Lesson #5 02/01/20
“FROM PRIDE TO HUMILITY” it.
1. THE CENTRAL TRUTH IS: Humility must dominate everything
we do.
2. The Need in the Life of my Students is: Try to understand the
importance of humility.
3. Special
 objectives: c’ Nebuchadnezzar recognizes that pride was the cause of his
a’ Cognitive: Learn the difference between pride and humility.
b’ Affective: Feel what the true original sin is.
c’ Psychomotor: Recognize our true state in which we find
ourselves in relation to humility.
4. Illustration: An image of Nebuchadnezzar.
5. Search the Scriptures: Daniel 4:3.
6. Application: Thank you very much Lord for helping me understand
that all the gifts I have come from you and I must use them for your
honor and glory!
I. INTRODUCCION
A) The arrogant emperor of Babylon had already had three
opportunities to understand that he should attribute all his
achievements to the Hebrew God. But because he did not learn
the lesson, God gives him one last to help him understand the
difference between pride and humility, and to have a glimpse of
God's character.
B) What three themes about the life of King Nebuchadnezzar does
this week's lesson tell us?
C) Today we will study three themes about Nebuchadnezzar's life:
1) His pride, 2) He learned what humility is and 3) The
conversion of the king.
II. From pride to humility.
1. Your pride. (Daniel 4: 1-33)
A) The ideal of each Christian.
a’
 Overcoming pride and humbling ourselves is an ideal that we f’ As we all know, pride has repercussions at all levels and
cannot achieve in human terms.
a” Humility is a difficult goal to achieve.
b” As soon as we believe we reached it, we already lost
c” But Jesus can empower us to overcome our arrogance
and live a humble life.
b’ Daniel chapter 4 records the personal testimony of King
Nebuchadnezzar.
a” The king had a hard time and suffering.
fall and the loss of his kingdom.
a” He tells us how God taught him that through humility
he could recover everything he had lost.
d’ Thirty years of achievements after the history of the
burning furnace and its vain glory of the creation of his
golden statue in Daniel 3.
a” He had another very interesting dream.
b” He dreamed a gigantic tree that provided shelter and
sustenance for all creatures on earth.
c” At its climax of his dream, by divine order the tree
was cut.
d” And again Daniel could explain the dream and give
him his explanation.
e’ Explanation of the dream.
a” The lush tree represented the king himself in his
arrogance.
b” It is very interesting that in the Holy Scriptures, trees
and vines symbolically represent the arrogant kings and
kingdoms that God finally brings down.
a”’ Ezekiel 17: 1-15; 19: 10-14; 31: 3-12.
c” Daniel using his great skill and pastoral or
psychological ethics, explained that the tree represented
himself.
d” And God would remove him from the throne unless
he changed his attitude towards the subjects. (Daniel
4:27)
especially in the social sphere.
a” And the time had come for him to pay his "accounts"
for his arrogant and dictatorial administrative style.
 b” The king had to change oppression and abuse for
justice and mercy.
c” He had to reflect the character of God in his affairs of
his kingdom.
g’ It was very sad that the king did not want to change, nor leave
his arrogance and attitudes.
a” A year later, he walked and delighted with the
achievements he had obtained for his architectural
constructions.
b” Humanly they were one of the seven wonders of the
ancient world.
c” His judgment came. (Daniel 4:29, 30)
h’ At the same moment when the king boasted of his "greatness"
came a mental illness, possibly a mental disorder known as
"zoantropy or lycanthropy."
 “God does according to his will in the army
a” In which the person believes that he has become an
animal and behaves like an animal.
b” This disease lasted seven years.
c” He lived among the beasts of the field.
i’ How ironic that he believed himself a god became less than
human.
a” “As the writing says: "Before brokenness is pride, and
before the fall the arrogance of spirit." (Proverbs 16:18)
2. He learned what humility is. (Daniel 4: 34-37)
A) Nebuchadnezzar learned the lesson God gave him.
a’ After seven years of being among the beasts, the king had a
radical change in attitude.
a” “I Nebuchadnezzar lift my eyes to heaven." (Daniel 4:34)
b” Look up indicates Nebuchadnezzar's change of mind.
c” Previously he looked down from the height of pride.
b’ When one looks up three important things happen.
a” He was healed of his mental illness ("My reason was
returned")
b” He recognized that God was the ruler of the universe and
c” He was restored on his throne. (Daniel 4: 34-36)
a’” Please read clearly what it says in Daniel 4:37.
c’ Now Nebuchadnezzar knew what happens "with those who
walk with pride." (Daniel 4:37 u.p.)
3. The conversion of the king. (Daniel 4:34 and 35)
A) Is there evidence that Nebuchadnezzar has converted to the true
God?
a’ This is a question that often arises in this regard.
a’” Did he really convert or not?
b” Although some commentators believe there is not
enough evidence to confirm an authentic conversion.
a’” If there are enough indications that point in
that direction.
b’ In analyzing the confession of the king in Daniel 4:34 and 35
we observe four elements.
a” First he confesses the sovereignty of God, who
establishes a kingdom that has no end.
a”’ “
of heaven, and in the inhabitants of the earth, and
there is no one to stop his hand and say: What are
you doing? (Daniel 4:35)
b’” When he says: "his kingdom for all ages."
(Daniel 4:34)
c’” Here he is hinting at the infinite and eternal of
God.
b” Second, the king confesses the condition as a creature
of humanity: "All the inhabitants of the earth are
considered as nothing." (Daniel 4:35)
a’” He who considered himself the greatest, now
is nothing before the majestic Lord.
b’” This recognition is a sign of a submissive
heart.
c”’ Man is a created, dependent being and not an
autonomous being.
d’” When he recognizes his true dependence on
Deity.
a’” Find the true joy and fullness of life.
c” Third, confess the truth and justice of God.
a’” All works are true and their paths fair. (Daniel
4:37)
 b’” God has treated him harshly, but he
acknowledges that God's judgments have been
true and just.
d” Finally, he come to recognize that God resists the
proud and gives grace to the humble. (Proverbs 3:34)
a”’ His life was a representation of Peter's
application of the following principle.
b’” Humiliated yourselves, then, under the
mighty hand of God, so that he may exalt you
when the time comes. ”
e’ The pattern of God's saving grace. Always rest on this
precept of humility.

III. CONCLUSION
A) We have studied three themes about Nebuchadnezzar's life:
1) His pride, 2) He learned what humility is and 3) The
conversion of the king. How interesting was Nebuchadnezzar's
life, because each of us looks a lot like this king.
Humility is a difficult goal to achieve, therefore, how important
it is to allow Jesus to take control of our lives, he is the only one
who can help us overcome every temptation of pride and be
humble through the Holy Spirit.
B) Do you wish with all your heart to allow the Holy Spirit to guide
your life and can you overcome the innate pride we inherit day
by day?
C) Prayer
Pastor Joaquín Cázares, MD
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