Pastor Robert begins a new series called The Kings of Babylon with a message about the biblical story of King Nebuchadnezzar that shows us how the enemy uses pride to attack us.
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Pastor Robert Morris Ministries | The Seduction of Pride | December 10, 2021
- PASTOR ROBERT MORRIS: It just blows me away.
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- We talk about our God is the God of the second chance.
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- It's a wonderful saying, but really,
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- He's the God of the second millionth chance.
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- And He does that with all of us
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- and it's not just His chosen people.
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- ♪ ♪
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- PASTOR ROBERT: We're gonna begin a series
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- called, "The Kings of Babylon."
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- There were four kings of Babylon during the exile.
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- The exile is the 70 year time when God took Israel
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- out of the land of Israel and took ‘em captive
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- into the land of Babylon.
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- Now, please hear me, because I really want you
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- to hear what my burden is.
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- God was disciplining or correcting His children
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- for something, but He was not punishing them.
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- God does not punish.
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- If you have a version that uses the word punish,
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- it's incorrect.
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- He disciplines. And there's a difference.
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- He doesn't punish us because He already punished His Son
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- on the cross for our sin.
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- But He disciplines, the Bible says, as a loving Father.
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- Some of us did not have loving discipline growing up;
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- so because of that, we don't understand what that means.
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- Hopefully, you're in healthy body now.
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- Hopefully if you've been attending here
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- you've had someone in your life that has lovingly corrected you
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- in an area and you walked away feeling adjusted
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- and that you needed that adjustment
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- but you also felt loved. So that's what God does.
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- So I want you to understand, God took Israel
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- out of the land for 70 years.
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- And so many people think He was punishing ‘em. No.
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- He did it for their good, because they had not
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- let the land rest every seven years
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- like they were supposed to.
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- And for those of you who are mathematicians,
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- you've already figured out now how long they went.
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- He took ‘em out for 70 years.
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- They missed 70 Sabbaths, because every seventh year
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- you're supposed to let the land rest.
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- And they missed 70, every seven years.
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- So 70 times seven is 490. So they did --
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- They went 490 years without letting the land rest.
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- Now, just a little question.
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- If you went, if you did something for 490 years,
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- would you begin to think that you were getting away with it?
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- Not with God.
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- And it's, again, not because of Him;
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- it's for your good.
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- Because scientists have told us if you don't let the land rest,
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- it becomes less and less fertile.
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- Israel today could be a barren wilderness if God
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- had not allowed the land to catch up and to rest.
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- You see what I'm saying?
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- So anytime God is adjusting you, He's doing it for your good.
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- And for the good of your descendants.
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- That's what you need to know.
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- But during that time, when God is adjusting something
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- in your life, Satan is always attacking.
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- And one of the things that God is doing,
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- even when He's correcting you is He's still protecting you
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- and providing for you during that time,
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- because think about -
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- We have two famous stories in Daniel
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- while they were being corrected by God
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- where God still protected His people, very famous.
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- Even people who don't go to church
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- know these two stories: Daniel in the lion's den
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- and Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego in the fire.
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- Isn't that amazing?
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- So, the title of today's message is “The Seduction of Pride”.
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- The attack of the enemy that came through
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- Nebuchadnezzar was pride.
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- By the way, pride is what caused Lucifer to fall;
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- pride is how Adam and Eve were attacked.
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- Lucifer said, “If you eat this, you'll be like God”.
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- And Lucifer even attacked Jesus with pride.
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- Of course, it didn't work with Jesus because he said,
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- “If You are the Son of God”.
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- He tried to get Him to fall to pride.
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- So pride is one of the first attacks that comes against
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- God's people.
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- So here are three ways that tries to seduce us. Alright.
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- Here's number one... not giving God the glory.
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- You will allow pride a foothold,
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- a stronghold in your life by not giving God the glory.
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- So Daniel 1:1, “In the third year of the reign
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- of Jehoiakim king of Judah, Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon
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- came to Jerusalem and besieged it.”
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- Now, watch this verse carefully.
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- “And the Lord gave Jehoiakim king of Judah into his hand.”
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- The Lord gave the king of Judah
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- into Nebuchadnezzar's hand. Why?
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- Because He was disciplining His children.
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- He was going to let the land rest for the future good
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- of His people, of His children.
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- Right? But the Lord did this.
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- But Nebuchadnezzar did not give God glory for it.
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- See, that's pride.
