22:58.620
 so the reason

00:22:58.620 --> 00:22:59.100
 I could think

00:22:59.100 --> 00:22:59.680
 of these questions

00:22:59.680 --> 00:23:00.100
 is because

00:23:00.100 --> 00:23:01.279
 they're mainly

00:23:01.279 --> 00:23:01.960
 true of me

00:23:01.960 --> 00:23:03.180
 and so you don't

00:23:03.180 --> 00:23:03.640
 need to put up

00:23:03.640 --> 00:23:03.920
 your hand

00:23:03.920 --> 00:23:04.620
 don't tell anyone

00:23:04.620 --> 00:23:05.140
 this is just

00:23:05.140 --> 00:23:06.259
 personally okay

00:23:06.259 --> 00:23:08.000
 how many of us

00:23:08.000 --> 00:23:08.240
 here

00:23:08.240 --> 00:23:09.500
 anyone in the

00:23:09.500 --> 00:23:10.160
 last few weeks

00:23:10.160 --> 00:23:10.960
 got angry

00:23:10.960 --> 00:23:11.420
 with someone

00:23:11.420 --> 00:23:11.900
 at work

00:23:11.900 --> 00:23:12.900
 because they

00:23:12.900 --> 00:23:13.640
 got the credit

00:23:13.640 --> 00:23:14.120
 for something

00:23:14.120 --> 00:23:14.800
 that you did

00:23:14.800 --> 00:23:15.460
 right

00:23:15.460 --> 00:23:16.680
 made you angry

00:23:16.680 --> 00:23:18.120
 how many of us

00:23:18.120 --> 00:23:18.539
 here friends

00:23:18.539 --> 00:23:19.519
 have felt

00:23:19.519 --> 00:23:20.279
 defensive

00:23:20.279 --> 00:23:21.299
 or the need

00:23:21.299 --> 00:23:22.080
 to excuse

00:23:22.080 --> 00:23:22.480
 ourselves

00:23:22.480 --> 00:23:23.299
 or justify

00:23:23.299 --> 00:23:24.080
 something that

00:23:24.080 --> 00:23:24.600
 we did

00:23:24.600 --> 00:23:26.000
 because we feel

00:23:26.000 --> 00:23:26.640
 we got caught

00:23:26.640 --> 00:23:26.960
 out

00:23:26.960 --> 00:23:28.080
 cover a mistake

00:23:28.080 --> 00:23:29.400
 that we've made

00:23:29.400 --> 00:23:30.120
 friends

00:23:30.120 --> 00:23:30.660
 do any of us

00:23:30.660 --> 00:23:31.960
 arrive at church

00:23:31.960 --> 00:23:33.279
 feeling a mess

00:23:33.279 --> 00:23:34.299
 feeling miserable

00:23:34.299 --> 00:23:35.299
 and yet we

00:23:35.299 --> 00:23:36.080
 determine to put

00:23:36.080 --> 00:23:36.740
 our best foot

00:23:36.740 --> 00:23:37.060
 forward

00:23:37.060 --> 00:23:38.160
 to put on a

00:23:38.160 --> 00:23:38.519
 smile

00:23:38.519 --> 00:23:39.340
 because we

00:23:39.340 --> 00:23:39.660
 don't want

00:23:39.660 --> 00:23:40.320
 anyone to know

00:23:40.320 --> 00:23:40.779
 how we are

00:23:40.779 --> 00:23:41.400
 really doing

00:23:41.400 --> 00:23:43.140
 that's pride

00:23:43.140 --> 00:23:44.440
 friends

00:23:44.440 --> 00:23:45.019
 anybody here

00:23:45.019 --> 00:23:45.720
 struggle to

00:23:45.720 --> 00:23:46.320
 admit that

00:23:46.319 --> 00:23:47.279
 something is

00:23:47.279 --> 00:23:47.599
 wrong

00:23:47.599 --> 00:23:47.839
 or that

00:23:47.839 --> 00:23:48.059
 you're

00:23:48.059 --> 00:23:48.679
 unable to

00:23:48.679 --> 00:23:49.099
 cope

00:23:49.099 --> 00:23:51.139
 friends

00:23:51.139 --> 00:23:51.839
 how many of us

00:23:51.839 --> 00:23:52.700
 bounce from

00:23:52.700 --> 00:23:53.299
 job to

00:23:53.299 --> 00:23:53.799
 job to

00:23:53.799 --> 00:23:54.139
 job

00:23:54.139 --> 00:23:54.819
 or relationship

00:23:54.819 --> 00:23:55.599
 to relationship

00:23:55.599 --> 00:23:56.319
 to relationship

00:23:56.319 --> 00:23:58.000
 never able to

00:23:58.000 --> 00:23:58.919
 find contentment

00:23:58.919 --> 00:23:59.439
 and yet we

00:23:59.439 --> 00:24:00.240
 always convince

00:24:00.240 --> 00:24:00.720
 it's the other

00:24:00.720 --> 00:24:01.099
 people

00:24:01.099 --> 00:24:01.480
 it's their

00:24:01.480 --> 00:24:01.819
 fault

00:24:01.819 --> 00:24:03.399
 friends

00:24:03.399 --> 00:24:04.059
 how many of us

00:24:04.059 --> 00:24:05.240
 struggle to

00:24:05.240 --> 00:24:05.779
 rejoice

00:24:05.779 --> 00:24:06.779
 or celebrate

00:24:06.779 --> 00:24:07.559
 or compliment

00:24:07.559 --> 00:24:08.200
 somebody else

00:24:08.200 --> 00:24:08.539
 on their

00:24:08.539 --> 00:24:09.159
 success

00:24:09.159 --> 00:24:11.379
 friends

00:24:11.379 --> 00:24:11.779
 do others

00:24:11.779 --> 00:24:12.299
 find that we

00:24:12.299 --> 00:24:12.839
 get easily

00:24:12.839 --> 00:24:13.359
 angry

00:24:13.359 --> 00:24:14.460
 or offended

00:24:14.460 --> 00:24:14.960
 or if we

00:24:14.960 --> 00:24:15.460
 have a short

00:24:15.460 --> 00:24:15.899
 fuse

00:24:15.900 --> 00:24:17.920
 friends

00:24:17.920 --> 00:24:18.400
 how many of us

00:24:18.400 --> 00:24:19.080
 here struggle

00:24:19.080 --> 00:24:19.560
 to say

00:24:19.560 --> 00:24:20.040
 sorry

00:24:20.040 --> 00:24:21.400
 we know

00:24:21.400 --> 00:24:21.720
 this to be

00:24:21.720 --> 00:24:21.920
 wrong

00:24:21.920 --> 00:24:22.360
 we rather

00:24:22.360 --> 00:24:22.940
 just sweep

00:24:22.940 --> 00:24:23.259
 it under

00:24:23.259 --> 00:24:23.660
 the rug

00:24:23.660 --> 00:24:23.960
 and just

00:24:23.960 --> 00:24:24.600
 move on

00:24:24.600 --> 00:24:25.400
 and just

00:24:25.400 --> 00:24:26.180
 hope that

00:24:26.180 --> 00:24:26.860
 things naturally

00:24:26.860 --> 00:24:27.600
 work themselves

00:24:27.600 --> 00:24:28.019
 out

00:24:28.019 --> 00:24:31.180
 recently

00:24:31.180 --> 00:24:32.580
 I saw

00:24:32.580 --> 00:24:32.980
 this in my

00:24:32.980 --> 00:24:33.480
 own life

00:24:33.480 --> 00:24:34.640
 Claire and I

00:24:34.640 --> 00:24:34.980
 have this

00:24:34.980 --> 00:24:35.400
 agreement

00:24:35.400 --> 00:24:36.040
 that I

00:24:36.040 --> 00:24:36.980
 won't have

00:24:36.980 --> 00:24:37.620
 a meeting

00:24:37.620 --> 00:24:38.300
 a one-on-one

00:24:38.300 --> 00:24:38.680
 meeting

00:24:38.680 --> 00:24:39.460
 with another

00:24:39.460 --> 00:24:40.080
 female

00:24:40.080 --> 00:24:41.440
 lunch or

00:24:41.440 --> 00:24:42.300
 meeting

00:24:42.300 --> 00:24:43.380
 without letting

00:24:43.380 --> 00:24:43.940
 Claire know

00:24:43.940 --> 00:24:44.539
 about that

00:24:44.539 --> 00:24:45.059
 it's just

00:24:45.059 --> 00:24:45.480
 a good

00:24:45.480 --> 00:24:45.860
 policy

00:24:45.860 --> 00:24:46.200
 that we

00:24:46.200 --> 00:24:46.500
 have

00:24:46.500 --> 00:24:47.420
 and so

00:24:47.420 --> 00:24:47.960
 two weeks

00:24:47.960 --> 00:24:48.299
 ago

00:24:48.299 --> 00:24:50.320
 I had

00:24:50.320 --> 00:24:50.680
 this meeting

00:24:50.680 --> 00:24:51.019
 planned

00:24:51.019 --> 00:24:51.380
 and I

00:24:51.380 --> 00:24:51.920
 hadn't let

00:24:51.920 --> 00:24:52.440
 Claire know

00:24:52.440 --> 00:24:54.279
 and Claire

00:24:54.279 --> 00:24:54.860
 says to me

00:24:54.860 --> 00:24:55.360
 hey what's

00:24:55.360 --> 00:24:55.620
 your day

00:24:55.620 --> 00:24:56.059
 looking like

00:24:56.059 --> 00:24:56.340
 today

00:24:56.340 --> 00:24:56.600
 I said

00:24:56.600 --> 00:24:56.920
 I've got

00:24:56.920 --> 00:24:57.279
 this meeting

00:24:57.279 --> 00:24:57.580
 with this

00:24:57.580 --> 00:24:57.940
 person

00:24:57.940 --> 00:24:58.220
 I've got

00:24:58.220 --> 00:24:58.440
 a meeting

00:24:58.440 --> 00:24:58.759
 with this

00:24:58.759 --> 00:24:59.180
 person

00:24:59.180 --> 00:24:59.500
 and Claire

00:24:59.500 --> 00:24:59.820
 says oh

00:24:59.820 --> 00:25:00.160
 I didn't

00:25:00.160 --> 00:25:00.620
 know about

00:25:00.620 --> 00:25:00.940
 that

00:25:00.940 --> 00:25:02.360
 and it

00:25:02.360 --> 00:25:02.980
 took me

00:25:02.980 --> 00:25:03.420
 about

00:25:03.420 --> 00:25:04.980
 0.01

00:25:04.980 --> 00:25:05.680
 second

00:25:05.680 --> 00:25:07.279
 to jump

00:25:07.279 --> 00:25:07.620
 back

00:25:07.620 --> 00:25:08.120
 well

00:25:08.120 --> 00:25:09.340
 I only made

00:25:09.340 --> 00:25:09.600
 the meeting

00:25:09.600 --> 00:25:10.100
 last night

00:25:10.100 --> 00:25:11.539
 and I would

00:25:11.539 --> 00:25:12.059
 have told you

00:25:12.059 --> 00:25:13.259
 and all

00:25:13.259 --> 00:25:13.919
 the defenses

00:25:13.919 --> 00:25:14.720
 came out

00:25:14.720 --> 00:25:16.619
 and Claire

00:25:16.619 --> 00:25:16.980
 didn't do

00:25:16.980 --> 00:25:17.359
 anything

00:25:17.359 --> 00:25:18.000
 all she

00:25:18.000 --> 00:25:18.579
 asked was

00:25:18.579 --> 00:25:19.019
 I didn't

00:25:19.019 --> 00:25:19.379
 know about

00:25:19.379 --> 00:25:19.700
 that

00:25:19.700 --> 00:25:20.980
 and you

00:25:20.980 --> 00:25:21.240
 know what

00:25:21.240 --> 00:25:21.700
 is happening

00:25:21.700 --> 00:25:22.440
 it took me

00:25:22.440 --> 00:25:23.240
 about another

00:25:23.240 --> 00:25:24.119
 0.1

00:25:24.119 --> 00:25:24.879
 percent of a

00:25:24.879 --> 00:25:25.139
 second

00:25:25.139 --> 00:25:26.059
 to realize

00:25:26.059 --> 00:25:26.519
 what is

00:25:26.519 --> 00:25:26.960
 going on

00:25:26.960 --> 00:25:27.200
 in my

00:25:27.200 --> 00:25:27.619
 heart

00:25:27.619 --> 00:25:28.960
 friends

00:25:28.960 --> 00:25:29.480
 sometimes

00:25:29.480 --> 00:25:30.339
 when somebody

00:25:30.339 --> 00:25:31.259
 gives me

00:25:31.259 --> 00:25:32.119
 gentle

00:25:32.119 --> 00:25:32.899
 corrective

00:25:32.899 --> 00:25:34.119
 correction

00:25:34.119 --> 00:25:35.579
 I take it

00:25:35.579 --> 00:25:36.059
 as they are

00:25:36.059 --> 00:25:36.899
 challenging me

00:25:36.899 --> 00:25:37.679
 and criticizing

00:25:37.679 --> 00:25:38.220
 me

00:25:38.220 --> 00:25:39.599
 and there

00:25:39.599 --> 00:25:40.399
 are relationships

00:25:40.399 --> 00:25:41.039
 in my life

00:25:41.039 --> 00:25:41.539
 that are not

00:25:41.539 --> 00:25:41.879
 the way

00:25:41.879 --> 00:25:42.220
 that they

00:25:42.220 --> 00:25:42.859
 should be

00:25:42.859 --> 00:25:43.779
 because of

00:25:43.779 --> 00:25:44.519
 my defenses

00:25:44.519 --> 00:25:45.279
 and my

00:25:45.279 --> 00:25:45.680
 pride

00:25:45.680 --> 00:25:45.940
 in my

00:25:45.940 --> 00:25:46.299
 heart

00:25:46.299 --> 00:25:48.000
 friends

00:25:48.000 --> 00:25:48.539
 pride

00:25:48.539 --> 00:25:49.059
 is a

00:25:49.059 --> 00:25:49.779
 sinister

00:25:49.779 --> 00:25:50.659
 sinister

00:25:50.659 --> 00:25:51.059
 thing

00:25:51.059 --> 00:25:52.200
 and with

00:25:52.200 --> 00:25:52.899
 the temptation

00:25:52.899 --> 00:25:53.460
 is to see

00:25:53.460 --> 00:25:53.940
 in others

00:25:53.940 --> 00:25:54.559
