"Making noise" about Jesus is rarely easy - there is pressure to be silent. Is speaking publically about Jesus possible and even desirable? There is a great reason to not stay silent.
The problem in Daniel 5 is pride - it's a big issue for all of us. There is real danger in "lifting up ourselves against the LORD," but the solution is beautiful.
This chapter is about more than 'just' not bowing down to a big King. This incredible story raises a question that is at the heart of our culture, and at the heart of our churches: what is faith?
Daniel lived his life in and for God's Kingdom. Everyone around him saw only the most powerful man on the planet, yet Daniel and his friends knew the God who is in heaven. And they trusted Him with their lives.
How can we live in a world that is hostile to faith? It is possibe to live, undefiled, for Jesus in a culture like Daniel's. And the key is knowing the God we represent.
There is pressure all around us to be clean, to be impressive. And yet we know deep inside us there is a problem. What does Jesus think of our shame and guilt?
(Mark 1:40-45)
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