Posted by: Shirley Smith on Wed, Jul 31, 2019
"WHEN WILL WE LEARN"
Pastor Johnson’s message came from Daniel 5:13-30, Romans 6:12-13, 20-23, and Revelation 22:14. The subject was “WHEN WILL WE LEARN” with the following subtopics:
“SEEKING UNDERSTANDING”
Then Daniel was brought in before the king. And the king said to Daniel, “Are you that Daniel who is one of the sons of the exiles of Judah, whom my father the king brought from Judah? I have heard of you, that a spirit of the gods is in you, and that illumination, insight, and extraordinary wisdom have been found in you. Now the wise men and the enchanters were brought in before me so that they might read this writing and reveal its meaning to me, but they could not give the interpretation of the message. But I personally have heard about you, that you are able to make interpretations and solve complex problems. Now if you are able to read the writing and reveal its interpretation to me, you shall be clothed with purple and have a chain of bold put around your neck, and you shall have authority as the third ruler in the kingdom.” (What has been Heard About You???) O King, the Most High God gave Nebuchadnezzar your father a kingdom and greatness and glory and majesty; and because of the greatness that He gave him, all the peoples, nations, and speakers of every language trembled and feared him. Whomever he wished he killed, and whomever he wished he kept alive; whomever he wished he promoted and whomever he wished he humbled. But when his heart was lifted up and his spirit became so proud that he behaved arrogantly, he was deposed from his royal throne and his glory was taken away from him. He was also driven from mankind, and his mind was made like that of an animal, and his dwelling place was with the wild donkeys. He was given grass to eat like cattle, and his body was wet with the dew of heaven until he came to know that the Most High God rules over the kingdom of mankind and He appoints it to Whomever He wills (Do You Know Who God Is???) And you, his son, O Belshazzar, have not humbled your heart, even though you knew all this. And you have exalted yourself against the Lord of Heaven, and the vessels of His house have been brought before you, and you and your nobles, your wives and your concubines have been drinking wine from them, and you have praised the gods of silver and gold, of bronze, iron, wood and stone, which do not see or hear or understand. But the God who holds in His hand your breath of life and your ways you have not honored and glorified. (Who have you honored???) Then the hand was sent from the presence and this inscription was written: This is the inscription that was written, ‘mene,mene, tekel, upharsin (numbered, numbered, weighed, and divided). This is the interpretation of the message: Mene – God has numbered the days of your kingdom and put an end to it; Tekel – you have been weighed on the scales of righteousness and found deficient, Peres – your kingdom has been divided and given over to the Medes and Persians. Then Belshazzar gave the command, and Daniel was clothed with purple and a chain of gold was put around his neck, and a proclamation concerning him was issued that he now had authority as the third ruler in the kingdom. During that same night Belshazzar the Chaldean king was slain by troops of the invading army. (What has been Found about Your???)
“WHEN YOU BECOME FREE”
Therefore do not let sin reign in your mortal body so that you obey its lusts and passions. Do not go on offering members of your body to sin as instruments of wickedness. But offer your selves to God as those alive from the dead, and your members as instruments of righteousness to God. (Who Me! Yes You!) When you were slaves of sin, you were free in regard to righteousness. So what benefit did you get at that time from the things of which you are now ashamed? For the outcome of those things is death! But now since you have been set free from sin and have become slaves to God, you have your benefit, resulting in sanctification and the outcome is eternal life. For the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord. (Have you Believed????)
“ENTER THE GATES OF HEAVEN”
Blessed are those who wash their robes in the blood of Christ by believing and trusting in Him-the righteous who do His commandments, so that they may have the right to the tree of life, and may enter by the gates into the city. (Can You get in???)
Read the scriptures and be blessed!
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