 but not

00:25:54.559 --> 00:25:55.420
 in ourselves

00:25:55.420 --> 00:25:56.559
 pride

00:25:56.559 --> 00:25:56.940
 is the

00:25:56.940 --> 00:25:57.680
 unsmiling

00:25:57.680 --> 00:25:58.399
 concentration

00:25:58.399 --> 00:25:59.039
 on the

00:25:59.039 --> 00:25:59.359
 self

00:25:59.359 --> 00:25:59.879
 and is the

00:25:59.879 --> 00:26:00.240
 fundamental

00:26:00.240 --> 00:26:00.899
 problem

00:26:00.899 --> 00:26:01.379
 of every

00:26:01.379 --> 00:26:01.740
 human

00:26:01.740 --> 00:26:02.159
 heart

00:26:02.159 --> 00:26:02.879
 and the

00:26:02.879 --> 00:26:03.139
 source

00:26:03.139 --> 00:26:03.500
 of every

00:26:03.500 --> 00:26:03.799
 bit of

00:26:03.799 --> 00:26:04.079
 pain

00:26:04.079 --> 00:26:04.619
 and conflict

00:26:04.619 --> 00:26:04.920
 in the

00:26:04.920 --> 00:26:05.220
 world

00:26:05.220 --> 00:26:06.859
 and that's

00:26:06.859 --> 00:26:07.259
 why God

00:26:07.259 --> 00:26:07.740
 says he

00:26:07.740 --> 00:26:08.279
 hates

00:26:08.279 --> 00:26:08.799
 pride

00:26:08.799 --> 00:26:10.700
 he detests

00:26:10.700 --> 00:26:11.000
 it

00:26:11.000 --> 00:26:12.099
 in James

00:26:12.099 --> 00:26:12.619
 chapter 4

00:26:12.619 --> 00:26:13.140
 James

00:26:13.140 --> 00:26:13.420
 says

00:26:13.420 --> 00:26:14.000
 God

00:26:14.000 --> 00:26:14.599
 gives grace

00:26:14.599 --> 00:26:14.920
 to humble

00:26:14.920 --> 00:26:15.359
 but he

00:26:15.359 --> 00:26:16.099
 opposes

00:26:16.099 --> 00:26:16.599
 the proud

00:26:16.599 --> 00:26:16.960
 and that's

00:26:16.960 --> 00:26:17.460
 a remarkable

00:26:17.460 --> 00:26:17.839
 thing

00:26:17.839 --> 00:26:18.720
 God doesn't

00:26:18.720 --> 00:26:19.539
 just ignore

00:26:19.539 --> 00:26:20.200
 the proud

00:26:20.200 --> 00:26:21.319
 or distance

00:26:21.319 --> 00:26:22.000
 himself from

00:26:22.000 --> 00:26:22.480
 the proud

00:26:22.480 --> 00:26:23.799
 or avoid

00:26:23.799 --> 00:26:24.500
 the proud

00:26:24.500 --> 00:26:25.940
 he resists

00:26:25.940 --> 00:26:26.099
 him

00:26:26.099 --> 00:26:26.500
 he is an

00:26:26.500 --> 00:26:27.460
 open opposition

00:26:27.460 --> 00:26:27.799
 to him

00:26:27.799 --> 00:26:28.460
 he wages

00:26:28.460 --> 00:26:29.619
 war against

00:26:29.619 --> 00:26:30.299
 our pride

00:26:30.299 --> 00:26:31.779
 and so look

00:26:31.779 --> 00:26:32.299
 at what God

00:26:32.299 --> 00:26:32.740
 does to

00:26:32.740 --> 00:26:33.380
 Nebuchadnezzar

00:26:33.380 --> 00:26:33.640
 here

00:26:33.640 --> 00:26:34.740
 what God

00:26:34.740 --> 00:26:35.279
 does is he

00:26:35.279 --> 00:26:36.519
 makes Nebuchadnezzar

00:26:36.519 --> 00:26:37.220
 physically

00:26:37.220 --> 00:26:37.980
 what he has

00:26:37.980 --> 00:26:38.819
 already become

00:26:38.819 --> 00:26:39.500
 in his heart

00:26:39.500 --> 00:26:40.680
 which is

00:26:40.680 --> 00:26:41.400
 beastly

00:26:41.400 --> 00:26:42.539
 and animalistic

00:26:42.539 --> 00:26:44.000
 for a period

00:26:44.000 --> 00:26:44.480
 of time

00:26:44.480 --> 00:26:45.539
 Nebuchadnezzar

00:26:45.539 --> 00:26:46.059
 will become

00:26:46.059 --> 00:26:47.119
 animalistic

00:26:47.119 --> 00:26:47.940
 and beastly

00:26:47.940 --> 00:26:48.680
 because God

00:26:48.680 --> 00:26:49.079
 is showing

00:26:49.079 --> 00:26:49.420
 him

00:26:49.420 --> 00:26:49.980
 and God

00:26:49.980 --> 00:26:50.279
 is showing

00:26:50.279 --> 00:26:50.680
 us

00:26:50.680 --> 00:26:51.519
 what is

00:26:51.519 --> 00:26:51.839
 true

00:26:51.839 --> 00:26:52.279
 in his

00:26:52.279 --> 00:26:52.599
 heart

00:26:52.599 --> 00:26:53.019
 already

00:26:53.019 --> 00:26:54.559
 now just

00:26:54.559 --> 00:26:55.259
 by the way

00:26:55.259 --> 00:26:55.839
 you might say

00:26:55.839 --> 00:26:56.339
 oh I could

00:26:56.339 --> 00:26:56.759
 never take

00:26:56.759 --> 00:26:57.119
 the Bible

00:26:57.119 --> 00:26:57.539
 seriously

00:26:57.539 --> 00:26:58.440
 what a joke

00:26:58.440 --> 00:26:58.819
 right

00:26:58.819 --> 00:26:59.859
 do you know

00:26:59.859 --> 00:27:00.680
 that Babylonian

00:27:00.680 --> 00:27:01.140
 culture

00:27:01.140 --> 00:27:01.960
 history

00:27:01.960 --> 00:27:02.740
 tells us

00:27:02.740 --> 00:27:03.480
 that there

00:27:03.480 --> 00:27:04.000
 was a king

00:27:04.000 --> 00:27:04.640
 on the throne

00:27:04.640 --> 00:27:05.319
 called

00:27:05.319 --> 00:27:06.599
 Nabonidus

00:27:06.599 --> 00:27:07.059
 who took

00:27:07.059 --> 00:27:07.559
 on the name

00:27:07.559 --> 00:27:08.539
 of Nebuchadnezzar

00:27:08.539 --> 00:27:09.699
 who for a period

00:27:09.699 --> 00:27:10.480
 of seven or eight

00:27:10.480 --> 00:27:11.379
 years was driven

00:27:11.379 --> 00:27:12.219
 from his throne

00:27:12.219 --> 00:27:12.919
 and went into

00:27:12.919 --> 00:27:13.419
 the wilderness

00:27:13.419 --> 00:27:14.099
 and nobody

00:27:14.099 --> 00:27:14.519
 knows what

00:27:14.519 --> 00:27:15.179
 happens to him

00:27:15.179 --> 00:27:16.659
 for seven years

00:27:16.659 --> 00:27:17.219
 he was driven

00:27:17.219 --> 00:27:17.759
 into the wilderness

00:27:17.759 --> 00:27:18.399
 and then he

00:27:18.399 --> 00:27:19.379
 returned to his

00:27:19.379 --> 00:27:20.279
 throne to Babylon

00:27:20.279 --> 00:27:21.419
 where he ruled

00:27:21.419 --> 00:27:21.859
 and reigned

00:27:21.859 --> 00:27:23.199
 secular culture

00:27:23.199 --> 00:27:23.959
 tells us

00:27:23.959 --> 00:27:25.159
 affirms what

00:27:25.159 --> 00:27:25.579
 the Bible

00:27:25.579 --> 00:27:26.299
 tells us

00:27:26.299 --> 00:27:26.539
 here

00:27:26.539 --> 00:27:27.539
 friends

00:27:27.539 --> 00:27:28.319
 bride will

00:27:28.319 --> 00:27:28.759
 do that

00:27:28.759 --> 00:27:29.219
 to you

00:27:29.219 --> 00:27:30.019
 it is an

00:27:30.019 --> 00:27:30.779
 enmity with

00:27:30.779 --> 00:27:31.099
 God

00:27:31.099 --> 00:27:31.679
 an enmity

00:27:31.679 --> 00:27:32.159
 with man

00:27:32.159 --> 00:27:32.839
 it will kill

00:27:32.839 --> 00:27:33.639
 our relationships

00:27:33.640 --> 00:27:36.220
 it is a prison

00:27:36.220 --> 00:27:37.060
 of selfishness

00:27:37.060 --> 00:27:37.540
 anger

00:27:37.540 --> 00:27:38.240
 unforgiveness

00:27:38.240 --> 00:27:39.460
 and foolishness

00:27:39.460 --> 00:27:42.140
 pride is deadly

00:27:42.140 --> 00:27:42.680
 serious

00:27:42.680 --> 00:27:43.540
 now

00:27:43.540 --> 00:27:44.740
 Daniel chapter

00:27:44.740 --> 00:27:45.180
 4

00:27:45.180 --> 00:27:46.340
 not only

00:27:46.340 --> 00:27:46.920
 tells us

00:27:46.920 --> 00:27:47.560
 the horrors

00:27:47.560 --> 00:27:48.140
 of pride

00:27:48.140 --> 00:27:48.860
 but also

00:27:48.860 --> 00:27:49.480
 tells us

00:27:49.480 --> 00:27:50.140
 the beauty

00:27:50.140 --> 00:27:51.060
 of humility

00:27:51.060 --> 00:27:52.380
 because look

00:27:52.380 --> 00:27:53.120
 at the example

00:27:53.120 --> 00:27:53.800
 of Daniel

00:27:53.800 --> 00:27:54.080
 here

00:27:54.080 --> 00:27:54.960
 and there's

00:27:54.960 --> 00:27:55.360
 two things

00:27:55.360 --> 00:27:55.720
 I want us

00:27:55.720 --> 00:27:56.420
 to take note

00:27:56.420 --> 00:27:56.580
 of

00:27:56.580 --> 00:27:57.020
 the first

00:27:57.020 --> 00:27:57.240
 is

00:27:57.240 --> 00:27:58.120
 look at

00:27:58.120 --> 00:27:59.040
 the humility

00:27:59.040 --> 00:27:59.580
 of Daniel

00:27:59.580 --> 00:28:00.540
 in verse 19

00:28:00.540 --> 00:28:02.160
 Daniel

00:28:02.160 --> 00:28:02.620
 is

00:28:02.619 --> 00:28:03.919
 told

00:28:03.919 --> 00:28:04.439
 the dream

00:28:04.439 --> 00:28:05.219
 by Nebuchadnezzar

00:28:05.219 --> 00:28:05.679
 and he's

00:28:05.679 --> 00:28:06.139
 given this

00:28:06.139 --> 00:28:06.839
 interpretation

00:28:06.839 --> 00:28:08.419
 and we are

00:28:08.419 --> 00:28:09.179
 told that

00:28:09.179 --> 00:28:10.839
 he understands

00:28:10.839 --> 00:28:11.619
 that Nebuchadnezzar

00:28:11.619 --> 00:28:12.079
 is going to be

00:28:12.079 --> 00:28:12.759
 brought low

00:28:12.759 --> 00:28:13.959
 and

00:28:13.959 --> 00:28:14.959
 if I was

00:28:14.959 --> 00:28:15.379
 Daniel

00:28:15.379 --> 00:28:16.339
 do you know

00:28:16.339 --> 00:28:16.699
 what I would

00:28:16.699 --> 00:28:17.259
 be thinking

00:28:17.259 --> 00:28:18.479
 I would be

00:28:18.479 --> 00:28:18.959
 thinking

00:28:18.959 --> 00:28:20.039
 it's about

00:28:20.039 --> 00:28:20.659
 time

00:28:20.659 --> 00:28:21.039
 right

00:28:21.039 --> 00:28:22.279
 because just

00:28:22.279 --> 00:28:22.699
 remember

00:28:22.699 --> 00:28:23.339
 who are the

00:28:23.339 --> 00:28:24.019
 Babylonians

00:28:24.019 --> 00:28:25.299
 they are

00:28:25.299 --> 00:28:26.299
 Israel's enemies

00:28:26.299 --> 00:28:27.559
 it's

00:28:27.559 --> 00:28:28.179
 one of the

00:28:28.179 --> 00:28:29.799
 kings

00:28:29.799 --> 00:28:30.679
 called Nebuchadnezzar

00:28:30.679 --> 00:28:31.559
 is the guy

00:28:31.559 --> 00:28:32.219
 that marched

00:28:32.220 --> 00:28:32.880
 into Jerusalem

00:28:32.880 --> 00:28:33.960
 burnt all

00:28:33.960 --> 00:28:34.500
 the buildings

00:28:34.500 --> 00:28:35.220
 destroyed

00:28:35.220 --> 00:28:36.019
 the buildings

00:28:36.019 --> 00:28:36.539
 destroyed

00:28:36.539 --> 00:28:37.220
 the temple

00:28:37.220 --> 00:28:38.680
 not before

00:28:38.680 --> 00:28:39.759
 taking all

00:28:39.759 --> 00:28:40.400
 the sacred

00:28:40.400 --> 00:28:41.259
 religious goods

00:28:41.259 --> 00:28:41.579
 out

00:28:41.579 --> 00:28:41.920
 and the

00:28:41.920 --> 00:28:42.559
 temple

00:28:42.559 --> 00:28:43.299
 furnishings

00:28:43.299 --> 00:28:43.480
 and the

00:28:43.480 --> 00:28:43.700
 sacred

00:28:43.700 --> 00:28:44.019
 things

00:28:44.019 --> 00:28:44.839
 taking them

00:28:44.839 --> 00:28:45.319
 to Babylon

00:28:45.319 --> 00:28:46.680
 installing them

00:28:46.680 --> 00:28:47.259
 in the pagan

00:28:47.259 --> 00:28:48.120
 temple of his

00:28:48.120 --> 00:28:48.559
 gods

00:28:48.559 --> 00:28:49.579
 killing

00:28:49.579 --> 00:28:50.720
 Jews

00:28:50.720 --> 00:28:51.759
 but not

00:28:51.759 --> 00:28:52.200
 before

00:28:52.200 --> 00:28:53.120
 taking the

00:28:53.120 --> 00:28:53.720
 very best

