Sermon
Live Ready
Center Church
Speaker: Josh Miller
October 13, 2021 · 37 min
Summary
Daniel 5 presents Belshazzar as a young king who refused to grapple with death and eternity, leading to his unpreparedness for judgment. Through his negative example, listeners learn three principles for living ready: use God's gifts for His purposes, cultivate godly mentors, and prioritize worship of God over idolatry. The gospel offers hope that Christ's sacrifice provides an alternative to the judgment Belshazzar faced.
Highlights
Sin is always a symptom of a deeper problem. Belshazzar didn't have a drinking problem. He had a worship problem.
You deserve judgment but you've been offered mercy. You deserve condemnation but you've been offered grace. You deserve hell but you've been given the gift of heaven.
Anyone who lives in a continual state of repentance and belief, not in a continual state of perfection, but in a continual state of repentance and belief, will be ready when the end comes.