THE WRITING IS ON THE WALL (4)
Scripture: Daniel 5:1-31
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Title: The Writing is on the Wall (4)
Series: Daniel
Author: Steve Lombardo II
Text: Daniel 5:1-31
Introduction
1. If you've got your Bibles, go to Daniel chapter 5. We're going to talk about 'the writing is on the wall.' That's the same phrase we use-it's an idiom for us today. When you say that, you mean something like it's only a matter of time.
2. Collins's dictionary says this: when you say the writing is on the wall, you mean there are clear signs that a situation is going to become very difficult or unpleasant. For example, you might have known somebody in high school, a girl who was a flirt and very promiscuous, and you find out she got pregnant. You said, 'Well, the writing was on the wall.' There was no mystery about it. Or a guy that was a wild man as a young person, always in trouble. You find out, and you look on Facebook 10 years later-what happened to him? Well, he's incarcerated. Well, the writing was on the wall. Or there's a couple, they're always bickering out in public, and she's belittling him in front of other people, and he's never affectionate to her. You find out they get a divorce, and you're like, 'The writing was on the wall.'
3. How about this: a person thumbs their nose at God, doesn't care about Him or truth, and in the end, they are judged by God, and that end does not go well for them. This is the story of King Belshazzar-or Belshazzar, and I might say it both ways throughout this message. We find his story in Daniel chapter 5. Here's how we get to Daniel chapter 5: we come out of chapter 4, where King Nebuchadnezzar is humbled. We're thankful for Pastor Bob, who brought the message last week about the pridefulness of King Nebuchadnezzar versus praise. At the end of chapter 4, King Nebuchadnezzar praises God, and he says some incredible statements about God. At the end, he says this: 'Now I, Nebuchadnezzar, praise and extol and honor the King of Heaven, for all His works are right and His ways are just, and those ...
Series: Daniel
Author: Steve Lombardo II
Text: Daniel 5:1-31
Introduction
1. If you've got your Bibles, go to Daniel chapter 5. We're going to talk about 'the writing is on the wall.' That's the same phrase we use-it's an idiom for us today. When you say that, you mean something like it's only a matter of time.
2. Collins's dictionary says this: when you say the writing is on the wall, you mean there are clear signs that a situation is going to become very difficult or unpleasant. For example, you might have known somebody in high school, a girl who was a flirt and very promiscuous, and you find out she got pregnant. You said, 'Well, the writing was on the wall.' There was no mystery about it. Or a guy that was a wild man as a young person, always in trouble. You find out, and you look on Facebook 10 years later-what happened to him? Well, he's incarcerated. Well, the writing was on the wall. Or there's a couple, they're always bickering out in public, and she's belittling him in front of other people, and he's never affectionate to her. You find out they get a divorce, and you're like, 'The writing was on the wall.'
3. How about this: a person thumbs their nose at God, doesn't care about Him or truth, and in the end, they are judged by God, and that end does not go well for them. This is the story of King Belshazzar-or Belshazzar, and I might say it both ways throughout this message. We find his story in Daniel chapter 5. Here's how we get to Daniel chapter 5: we come out of chapter 4, where King Nebuchadnezzar is humbled. We're thankful for Pastor Bob, who brought the message last week about the pridefulness of King Nebuchadnezzar versus praise. At the end of chapter 4, King Nebuchadnezzar praises God, and he says some incredible statements about God. At the end, he says this: 'Now I, Nebuchadnezzar, praise and extol and honor the King of Heaven, for all His works are right and His ways are just, and those ...
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