00:28:53.720 --> 00:28:54.220
 to go and

00:28:54.220 --> 00:28:54.819
 serve in

00:28:54.819 --> 00:28:55.120
 Babylon

00:28:55.120 --> 00:28:56.400
 the Babylonians

00:28:56.400 --> 00:28:56.799
 are the

00:28:56.799 --> 00:28:57.579
 enemies of

00:28:57.579 --> 00:28:58.000
 Israel

00:28:58.000 --> 00:28:59.559
 and now

00:28:59.559 --> 00:29:00.140
 Daniel

00:29:00.140 --> 00:29:00.980
 finally gets

00:29:00.980 --> 00:29:01.140
 this

00:29:01.140 --> 00:29:01.780
 interpretation

00:29:01.780 --> 00:29:02.480
 the king

00:29:02.480 --> 00:29:02.820
 is going

00:29:02.820 --> 00:29:03.040
 to be

00:29:03.040 --> 00:29:03.340
 brought

00:29:03.340 --> 00:29:03.840
 down

00:29:03.840 --> 00:29:05.800
 glory

00:29:05.800 --> 00:29:06.300
 right

00:29:06.300 --> 00:29:07.860
 and so

00:29:07.860 --> 00:29:08.300
 I

00:29:08.300 --> 00:29:08.740
 would

00:29:08.740 --> 00:29:09.580
 be trying

00:29:09.580 --> 00:29:10.060
 my best

00:29:10.060 --> 00:29:10.920
 to suppress

00:29:10.920 --> 00:29:11.680
 the smirk

00:29:11.680 --> 00:29:12.380
 on my face

00:29:12.380 --> 00:29:12.820
 but I don't

00:29:12.820 --> 00:29:13.300
 think I'd be

00:29:13.300 --> 00:29:13.800
 very good

00:29:13.800 --> 00:29:15.440
 I would be

00:29:15.440 --> 00:29:15.940
 thinking

00:29:15.940 --> 00:29:17.259
 justice

00:29:17.259 --> 00:29:19.240
 but look at

00:29:19.240 --> 00:29:19.720
 what Daniel

00:29:19.720 --> 00:29:20.340
 says here

00:29:20.340 --> 00:29:21.020
 this is

00:29:21.020 --> 00:29:21.880
 unbelievable

00:29:21.880 --> 00:29:23.220
 verse 19

00:29:23.220 --> 00:29:24.339
 Daniel

00:29:24.339 --> 00:29:24.880
 whose name

00:29:24.880 --> 00:29:25.799
 was Belteshazzar

00:29:25.799 --> 00:29:27.660
 was dismayed

00:29:27.660 --> 00:29:29.000
 and his

00:29:29.000 --> 00:29:29.519
 thoughts were

00:29:29.519 --> 00:29:29.900
 troubled

00:29:29.900 --> 00:29:31.079
 the king

00:29:31.079 --> 00:29:31.620
 says to him

00:29:31.620 --> 00:29:31.960
 Daniel

00:29:31.960 --> 00:29:32.680
 do not let

00:29:32.680 --> 00:29:33.279
 the dream

00:29:33.279 --> 00:29:33.559
 or its

00:29:33.559 --> 00:29:34.240
 interpretation

00:29:34.240 --> 00:29:35.039
 alarm you

00:29:35.039 --> 00:29:35.940
 and so

00:29:35.940 --> 00:29:36.319
 Daniel

00:29:36.319 --> 00:29:36.799
 answered

00:29:36.799 --> 00:29:37.480
 my lord

00:29:37.480 --> 00:29:38.519
 may the

00:29:38.519 --> 00:29:39.160
 dream be

00:29:39.160 --> 00:29:39.720
 for those

00:29:39.720 --> 00:29:40.319
 who hate

00:29:40.319 --> 00:29:40.640
 you

00:29:40.640 --> 00:29:41.519
 may its

00:29:41.519 --> 00:29:42.400
 interpretation

00:29:42.400 --> 00:29:43.200
 be for

00:29:43.200 --> 00:29:44.380
 your enemies

00:29:44.380 --> 00:29:46.319
 oh my

00:29:46.319 --> 00:29:46.740
 goodness

00:29:46.740 --> 00:29:47.100
 friends

00:29:47.100 --> 00:29:47.460
 where are we

00:29:47.460 --> 00:29:47.680
 going to

00:29:47.680 --> 00:29:48.420
 find humility

00:29:48.420 --> 00:29:49.100
 like that

00:29:49.100 --> 00:29:51.539
 doesn't this

00:29:51.539 --> 00:29:52.019
 remind you of

00:29:52.019 --> 00:29:52.319
 Jesus

00:29:52.319 --> 00:29:54.059
 remember

00:29:54.059 --> 00:29:54.480
 Jesus

00:29:54.480 --> 00:29:54.980
 in Luke

00:29:54.980 --> 00:29:55.339
 19

00:29:55.339 --> 00:29:56.000
 he's on

00:29:56.000 --> 00:29:56.379
 the way

00:29:56.379 --> 00:29:57.259
 to Jerusalem

00:29:57.259 --> 00:29:58.960
 and Jerusalem

00:29:58.960 --> 00:30:00.759
 is filled

00:30:00.759 --> 00:30:01.379
 with people

00:30:01.379 --> 00:30:01.839
 who have

00:30:01.839 --> 00:30:02.419
 rejected

00:30:02.419 --> 00:30:03.279
 his rule

00:30:03.279 --> 00:30:04.720
 remember

00:30:04.720 --> 00:30:05.279
 in just

00:30:05.279 --> 00:30:05.700
 a few

00:30:05.700 --> 00:30:06.539
 days time

00:30:06.539 --> 00:30:07.200
 Jesus

00:30:07.200 --> 00:30:07.579
 is going

00:30:07.579 --> 00:30:07.759
 to be

00:30:07.759 --> 00:30:08.119
 put on

00:30:08.119 --> 00:30:08.599
 trial

00:30:08.599 --> 00:30:10.159
 and Pilate

00:30:10.159 --> 00:30:10.759
 and Herod

00:30:10.759 --> 00:30:11.039
 are going

00:30:11.039 --> 00:30:11.299
 to say

00:30:11.299 --> 00:30:11.619
 to the

00:30:11.619 --> 00:30:11.960
 people

00:30:11.960 --> 00:30:12.539
 of Jerusalem

00:30:12.539 --> 00:30:13.519
 behold

00:30:13.519 --> 00:30:14.460
 your king

00:30:14.460 --> 00:30:15.639
 and they're

00:30:15.639 --> 00:30:15.839
 going to

00:30:15.839 --> 00:30:16.339
 shout back

00:30:16.339 --> 00:30:17.079
 we have

00:30:17.079 --> 00:30:17.619
 no king

00:30:17.619 --> 00:30:18.299
 but Caesar

00:30:18.299 --> 00:30:20.019
 the people

00:30:20.019 --> 00:30:20.259
 are going

00:30:20.259 --> 00:30:20.579
 to say

00:30:20.579 --> 00:30:21.559
 we want

00:30:21.559 --> 00:30:21.879
 our

00:30:21.880 --> 00:30:22.480
 pagan

00:30:22.480 --> 00:30:23.140
 Roman

00:30:23.140 --> 00:30:23.820
 oppressors

00:30:23.820 --> 00:30:24.180
 we will

00:30:24.180 --> 00:30:24.560
 serve

00:30:24.560 --> 00:30:24.880
 them

00:30:24.880 --> 00:30:25.240
 rather

00:30:25.240 --> 00:30:25.480
 than

00:30:25.480 --> 00:30:25.760
 serve

00:30:25.760 --> 00:30:25.980
 this

00:30:25.980 --> 00:30:26.320
 man

00:30:26.320 --> 00:30:27.340
 and so

00:30:27.340 --> 00:30:27.660
 here it

00:30:27.660 --> 00:30:27.800
 says

00:30:27.800 --> 00:30:28.240
 what should

00:30:28.240 --> 00:30:28.600
 I do

00:30:28.600 --> 00:30:29.000
 with him

00:30:29.000 --> 00:30:29.820
 and they

00:30:29.820 --> 00:30:30.160
 say

00:30:30.160 --> 00:30:31.740
 crucify him

00:30:31.740 --> 00:30:33.960
 and Jesus

00:30:33.960 --> 00:30:34.680
 just a few

00:30:34.680 --> 00:30:35.300
 days before

00:30:35.300 --> 00:30:35.620
 this

00:30:35.620 --> 00:30:36.620
 walks into

00:30:36.620 --> 00:30:37.160
 Jerusalem

00:30:37.160 --> 00:30:37.680
 and what

00:30:37.680 --> 00:30:37.960
 does he

00:30:37.960 --> 00:30:38.260
 do

00:30:38.260 --> 00:30:39.220
 Luke 19

00:30:39.220 --> 00:30:40.040
 tells us

00:30:40.040 --> 00:30:41.620
 when Jesus

00:30:41.620 --> 00:30:42.340
 drew near

00:30:42.340 --> 00:30:42.860
 and saw

00:30:42.860 --> 00:30:43.280
 the city

00:30:43.280 --> 00:30:43.880
 of Jerusalem

00:30:43.880 --> 00:30:45.740
 he wept

00:30:45.740 --> 00:30:47.780
 friends

00:30:47.780 --> 00:30:48.760
 he wept

00:30:48.759 --> 00:30:49.640
 saying

00:30:49.640 --> 00:30:50.059
 oh

00:30:50.059 --> 00:30:50.680
 that you

00:30:50.680 --> 00:30:51.359
 even

00:30:51.359 --> 00:30:51.759
 you

00:30:51.759 --> 00:30:52.200
 Jerusalem

00:30:52.200 --> 00:30:52.819
 would

00:30:52.819 --> 00:30:53.200
 know

00:30:53.200 --> 00:30:53.559
 this

00:30:53.559 --> 00:30:53.839
 day

00:30:53.839 --> 00:30:54.059
 the

00:30:54.059 --> 00:30:54.379
 things

00:30:54.379 --> 00:30:54.559
 that

00:30:54.559 --> 00:30:54.740
 would

00:30:54.740 --> 00:30:55.000
 bring

00:30:55.000 --> 00:30:55.180
 you

00:30:55.180 --> 00:30:55.619
 peace

00:30:55.619 --> 00:30:56.799
 Jesus

00:30:56.799 --> 00:30:57.379
 heart

00:30:57.379 --> 00:30:57.559
 of

00:30:57.559 --> 00:30:58.259
 compassion

00:30:58.259 --> 00:30:59.000
 breaks

00:30:59.000 --> 00:30:59.759
 for the

00:30:59.759 --> 00:31:00.160
 people

00:31:00.160 --> 00:31:00.839
 that are

00:31:00.839 --> 00:31:01.039
 going to

00:31:01.039 --> 00:31:01.299
 put him

00:31:01.299 --> 00:31:01.539
 on the

00:31:01.539 --> 00:31:01.960
 cross

00:31:01.960 --> 00:31:03.480
 friends

00:31:03.480 --> 00:31:04.599
 why does

00:31:04.599 --> 00:31:04.940
 Jesus

00:31:04.940 --> 00:31:05.859
 act like

00:31:05.859 --> 00:31:06.099
 this

00:31:06.099 --> 00:31:06.279
 do you

00:31:06.279 --> 00:31:06.680
 know why

00:31:06.680 --> 00:31:07.859
 because

00:31:07.859 --> 00:31:08.160
 he's

00:31:08.160 --> 00:31:08.660
 perfect

00:31:08.660 --> 00:31:09.940
 and because

00:31:09.940 --> 00:31:10.500
 he shows

00:31:10.500 --> 00:31:10.839
 us what

00:31:10.839 --> 00:31:11.240
 perfect

00:31:11.240 --> 00:31:11.799
 humility

00:31:11.799 --> 00:31:12.200
 and

00:31:12.200 --> 00:31:12.619
 perfect

00:31:12.619 --> 00:31:13.220
 humanity

00:31:13.220 --> 00:31:14.359
 look like

00:31:14.359 --> 00:31:17.000
 but notice

00:31:17.000 --> 00:31:17.619
 something else

00:31:17.619 --> 00:31:18.219
 about Daniel

00:31:18.219 --> 00:31:18.559
 here

00:31:18.559 --> 00:31:19.819
 in

00:31:19.819 --> 00:31:20.500
 Babylonian

00:31:20.500 --> 00:31:20.939
 culture

00:31:20.939 --> 00:31:22.459
 when

00:31:22.459 --> 00:31:23.119
 the way

00:31:23.119 --> 00:31:23.439
 that a

00:31:23.439 --> 00:31:23.859
 magician

00:31:23.859 --> 00:31:24.339
 or an

00:31:24.339 --> 00:31:24.979
 astrologer

00:31:24.979 --> 00:31:25.599
 would deal

00:31:25.599 --> 00:31:26.059
 with something

00:31:26.059 --> 00:31:26.459
 like the

00:31:26.459 --> 00:31:26.899
 king's

00:31:26.899 --> 00:31:27.399
 dream

00:31:27.399 --> 00:31:28.219
 is they

00:31:28.219 --> 00:31:28.619
 go to

00:31:28.619 --> 00:31:29.000
 the king

00:31:29.000 --> 00:31:29.279
 and they

00:31:29.279 --> 00:31:29.500
 say

00:31:29.500 --> 00:31:30.139
 oh king

00:31:30.139 --> 00:31:31.179
 may this

00:31:31.179 --> 00:31:31.719
 dream

00:31:31.719 --> 00:31:32.639
 fall on

00:31:32.639 --> 00:31:33.319
 your enemies

00:31:33.319 --> 00:31:34.579
 and then

00:31:34.579 --> 00:31:35.059
 they would

00:31:35.059 --> 00:31:36.119
 try by way

00:31:36.119 --> 00:31:36.639
 of secret

00:31:36.639 --> 00:31:37.159
 spells

00:31:37.159 --> 00:31:37.959
 and omens

00:31:37.959 --> 00:31:38.779
 and potions

00:31:38.779 --> 00:31:39.240
 and all

00:31:39.240 --> 00:31:39.579
 sorts of

00:31:39.579 --> 00:31:39.879
 stuff

00:31:39.879 --> 00:31:41.059
 to cast

00:31:41.059 --> 00:31:41.759
 the spell

00:31:41.759 --> 00:31:42.579
 on the

00:31:42.579 --> 00:31:42.879
 king's

00:31:42.879 --> 00:31:43.199
 enemy

00:31:43.199 --> 00:31:44.199
 and so

00:31:44.200 --> 00:31:44.580
 in a way

00:31:44.580 --> 00:31:44.900
 what they

00:31:44.900 --> 00:31:45.200
 would do

00:31:45.200 --> 00:31:45.460
 is to

00:31:45.460 --> 00:31:45.900
 try and

00:31:45.900 --> 00:31:46.700
 neutralize

00:31:46.700 --> 00:31:47.240
 the bad

00:31:47.240 --> 00:31:47.440
