>> COMING UP NEXT ON
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"AMAZING FACTS PRESENTS--"
>> DANIEL COULD SERVE THEM WELL
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'CAUSE HE SERVED A
HIGHER MONARCH FIRST.
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>> FOR OVER 40 YEARS,
AMAZING FACTS HAS BEEN
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DEDICATED TO SHARING
GOD'S WORD THROUGH MEDIA.
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THIS PROGRAM FEATURES HIGHLIGHTS
FROM SOME OF OUR BEST TELEVISION
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BROADCASTS.
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WE INVITE YOU TO SIT
BACK AND ENJOY THIS EDITION OF
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"AMAZING FACTS PRESENTS."
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TODAY'S
PRESENTATION IS AN EXCERPT FROM
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THE "EVERLASTING
GOSPEL" VIDEO SERIES.
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>> AND SO WE'RE GOING TO TALK
ABOUT A STORY THIS MORNING THAT
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IS VERY FAMILIAR AND MAYBE TAKE
A FRESH LOOK AT A STORY THAT HAS
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BEEN REFERRED TO,
ESPECIALLY FOR THE CHILDREN.
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AND IT'S THE STORY OF
DANIEL IN THE LION'S DEN.
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VERY QUICKLY TO GIVE YOU
THE HISTORY, DANIEL, WHEN HE WAS
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A YOUNG MAN, HAD BEEN CARRIED
OFF CAPTIVE TO BABYLON DURING
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THE REIGN OF NEBUCHADNEZZAR.
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THROUGH A SERIES OF MIRACLES, HE
WAS EXALTED FROM THE POSITION OF
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BEING A CAPTIVE TO BEING PRIME
MINISTER AND CHIEF COUNSELOR
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FOR NEBUCHADNEZZAR.
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NOW GO WITH ME TO
THE BOOK OF DANIEL 6.
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WE'RE GONNA READ VERSE
1 WITH THAT BACKGROUND.
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"IT PLEASED DARIUS TO SET
OVER THE KINGDOM 120 PRINCES, OR
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GOVERNORS, TO BE OVER THE WHOLE
KINGDOM AND OVER THESE THREE
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GOVERNORS OF WHOM DANIEL
WAS CHIEF, OR FIRST, THAT THE
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PRINCES MIGHT GIVE ACCOUNT TO
THEM AND SO THE KING WOULD HAVE
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NO LOSS."
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PART OF DELEGATING SUCH A BIG
KINGDOM, 'CAUSE NOT ONLY WAS IT
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THE BABYLONIAN EMPIRE, BUT
NOW THE BABYLONIANS HAD BEEN
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ABSORBED BY THE PERSIANS, SO
YOU GOT THIS VERY BIG KINGDOM
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TO ADMINISTRATE.
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AND SO HE PUTS DANIEL IN AMONG
THE THREE GOVERNORS 'CAUSE HE
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CAN BE TRUSTED.
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WELL, YOU KNOW THE OTHER
MEDO-PERSIANS SORT OF RESENT
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THAT.
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HERE YOU TAKE THIS CAPTIVE
FROM JUDAH WHO HAD BEEN--
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HE'S NOT EVEN A NATIONAL.
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AND NOT ONLY YOU GIVE HIM A
POSITION OF HONOR, BUT THE KING
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WAS THINKING ABOUT SETTING
HIM OVER THE WHOLE REALM.
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VERSE 3, "THEN THIS DANIEL--"
WHILE HE WAS WORKING AS ONE
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OF THREE TOP GOVERNORS,
"DISTINGUISHED HIMSELF ABOVE
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THE GOVERNORS AND THE PRINCES
BECAUSE AN EXCELLENT SPIRIT WAS
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IN HIM.
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AND THE KING GAVE THOUGHT
TO SETTING HIM OVER THE WHOLE
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REALM."
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HE JUST EXUDED THE HOLY SPIRIT.
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THERE WAS THE AURA OF GOD'S
SPIRIT ABOUT HIM THAT OTHERS
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RECOGNIZED.
