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Page 1: You have not humbled - Charlotte ChapelYou have not humbled yourself… You have been weighed on the scales and found wanting Daniel 5:22,27 v1-16 – A Picture of Human Defiance People
Page 2: You have not humbled - Charlotte ChapelYou have not humbled yourself… You have been weighed on the scales and found wanting Daniel 5:22,27 v1-16 – A Picture of Human Defiance People

You have not humbled yourself… You have been

weighed on the scales and found wanting

Daniel 5:22,27

v1-16 – A Picture of Human Defiance

People see themselves as untouchable

Babylon was a fortress, well-suppliedBelshazzar was proud

People see their worldview rocked

God gate-crashes the partyIn the holiness of his presence you feel afraid

Page 3: You have not humbled - Charlotte ChapelYou have not humbled yourself… You have been weighed on the scales and found wanting Daniel 5:22,27 v1-16 – A Picture of Human Defiance People

v1-16 – A Picture of Human Defiance

People look for answers in the wrong places

We look to the world’s expertsScience can describe, but it can’t explain

You need the word of GodBible offers more than worldly historians

v17-30 – A Warning of Divine Judgement

The charges against us are laid out

We fail to learn the lessons of historyWe set ourselves up against the God of heaven

We are weighed and found wantingJesus secured for us a righteous verdict

The Judgement of God is carried out

Page 4: You have not humbled - Charlotte ChapelYou have not humbled yourself… You have been weighed on the scales and found wanting Daniel 5:22,27 v1-16 – A Picture of Human Defiance People