 thing

00:31:47.440 --> 00:31:47.700
 that is

00:31:47.700 --> 00:31:47.940
 coming

00:31:47.940 --> 00:31:48.279
 to the

00:31:48.279 --> 00:31:48.600
 king

00:31:48.600 --> 00:31:49.880
 by bringing

00:31:49.880 --> 00:31:51.080
 equally

00:31:51.080 --> 00:31:51.660
 bad

00:31:51.660 --> 00:31:52.539
 news

00:31:52.539 --> 00:31:53.039
 or omen

00:31:53.039 --> 00:31:53.640
 or spell

00:31:53.640 --> 00:31:54.299
 or worse

00:31:54.299 --> 00:31:54.700
 on the

00:31:54.700 --> 00:31:54.980
 king's

00:31:54.980 --> 00:31:55.279
 enemy

00:31:55.279 --> 00:31:55.660
 right

00:31:55.660 --> 00:31:56.380
 so in

00:31:56.380 --> 00:31:56.660
 other words

00:31:56.660 --> 00:31:57.080
 the king's

00:31:57.080 --> 00:31:57.440
 about to go

00:31:57.440 --> 00:31:57.880
 in battle

00:31:57.880 --> 00:31:58.539
 and the

00:31:58.539 --> 00:31:58.920
 king has

00:31:58.920 --> 00:31:59.340
 a dream

00:31:59.340 --> 00:31:59.680
 that the

00:31:59.680 --> 00:31:59.980
 battle's

00:31:59.980 --> 00:32:00.259
 not going

00:32:00.259 --> 00:32:00.420
 to go

00:32:00.420 --> 00:32:00.660
 well

00:32:00.660 --> 00:32:00.960
 for you

00:32:00.960 --> 00:32:01.539
 and they

00:32:01.539 --> 00:32:01.900
 would try

00:32:01.900 --> 00:32:02.620
 by potions

00:32:02.620 --> 00:32:03.100
 and tricks

00:32:03.100 --> 00:32:03.860
 to put a

00:32:03.860 --> 00:32:04.200
 spell

00:32:04.200 --> 00:32:04.460
 on the

00:32:04.460 --> 00:32:04.700
 king's

00:32:04.700 --> 00:32:04.960
 enemy

00:32:04.960 --> 00:32:05.620
 so that

00:32:05.620 --> 00:32:06.019
 even if

00:32:06.019 --> 00:32:06.380
 the battle

00:32:06.380 --> 00:32:06.880
 wasn't good

00:32:06.880 --> 00:32:07.160
 for the

00:32:07.160 --> 00:32:07.360
 king

00:32:07.360 --> 00:32:07.660
 it was

00:32:07.660 --> 00:32:08.160
 even worse

00:32:08.160 --> 00:32:08.440
 for his

00:32:08.440 --> 00:32:08.680
 enemy

00:32:08.680 --> 00:32:09.000
 okay

00:32:09.000 --> 00:32:09.519
 that's

00:32:09.519 --> 00:32:09.880
 how it

00:32:09.880 --> 00:32:10.079
 would

00:32:10.079 --> 00:32:10.680
 be done

00:32:10.680 --> 00:32:11.799
 and essentially

00:32:11.799 --> 00:32:12.259
 what they're

00:32:12.259 --> 00:32:12.759
 trying to

00:32:12.759 --> 00:32:13.099
 do

00:32:13.099 --> 00:32:13.960
 is to

00:32:13.960 --> 00:32:14.420
 remove

00:32:14.420 --> 00:32:15.240
 the

00:32:15.240 --> 00:32:15.880
 bad

00:32:15.880 --> 00:32:16.400
 news

00:32:16.400 --> 00:32:16.880
 or the

00:32:16.880 --> 00:32:17.559
 consequences

00:32:17.559 --> 00:32:17.960
 of this

00:32:17.960 --> 00:32:18.200
 bad

00:32:18.200 --> 00:32:18.640
 outcome

00:32:18.640 --> 00:32:19.140
 from the

00:32:19.140 --> 00:32:19.400
 king

00:32:19.400 --> 00:32:20.140
 and put

00:32:20.140 --> 00:32:20.400
 it on

00:32:20.400 --> 00:32:20.579
 his

00:32:20.579 --> 00:32:20.900
 enemy

00:32:20.900 --> 00:32:21.460
 okay

00:32:21.460 --> 00:32:21.799
 does that

00:32:21.799 --> 00:32:21.940
 make

00:32:21.940 --> 00:32:22.299
 sense

00:32:22.299 --> 00:32:23.900
 friends

00:32:23.900 --> 00:32:24.140
 do you

00:32:24.140 --> 00:32:24.259
 know

00:32:24.259 --> 00:32:24.579
 that we

00:32:24.579 --> 00:32:24.920
 do the

00:32:24.920 --> 00:32:25.160
 exact

00:32:25.160 --> 00:32:25.440
 same

00:32:25.440 --> 00:32:25.779
 thing

00:32:25.779 --> 00:32:26.500
 in our

00:32:26.500 --> 00:32:26.680
 day

00:32:26.680 --> 00:32:27.140
 and age

00:32:27.140 --> 00:32:28.640
 we call

00:32:28.640 --> 00:32:28.839
 it

00:32:28.839 --> 00:32:29.319
 blame

00:32:29.319 --> 00:32:29.779
 shifting

00:32:29.779 --> 00:32:31.039
 and so

00:32:31.039 --> 00:32:31.460
 your boss

00:32:31.460 --> 00:32:31.900
 comes to

00:32:31.900 --> 00:32:32.059
 you and

00:32:32.059 --> 00:32:32.240
 says

00:32:32.240 --> 00:32:32.660
 why is

00:32:32.660 --> 00:32:33.119
 the report

00:32:33.119 --> 00:32:33.460
 late

00:32:33.460 --> 00:32:34.279
 and he

00:32:34.279 --> 00:32:34.420
 says

00:32:34.420 --> 00:32:34.480
 it's

00:32:34.480 --> 00:32:34.579
 not

00:32:34.579 --> 00:32:34.819
 my

00:32:34.819 --> 00:32:35.140
 fault

00:32:35.140 --> 00:32:35.819
 it's

00:32:35.819 --> 00:32:35.980
 my

00:32:35.980 --> 00:32:36.259
 colleague

00:32:36.259 --> 00:32:36.539
 they didn't

00:32:36.539 --> 00:32:36.940
 give me

00:32:36.940 --> 00:32:37.660
 the report

00:32:39.000 --> 00:32:40.599
 or something

00:32:40.599 --> 00:32:41.039
 happens

00:32:41.039 --> 00:32:41.319
 and your

00:32:41.319 --> 00:32:41.779
 spouse

00:32:41.779 --> 00:32:42.740
 is upset

00:32:42.740 --> 00:32:43.140
 with you

00:32:43.140 --> 00:32:43.660
 it's not

00:32:43.660 --> 00:32:44.220
 my fault

00:32:44.220 --> 00:32:45.119
 it's my

00:32:45.119 --> 00:32:45.559
 boss's

00:32:45.559 --> 00:32:45.839
 fault

00:32:45.839 --> 00:32:46.859
 it's the

00:32:46.859 --> 00:32:47.339
 school's

00:32:47.339 --> 00:32:47.579
 fault

00:32:47.579 --> 00:32:48.099
 it's the

00:32:48.099 --> 00:32:48.519
 helper's

00:32:48.519 --> 00:32:48.720
 fault

00:32:48.720 --> 00:32:49.119
 it's my

00:32:49.119 --> 00:32:49.660
 children's

00:32:49.660 --> 00:32:49.900
 fault

00:32:49.900 --> 00:32:50.920
 it's the

00:32:50.920 --> 00:32:51.500
 alignment of

00:32:51.500 --> 00:32:52.059
 the star's

00:32:52.059 --> 00:32:52.299
 fault

00:32:52.299 --> 00:32:52.579
 I don't

00:32:52.579 --> 00:32:52.680
 know

00:32:52.680 --> 00:32:52.779
 it's

00:32:52.779 --> 00:32:52.960
 someone

00:32:52.960 --> 00:32:53.400
 else's

00:32:53.400 --> 00:32:53.740
 fault

00:32:53.740 --> 00:32:54.720
 and friends

00:32:54.720 --> 00:32:55.200
 we do

00:32:55.200 --> 00:32:55.720
 the exact

00:32:55.720 --> 00:32:56.099
 same

00:32:56.099 --> 00:32:56.500
 thing

00:32:56.500 --> 00:32:57.839
 we like

00:32:57.839 --> 00:32:58.299
 Nebuchadnezzar

00:32:58.299 --> 00:32:58.740
 try and

00:32:58.740 --> 00:32:59.200
 shift

00:32:59.200 --> 00:33:00.440
 the consequences

00:33:00.440 --> 00:33:01.279
 onto somebody

00:33:01.279 --> 00:33:01.660
 else

00:33:01.660 --> 00:33:02.579
 and at

00:33:02.579 --> 00:33:03.000
 first we

00:33:03.000 --> 00:33:03.339
 try and

00:33:03.339 --> 00:33:03.640
 dodge

00:33:03.640 --> 00:33:03.880
 what's

00:33:03.880 --> 00:33:04.160
 coming

00:33:04.160 --> 00:33:04.380
 to us

00:33:04.380 --> 00:33:04.940
 by shifting

00:33:04.940 --> 00:33:05.380
 on someone

00:33:05.380 --> 00:33:05.660
 else

00:33:05.660 --> 00:33:06.339
 and at

00:33:06.339 --> 00:33:06.579
 first

00:33:06.579 --> 00:33:06.880
 God

00:33:06.880 --> 00:33:07.599
 it seems

00:33:07.599 --> 00:33:08.279
 that that's

00:33:09.000 --> 00:33:12.700
 what Nebuchadnezzar

00:33:12.700 --> 00:33:14.420
 is doing

00:33:14.420 --> 00:33:16.619
 he doesn't

00:33:16.619 --> 00:33:16.920
 try and

00:33:16.920 --> 00:33:17.640
 get Nebuchadnezzar

00:33:17.640 --> 00:33:18.180
 to dodge

00:33:18.180 --> 00:33:18.759
 the outcome

00:33:18.759 --> 00:33:19.799
 he doesn't

00:33:19.799 --> 00:33:20.160
 try and

00:33:20.160 --> 00:33:20.700
 cast some

00:33:20.700 --> 00:33:21.240
 spell on

00:33:21.240 --> 00:33:21.700
 his enemy

00:33:21.700 --> 00:33:22.700
 or shift

00:33:22.700 --> 00:33:23.099
 the blame

00:33:23.099 --> 00:33:23.359
 what does

00:33:23.359 --> 00:33:23.599
 he do

00:33:23.599 --> 00:33:23.920
 in verse

00:33:23.920 --> 00:33:24.460
 27

00:33:24.460 --> 00:33:25.539
 he says

00:33:25.539 --> 00:33:28.380
 practice

00:33:28.380 --> 00:33:31.019
 righteousness

00:33:31.019 --> 00:33:34.140
 let your

00:33:34.140 --> 00:33:34.680
 iniquity

00:33:34.680 --> 00:33:35.039
 and your

00:33:35.039 --> 00:33:35.400
 iniquities

00:33:35.400 --> 00:33:35.980
 by showing

00:33:35.980 --> 00:33:36.359
 mercy

00:33:36.359 --> 00:33:36.640
 to the

00:33:36.640 --> 00:33:37.019
 oppressed

00:33:37.019 --> 00:33:37.980
 that there

00:33:37.980 --> 00:33:38.700
 may perhaps

00:33:38.700 --> 00:33:38.980
 be a

00:33:38.980 --> 00:33:39.579
 lengthening

00:33:39.579 --> 00:33:40.000
 of your

00:33:40.000 --> 00:33:40.660
 prosperity

00:33:40.660 --> 00:33:41.059
 do you

00:33:41.059 --> 00:33:41.240
 know what

00:33:41.240 --> 00:33:41.579
 he's doing

00:33:41.579 --> 00:33:43.120
 he's calling

00:33:43.120 --> 00:33:43.500
 him to

00:33:43.500 --> 00:33:43.960
 repentance

00:33:43.960 --> 00:33:46.079
 he's calling

00:33:46.079 --> 00:33:46.599
 the king

00:33:46.599 --> 00:33:47.079
 of Babylon

00:33:47.079 --> 00:33:47.819
 to repentance

00:33:47.819 --> 00:33:49.000
 friends

00:33:49.000 --> 00:33:49.519
 right here

00:33:49.519 --> 00:33:49.880
 in the book

00:33:49.880 --> 00:33:50.319
 of Daniel

00:33:50.319 --> 00:33:50.779
 we have

00:33:50.779 --> 00:33:51.339
 before us

00:33:51.339 --> 00:33:52.000
 the gospel

00:33:52.000 --> 00:33:53.200
 that though

00:33:53.200 --> 00:33:53.940
 our pride

00:33:53.940 --> 00:33:54.680
 and our sin

00:33:54.680 --> 00:33:55.620
 means we are

00:33:55.620 --> 00:33:56.360
 on a collision

00:33:56.360 --> 00:33:56.980
 course with

00:33:56.980 --> 00:33:57.360
 God

00:33:57.360 --> 00:33:58.059
 we are going

00:33:58.059 --> 00:33:58.559
 to end

00:33:58.559 --> 00:33:59.220
 in destruction

00:33:59.220 --> 00:34:00.440
 God

00:34:00.440 --> 00:34:00.880
 in his

00:34:00.880 --> 00:34:01.259
 mercy

00:34:01.259 --> 00:34:02.000
 has made

00:34:02.000 --> 00:34:02.480
 a way

00:34:02.480 --> 00:34:03.299
 for us

00:34:03.299 --> 00:34:03.920
 not to

00:34:03.920 --> 00:34:04.299
 bear the

00:34:04.299 --> 00:34:04.880
 consequences

00:34:04.880 --> 00:34:05.299
 that we

00:34:05.299 --> 00:34:05.779
 deserve

00:34:05.779 --> 00:34:06.620
 for the

00:34:06.620 --> 00:34:07.299
 consequences

00:34:07.299 --> 00:34:08.219
 that we

00:34:08.219 --> 00:34:08.740
 deserve

00:34:08.739 --> 00:34:09.619
 to be put

00:34:09.619 --> 00:34:09.899
 on the

00:34:09.899 --> 00:34:10.199
 shoulders

00:34:10.199 --> 00:34:10.699
 of somewhere

00:34:10.699 --> 00:34:11.099
 else

00:34:11.099 --> 00:34:12.099
 and how

00:34:12.099 --> 00:34:13.639
 through humility

00:34:13.639 --> 00:34:15.079
 through confession

00:34:15.079 --> 00:34:16.459
 through repentance

00:34:16.459 --> 00:34:17.639
 through turning

00:34:17.639 --> 00:34:18.379
 to Christ

