Wednesday, October 22, 2014

Don’t claim too much – v2

these words of the king
me, my, I, ownership, creation
claiming the kingdom, the land
as something he alone created
imagining in reading these words
seeing God as Zeus, in judgment
about to see the lightning bolts
to rain down from heaven
seeing the powerful, the human,
about to get his comeuppance
how easy the trap to see ourselves
as creators, as powerful
to diminish the distance to God
thinking we are more than we are
believing the lies of our current age
copyrighting the genome
as if we created, as if we are gods
we must be careful, each of us,
not to claim too much
that which we never created
denying the hand of God
that He is all-powerful
that God can appoint anyone
God can put rocks on the throne
don’t claim too much. . .
or God might strike you down


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edited October 22, 2014
Don’t claim too much – v2

October 22, 2014
Don’t claim too much
Daniel 4:30 (KJV)
“The king spake, and said, Is not this great Babylon,
that I have built for the house of the kingdom
by the might of my power, and
for the honour of my majesty?”
Daniel 4
Chapter 5: “Our God Reigns!”
book: Daniel: Spiritual Living in a Secular World (Lifeguide Bible Studies)
Spirit Study
Stetson Memorial United Methodist Church
October 22, 2014
&
Daniel 13:28
Revelations 13:13-15
1 Peter 1:7
Daniel 3:24-30
Daniel 3:1-30
fiery furnace
and
Question 8 and Chapter 4 “Bow or Burn!”
of Book:
Daniel: Spiritual Living in a Secular World (Lifeguide Bible Studies)
Spirit Study
Stetson Memorial United Methodist Church
October 15, 2014
&
Daniel 2:44-45
Daniel 2:31-49
Daniel 2:1-49
and Chapter 3 of Book:
Daniel: Spiritual Living in a Secular World (Lifeguide Bible Studies)
Spirit Study
Stetson Memorial United Methodist Church
October 8, 2014
&
Daniel 1:1-21
and Chapter 1 of Book:
Daniel: Spiritual Living in a Secular World (Lifeguide Bible Studies)
Spirit Study
Stetson Memorial United Methodist Church
October 1, 2014
&
meanings of their old and new names
&
Daniel 1
Daniel 2
Daniel 3
Daniel 4
and Men’s Bible Study
Stetson Memorial United Methodist Church
Patten, ME
May 18, 2014

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