Series: Cut From The Mountain: God and Government in Daniel
Up from Leviathan
July 04, 2021 | Mike Stancak
Passage: Daniel 6:1-28
Empire unchecked is Leviathan. It is the state arrayed against God by claiming rights only God has. What must a Christian do while living in its shadow? Daniel 6 shows us that God is always at work, disrupting the power of empire and vindicating his people, sometimes in our lives, but always in the overthrow of God's competitors in the resurrection and return of Christ.
TCC Order of Worship, 07.04.21
WELCOME
CALL TO WORSHIP
Psalm 22:19-31
Come Praise & Glorify
Sovereign Grace Music
Come praise and glorify our God The Father of our Lord
In Christ He has in heav'nly realms His blessings on us poured
For pure and blameless in His sight He destined us to be
And now we've been adopted through His Son eternally
To the praise of Your glory
To the praise of Your mercy and grace
To the praise of Your glory
You are the God who saves
Come praise and glorify our God Who gives His grace in Christ
In Him our sins are washed away redeemed through sacrifice
In Him God has made known to us The myst'ry of His will
That Christ should be the head of all His purpose to fulfill
Come praise and glorify our God For we've believed the Word
And through our faith we have a seal The Spirit of the Lord
The Spirit guarantees our hope Until redemption's done
Until we join in endless praise To God, the Three in One
Raised To Life
By Elevation Worship
Precious compassion that pours
From the wounds that have won our salvation
Sin was strong but the Savior is stronger
Come let us worship Him
Great was the debt that we owed
And how high was the price of our healing
Paid in full by the One who is worthy
Come let us worship Him
Raised to life with Christ the Savior
In His name a new creation
Now our song will rise adoring Christ the Lord
Death overcome by the Word
That was spoken before it was finished
Jesus Saves is our song everlasting
Come let us worship Him
Sin was strong
But Jesus is stronger
Our shame was great
But Jesus You're greater
Come Thou Fount
Traditional Hymn
Come, Thou Fount of ev’ry blessing
Tune my heart to sing Thy grace
Streams of mercy, never ceasing
Call for songs of loudest praise
Teach me some melodious sonnet
Sung by flaming tongues above
Praise His Name; I’m fixed upon it
Name of God’s redeeming love
Hither to thy love has blessed me
Thou hast brought me to this place
And I know thy hand will bring me
Safely home by thy good grace
Jesus sought me when a stranger
Wand’ring from the fold of God
He, to rescue me from danger
Bought me with His precious blood
O to grace how great a debtor
Daily I’m constrained to be
Let Thy goodness, like a fetter
Bind my wand’ring heart to Thee
Prone to wander, Lord, I feel it
Prone to leave the God I love
Here’s my heart, O take and seal it
Seal it for Thy courts above
Here’s my heart, O take and seal it
Seal it for Thy courts above
O that day when freed from sinning I shall see thy lovely face
Full arrayed in blood-washed linen
How I'll sing thy sovereign grace
Come my Lord no longer tarry
Bring thy promises to pass
For I know thy pow'r will keep me
Till I'm home with thee at last
SCRIPTURE READING
Daniel 6
SERMON
COMMUNION
O Praise the Name (Anástasis)
Traditional Hymns
I cast my mind to Calvary
Where Jesus bled and died for me
I see His wounds, His hands, His feet
My Saviour on that cursed tree
His body bound and drenched in tears
They laid Him down in Joseph's tomb
The entrance sealed by heavy stone
Messiah still and all alone
O praise the Name of the Lord our God
O praise His Name forevermore
For endless days we will sing Your praise
Oh Lord, oh Lord our God
Then on the third at break of dawn
The Son of heaven rose again
O trampled death where is your sting?
The angels roar for Christ the King
He shall return in robes of white
The blazing sun shall pierce the night
And I will rise among the saints
My gaze transfixed on Jesus' face
Christ Is Risen
By Matt Maher
Let no one caught in sin remain
Inside the lie of inward shame
We fix our eyes upon the cross
And run to Him who showed great love
And bled for us, Freely You bled, for us
Christ is risen from the dead
Trampling over death by death
Come awake, come awake
Come and rise up from the grave
Christ is risen from the dead
We are one with Him again
Come awake, come awake
Come and rise up from the grave
Beneath the weight of all our sin
You bow to none but heaven's will
No scheme of hell, no scoffer's crown
No burden great can hold You down
In strength You reign
Forever let Your church proclaim
Oh death! Where is your sting?
Oh hell! Where is your victory?
Oh Church! Come stand in the light
The glory of God has defeated the night
Oh death! Where is your sting?
Oh hell! Where is your victory?
Oh Church! Come stand in the light
Our God is not dead, He's alive, He's alive
Be Thou My Vision
Traditional Hymn with Chorus by Ascend The Hill
What can wash away our sins
Nothing but the blood of Jesus
What can make us whole again
Nothing but the blood of Jesus
O Precious is the flow
That makes us white as snow
No other fount I know
Nothing but the blood of Jesus
This is all our hope and peace
Nothing but the blood of Jesus
This is all our righteousness
Nothing but the Blood of Jesus
Doxology
Praise God from whom all blessings flow
Praise Him all Creatures here below
Praise him above ye heavenly host
Praise Father Son and Holy Ghost
Amen
EXHORTATION
BENEDICTION
Series Information
Christian political thought is a balancing act between competing allegiances. On the one hand, the state is owed our allegiance as an authority anointed by God for a certain purpose. On the other hand, our allegiance to the state is subservient to our allegiance to God. We render to Caesar what is Caesar's, but never from what we owe to God.