We will either SET the culture or REFLECT the culture.
Matthew 5:16 In the same way, let your light shine before others, that they may see
your good deeds and glorify your Father in heaven.
John 17:15-16 My prayer is not that you take them out of the world but that you
protect them from the evil one. They are not of the world, even as I am not of it.
Satan’s Lie:
“I am all about YOU.”
“God is all about HIMSELF.”
Genesis 11:4 Then they said, “Come, let us build ourselves a city, with a tower that
reaches to the heavens, so that we may make a name for ourselves.”
Genesis 11:9 That is why it was called Babel—because there the LORD confused
the language of the whole world.
Revelation 17:5 The name written on her forehead was a mystery: BABYLON
THE GREAT. THE MOTHER OF PROSTITUTES AND OF THE
ABOMINATIONS OF THE EARTH.
Isaiah 47:8-10 “Now then, listen, you lover of pleasure, lounging in your security
and saying to yourself, ‘I am, and there is none besides me. I will never be a
widow or suffer the loss of children.’ Both of these will overtake you in a moment,
on a single day: loss of children and widowhood. They will come upon you in full
measure, in spite of your many sorceries and all your potent spells. You have
trusted in your wickedness and have said, ‘No one sees me.’ Your wisdom and
knowledge mislead you when you say to yourself, ‘I am, and there is none
besides me.’”
Babylon’s Motto: “I AM, and there is none besides ME.”
Elevates SELF.
Self-ADORING.
Self-BUILDING.
Self-INDULGING.
Lowers GOD
God doesn’t LOVE me.
God isn’t FOR me.
God wants TOO MUCH from me.
Daniel 4:4 I, Nebuchadnezzar, was at home in my palace, contented and
prosperous.
Daniel 4:22 Your Majesty, you are that tree! You have become great and strong;
your greatness has grown until it reaches the sky, and your dominion extends to
distant parts of the earth.
Daniel 4:25-26 You will be driven away from people and will live with the wild
animals; you will eat grass like the ox and be drenched with the dew of heaven.
Seven times will pass by for you until you acknowledge that the Most High is
sovereign over all kingdoms on earth and gives them to anyone he wishes. The
command to leave the stump of the tree with its roots means that your kingdom
will be restored to you when you acknowledge that Heaven rules.
Daniel 4:34-37 At the end of that time, I, Neb, raised my eyes toward heaven, and
my sanity was restored. Then I praised the Most High; I honored and glorified
him who lives forever. His dominion is an eternal dominion; his kingdom endures
from generation to generation. All the peoples of the earth are regarded as nothing.
He does as he pleases with the powers of heaven and the peoples of the earth. No
one can hold back his hand or say to him: “What have you done?” At the same
time that my sanity was restored, my honor and splendor were returned to me for
the glory of my kingdom. My advisers and nobles sought me out, and I was
restored to my throne and became even greater than before. Now I,
Nebuchadnezzar, praise and exalt and glorify the King of heaven, because
everything he does is right and all his ways are just. And those who walk in pride
he is able to humble.
1. I will EXALT God.
Psalm 145:1 I will exalt you, my God the King; I will praise your name for ever
and ever.
2. I will ACKNOWLEDGE God.
1 Corinthians 4:7 LB What are you so puffed up about? What do you have that
God hasn’t given you? And if all you have is from God, why act as though you
have accomplished something on your own?
3. I will HUMBLE myself.
James 4:10 Humble yourselves before the Lord, and He will lift you up.
STANDING STRONG in a pride-inflated culture begins FACEDOWN.