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- So let me give you another definition of pride.
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- Pride is not giving God glory for everything
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- you have in your hand.
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- Everything you have in your hand, God put there.
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- And when you begin to think that your intellect
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- or your ability or your smartness or your training
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- or your skill earned it -- Now, we do try those things.
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- But listen.
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- You've got to remember, you didn't choose your genetics.
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- You didn't choose your quotient of intelligence.
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- You may have improved your intelligence,
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- you may have worked very hard and studied very hard,
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- but you didn't choose what I.Q. you started with
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- and the ability to learn. You didn't choose that.
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- You didn't choose your environment.
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- You didn't choose in which country you were born.
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- You didn't choose any of that.
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- So everything that we have comes from God.
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- Not recognizing this is not giving God the glory.
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- Here's how Daniel gets included in Shadrach,
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- Meshach, and Abednego.
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- And I'm going to tell you in a moment,
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- Daniel is his Israeli, is his Hebrew name.
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- Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego are actually
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- their Chaldean names, which Chaldea conquered Babylon.
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- Nebuchadnezzar was a Chaldean king,
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- and a lot of people don't realize that.
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- Chaldea, by the way, is where God called Abraham out of.
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- He was born a Chaldean and God called him out of there.
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- And that's where the Hebrew nation came from.
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- But here's how these young men, these four young men
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- that God uses, here's how God began a process of life.
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- Because Nebuchadnezzar was trying to put pride
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- into their life.
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- Satan was trying to do it through Nebuchadnezzar. Okay.
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- We stopped at verse two a moment ago in Daniel 1.
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- Look at verse three.
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- “Then the king instructed Ashpenaz,
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- the master of his eunuchs,
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- to bring some of the children of Israel
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- and some of the king's descendants
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- and some of the nobles, young men in whom
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- there was no blemish, but good-looking...”
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- I probably would have been taken if I had been there.
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- That's not that funny.
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- I don't think you should have laughed at that.
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- I thought you should have said, “Oh yeah, sure,
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- sure, of course”.
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- “...gifted in all wisdom...”
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- Yeah, I probably would have been taken.
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- “...possessing knowledge and quick to understand...”
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- Yeah, that's like my resume. Alright.
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- And y'all know I'm joking.
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- “...who had ability to serve in the king's palace,
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- and home they might teach the language
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- and the literature of the Chaldeans.”
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- The language and the literature.
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- Now, I just want you to know that Satan is always trying
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- to teach the next generation a different language
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- and a different literature.
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- Now, I want you to think about it.
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- Even now, he's changed the meanings of words
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- in our language and he's trying to tell the next generation
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- that that's not what our founding fathers meant.
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- And our founding fathers did mean for us
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- to be a nation that is, has freedom of religion,
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- not freedom from religion.
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- So that's exactly what he's trying to do.
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- So you can see it right there in Nebuchadnezzar.
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- And then, if you look at verse six and seven,
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- you see where they got their names.
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- “From among the sons of Judah were Daniel, Hananiah,
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- Mishael...” It is Mishael.
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- It is a man's name; not Michael,
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- but it is Mishael in this instance.
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- There is one translated Michael.
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- It's a little different in the Hebrew.
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- “...and Azariah.”
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- Now, you're saying, “I don't know
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- who those are,” so you'll --
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- That's Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego.
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- “To them the chief of the eunuchs gave names:
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- he gave Daniel the name Belteshazzar;
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- to Hananiah, Shadrach; to Mishael, Meshach;
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- and to Azariah, Abednego.”
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- Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego.
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- I heard one young pastor preached on My-shach,
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- Yo-shach, and A-bungalow.
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- [laughter]
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- So Nebuchadnezzar then has a dream
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- and he calls the wise men in and he says,
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- “Tell me not only the interpretation of the dream,
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- but tell me the dream”, which shows the pride
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- that he walked in, because he did not recognize
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- the supernatural.
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- He thought, “If you're intelligent,
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- you should be able to do this”.
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- Intelligence had nothing to do with it.
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- And so, they said, “Well, what you're saying is impossible”.
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- So he actually sends out an edict,
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- which many people don't know, for every young man,
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- all these wise men, to be killed.
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- And they go to get Daniel, Shadrach, Meshach,
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- and Abednego to kill ‘em.
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- And Daniel said, “Whoa, hold on.
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- Why are we going to get killed?”
