Sermon
I Will Not Repeat the Sins of Others
Cross Church
Speaker: Ryan Blackwell
March 20, 2023 · 39 min
God's SovereigntyDiscipleshipStewardship & GenerositySalvationDaniel 5:1–31Daniel 5:22–27Exodus 34:6–7
Summary
Daniel interprets the mysterious writing on Babylon's wall—mene, tekel, parson—revealing that Belshazzar's days are numbered, he is found wanting on God's scales, and judgment is coming. The sermon applies these three lessons to contemporary believers, calling them to live intentionally with limited time, steward God-given talents and bodies faithfully, and trust Christ's righteousness to escape divine judgment.
Highlights
You should have known better. When you say that phrase, what are you saying? You've learned, you've already been taught this, you've seen examples of this, you've seen the consequences before, you should have known better, therefore you are without excuse.
Sin is taking what God has set apart for his purposes and using it for your own.
Your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit of God. You know what that means? That it's not yours. That he dwells in it.