The Daniel Perspective (2): Grace and Truth

The Daniel Perspective (2): Grace and Truth | Pastor Mark Harrell | ​Play/Download

​Culture has an agenda.
Effects of culture:

1. Change your identity
   When culture shifts, we must know who we are.
2. Compromise your standards
   When culture shifts, we must reaffirm our convictions.
3. Creating a confrontation
   

Often believers can have two extremes to culture.

1. Dogmatic
2. Mercy driven

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Daniel 1: 17-21

John 1:14 “The Word became flesh and made His dwelling among us.
We have seen His glory, the glory of the one and only Son,
who came from the Father, full of GRACE and TRUTH.”

John 17:17 “Sanctify them by the truth; your Word is truth.”

Without truth, we become worldly.
Without grace, we become judgmental.
Truth without grace is mean.
Grace without truth is meaningless.
Truth and Grace together is medicine.
Grace invites us to be free.
Truth sets us free.

John 8: 1-11

Jesus gave GRACE and TRUTH.

​We won’t change God’s Word for culture: Hold high God’s truth.
But, at the same time we are to freely give God’s grace.