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- He said, “Well, because none of the wise men
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- can tell the king his dream”.
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- And Daniel says, “Well, my God can”.
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- So they bring Daniel in front of the king.
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- This is Daniel 2 now, verse 26.
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- “The king answered and said to Daniel,
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- whose name was Belteshazzar, Are you able to make known to me
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- the dream which I have seen, and its interpretation?”
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- Now, watch this. “Are you able to do this?
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- Are you able to do this?
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- “Daniel answered in the presence of the king and said,
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- 'The secret which the king has demanded,
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- the wise men, the astrologers, the magicians,
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- and the soothsayers, they cannot declare to the king.'”
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- They can't do it.
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- “But,” listen to what he says,
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- “there is a God in heaven who reveals secrets...”
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- You see the balance? Listen.
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- The balance is -- What he's saying is,
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- “Listen; no, God can do it... but He can use me.”
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- So not giving God glory.
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- Here's number two, seduction of pride:
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- not rejecting the glory of men.
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- Not rejecting the glory of men,
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- because men will try to give you glory.
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- Now, yes, it's okay to honor someone.
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- But there's only one person who gets glory.
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- And we're going to read in just a moment where He says,
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- “I don't share any of it either;
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- I won't share glory with anyone”.
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- And that's what Lucifer tried to do was take glory.
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- And that's why he fell from heaven.
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- So Daniel interprets this dream.
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- Part of this dream is about a figure of a man and about --
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- It's the kingdom and he talks about the future kingdoms
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- and he goes all the way down to feet of clay. Alright.
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- If you remember the dream.
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- So then, Daniel --
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- Watch what Nebuchadnezzar does. So I read you --
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- Well, the last verse of chapter two,
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- it talks about him interpreting the dream.
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- And Nebuchadnezzar puts out an edict to all of Babylon
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- to worship the God of Daniel.
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- That's the end of chapter two.
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- Chapter three, verse one, “Nebuchadnezzar the king
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- made an image of gold, whose height was sixty cubits,”
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- that's 18 inches a cubit; so that's 90 feet,
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- “and its width six cubits,” so that's nine feet.
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- So it's nine feet at its base, 90 feet tall.
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- So many people have said if this was an image
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- of Nebuchadnezzar, it would have been a really tall,
- 00:12:24.225 --> 00:12:27.095
- skinny dude. You know?
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- But we don't really know what it was.
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- But most believe it was made of gold and the image,
- 00:12:31.332 --> 00:12:36.104
- the dream that he had was, had a gold head.
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- And he said, “This is you”.
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- So many people think that at the top of this monument
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- was an image of Nebuchadnezzar.
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- You understand what I'm saying?
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- We don't know for sure, but that's what most people think.
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- And that's how Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego comes in,
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- because Nebuchadnezzar puts out then a command for everyone,
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- when they play the music, to turn and face this image
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- and bow down and worship.
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- Notice again, immediately, he wants to draw
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- attention to himself.
- 00:13:08.903 --> 00:13:10.238
- By the way, this happens a lot in scripture.
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- Paul and Barnabas go to this town.
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- There's a crippled man who's been crippled from birth,
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- so it's not like something happened.
- 00:13:18.646 --> 00:13:19.881
- He was born crippled.
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- And he gets healed in Jesus' name.
- 00:13:21.416 --> 00:13:23.718
- They start bowing down to Paul and Barnabas saying,
- 00:13:23.718 --> 00:13:26.754
- “The gods have come down to us,”
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- and they start giving ‘em Greek names of gods.
- 00:13:28.957 --> 00:13:31.793
- Paul and Barnabas tear their clothes and said,
- 00:13:31.793 --> 00:13:34.195
- “No, we're just men; don't worship us.”
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- they reject the glory.
- 00:13:36.331 --> 00:13:37.999
- Daniel, by the way, was made ruler under Nebuchadnezzar
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- over all of Babylon, but he never took pride.
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- So he builds this big deal.
- 00:13:46.374 --> 00:13:48.009
- He says everybody has to bow down.
- 00:13:48.009 --> 00:13:49.377
- Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego don't bow down.
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- They get reported.
- 00:13:52.847 --> 00:13:54.282
- So he gives ‘em a chance. He brings ‘em in.
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- He says, “Is it true you're not going to bow down?”
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- And they said, “Yes”.
- 00:13:59.554 --> 00:14:00.855
- And he says, “I'll give you one more chance to bow down”.