00:34:18.379 --> 00:34:19.619
 by breaking

00:34:19.619 --> 00:34:20.299
 off of our

00:34:20.299 --> 00:34:20.759
 sin and

00:34:20.759 --> 00:34:21.439
 turning to

00:34:21.439 --> 00:34:21.779
 Christ

00:34:21.779 --> 00:34:22.439
 in confession

00:34:22.439 --> 00:34:23.199
 and repentance

00:34:23.199 --> 00:34:24.239
 and friends

00:34:24.239 --> 00:34:24.859
 this is the

00:34:24.859 --> 00:34:25.519
 main idea

00:34:25.519 --> 00:34:25.939
 of Daniel

00:34:25.939 --> 00:34:26.439
 chapter 4

00:34:26.439 --> 00:34:27.039
 this is what

00:34:27.039 --> 00:34:27.599
 God wants

00:34:27.599 --> 00:34:28.159
 us to see

00:34:28.159 --> 00:34:29.019
 that what

00:34:29.019 --> 00:34:29.719
 happens to

00:34:29.719 --> 00:34:30.519
 Nebuchadnezzar

00:34:30.519 --> 00:34:31.159
 in the most

00:34:31.159 --> 00:34:32.079
 dramatic of

00:34:32.079 --> 00:34:32.479
 fashion

00:34:32.479 --> 00:34:33.719
 is nothing

00:34:33.719 --> 00:34:34.159
 less

00:34:34.159 --> 00:34:35.099
 friends

00:34:35.099 --> 00:34:35.659
 remember how

00:34:35.659 --> 00:34:36.279
 Jesus is

00:34:36.279 --> 00:34:36.699
 constantly

00:34:36.699 --> 00:34:37.379
 pointing this

00:34:37.379 --> 00:34:37.659
 out

00:34:37.659 --> 00:34:38.519
 it's not

00:34:38.519 --> 00:34:39.139
 the religious

00:34:39.139 --> 00:34:39.579
 or the

00:34:39.579 --> 00:34:39.980
 dedicated

00:34:39.980 --> 00:34:40.559
 or the

00:34:40.559 --> 00:34:40.940
 smart

00:34:40.940 --> 00:34:41.279
 or the

00:34:41.279 --> 00:34:41.839
 successful

00:34:41.839 --> 00:34:42.759
 that obtain

00:34:42.759 --> 00:34:43.279
 salvation

00:34:43.279 --> 00:34:44.219
 it's those

00:34:44.219 --> 00:34:44.859
 who humble

00:34:44.859 --> 00:34:45.519
 themselves

00:34:45.519 --> 00:34:46.460
 and cry out

00:34:46.460 --> 00:34:46.819
 to God

00:34:46.819 --> 00:34:47.399
 for mercy

00:34:47.399 --> 00:34:48.639
 Jesus is

00:34:48.639 --> 00:34:48.839
 saying

00:34:48.839 --> 00:34:49.879
 it's impossible

00:34:49.879 --> 00:34:50.379
 for those

00:34:50.379 --> 00:34:51.000
 who are rich

00:34:51.000 --> 00:34:51.420
 in self

00:34:51.420 --> 00:34:51.980
 sufficiency

00:34:51.980 --> 00:34:53.059
 rich in

00:34:53.059 --> 00:34:53.719
 self worth

00:34:53.719 --> 00:34:54.539
 rich in

00:34:54.539 --> 00:34:55.480
 self justification

00:34:55.480 --> 00:34:56.159
 to enter

00:34:56.159 --> 00:34:56.559
 the kingdom

00:34:56.559 --> 00:34:57.099
 of God

00:34:57.099 --> 00:34:58.460
 Jesus has

00:34:58.460 --> 00:34:59.259
 wealthy

00:34:59.259 --> 00:34:59.920
 powerful

00:34:59.920 --> 00:35:00.539
 influential

00:35:00.539 --> 00:35:01.000
 people

00:35:01.000 --> 00:35:01.559
 coming to

00:35:01.559 --> 00:35:01.799
 him

00:35:01.800 --> 00:35:02.400
 and he

00:35:02.400 --> 00:35:02.700
 says

00:35:02.700 --> 00:35:03.180
 you're

00:35:03.180 --> 00:35:03.560
 not ready

00:35:03.560 --> 00:35:03.900
 for my

00:35:03.900 --> 00:35:04.160
 kingdom

00:35:04.160 --> 00:35:04.500
 yet

00:35:04.500 --> 00:35:05.039
 you've

00:35:05.039 --> 00:35:05.260
 got to

00:35:05.260 --> 00:35:05.360
 go

00:35:05.360 --> 00:35:05.640
 humble

00:35:05.640 --> 00:35:06.080
 yourself

00:35:06.080 --> 00:35:06.940
 Jesus

00:35:06.940 --> 00:35:07.200
 has

00:35:07.200 --> 00:35:07.900
 children

00:35:07.900 --> 00:35:08.400
 and

00:35:08.400 --> 00:35:08.900
 fishermen

00:35:08.900 --> 00:35:09.840
 and tax

00:35:09.840 --> 00:35:10.240
 collectors

00:35:10.240 --> 00:35:11.539
 and prostitutes

00:35:11.539 --> 00:35:12.300
 and sinners

00:35:12.300 --> 00:35:12.700
 coming

00:35:12.700 --> 00:35:13.220
 and he

00:35:13.220 --> 00:35:13.380
 says

00:35:13.380 --> 00:35:13.620
 yes

00:35:13.620 --> 00:35:13.800
 yes

00:35:13.800 --> 00:35:14.560
 you're

00:35:14.560 --> 00:35:14.820
 ready

00:35:14.820 --> 00:35:15.380
 you can

00:35:15.380 --> 00:35:15.580
 come

00:35:15.580 --> 00:35:15.920
 into my

00:35:15.920 --> 00:35:16.260
 kingdom

00:35:16.260 --> 00:35:17.560
 friends

00:35:17.560 --> 00:35:17.980
 Jesus

00:35:17.980 --> 00:35:18.700
 is constantly

00:35:18.700 --> 00:35:19.160
 saying

00:35:19.160 --> 00:35:19.580
 that the

00:35:19.580 --> 00:35:20.060
 pride

00:35:20.060 --> 00:35:20.640
 of life

00:35:20.640 --> 00:35:20.880
 will

00:35:20.880 --> 00:35:21.680
 destroy

00:35:21.680 --> 00:35:22.160
 us

00:35:22.160 --> 00:35:22.460
 and

00:35:22.460 --> 00:35:24.019
 hinder

00:35:24.019 --> 00:35:24.280
 us

00:35:24.280 --> 00:35:24.480
 from

00:35:24.480 --> 00:35:25.680
 receiving

00:35:25.680 --> 00:35:25.960
 his

00:35:25.960 --> 00:35:26.300
 kingdom

00:35:26.300 --> 00:35:26.519
 and

00:35:26.519 --> 00:35:26.980
 salvation

00:35:26.980 --> 00:35:27.800
 and so

00:35:27.800 --> 00:35:27.960
 what

00:35:27.960 --> 00:35:28.400
 happens

00:35:28.400 --> 00:35:28.580
 to

00:35:28.580 --> 00:35:29.340
 Nebuchadnezzar

00:35:29.340 --> 00:35:29.860
 friends

00:35:29.860 --> 00:35:30.780
 is what

00:35:30.780 --> 00:35:31.360
 in dramatic

00:35:31.360 --> 00:35:31.760
 fashion

00:35:31.760 --> 00:35:32.140
 is what

00:35:32.140 --> 00:35:32.500
 must

00:35:32.500 --> 00:35:32.840
 happen

00:35:32.840 --> 00:35:33.060
 to

00:35:33.060 --> 00:35:33.800
 anyone

00:35:33.800 --> 00:35:34.700
 who

00:35:34.700 --> 00:35:34.940
 wants

00:35:34.940 --> 00:35:35.080
 to

00:35:35.080 --> 00:35:35.240
 be

00:35:35.240 --> 00:35:35.720
 saved

00:35:35.720 --> 00:35:37.240
 friends

00:35:37.240 --> 00:35:37.440
 do you

00:35:37.440 --> 00:35:37.600
 want to

00:35:37.600 --> 00:35:37.720
 be

00:35:37.720 --> 00:35:37.960
 saved

00:35:37.960 --> 00:35:38.160
 this

00:35:38.160 --> 00:35:38.420
 morning

00:35:38.420 --> 00:35:40.440
 maybe

00:35:40.440 --> 00:35:40.640
 you're

00:35:40.640 --> 00:35:40.800
 here

00:35:40.800 --> 00:35:41.100
 and you're

00:35:41.100 --> 00:35:41.500
 not a

00:35:41.500 --> 00:35:41.740
 follower

00:35:41.740 --> 00:35:41.940
 of

00:35:41.940 --> 00:35:42.220
 Jesus

00:35:42.220 --> 00:35:42.760
 friends

00:35:42.760 --> 00:35:43.220
 do you

00:35:43.220 --> 00:35:43.700
 want to

00:35:43.700 --> 00:35:43.900
 know

00:35:43.900 --> 00:35:44.300
 forgiveness

00:35:44.300 --> 00:35:44.920
 of sins

00:35:44.920 --> 00:35:45.920
 do you

00:35:45.920 --> 00:35:46.120
 want to

00:35:46.120 --> 00:35:46.520
 be born

00:35:46.520 --> 00:35:46.900
 again

00:35:46.900 --> 00:35:47.860
 do you

00:35:47.860 --> 00:35:48.060
 want to

00:35:48.060 --> 00:35:48.600
 experience

00:35:48.600 --> 00:35:49.020
 the living

00:35:49.020 --> 00:35:49.520
 God

00:35:49.520 --> 00:35:51.000
 revitalizing

00:35:51.000 --> 00:35:51.560
 your heart

00:35:51.560 --> 00:35:51.900
 and your

00:35:51.900 --> 00:35:52.300
 soul

00:35:52.300 --> 00:35:53.980
 friends

00:35:53.980 --> 00:35:55.560
 if you're

00:35:55.560 --> 00:35:56.140
 not a

00:35:56.140 --> 00:35:56.400
 Christian

00:35:56.400 --> 00:35:56.880
 this morning

00:35:56.880 --> 00:35:57.440
 you must

00:35:57.440 --> 00:35:57.900
 realize

00:35:57.900 --> 00:35:58.220
 you're on

00:35:58.220 --> 00:35:58.800
 a collision

00:35:58.800 --> 00:35:59.300
 course

00:35:59.300 --> 00:35:59.600
 with the

00:35:59.600 --> 00:35:59.820
 holy

00:35:59.820 --> 00:36:00.240
 God

00:36:00.239 --> 00:36:01.159
 and it's

00:36:01.159 --> 00:36:01.579
 not going

00:36:01.579 --> 00:36:01.899
 to end

00:36:01.899 --> 00:36:02.279
 well

00:36:02.279 --> 00:36:03.599
 friends

00:36:03.599 --> 00:36:03.899
 do you

00:36:03.899 --> 00:36:04.239
 know that

00:36:04.239 --> 00:36:04.839
 your pride

00:36:04.839 --> 00:36:05.139
 and your

00:36:05.139 --> 00:36:05.500
 sin has

00:36:05.500 --> 00:36:05.839
 put you

00:36:05.839 --> 00:36:06.359
 at enmity

00:36:06.359 --> 00:36:07.079
 with God

00:36:07.079 --> 00:36:08.319
 but God

00:36:08.319 --> 00:36:08.539
 in his

00:36:08.539 --> 00:36:09.179
 great mercy

00:36:09.179 --> 00:36:09.819
 has made

00:36:09.819 --> 00:36:10.219
 a way

00:36:10.219 --> 00:36:11.119
 for your

00:36:11.119 --> 00:36:11.719
 sin to be

00:36:11.719 --> 00:36:12.099
 put on

00:36:12.099 --> 00:36:12.500
 Jesus

00:36:12.500 --> 00:36:12.939
 shoulders

00:36:12.939 --> 00:36:13.419
 will you

00:36:13.419 --> 00:36:13.779
 humble

00:36:13.779 --> 00:36:14.339
 yourself

00:36:14.339 --> 00:36:15.539
 will you

00:36:15.539 --> 00:36:16.019
 admit your

00:36:16.019 --> 00:36:16.419
 need for him

00:36:16.419 --> 00:36:16.719
 will you

00:36:16.719 --> 00:36:17.299
 come to him

00:36:17.299 --> 00:36:18.039
 empty handed

00:36:18.039 --> 00:36:19.759
 and find

00:36:19.759 --> 00:36:20.360
 forgiveness

00:36:20.360 --> 00:36:21.219
 and renewal

00:36:21.219 --> 00:36:22.059
 and restoration

00:36:22.059 --> 00:36:23.460
 friends

00:36:23.460 --> 00:36:23.920
 maybe you

00:36:23.920 --> 00:36:24.400
 are a

00:36:24.400 --> 00:36:24.659
 Christian

00:36:24.659 --> 00:36:25.179
 here this

00:36:25.179 --> 00:36:25.519
 morning

00:36:25.519 --> 00:36:26.300
 but your

00:36:26.300 --> 00:36:26.900
 life is a

00:36:26.900 --> 00:36:27.460
 train wreck

00:36:27.460 --> 00:36:28.539
 your marriage

00:36:28.539 --> 00:36:29.079
 is a mess

00:36:29.079 --> 00:36:30.619
 your relationships

00:36:30.619 --> 00:36:31.400
 are toxic

00:36:31.400 --> 00:36:32.480
 your life

00:36:32.480 --> 00:36:33.159
 is a train wreck

00:36:33.159 --> 00:36:33.679
 because the

00:36:33.679 --> 00:36:34.539
 operating system

00:36:34.539 --> 00:36:35.159
 of your heart

00:36:35.159 --> 00:36:35.840
 is pride

00:36:35.840 --> 00:36:36.219
 and self

00:36:36.219 --> 00:36:36.779
 sufficiency

00:36:36.779 --> 00:36:37.940
 friends

00:36:37.940 --> 00:36:38.400
 can I

00:36:38.400 --> 00:36:39.039
 with all

00:36:39.039 --> 00:36:39.960
 the energy

00:36:39.960 --> 00:36:40.380
 I can

00:36:40.380 --> 00:36:40.900
 muster

00:36:40.900 --> 00:36:41.360
 look you

00:36:41.360 --> 00:36:41.759
 in the eye

00:36:41.759 --> 00:36:42.039
 and say

00:36:42.039 --> 00:36:42.539
 will you

00:36:42.539 --> 00:36:42.940
 please

00:36:42.940 --> 00:36:43.360
 humble

00:36:43.360 --> 00:36:43.880
 yourself

00:36:43.880 --> 00:36:44.800
 will you

00:36:44.800 --> 00:36:45.139
 come

00:36:45.139 --> 00:36:45.460
 and do

