- A familiar story: King vs God
- God shows His hand
- God’s judgement comes quickly
- You’re Dreaming!
- Nebuchadnezzar’s giving it one last shot
- God humbles the King
- Daniel – Chapter 2, Chapter 7
- Mark – Chapter 1, Chapter 2
- Implications for us:
- A call to resist
- A call to repent
God is giving us reason to trust His rule, so we can serve Him
God is demonstrating he is able to tell the future by revealing what’s hidden in secret
- Compare and contrast
- What the dream reveals
- Who will you serve?
- In Babylon for a purpose – to serve the King
- Daniel resolved
- God rewards their faithfulness
- Who is in charge? Seems like Nebuchadnezzar
- Our Idols
- Not so fast…God is in Charge!
- Jesus is the Light, Mark 4: 21-25
- He makes it grow, Mark 4: 26-29, 1 Cor 3:1-9
- Growing it big, Mark 4: 30-34