- 00:14:00.855 --> 00:14:03.391
- Now, listen to what he says, Daniel 3:15.
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- “But if you do not worship, you shall be immediately
- 00:14:05.293 --> 00:14:09.530
- cast into the midst of a burning fiery furnace.”
- 00:14:09.530 --> 00:14:12.634
- Now, watch the pride.
- 00:14:12.634 --> 00:14:14.469
- “And who is the god who will deliver you from my hands?”
- 00:14:14.469 --> 00:14:20.275
- He didn't thank God for what God put in his hands
- 00:14:20.275 --> 00:14:23.544
- and he didn't thank God for the power
- 00:14:23.544 --> 00:14:24.946
- that God put in his hands.
- 00:14:24.946 --> 00:14:26.781
- Daniel 3:19, “Then Nebuchadnezzar
- 00:14:26.781 --> 00:14:30.318
- was full of fury,”
- 00:14:30.318 --> 00:14:31.619
- because they said, “We're still not going to bow,”
- 00:14:31.619 --> 00:14:33.454
- and the expression on his face changed
- 00:14:33.454 --> 00:14:35.790
- toward Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego.
- 00:14:35.790 --> 00:14:38.026
- He spoke and commanded that they heat the furnace
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- seven times more than it was usually heated.”
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- I'll explain to you in a moment how they did that.
- 00:14:45.900 --> 00:14:47.902
- Daniel 3:21-22, “Then these men,”
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- that's Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego,
- 00:14:50.305 --> 00:14:51.940
- “were bound in their coats, their trousers, their turbans,
- 00:14:51.940 --> 00:14:55.643
- and their other garments...”
- 00:14:55.643 --> 00:14:57.879
- It's important to notice they went in with their clothes on,
- 00:14:57.879 --> 00:15:01.182
- ‘cause when they come out,
- 00:15:01.182 --> 00:15:02.183
- their clothes don't even smell like smoke.
- 00:15:02.183 --> 00:15:04.118
- “...and they were cast into the midst
- 00:15:04.118 --> 00:15:05.553
- of the burning fiery furnace.
- 00:15:05.553 --> 00:15:07.121
- Therefore, because the king's command was urgent,
- 00:15:07.121 --> 00:15:09.958
- and the furnace exceedingly hot,
- 00:15:09.958 --> 00:15:12.727
- the flame of the fire killed those men
- 00:15:12.727 --> 00:15:15.730
- who took up Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego.”
- 00:15:15.730 --> 00:15:17.598
- So, let me explain to you about this fire.
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- It was a round hole in the ground, most believed,
- 00:15:19.500 --> 00:15:23.671
- they found things like this, about 20 feet round,
- 00:15:23.671 --> 00:15:26.708
- and it was about 20 feet deep,
- 00:15:26.708 --> 00:15:29.344
- so that that's where they could cast people,
- 00:15:29.344 --> 00:15:31.312
- people that defied the king.
- 00:15:31.312 --> 00:15:32.413
- It was like a dictatorship.
- 00:15:32.413 --> 00:15:35.183
- People who defied the king were cast in this fiery furnace.
- 00:15:35.183 --> 00:15:38.019
- Yet, going out the side of it was a slope that sloped
- 00:15:38.019 --> 00:15:42.423
- all the way up to the ground so that every now and then
- 00:15:42.423 --> 00:15:44.792
- they could walk down into it and clean it out
- 00:15:44.792 --> 00:15:47.829
- if they needed to do things or put stuff in it.
- 00:15:47.829 --> 00:15:51.232
- And this is how they were cast into it.
- 00:15:51.232 --> 00:15:54.635
- But they were also, they walked Shadrach,
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- Meshach, and Abednego, walked out of the fire.
- 00:15:57.305 --> 00:15:58.873
- Now, they weren't worried about anybody walking out,
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- ‘cause once you were cast in, you were going
- 00:16:01.409 --> 00:16:02.977
- to be killed, you know.
- 00:16:02.977 --> 00:16:04.112
- So they weren't worried about that.
- 00:16:04.112 --> 00:16:05.380
- The way they heated it seven times more is they had trees
- 00:16:05.380 --> 00:16:08.750
- in Babylon at that time that burned hotter
- 00:16:08.750 --> 00:16:11.652
- than other trees, and they saved those for this.
- 00:16:11.652 --> 00:16:13.688
- So that's the way they did this.