00:36:45.460 --> 00:36:45.679
 what

00:36:45.679 --> 00:36:46.300
 Daniel

00:36:46.300 --> 00:36:46.820
 asks

00:36:46.820 --> 00:36:47.480
 Nebuchadnezzar

00:36:47.480 --> 00:36:47.840
 to do

00:36:47.840 --> 00:36:48.480
 which is

00:36:48.480 --> 00:36:48.880
 to humble

00:36:48.880 --> 00:36:49.199
 himself

00:36:49.199 --> 00:36:49.500
 and to

00:36:49.500 --> 00:36:50.039
 cast

00:36:50.039 --> 00:36:50.440
 yourself

00:36:50.440 --> 00:36:50.760
 on the

00:36:50.760 --> 00:36:51.019
 mercy

00:36:51.019 --> 00:36:51.559
 of Jesus

00:36:51.559 --> 00:36:52.480
 Jesus

00:36:52.480 --> 00:36:53.460
 is longing

00:36:53.460 --> 00:36:53.960
 to move

00:36:53.960 --> 00:36:54.519
 towards you

00:36:54.519 --> 00:36:55.019
 in grace

00:36:55.019 --> 00:36:55.940
 will you

00:36:55.940 --> 00:36:56.139
 move

00:36:56.139 --> 00:36:56.740
 towards him

00:36:56.740 --> 00:36:57.460
 in humility

00:36:57.460 --> 00:36:59.440
 friends

00:36:59.440 --> 00:36:59.840
 Jesus

00:36:59.840 --> 00:37:00.260
 says

00:37:00.260 --> 00:37:02.380
 in Matthew

00:37:02.380 --> 00:37:02.840
 21

00:37:02.840 --> 00:37:03.360
 he says

00:37:03.360 --> 00:37:03.840
 amazing

00:37:03.840 --> 00:37:04.199
 amazing

00:37:04.199 --> 00:37:04.440
 verse

00:37:04.440 --> 00:37:04.760
 he says

00:37:04.760 --> 00:37:05.059
 this

00:37:05.059 --> 00:37:06.079
 he is

00:37:06.079 --> 00:37:06.559
 the rock

00:37:06.559 --> 00:37:06.800
 and he

00:37:06.800 --> 00:37:06.960
 says

00:37:06.960 --> 00:37:07.480
 anyone

00:37:07.480 --> 00:37:08.240
 who falls

00:37:08.240 --> 00:37:08.719
 on this

00:37:08.719 --> 00:37:09.199
 stone

00:37:09.199 --> 00:37:09.679
 or this

00:37:09.679 --> 00:37:10.079
 rock

00:37:10.079 --> 00:37:10.880
 will be

00:37:10.880 --> 00:37:11.380
 broken

00:37:11.380 --> 00:37:12.039
 to pieces

00:37:12.039 --> 00:37:13.019
 but the

00:37:13.019 --> 00:37:13.519
 one on

00:37:13.519 --> 00:37:13.920
 whom it

00:37:13.920 --> 00:37:14.300
 falls

00:37:14.300 --> 00:37:15.099
 will be

00:37:15.099 --> 00:37:15.699
 ground

00:37:15.699 --> 00:37:16.039
 like

00:37:16.039 --> 00:37:16.539
 powder

00:37:16.539 --> 00:37:16.960
 new

00:37:16.960 --> 00:37:17.679
 king

00:37:17.679 --> 00:37:17.940
 james

00:37:17.940 --> 00:37:18.219
 version

00:37:18.219 --> 00:37:18.579
 says

00:37:18.579 --> 00:37:19.039
 do you

00:37:19.039 --> 00:37:19.219
 know what

00:37:19.219 --> 00:37:19.420
 jesus

00:37:19.420 --> 00:37:19.719
 is saying

00:37:19.719 --> 00:37:19.960
 here

00:37:19.960 --> 00:37:20.820
 he's

00:37:20.820 --> 00:37:20.960
 saying

00:37:20.960 --> 00:37:21.139
 that

00:37:21.139 --> 00:37:21.440
 when

00:37:21.440 --> 00:37:21.719
 you

00:37:21.719 --> 00:37:22.159
 humble

00:37:22.159 --> 00:37:22.559
 yourself

00:37:22.559 --> 00:37:23.000
 when you

00:37:23.000 --> 00:37:23.759
 cast

00:37:23.759 --> 00:37:24.119
 yourself

00:37:24.119 --> 00:37:24.460
 on the

00:37:24.460 --> 00:37:24.699
 rock

00:37:24.699 --> 00:37:24.860
 of

00:37:24.860 --> 00:37:25.259
 jesus

00:37:25.259 --> 00:37:25.860
 your

00:37:25.860 --> 00:37:26.360
 pride

00:37:26.360 --> 00:37:26.759
 will be

00:37:26.759 --> 00:37:27.139
 broken

00:37:27.139 --> 00:37:28.340
 and it

00:37:28.340 --> 00:37:28.900
 will hurt

00:37:28.900 --> 00:37:29.860
 it

00:37:29.860 --> 00:37:30.239
 will be

00:37:30.239 --> 00:37:30.699
 painful

00:37:30.699 --> 00:37:31.559
 your

00:37:31.559 --> 00:37:32.000
 pride

00:37:32.000 --> 00:37:32.360
 will be

00:37:32.360 --> 00:37:32.719
 broken

00:37:32.719 --> 00:37:33.940
 but if

00:37:33.940 --> 00:37:34.159
 you

00:37:34.159 --> 00:37:34.920
 resist

00:37:34.920 --> 00:37:36.099
 jesus

00:37:36.099 --> 00:37:36.619
 the rock

00:37:36.619 --> 00:37:37.139
 will fall

00:37:37.139 --> 00:37:37.559
 on you

00:37:37.559 --> 00:37:38.519
 and he

00:37:38.519 --> 00:37:38.860
 will

00:37:38.860 --> 00:37:39.599
 crush

00:37:39.599 --> 00:37:39.980
 you

00:37:39.980 --> 00:37:40.639
 like

00:37:40.639 --> 00:37:41.119
 powder

00:37:41.119 --> 00:37:42.359
 friends

00:37:42.359 --> 00:37:42.779
 better

00:37:42.779 --> 00:37:43.039
 to

00:37:43.039 --> 00:37:43.380
 humble

00:37:43.380 --> 00:37:43.819
 ourselves

00:37:43.819 --> 00:37:44.219
 and to

00:37:44.219 --> 00:37:44.779
 cast

00:37:44.779 --> 00:37:45.179
 ourselves

00:37:45.179 --> 00:37:45.480
 on the

00:37:45.480 --> 00:37:45.659
 rock

00:37:45.659 --> 00:37:45.819
 of

00:37:45.819 --> 00:37:46.159
 jesus

00:37:46.159 --> 00:37:46.619
 let our

00:37:46.619 --> 00:37:46.980
 pride

00:37:46.980 --> 00:37:47.199
 be

00:37:47.199 --> 00:37:47.659
 broken

00:37:47.659 --> 00:37:48.739
 than let

00:37:48.739 --> 00:37:49.159
 jesus

00:37:49.159 --> 00:37:49.480
 fall

00:37:49.480 --> 00:37:49.980
 on us

00:37:49.980 --> 00:37:50.980
 and crush

00:37:50.980 --> 00:37:51.519
 us

00:37:51.519 --> 00:37:53.619
 friends

00:37:53.619 --> 00:37:54.079
 i hope

00:37:54.079 --> 00:37:54.579
 that we

00:37:54.579 --> 00:37:55.219
 can see

00:37:55.219 --> 00:37:56.279
 that

00:37:56.279 --> 00:37:56.880
 daniel's

00:37:56.880 --> 00:37:57.239
 message

00:37:57.239 --> 00:37:57.460
 to

00:37:57.460 --> 00:37:58.259
 nebuchadnezzar

00:37:58.259 --> 00:37:59.440
 is god's

00:37:59.440 --> 00:37:59.859
 message

00:37:59.859 --> 00:38:00.339
 to all

00:38:00.339 --> 00:38:00.659
 of us

00:38:00.659 --> 00:38:01.519
 that despite

00:38:01.519 --> 00:38:02.179
 our sin

00:38:02.179 --> 00:38:02.579
 and our

00:38:02.579 --> 00:38:03.299
 selfishness

00:38:03.299 --> 00:38:04.440
 god has

00:38:04.440 --> 00:38:04.880
 gone out

00:38:04.880 --> 00:38:05.079
 of his

00:38:05.079 --> 00:38:05.259
 way

00:38:05.259 --> 00:38:05.759
 not to

00:38:05.759 --> 00:38:06.380
 destroy

00:38:06.380 --> 00:38:06.759
 us

00:38:06.759 --> 00:38:07.619
 but to

00:38:07.619 --> 00:38:07.920
 save

00:38:07.920 --> 00:38:08.299
 us

00:38:08.299 --> 00:38:09.099
 did you

00:38:09.099 --> 00:38:09.460
 see that

00:38:09.460 --> 00:38:09.940
 part in

00:38:09.940 --> 00:38:10.579
 nebuchadnezzar's

00:38:10.579 --> 00:38:10.960
 dream

00:38:10.960 --> 00:38:11.880
 where

00:38:11.880 --> 00:38:13.079
 he says

00:38:13.079 --> 00:38:13.960
 god will

00:38:13.960 --> 00:38:14.360
 cut you

00:38:14.360 --> 00:38:14.780
 down

00:38:14.780 --> 00:38:15.699
 but he's

00:38:15.699 --> 00:38:15.980
 not going

00:38:15.980 --> 00:38:16.360
 to remove

00:38:16.360 --> 00:38:16.699
 the stump

00:38:16.699 --> 00:38:17.139
 completely

00:38:17.139 --> 00:38:17.699
 there will

00:38:17.699 --> 00:38:18.059
 be a

00:38:18.059 --> 00:38:18.420
 stump

00:38:18.420 --> 00:38:18.940
 remaining

00:38:18.940 --> 00:38:19.480
 what's

00:38:19.480 --> 00:38:19.659
 god

00:38:19.659 --> 00:38:19.940
 saying

00:38:19.940 --> 00:38:20.199
 there

00:38:20.199 --> 00:38:21.099
 he's

00:38:21.099 --> 00:38:21.320
 saying

00:38:21.320 --> 00:38:21.699
 i will

00:38:21.699 --> 00:38:22.139
 deal

00:38:22.139 --> 00:38:22.360
 with

00:38:22.360 --> 00:38:22.539
 you

00:38:22.539 --> 00:38:22.840
 but i'm

00:38:22.840 --> 00:38:22.980
 not

00:38:22.980 --> 00:38:23.099
 going

00:38:23.099 --> 00:38:23.220
 to

00:38:23.220 --> 00:38:23.559
 destroy

00:38:23.559 --> 00:38:23.940
 you

00:38:23.940 --> 00:38:24.920
 friends

00:38:24.920 --> 00:38:25.619
 when god

00:38:25.619 --> 00:38:26.119
 humbles

00:38:26.119 --> 00:38:26.440
 us

00:38:26.440 --> 00:38:27.000
 god is

00:38:27.000 --> 00:38:27.380
 not being

00:38:27.380 --> 00:38:28.159
 vindictive

00:38:28.159 --> 00:38:28.480
 he's

00:38:28.480 --> 00:38:28.740
 being

00:38:28.740 --> 00:38:29.699
 redemptive

00:38:29.699 --> 00:38:30.960
 god has

00:38:30.960 --> 00:38:31.380
 made a

00:38:31.380 --> 00:38:31.519
 way

00:38:31.519 --> 00:38:31.940
 god says

00:38:31.940 --> 00:38:32.240
 i will

00:38:32.240 --> 00:38:32.679
 cut you

00:38:32.679 --> 00:38:32.920
 down

00:38:32.920 --> 00:38:33.240
 but i

00:38:33.240 --> 00:38:33.360
 will

00:38:33.360 --> 00:38:33.639
 not

00:38:33.639 --> 00:38:34.099
 utterly

00:38:34.099 --> 00:38:34.500
 destroy

00:38:34.500 --> 00:38:34.760
 you

00:38:34.760 --> 00:38:35.440
 god's

00:38:35.440 --> 00:38:35.920
 humbling

00:38:35.920 --> 00:38:36.700
 is not

00:38:36.700 --> 00:38:37.039
 meant to

00:38:37.039 --> 00:38:37.440
 destroy

00:38:37.440 --> 00:38:37.680
 you

00:38:37.680 --> 00:38:38.099
 but to

00:38:38.099 --> 00:38:38.539
 heal

00:38:38.539 --> 00:38:39.119
 you

00:38:39.119 --> 00:38:40.579
 friends

00:38:40.579 --> 00:38:40.960
 do you

00:38:40.960 --> 00:38:41.139
 know

00:38:41.139 --> 00:38:41.400
 that

00:38:41.400 --> 00:38:42.340
 nebuchadnezzar

00:38:42.340 --> 00:38:43.720
 the world's

00:38:43.720 --> 00:38:44.780
 greatest king

00:38:44.780 --> 00:38:46.039
 and yet he

00:38:46.039 --> 00:38:47.019
 experiences this

00:38:47.019 --> 00:38:48.500
 unbelievable fall

00:38:48.500 --> 00:38:49.360
 from grace

00:38:49.360 --> 00:38:50.820
 from being on

00:38:50.820 --> 00:38:51.380
 the throne

00:38:51.380 --> 00:38:52.120
 of the world's

00:38:52.120 --> 00:38:52.720
 superpower

00:38:52.720 --> 00:38:53.200
 and having

00:38:53.200 --> 00:38:54.120
 all power

00:38:54.120 --> 00:38:54.780
 and all

00:38:54.780 --> 00:38:55.300
 authority

00:38:55.300 --> 00:38:56.300
 he goes to

00:38:56.300 --> 00:38:57.300
 eating grass

00:38:57.300 --> 00:38:58.059
 like an ox

00:38:58.059 --> 00:38:59.220
 he goes to

00:38:59.220 --> 00:39:00.180
 becoming beastly

00:39:00.180 --> 00:39:00.980
 talk about a

00:39:00.980 --> 00:39:01.740
 fall from grace

00:39:01.740 --> 00:39:02.440
 talk about

00:39:02.440 --> 00:39:03.280
 humiliation

00:39:03.280 --> 00:39:06.019
 friends do you

00:39:06.019 --> 00:39:06.620
 not know

00:39:06.620 --> 00:39:08.539
 that there

00:39:08.539 --> 00:39:09.380
 the story of

00:39:09.380 --> 00:39:09.840
 the bible

00:39:09.840 --> 00:39:10.700
 is the story

00:39:10.700 --> 00:39:11.599
 of the one

00:39:11.599 --> 00:39:12.200
 true king

00:39:12.200 --> 00:39:14.019
 jesus christ

00:39:14.019 --> 00:39:14.840
 the most

00:39:14.840 --> 00:39:16.099
 high god

00:39:16.099 --> 00:39:18.079
 who left

00:39:18.079 --> 00:39:18.680
 not just

00:39:18.679 --> 00:39:19.419
