Steve Massey- "God’s People in Exile: The King’s Speech" 3/01/2026

This winter's cold and flu bug seems catchier than most. Has it caught you yet? Many of you would answer "yes" – despite your best efforts to stay away from sick people. No matter what you do to avoid it, at some point you find you've got it. Pride, man's besetting sickness, is also this way. No matter what steps we take, we find we have it. We don't catch it; we're born with it. At our worst, we mistake God's patience and forbearance toward us for His indifference, or tacit approval of our sin. And He'll take extraordinary means to remind us that we are made to worship Him, not ourselves. "... a voice came from heaven saying, 'King Nebuchadnezzar, to you it is said: the kingdom has been removed from you," Daniel 4:31 (LSB). While Babylon seemed untouchable, God was already at work vindicating His sovereign rule for the sake of His exiled people. This Lord's Day, we'll finish our look at Daniel 4 and its startling account of a powerful king's journey from pride to praise. God's compassion for Babylon's King Nebuchadnezzar expressed itself in a severe mercy: a prolonged season of insanity and isolation from all that he once boasted in—until the king was finally humbled. "... For all His works are true and His ways just, and He is able to humble those who walk in pride," Daniel 4:37. Join us this Sunday as we turn to the Scriptures to see pride exposed, judged, and — by mercy — overruled. I hope to see you here as we consider, "God's People in Exile: The King's Speech."