- 00:16:13.688 --> 00:16:15.490
- So they cast these in and it made the fire so hot
- 00:16:15.490 --> 00:16:18.893
- that the men casting them in at the mouth of the entrance
- 00:16:18.893 --> 00:16:24.532
- were burned and killed immediately.
- 00:16:24.532 --> 00:16:27.168
- They were killed.
- 00:16:27.168 --> 00:16:28.369
- So that's why the Bible tells us that. Alright?
- 00:16:28.369 --> 00:16:30.671
- So verse 24, “Then King Nebuchadnezzar was astonished;
- 00:16:30.671 --> 00:16:35.410
- and he rose in haste and spoke...” Listen.
- 00:16:35.410 --> 00:16:37.478
- The reason is ‘cause they're still alive
- 00:16:37.478 --> 00:16:38.713
- and they're actually walking around in the fire.
- 00:16:38.713 --> 00:16:41.783
- “...and saying to his counselors,
- 00:16:41.783 --> 00:16:43.017
- 'Did we not cast three men into the midst of the fire?'
- 00:16:43.017 --> 00:16:45.887
- They answered and said to the king, 'True, O king.'”
- 00:16:45.887 --> 00:16:47.789
- Listen to what Nebuchadnezzar says.
- 00:16:47.789 --> 00:16:49.357
- “'Look!' He answered, 'I now see four men loose,
- 00:16:49.357 --> 00:16:54.695
- walking in the midst of the fire...'”
- 00:16:54.695 --> 00:16:56.097
- Remember, they were bound. The only thing --
- 00:16:56.097 --> 00:16:58.599
- By the way, think about this...
- 00:16:58.599 --> 00:17:00.802
- when the enemy tries to kill you,
- 00:17:00.802 --> 00:17:03.404
- the only thing that gets burned are the ropes
- 00:17:03.404 --> 00:17:07.075
- that were holding you bound.
- 00:17:07.075 --> 00:17:09.777
- Their clothes didn't get burned,
- 00:17:09.777 --> 00:17:10.912
- but the ropes that were holding them burned up.
- 00:17:10.912 --> 00:17:13.848
- But it didn't hurt them at all.
- 00:17:13.848 --> 00:17:15.883
- “I see four men loose, walking amidst the fire;
- 00:17:15.883 --> 00:17:20.154
- and they are not hurt, and the form of the fourth
- 00:17:20.154 --> 00:17:24.025
- is like the Son of God.”
- 00:17:24.025 --> 00:17:25.893
- Now -- So Jesus is in the fire with you, by the way.
- 00:17:25.893 --> 00:17:28.663
- If you ever go through a fire, Jesus is with you
- 00:17:28.663 --> 00:17:30.865
- and you're not going to get burned.
- 00:17:30.865 --> 00:17:33.935
- Here's what really blew me away
- 00:17:33.935 --> 00:17:35.369
- as I began studying this...
- 00:17:35.369 --> 00:17:37.338
- Nebuchadnezzar is not Jewish.
- 00:17:37.338 --> 00:17:41.342
- He's Chaldean.
- 00:17:41.342 --> 00:17:43.077
- Yet God keeps trying to get through to Nebuchadnezzar.
- 00:17:43.077 --> 00:17:48.483
- These things keep happening because Nebuchadnezzar
- 00:17:48.483 --> 00:17:50.818
- puts out a decree after this.
- 00:17:50.818 --> 00:17:52.453
- “The God of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego is the true God.
- 00:17:52.453 --> 00:17:56.858
- And from now on, everyone has to worship Him”.
- 00:17:56.858 --> 00:17:59.026
- Well, he'd already done one about the God of Daniel,
- 00:17:59.026 --> 00:18:01.095
- which was the same God, obviously. Okay?
- 00:18:01.095 --> 00:18:03.097
- But he turns away again,
- 00:18:03.097 --> 00:18:05.266
- and you're going to see it on the next point.
- 00:18:05.266 --> 00:18:06.601
- He turns away again. It just blows me away.
- 00:18:06.601 --> 00:18:09.871
- We talk about our God is the God of the second chance.
- 00:18:09.871 --> 00:18:12.707
- It's a wonderful saying, but really,
- 00:18:12.707 --> 00:18:14.976
- He's the God of the second millionth chance.
- 00:18:14.976 --> 00:18:18.646
- And He does that with all of us and it's not just
- 00:18:18.646 --> 00:18:21.082
- His chosen people.