 an earthly

00:39:19.419 --> 00:39:19.899
 throne

00:39:19.899 --> 00:39:20.940
 but a

00:39:20.940 --> 00:39:21.299
 heavenly

00:39:21.299 --> 00:39:21.719
 one

00:39:21.719 --> 00:39:23.599
 jesus christ

00:39:23.599 --> 00:39:23.940
 who

00:39:23.940 --> 00:39:25.079
 too

00:39:25.079 --> 00:39:25.719
 experienced

00:39:25.719 --> 00:39:26.519
 a humiliation

00:39:26.519 --> 00:39:27.940
 not just

00:39:27.940 --> 00:39:28.719
 eating grass

00:39:28.719 --> 00:39:29.480
 like an ox

00:39:29.480 --> 00:39:30.239
 but ultimately

00:39:30.239 --> 00:39:31.079
 he was nailed

00:39:31.079 --> 00:39:32.440
 to the cross

00:39:32.440 --> 00:39:34.500
 and unlike

00:39:34.500 --> 00:39:35.279
 nebuchadnezzar

00:39:35.279 --> 00:39:36.279
 jesus didn't

00:39:36.279 --> 00:39:36.899
 end up there

00:39:36.899 --> 00:39:37.480
 on account

00:39:37.480 --> 00:39:37.859
 of his

00:39:37.859 --> 00:39:38.719
 own pride

00:39:38.719 --> 00:39:39.119
 and his

00:39:39.119 --> 00:39:40.099
 own selfishness

00:39:40.099 --> 00:39:40.440
 and his

00:39:40.440 --> 00:39:41.359
 own stubbornness

00:39:41.359 --> 00:39:42.699
 but on account

00:39:42.699 --> 00:39:43.419
 of ours

00:39:43.419 --> 00:39:45.599
 friends jesus christ

00:39:45.599 --> 00:39:46.359
 the most

00:39:46.359 --> 00:39:47.139
 high god

00:39:47.139 --> 00:39:48.339
 was disgraced

00:39:48.340 --> 00:39:49.300
 and shamed

00:39:49.300 --> 00:39:50.160
 so that

00:39:50.160 --> 00:39:50.700
 you and

00:39:50.700 --> 00:39:51.400
 i can

00:39:51.400 --> 00:39:52.100
 experience

00:39:52.100 --> 00:39:52.800
 grace

00:39:52.800 --> 00:39:54.059
 and renewal

00:39:54.059 --> 00:39:55.579
 and healing

00:39:55.579 --> 00:39:57.100
 and redemption

00:39:57.100 --> 00:39:58.940
 friends do you

00:39:58.940 --> 00:39:59.579
 know that only

00:39:59.579 --> 00:40:00.220
 by looking

00:40:00.220 --> 00:40:01.400
 to jesus christ

00:40:01.400 --> 00:40:02.480
 and his death

00:40:02.480 --> 00:40:03.039
 on the cross

00:40:03.039 --> 00:40:03.600
 will our

00:40:03.600 --> 00:40:04.780
 pride be

00:40:04.780 --> 00:40:05.320
 crushed

00:40:05.320 --> 00:40:06.420
 without us

00:40:06.420 --> 00:40:07.079
 being crushed

00:40:07.079 --> 00:40:08.460
 you know

00:40:08.460 --> 00:40:09.120
 sometimes as

00:40:09.120 --> 00:40:09.480
 parents

00:40:09.480 --> 00:40:10.240
 jeremy spoke

00:40:10.240 --> 00:40:10.640
 about being

00:40:10.640 --> 00:40:11.380
 parents earlier

00:40:11.380 --> 00:40:12.380
 sometimes as

00:40:12.380 --> 00:40:12.860
 parents we

00:40:12.860 --> 00:40:13.280
 don't want our

00:40:13.280 --> 00:40:13.800
 children to

00:40:13.800 --> 00:40:14.460
 become proud

00:40:14.460 --> 00:40:15.300
 so what

00:40:15.300 --> 00:40:15.500
 do we

00:40:15.500 --> 00:40:15.780
 do

00:40:15.780 --> 00:40:16.639
 when they're

00:40:16.639 --> 00:40:17.220
 babies we

00:40:17.220 --> 00:40:17.659
 tell them

00:40:17.659 --> 00:40:18.159
 they look

00:40:18.159 --> 00:40:18.480
 ugly

00:40:18.480 --> 00:40:18.860
 right

00:40:18.860 --> 00:40:20.260
 or

00:40:20.260 --> 00:40:21.940
 we never

00:40:21.940 --> 00:40:22.440
 compliment

00:40:22.440 --> 00:40:22.740
 them

00:40:22.740 --> 00:40:23.360
 we never

00:40:23.360 --> 00:40:23.780
 tell them

00:40:23.780 --> 00:40:24.139
 that we're

00:40:24.139 --> 00:40:24.559
 proud of

00:40:24.559 --> 00:40:24.780
 them

00:40:24.780 --> 00:40:25.800
 we never

00:40:25.800 --> 00:40:26.300
 tell them

00:40:26.300 --> 00:40:26.860
 how proud

00:40:26.860 --> 00:40:27.280
 we are

00:40:27.280 --> 00:40:27.599
 or we

00:40:27.599 --> 00:40:27.860
 never

00:40:27.860 --> 00:40:28.699
 praise

00:40:28.699 --> 00:40:28.960
 them

00:40:28.960 --> 00:40:29.360
 we don't

00:40:29.360 --> 00:40:29.599
 want them

00:40:29.599 --> 00:40:30.000
 to become

00:40:30.000 --> 00:40:30.340
 proud

00:40:30.340 --> 00:40:30.619
 and so

00:40:30.619 --> 00:40:30.800
 what do

00:40:30.800 --> 00:40:31.119
 we do

00:40:31.119 --> 00:40:32.179
 we starve

00:40:32.179 --> 00:40:32.539
 them of

00:40:32.539 --> 00:40:32.860
 love and

00:40:32.860 --> 00:40:33.300
 affection

00:40:33.300 --> 00:40:34.679
 friends in

00:40:34.679 --> 00:40:35.380
 this world

00:40:35.380 --> 00:40:36.480
 when the world

00:40:36.480 --> 00:40:37.000
 wants to

00:40:37.000 --> 00:40:37.599
 humble you

00:40:37.599 --> 00:40:37.980
 what will

00:40:37.980 --> 00:40:38.280
 it do

00:40:38.280 --> 00:40:38.780
 it will

00:40:38.780 --> 00:40:39.360
 crush

00:40:39.360 --> 00:40:39.699
 you

00:40:39.699 --> 00:40:41.199
 Jesus

00:40:41.199 --> 00:40:41.679
 Christ

00:40:41.679 --> 00:40:42.139
 alone

00:40:42.139 --> 00:40:42.879
 will

00:40:42.879 --> 00:40:43.299
 humble

00:40:43.299 --> 00:40:43.599
 your

00:40:43.599 --> 00:40:44.159
 pride

00:40:44.159 --> 00:40:44.839
 without

00:40:44.839 --> 00:40:45.339
 crushing

00:40:45.339 --> 00:40:45.679
 you

00:40:45.679 --> 00:40:46.699
 Jesus

00:40:46.699 --> 00:40:47.139
 went to

00:40:47.139 --> 00:40:47.559
 the cross

00:40:47.559 --> 00:40:47.879
 and he

00:40:47.879 --> 00:40:48.439
 says I'm

00:40:48.439 --> 00:40:49.099
 here because

00:40:49.099 --> 00:40:49.599
 of you

00:40:49.599 --> 00:40:50.439
 and that

00:40:50.439 --> 00:40:50.819
 will humble

00:40:50.819 --> 00:40:51.119
 you

00:40:51.119 --> 00:40:52.379
 but Jesus

00:40:52.379 --> 00:40:52.879
 will also

00:40:52.879 --> 00:40:53.339
 say I'm

00:40:53.339 --> 00:40:53.899
 here because

00:40:53.899 --> 00:40:54.399
 I love

00:40:54.399 --> 00:40:54.719
 you

00:40:54.719 --> 00:40:55.960
 Jesus

00:40:55.960 --> 00:40:56.719
 Christ

00:40:56.719 --> 00:40:57.219
 alone

00:40:57.219 --> 00:40:58.659
 knows how

00:40:58.659 --> 00:40:59.019
 to both

00:40:59.019 --> 00:40:59.859
 affirm you

00:40:59.859 --> 00:41:00.259
 and build

00:41:00.259 --> 00:41:00.719
 you up

00:41:00.719 --> 00:41:01.799
 and crush

00:41:01.799 --> 00:41:02.379
 your pride

00:41:02.379 --> 00:41:02.919
 at the same

00:41:02.919 --> 00:41:03.319
 time

00:41:03.319 --> 00:41:04.399
 look to

00:41:04.399 --> 00:41:05.019
 anyone else

00:41:05.019 --> 00:41:05.500
 and you may

00:41:05.500 --> 00:41:05.980
 be humbled

00:41:05.980 --> 00:41:06.399
 but you'll

00:41:06.399 --> 00:41:06.899
 be crushed

00:41:06.899 --> 00:41:07.419
 and beaten

00:41:07.419 --> 00:41:08.659
 look to

00:41:08.659 --> 00:41:09.000
 Jesus

00:41:09.000 --> 00:41:09.379
 and you'll

00:41:09.380 --> 00:41:09.820
 be humbled

00:41:09.820 --> 00:41:10.220
 but you'll

00:41:10.220 --> 00:41:10.840
 be affirmed

00:41:10.840 --> 00:41:11.260
 and built

00:41:11.260 --> 00:41:11.559
 up

00:41:11.559 --> 00:41:12.680
 only as

00:41:12.680 --> 00:41:12.980
 you look

00:41:12.980 --> 00:41:13.579
 to Christ

00:41:13.579 --> 00:41:14.700
 can you

00:41:14.700 --> 00:41:15.079
 be both

00:41:15.079 --> 00:41:15.519
 humble

00:41:15.519 --> 00:41:16.340
 and confident

00:41:16.340 --> 00:41:17.539
 at the same

00:41:17.539 --> 00:41:18.019
 time

00:41:18.019 --> 00:41:19.099
 friends

00:41:19.099 --> 00:41:19.360
 throughout

00:41:19.360 --> 00:41:19.700
 Daniel

00:41:19.700 --> 00:41:20.099
 we've been

00:41:20.099 --> 00:41:20.579
 told that

00:41:20.579 --> 00:41:21.119
 the kingdoms

00:41:21.119 --> 00:41:21.539
 of this

00:41:21.539 --> 00:41:21.940
 world are

00:41:21.940 --> 00:41:22.180
 going to

00:41:22.180 --> 00:41:22.519
 crumble

00:41:22.519 --> 00:41:22.960
 and bow

00:41:22.960 --> 00:41:23.320
 down

00:41:23.320 --> 00:41:23.940
 to the

00:41:23.940 --> 00:41:24.220
 kingdoms

00:41:24.220 --> 00:41:24.820
 of God

00:41:24.820 --> 00:41:25.820
 and now

00:41:25.820 --> 00:41:26.519
 Nebuchadnezzar

00:41:26.519 --> 00:41:27.039
 shows us

00:41:27.039 --> 00:41:27.820
 the dramatic

00:41:27.820 --> 00:41:28.559
 lengths to

00:41:28.559 --> 00:41:29.079
 which God

00:41:29.079 --> 00:41:30.000
 will go

00:41:30.000 --> 00:41:30.780
 that he

00:41:30.780 --> 00:41:31.280
 might bring

00:41:31.280 --> 00:41:31.680
 his kingdom

00:41:31.680 --> 00:41:32.079
 to bed

00:41:32.079 --> 00:41:32.680
 not just

00:41:32.680 --> 00:41:32.980
 on the

00:41:32.980 --> 00:41:33.380
 nations

00:41:33.380 --> 00:41:33.720
 and the

00:41:33.720 --> 00:41:34.140
 empires

00:41:34.140 --> 00:41:34.420
 and the

00:41:34.420 --> 00:41:34.700
 kingdoms

00:41:34.700 --> 00:41:35.079
 of the

00:41:35.079 --> 00:41:35.360
 world

00:41:35.360 --> 00:41:36.300
 but on

00:41:36.300 --> 00:41:36.800
 the individual

00:41:36.800 --> 00:41:37.280
 hearts

00:41:37.280 --> 00:41:37.880
 of people

00:41:37.880 --> 00:41:38.780
 like you

00:41:38.780 --> 00:41:39.180
 and I

00:41:39.179 --> 00:41:40.579
 can I

00:41:40.579 --> 00:41:40.879
 invite you

00:41:40.879 --> 00:41:41.419
 to stand

00:41:41.419 --> 00:41:41.940
 with me

00:41:41.940 --> 00:41:42.319
 and we're

00:41:42.319 --> 00:41:43.619
 going to

00:41:43.619 --> 00:41:44.500
 continue our

00:41:44.500 --> 00:41:44.819
 time of

00:41:44.819 --> 00:41:45.079
 worship

00:41:45.079 --> 00:41:46.519
 and we're

00:41:46.519 --> 00:41:46.639
 going to

00:41:46.639 --> 00:41:47.199
 have communion

00:41:47.199 --> 00:41:47.899
 in a few

00:41:47.899 --> 00:41:48.359
 minutes time

00:41:48.359 --> 00:41:48.819
 but we're

00:41:48.819 --> 00:41:48.960
 going to

00:41:48.960 --> 00:41:49.440
 start off

00:41:49.440 --> 00:41:50.859
 by singing

00:41:50.859 --> 00:41:51.299
 a song of

00:41:51.299 --> 00:41:51.619
 worship and

00:41:51.619 --> 00:41:51.940
 devotion

00:41:51.940 --> 00:41:52.299
 and while

00:41:52.299 --> 00:41:53.199
 the band

00:41:53.199 --> 00:41:53.559
 is coming

00:41:53.559 --> 00:41:53.980
 up I want

00:41:53.980 --> 00:41:54.419
 us just to

00:41:54.419 --> 00:41:54.940
 see how

00:41:54.940 --> 00:41:55.639
 the story

00:41:55.639 --> 00:41:56.099
 ends

00:41:56.099 --> 00:41:58.159
 look at

00:41:58.159 --> 00:41:58.179
 look at

00:41:58.179 --> 00:41:58.400
 how the

00:41:58.400 --> 00:41:58.679
 story

00:41:58.679 --> 00:41:58.940
 is

00:41:58.940 --> 00:41:59.219
 this

00:41:59.219 --> 00:41:59.900
 remarkable

00:41:59.900 --> 00:42:01.099
 change

00:42:01.099 --> 00:42:01.400
 takes

00:42:01.400 --> 00:42:01.779
