Conflict of Conscience
Series: Living in Babylon
October 29, 2022
Michael Boyd
Conflicts Of Conscience LISTEN ON MIXLR @ https://gbcsl.mixlr.com WATCH US ON YOU TUBE LIVE @ http://www.youtube.com/gracechurch-slus/liveE Join us on Discord at the Grace Baptist Church Hangout https://discord-gg/u9zt9dq Three different ways that we can respond to the culture Oppose the culture continually. Assimilate into the culture Go into the culture as far as you possibly can, and then draw the line and say, “This far but no further, 1 In the third year of the reign of Jehoiakim king of Judah, Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came to Jerusalem and besieged it. 2 And the Lord gave Jehoiakim king of Judah into his hand, with some of the vessels of the house of God. And he brought them to the land of Shinar, to the house of his god, and placed the vessels in the treasury of his god. 3 Then the king commanded Ashpenaz, his chief eunuch, to bring some of the people of Israel, both of the royal family[a] and of the nobility, 4 youths without blemish, of good appearance and skillful in all wisdom, endowed with knowledge, understanding learning, and competent to stand in the king's palace, and to teach them the literature and language of the Chaldeans. 5 The king assigned them a daily portion of the food that the king ate, and of the wine that he drank. They were to be educated for three years, and at the end of that time they were to stand before the king. 6 Among these were Daniel, Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah of the tribe of Judah. (Daniel 1:1-6)
Episode Notes
Three different ways that we can respond to the culture
Oppose the culture continually.
Assimilate into the culture
Go into the culture as far as you possibly can, and then draw the line and say, “This far but no further,
1 In the third year of the reign of Jehoiakim king of Judah, Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came to Jerusalem and besieged it. 2 And the Lord gave Jehoiakim king of Judah into his hand, with some of the vessels of the house of God. And he brought them to the land of Shinar, to the house of his god, and placed the vessels in the treasury of his god. 3 Then the king commanded Ashpenaz, his chief eunuch, to bring some of the people of Israel, both of the royal family[a] and of the nobility, 4 youths without blemish, of good appearance and skillful in all wisdom, endowed with knowledge, understanding learning, and competent to stand in the king's palace, and to teach them the literature and language of the Chaldeans. 5 The king assigned them a daily portion of the food that the king ate, and of the wine that he drank. They were to be educated for three years, and at the end of that time they were to stand before the king. 6 Among these were Daniel, Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah of the tribe of Judah. (Daniel 1:1-6)
Participating in the Culture
Education
Served the King
Accepted the name change
Aspects of Culture they did not accept
Not accept the Culture ( The King’s Dainties)
Not Worship anyone but YHWH.
Continue in prayer and devotion to the one true God.
Resolving our own conflicts of conscience
God placed them where they were.
Rely on the Wisdom of God
Recognize that God is sovereign over all.
Our first response should be repentance.
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