- 00:18:21.082 --> 00:18:23.084
- Here is a heathen named Nebuchadnezzar.
- 00:18:23.084 --> 00:18:25.953
- God's protecting His people.
- 00:18:25.953 --> 00:18:27.555
- Nebuchadnezzar has actually killed some of the exiles
- 00:18:27.555 --> 00:18:31.292
- and tortured them, and God is still trying to reach him.
- 00:18:31.292 --> 00:18:35.496
- So I'm telling you, no matter what you've done in your past,
- 00:18:35.496 --> 00:18:38.366
- no matter how bad you've been, God still loves you
- 00:18:38.366 --> 00:18:41.869
- and God is still trying to reach you.
- 00:18:41.869 --> 00:18:44.038
- Here's the third point, a seduction of pride
- 00:18:44.038 --> 00:18:47.909
- is not speaking humbly.
- 00:18:47.909 --> 00:18:55.183
- I had to train myself to speak humbly
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- because I spoke pridefully. You can train yourself.
- 00:18:59.587 --> 00:19:04.492
- Now, Nebuchadnezzar has another dream in chapter four,
- 00:19:04.492 --> 00:19:08.829
- and the dream is about him and the dream is
- 00:19:08.829 --> 00:19:14.302
- that he's going to actually, God's going to humble him.
- 00:19:14.302 --> 00:19:18.206
- So -- And then, he says, “In twelve months,
- 00:19:18.206 --> 00:19:20.775
- this is going to happen”.
- 00:19:20.775 --> 00:19:22.643
- Now, watch what happens.
- 00:19:22.643 --> 00:19:24.712
- And the way God humbles him, most of you know,
- 00:19:24.712 --> 00:19:26.614
- is he became like -- He lost --
- 00:19:26.614 --> 00:19:28.216
- He went crazy and he ate grass
- 00:19:28.216 --> 00:19:30.718
- like a wild beast for seven years.
- 00:19:30.718 --> 00:19:33.821
- Seven years. That was his punishment.
- 00:19:33.821 --> 00:19:36.023
- That was his discipline or punishment really
- 00:19:36.023 --> 00:19:38.059
- because he wasn't a believer.
- 00:19:38.059 --> 00:19:39.994
- Daniel 4:29, “At the end of the twelve months
- 00:19:39.994 --> 00:19:43.631
- he was walking about the royal palace of Babylon.”
- 00:19:43.631 --> 00:19:46.167
- This is Nebuchadnezzar.
- 00:19:46.167 --> 00:19:48.102
- “The king spoke, saying, Is not this great Babylon,
- 00:19:48.102 --> 00:19:53.040
- that I have built for a royal dwelling by my mighty power
- 00:19:53.040 --> 00:20:01.048
- and for the honor of my majesty?”
- 00:20:01.048 --> 00:20:05.720
- Notice the prideful words.
- 00:20:05.720 --> 00:20:07.922
- “While the word was still in the king's mouth,
- 00:20:07.922 --> 00:20:12.326
- a voice fell from heaven, saying, King Nebuchadnezzar,
- 00:20:12.326 --> 00:20:15.396
- to you it is spoken, the kingdom has departed from you!
- 00:20:15.396 --> 00:20:19.834
- And they shall drive you from men,
- 00:20:19.834 --> 00:20:22.570
- and your dwelling shall be with the beasts of the field.
- 00:20:22.570 --> 00:20:25.006
- They shall make you eat grass like oxen; seven times,”
- 00:20:25.006 --> 00:20:28.776
- seven years, “shall pass over you, until you know
- 00:20:28.776 --> 00:20:32.480
- that the Most High rules in the kingdom of men,
- 00:20:32.480 --> 00:20:35.950
- and He gives it,” that's the implication
- 00:20:35.950 --> 00:20:39.687
- of He because we're already going back to the Most High,
- 00:20:39.687 --> 00:20:41.856
- “to whomever He chooses.
- 00:20:41.856 --> 00:20:44.425
- That very hour, the word was fulfilled
- 00:20:44.425 --> 00:20:47.895
- concerning Nebuchadnezzar.”
- 00:20:47.895 --> 00:20:50.131
- Now, why am I saying it's so important to speak humbly?
- 00:20:50.131 --> 00:20:55.903
- Because of this scripture.
- 00:20:55.903 --> 00:20:58.205
- Matthew says, “For whatever is in there...