 place

00:42:01.779 --> 00:42:02.159
 in

00:42:02.159 --> 00:42:03.099
 Nebuchadnezzar

00:42:03.099 --> 00:42:03.460
 and it's

00:42:03.460 --> 00:42:04.199
 nothing less

00:42:04.199 --> 00:42:05.360
 than a

00:42:05.360 --> 00:42:05.960
 miracle of

00:42:05.960 --> 00:42:06.360
 grace

00:42:06.360 --> 00:42:08.000
 Nebuchadnezzar

00:42:08.000 --> 00:42:08.659
 the king

00:42:08.659 --> 00:42:08.980
 on the

00:42:08.980 --> 00:42:09.319
 throne

00:42:09.319 --> 00:42:09.980
 is brought

00:42:09.980 --> 00:42:10.440
 down

00:42:10.440 --> 00:42:11.759
 by God

00:42:11.759 --> 00:42:12.639
 but God

00:42:12.639 --> 00:42:13.339
 doesn't destroy

00:42:13.339 --> 00:42:13.599
 him

00:42:13.599 --> 00:42:14.239
 he humbles

00:42:14.239 --> 00:42:14.539
 him

00:42:14.539 --> 00:42:15.579
 and so

00:42:15.579 --> 00:42:15.839
 look at

00:42:15.839 --> 00:42:16.279
 what happens

00:42:16.279 --> 00:42:16.759
 in verse

00:42:16.759 --> 00:42:17.360
 34

00:42:17.360 --> 00:42:18.599
 it says

00:42:18.599 --> 00:42:19.179
 at the end

00:42:19.179 --> 00:42:20.039
 of days

00:42:20.039 --> 00:42:20.559
 I

00:42:20.559 --> 00:42:21.440
 Nebuchadnezzar

00:42:21.440 --> 00:42:22.199
 lifted my

00:42:22.199 --> 00:42:22.699
 eyes to

00:42:22.699 --> 00:42:23.000
 heaven

00:42:23.000 --> 00:42:24.039
 and my

00:42:24.039 --> 00:42:24.539
 reason

00:42:24.539 --> 00:42:24.980
 returned

00:42:24.980 --> 00:42:25.360
 to me

00:42:25.360 --> 00:42:25.699
 and I

00:42:25.699 --> 00:42:26.119
 blessed

00:42:26.119 --> 00:42:26.719
 the Lord

00:42:26.719 --> 00:42:27.500
 most high

00:42:27.500 --> 00:42:28.239
 I

00:42:28.239 --> 00:42:28.840
 praised

00:42:28.840 --> 00:42:29.300
 and honored

00:42:29.300 --> 00:42:29.619
 him

00:42:29.619 --> 00:42:30.119
 who lives

00:42:30.119 --> 00:42:30.440
 forever

00:42:30.440 --> 00:42:30.760
 saying

00:42:30.760 --> 00:42:31.280
 his

00:42:31.280 --> 00:42:31.860
 dominion

00:42:31.860 --> 00:42:32.059
 is

00:42:32.059 --> 00:42:32.320
 never

00:42:32.320 --> 00:42:32.699
 lasting

00:42:32.699 --> 00:42:33.239
 dominion

00:42:33.239 --> 00:42:33.820
 his

00:42:33.820 --> 00:42:34.260
 kingdom

00:42:34.260 --> 00:42:34.780
 endures

00:42:34.780 --> 00:42:34.980
 from

00:42:34.980 --> 00:42:35.519
 generation

00:42:35.519 --> 00:42:35.780
 to

00:42:35.780 --> 00:42:36.320
 generation

00:42:36.320 --> 00:42:37.260
 all

00:42:37.260 --> 00:42:37.480
 the

00:42:37.480 --> 00:42:37.900
 inhabitants

00:42:37.900 --> 00:42:38.340
 of the

00:42:38.340 --> 00:42:38.539
 earth

00:42:38.539 --> 00:42:38.699
 are

00:42:38.699 --> 00:42:39.179
 accounted

00:42:39.179 --> 00:42:39.460
 as

00:42:39.460 --> 00:42:39.840
 nothing

00:42:39.840 --> 00:42:40.619
 he

00:42:40.619 --> 00:42:41.039
 does

00:42:41.039 --> 00:42:41.579
 according

00:42:41.579 --> 00:42:41.880
 to

00:42:41.880 --> 00:42:42.179
 his

00:42:42.179 --> 00:42:42.559
 will

00:42:42.559 --> 00:42:43.219
 among

00:42:43.219 --> 00:42:43.460
 the

00:42:43.460 --> 00:42:43.760
 host

00:42:43.760 --> 00:42:43.940
 of

00:42:43.940 --> 00:42:44.280
 heaven

00:42:44.280 --> 00:42:44.840
 and

00:42:44.840 --> 00:42:45.179
 among

00:42:45.179 --> 00:42:45.420
 the

00:42:45.420 --> 00:42:45.860
 inhabitants

00:42:45.860 --> 00:42:46.179
 of

00:42:46.179 --> 00:42:46.340
 the

00:42:46.340 --> 00:42:46.599
 earth

00:42:46.599 --> 00:42:47.360
 none

00:42:47.360 --> 00:42:47.679
 can

00:42:47.679 --> 00:42:48.059
 stay

00:42:48.059 --> 00:42:48.400
 his

00:42:48.400 --> 00:42:48.840
 hand

00:42:48.840 --> 00:42:49.380
 or

00:42:49.380 --> 00:42:49.599
 say

00:42:49.599 --> 00:42:49.840
 to

00:42:49.840 --> 00:42:50.139
 him

00:42:50.139 --> 00:42:50.880
 what

00:42:50.880 --> 00:42:51.059
 have

00:42:51.059 --> 00:42:51.179
 you

00:42:51.179 --> 00:42:51.440
 done

00:42:51.440 --> 00:42:53.119
 friends

00:42:53.119 --> 00:42:53.400
 at the

00:42:53.400 --> 00:42:53.599
 end

00:42:53.599 --> 00:42:53.860
 of

00:42:53.860 --> 00:42:55.099
 this

00:42:55.099 --> 00:42:55.400
 period

00:42:55.400 --> 00:42:55.539
 of

00:42:55.539 --> 00:42:55.920
 time

00:42:55.920 --> 00:42:57.500
 Nebuchadnezzar

00:42:57.500 --> 00:42:57.720
 is

00:42:57.720 --> 00:42:58.400
 transformed

00:42:58.400 --> 00:42:58.940
 into

00:42:58.940 --> 00:42:59.320
 a

00:42:59.320 --> 00:42:59.840
 worshipper

00:42:59.840 --> 00:43:01.240
 and

00:43:01.240 --> 00:43:01.420
 the

00:43:01.420 --> 00:43:01.800
 story

00:43:01.800 --> 00:43:02.240
 ends

00:43:02.240 --> 00:43:02.380
 with

00:43:02.380 --> 00:43:02.500
 the

00:43:02.500 --> 00:43:02.700
 most

00:43:02.700 --> 00:43:03.240
 powerful

00:43:03.240 --> 00:43:03.700
 man

00:43:03.700 --> 00:43:03.860
 the

00:43:03.860 --> 00:43:04.059
 most

00:43:04.059 --> 00:43:04.519
 powerful

00:43:04.519 --> 00:43:04.880
 nation

00:43:04.880 --> 00:43:05.039
 of

00:43:05.039 --> 00:43:05.179
 the

00:43:05.179 --> 00:43:05.539
 world

00:43:05.539 --> 00:43:07.039
 turning

00:43:07.039 --> 00:43:07.240
 his

00:43:07.240 --> 00:43:07.440
 eyes

00:43:07.440 --> 00:43:07.639
 to

00:43:07.639 --> 00:43:07.880
 heaven

00:43:07.880 --> 00:43:08.079
 and

00:43:08.079 --> 00:43:08.300
 saying

00:43:08.300 --> 00:43:08.639
 I

00:43:08.639 --> 00:43:08.900
 do

00:43:08.900 --> 00:43:09.119
 not

00:43:09.119 --> 00:43:09.500
 rule

00:43:09.500 --> 00:43:09.780
 but

00:43:09.780 --> 00:43:10.099
 you

00:43:10.099 --> 00:43:10.440
 do

00:43:10.440 --> 00:43:12.820
 Nebuchadnezzar

00:43:12.820 --> 00:43:13.000
 is

00:43:13.000 --> 00:43:13.460
 transformed

00:43:13.460 --> 00:43:14.039
 from

00:43:14.039 --> 00:43:14.260
 a

00:43:14.260 --> 00:43:14.760
 proud

00:43:14.760 --> 00:43:15.260
 arrogant

00:43:15.260 --> 00:43:15.659
 man

00:43:15.659 --> 00:43:15.900
 to

00:43:15.900 --> 00:43:16.159
 a

00:43:16.159 --> 00:43:16.720
 worshipper

00:43:16.720 --> 00:43:18.420
 friends

00:43:18.420 --> 00:43:18.599
 what

00:43:18.599 --> 00:43:18.800
 about

00:43:18.800 --> 00:43:19.200
 us

00:43:19.199 --> 00:43:21.219
 what

00:43:21.219 --> 00:43:21.439
 about

00:43:21.439 --> 00:43:21.879
 us

00:43:21.879 --> 00:43:24.399
 Jesus

00:43:24.399 --> 00:43:24.879
 invites

00:43:24.879 --> 00:43:25.099
 us

00:43:25.099 --> 00:43:25.299
 to

00:43:25.299 --> 00:43:25.480
 come

00:43:25.480 --> 00:43:25.619
 and

00:43:25.619 --> 00:43:25.960
 worship

00:43:25.960 --> 00:43:26.159
 in

00:43:26.159 --> 00:43:26.339
 this

00:43:26.339 --> 00:43:26.679
 morning

00:43:26.679 --> 00:43:27.919
 to

00:43:27.919 --> 00:43:28.139
 lay

00:43:28.139 --> 00:43:28.339
 our

00:43:28.339 --> 00:43:28.659
 pride

00:43:28.659 --> 00:43:29.139
 down

00:43:29.139 --> 00:43:31.139
 to

00:43:31.139 --> 00:43:31.599
 recognize

00:43:31.599 --> 00:43:31.960
 that

00:43:31.960 --> 00:43:32.199
 he

00:43:32.199 --> 00:43:32.480
 alone

00:43:32.480 --> 00:43:32.659
 is

00:43:32.659 --> 00:43:32.960
 God

00:43:32.960 --> 00:43:33.139
 that

00:43:33.139 --> 00:43:33.259
 we

00:43:33.259 --> 00:43:33.379
 are

00:43:33.379 --> 00:43:33.719
 not

00:43:33.719 --> 00:43:36.879
 Jesus

00:43:36.879 --> 00:43:37.359
 invites

00:43:37.359 --> 00:43:37.559
 us

00:43:37.559 --> 00:43:37.759
 to

00:43:37.759 --> 00:43:38.139
 come

00:43:38.139 --> 00:43:38.519
 and

00:43:38.519 --> 00:43:38.839
 be

00:43:38.839 --> 00:43:39.199
 humbled

00:43:39.199 --> 00:43:39.480
 by

00:43:39.480 --> 00:43:39.779
 him

00:43:39.779 --> 00:43:40.699
 but

00:43:40.699 --> 00:43:40.919
 also

00:43:40.919 --> 00:43:41.179
 to

00:43:41.179 --> 00:43:41.739
 experience

00:43:41.739 --> 00:43:42.019
 his

00:43:42.019 --> 00:43:42.419
 grace

00:43:42.419 --> 00:43:44.500
 and

00:43:44.500 --> 00:43:44.579
 so

00:43:44.579 --> 00:43:44.639
 I

00:43:44.639 --> 00:43:44.739
 want

00:43:44.739 --> 00:43:44.839
 to

00:43:44.839 --> 00:43:45.099
 encourage

00:43:45.099 --> 00:43:45.359
 us

00:43:45.359 --> 00:43:45.819
 to

00:43:45.819 --> 00:43:46.419
 take

00:43:46.419 --> 00:43:46.599
 this

00:43:46.599 --> 00:43:46.960
 time

00:43:46.960 --> 00:43:47.199
 of

00:43:47.199 --> 00:43:47.519
 both

00:43:47.519 --> 00:43:48.099
 reflecting

00:43:48.099 --> 00:43:48.519
 but

00:43:48.519 --> 00:43:48.759
 also

00:43:48.759 --> 00:43:49.319
 worshipping

00:43:49.319 --> 00:43:53.039
 let's

00:43:53.039 --> 00:43:53.319
 look at

00:43:53.319 --> 00:43:53.579
 our own

00:43:53.579 --> 00:43:53.940
 hearts

00:43:53.940 --> 00:43:54.159
 and

00:43:54.159 --> 00:43:54.460
 let's

00:43:54.460 --> 00:43:54.860
 reflect

00:43:54.860 --> 00:43:55.019
 and

00:43:55.019 --> 00:43:55.199
 we're

00:43:55.199 --> 00:43:55.259
 going

00:43:55.259 --> 00:43:55.339
 to

00:43:55.339 --> 00:43:55.440
 go

00:43:55.440 --> 00:43:55.619
 into

00:43:55.619 --> 00:43:56.059
 communion

00:43:56.059 --> 00:43:56.519
 in

00:43:56.519 --> 00:43:56.819
 a few

00:43:56.819 --> 00:43:57.119
 minutes

00:43:57.119 --> 00:43:57.519
 time

00:43:57.519 --> 00:43:58.639
 but

00:43:58.639 --> 00:43:58.839
 let's

00:43:58.839 --> 00:43:58.980
 take

00:43:58.980 --> 00:43:59.139
 this

00:43:59.139 --> 00:43:59.319
 time

00:43:59.319 --> 00:43:59.500
 to

00:43:59.500 --> 00:43:59.719
 really

00:43:59.719 --> 00:44:00.079
 examine

00:44:00.079 --> 00:44:00.279
 our

00:44:00.279 --> 00:44:00.659
 hearts

00:44:00.659 --> 00:44:01.940
 to

00:44:01.940 --> 00:44:02.179
 examine

00:44:02.179 --> 00:44:02.380
 the

00:44:02.380 --> 00:44:02.819
 pride

00:44:02.819 --> 00:44:03.779
 to

00:44:03.779 --> 00:44:04.039
 come

00:44:04.039 --> 00:44:04.319
 before

00:44:04.319 --> 00:44:04.519
 our

00:44:04.519 --> 00:44:04.920
 God

00:44:04.920 --> 00:44:06.039
 to

00:44:06.039 --> 00:44:06.339
 admit

00:44:06.339 --> 00:44:06.579
 it

00:44:06.579 --> 00:44:06.819
 to

00:44:06.819 --> 00:44:07.279
 confess

00:44:07.279 --> 00:44:07.579
 it

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 to

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 both

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 us

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 and

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 up

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 with

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 love