Babylon became great because of the sovereign blessing of God. In their greatness they forgot about God and began to take him for granted. God judged them and they were no longer a great nation. In the end God judges that nations who forget him, and that judgment often comes at the hands of another nation God raises up for that very purpose.
Text: Daniel 5God deals with Nebuchadnezzar’s pride. Application: The moment you start taking credit for anything, you’re just daring God to come and smack you around. God won’t share his glory with anyone and he won’t sit idly by while we attempt to shove him out of the picture. If we choose not to listen to God, he turns up the volume until he has our undivided attention.
Text: Daniel 4We must face the truth about our own condition, and until we do, we can never be saved.
Text: Ephesians 2:1-3If you don’t know God, you’ve missed the very reason for your own existence.
Text: Genesis 1:1; John 17:3The year was 1866, and in a log cabin in the little town of Franklin, Kentucky, Thomas Obadiah Chisholm was […]
Text: Lamentations 3:22-23“Spare the rod and spoil the child.” It’s an old saying and like most things old, it has been neglected […]
Text: Hebrews 12:5-11; Proverbs 13:34It was a hot night when we got married. Late August in Phoenix, Arizona, is always hot but by the […]
Text: Genesis 2:18-25What happened in Acts 2 is not unique. It is possible whenever the church is the body of Christ and not simply an institution.
Text: Acts 2:41-47As we come to the end of another year, once again we find ourselves in a world filled with problems, […]
Text: Philippians 4:1-9Students of the New Testament agree that Paul must have been a sports fan. Over and over again—many times in […]
Text: Philippians 3:12-21