- 00:20:58.205 --> 00:21:01.942
- When the mouth speaks,
- 00:21:01.942 --> 00:21:03.010
- it speaks out of the abundance of the heart”.
- 00:21:03.010 --> 00:21:05.913
- So I saw something this week in this scripture I'd never seen.
- 00:21:05.913 --> 00:21:10.117
- I'd seen it, but I hadn't seen it.
- 00:21:10.117 --> 00:21:13.554
- You know that? Okay.
- 00:21:13.554 --> 00:21:14.922
- The word abundance.
- 00:21:14.922 --> 00:21:18.059
- In other words, we all say stupid things. Right?
- 00:21:18.059 --> 00:21:20.728
- We all say prideful things.
- 00:21:20.728 --> 00:21:22.963
- I've even been a literalist with is verse sometimes
- 00:21:22.963 --> 00:21:26.334
- and God's had to correct me. Alright.
- 00:21:26.334 --> 00:21:27.601
- Like Debbie might say something and she'd say,
- 00:21:27.601 --> 00:21:30.171
- “But I didn't mean that”.
- 00:21:30.171 --> 00:21:31.505
- I'd say, “Yeah, but the Bible says,
- 00:21:31.505 --> 00:21:32.773
- Out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaks”.
- 00:21:32.773 --> 00:21:35.176
- And I'd be mad at her.
- 00:21:35.176 --> 00:21:36.544
- “So it must be in your heart if it came out your mouth.”
- 00:21:36.544 --> 00:21:38.813
- You know? ‘Kay.
- 00:21:38.813 --> 00:21:40.881
- So we all say stupid things.
- 00:21:40.881 --> 00:21:42.683
- We all say prideful things.
- 00:21:42.683 --> 00:21:44.985
- But what we say in an abundance
- 00:21:44.985 --> 00:21:48.022
- is what is in an abundance in our heart.
- 00:21:48.022 --> 00:21:50.758
- That's the key.
- 00:21:50.758 --> 00:21:52.093
- In other words, we all, we're all still humans.
- 00:21:52.093 --> 00:21:54.228
- We all still make mistakes.
- 00:21:54.228 --> 00:21:55.996
- But if there's an abundance of prideful statements
- 00:21:55.996 --> 00:21:58.866
- coming out of your mouth, then that needs to let you know
- 00:21:58.866 --> 00:22:02.169
- there's an abundance of pride in your heart
- 00:22:02.169 --> 00:22:04.538
- and God's going to deal with it.
- 00:22:04.538 --> 00:22:06.374
- He always, always, always humbles the exalt,
- 00:22:06.374 --> 00:22:12.713
- the ones that exalt themselves.
- 00:22:12.713 --> 00:22:14.648
- Always. That's scripture.
- 00:22:14.648 --> 00:22:16.417
- And the reason I'm telling you this
- 00:22:16.417 --> 00:22:18.853
- is because if you have a problem speaking pridefully,
- 00:22:18.853 --> 00:22:21.822
- then you know you don't just have a problem speaking it,
- 00:22:21.822 --> 00:22:23.924
- you know you have a problem in your heart
- 00:22:23.924 --> 00:22:25.926
- and you need to allow God to deal with it.
- 00:22:25.926 --> 00:22:28.529
- So here is what I love about this story.
- 00:22:28.529 --> 00:22:31.565
- Nebuchadnezzar, let me show you the end of it,
- 00:22:31.565 --> 00:22:34.335
- verse 34, Daniel 4:34, “And at the end of the time,”
- 00:22:34.335 --> 00:22:38.906
- seven years, “I, Nebuchadnezzar,”
- 00:22:38.906 --> 00:22:41.942
- watch, “lifted my eyes to heaven,
- 00:22:41.942 --> 00:22:45.446
- and my understanding returned to me immediately...”
- 00:22:45.446 --> 00:22:50.084
- Soon as he turns to God, as soon as he turns to God,
- 00:22:50.084 --> 00:22:53.154
- God heals him.
- 00:22:53.154 --> 00:22:54.789
- “...and I blessed the Most High and praised and honored Him
- 00:22:54.789 --> 00:22:58.359
- who lives forever.
- 00:22:58.359 --> 00:22:59.493
- For His dominion is an everlasting dominion,
- 00:22:59.493 --> 00:23:02.029
- and His kingdom is from generation to generation.
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- All the inhabitants of the earth
- 00:23:04.565 --> 00:23:06.167
- are reputed as nothing;
- 00:23:06.167 --> 00:23:07.468
- He does according to His will in the army of heaven
- 00:23:07.468 --> 00:23:10.971
- and among the inhabitants of the earth.
- 00:23:10.971 --> 00:23:12.540
- No one can restrain His hand or say to Him,
- 00:23:12.540 --> 00:23:15.342
- 'What have you done?'”
- 00:23:15.342 --> 00:23:16.710
- By the way, you notice that he got a pretty good revelation
- 00:23:16.710 --> 00:23:19.146
- that God's God.
- 00:23:19.146 --> 00:23:21.515
- “At the same time, my reason returned to me,
- 00:23:21.515 --> 00:23:24.585
- and for the glory of my kingdom...”
- 00:23:24.585 --> 00:23:26.153
- And what he means by that is the responsibility
- 00:23:26.153 --> 00:23:28.122
- that God's given me, “I was restored to my kingdom
- 00:23:28.122 --> 00:23:31.158
- and excellent majesty was added to me.
- 00:23:31.158 --> 00:23:34.962
- Now I, Nebuchadnezzar, praise and extol
- 00:23:34.962 --> 00:23:38.966
- and honor the kingdom of heaven, all of whose works are truth,
- 00:23:38.966 --> 00:23:42.670
- and His ways justice.
- 00:23:42.670 --> 00:23:43.871
- And those who walk in pride He is able to put down.”
- 00:23:43.871 --> 00:23:49.977
- God restored this prideful man.
- 00:23:49.977 --> 00:23:57.718
- Now, I want to tell you something else.
- 00:23:57.718 --> 00:23:59.987
- God restored this prideful man.
- 00:23:59.987 --> 00:24:06.126
- And God will restore you prideful people, too.
- 00:24:06.126 --> 00:24:13.834
- All you've got to do is turn your eyes to heaven.
- 00:24:13.834 --> 00:24:17.738
- That's it.
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- Just turn your eyes to heaven.
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- PASTOR ROBERT: Don't forget that the original sin
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- of Satan is pride.
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- Pride is always trying to seduce us,
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- but the fact that you watch this message
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- means that you are not a prideful person.
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- You might battle it sometimes, but you're not prideful.
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- But God's doing something in your heart right now,
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- and I'd like for you just to humble your heart
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- before God right now, just like Nebuchadnezzar did
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- and say, “God, I want to always give You the glory.
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- I want to speak humbly.
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- I want to walk with You and I want to talk
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- with You every day.”
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- Just take a moment, give God glory right now,
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- and let God continue to work that humility in your heart
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- because that humility is what attracts others to us,
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- and that attracts them to Jesus Christ.
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- Hey, I love you so much.
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- I hope you'll be watching again because I'm going to continue
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- this series next time.
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- - Announcer: We're so glad that you joined us
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- for today's program, we hope that you've enjoyed
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- this message from Pastor's Robert's series,
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- "The Kings of Babylon."
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- In this series, he brings to life
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- the stories of four ancient kings,
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- and relates them to the struggles
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- God's people still face today,
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- and more importantly, His redemptive plan
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- that awaits us all.
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- We want you to have a copy of this new series.
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- So for your gift of any amount today,
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- about what the Bible says about pride and humility,
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- so be sure to order your copy today.
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- To get your copy of these resources,
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- please call us or visit us online today
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- You can also get the “Kings of Babylon” series
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- as an audio or video digital download on our website,
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- as well as many other resources to help you grow
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- in your relationship with the Lord.
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- We'd also love to hear about what God
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- is doing in your life as a result of applying
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- these truths from His Word.
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- Be sure to visit us online at PastorRobert.com
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- to share your stories with us and to let us know
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- about any prayer needs that you may have
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- so that we can agree with you for God's best for your life.
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- We look forward to hearing from you, and as always,
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- thank you for your generous prayer and financial support
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- of Pastor Robert Morris Ministries.
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- ♪ ♪
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- ANNOUNCER: Living your best life isn't about having a dream home,
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- wonderful kids, or the ideal job.
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- It's about changes in your family, health,
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- and relationships.
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- When God changes your heart, you'll discover
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- that there is so much more to life.
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- With humor, passion, and clarity,
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- Pastor Robert presents,
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- "The Secrets of Living Your Best Life."
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- ♪ ♪
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