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WHY DID HE THRIVE DURING
THE REIGN OF ALL THOSE MONARCHS?
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BECAUSE DANIEL REALLY
NEVER SERVED THEM FIRST.
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DANIEL COULD SERVE THEM
WELL 'CAUSE HE SERVED A HIGHER
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MONARCH FIRST, AND THEY
RECOGNIZED THAT ABOUT HIM.
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AND HE THOUGHT TO SET
HIM OVER THE WHOLE REALM.
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HE WAS GONNA MAKE HIM
PRIME MINISTER OR VICEROY OF
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THE ENTIRE EMPIRE.
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NOW THAT REALLY BOTHERED THE
OTHER POLITICIANS WHO THOUGHT
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THEY SHOULD BE IN LINE.
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THERE WAS ENVY,
THEY WERE JEALOUS.
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NOW BEFORE I GO VERY FAR IN THE
STUDY OF DANIEL 6, I WANT YOU TO
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KNOW THE WHOLE GREAT CONTROVERSY
IS IN THIS STORY BETWEEN CHRIST
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AND SATAN, THE BATTLE
BETWEEN GOOD AND EVIL.
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THE LIFE OF CHRIST IS EVEN
MODELED IN THE LIFE OF DANIEL.
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JESUS, SECOND ONLY TO GOD
ALMIGHTY THE FATHER, THE IDEA
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THAT DANIEL WOULD BE SECOND
ONLY TO THE KING, THEY COULD NOT
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STAND THAT.
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WHAT WAS IT THAT CAUSED
THE REBELLION OF LUCIFER?
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HE WAS JEALOUS.
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HE ENVIED THE
POSITION OF CHRIST.
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HE WANTED TO BE
LIKE THE MOST HIGH.
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SO A PLOT WAS PUT INTO EFFECT
TO GET HIM OUT OF THE WAY.
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"THEY SOUGHT TO FIND
SOME OCCASION AGAINST DANIEL
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CONCERNING THE KINGDOM, BUT THEY
COULD FIND NO CHARGE OR FAULT,
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BECAUSE HE WAS FAITHFUL."
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WHAT DID THEY SAY ABOUT JESUS?
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EVEN PILATE SAID, "I
FIND NO FAULT IN HIM."
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THEY SPENT SPIES WHO CAME BACK
AND SAID, "NO MAN SPEAKS LIKE
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THIS MAN."
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HE WAS FAITHFUL.
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BY THE WAY, DANIEL WAS HUMAN.
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YOU CAN HAVE THE SAME SPIRIT
DANIEL HAD, SO STOP MAKING
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EXCUSES.
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THIS STORY'S IN THE BIBLE TO
ENCOURAGE YOU THAT YOU CAN LIVE
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A GODLY LIFE AND HAVE INTEGRITY.
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THEY SAID, WE'RE NOT--" VERSE
5, "WE'RE NOT GOING TO FIND ANY
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CHARGE AGAINST THIS DANIEL--"
THEY CAN'T EVEN SAY, DANIEL,
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THIS DANIEL.
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"UNLESS WE FIND IT AGAINST HIM
CONCERNING THE LAW OF HIS GOD."
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WE'RE GOING TO NEED TO PROBABLY
GET SOME RELIGIOUS LAW ENACTED
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AND USE THAT AGAINST HIM.
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SOMEWHERE WHERE HIS LAW AND
PRINCIPLES CONFLICT WITH THE LAW
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OF THE MEDO-PERSIANS.
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"SO THE GOVERNORS AND
THE PRINCES THRONGED BEFORE
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THE KING AND THEY SAID,
"KING DARIUS LIVE FOREVER?
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ALL THE GOVERNORS OF THE KINGDOM
AND THE ADMINISTRATORS AND THE
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PRINCES HAVE CONSULTED TOGETHER,
AND THE ADVISORS HAVE CONSULTED
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TOGETHER TO
ESTABLISH A ROYAL STATUTE.'"
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WELL, THEIR LYING,
IT WASN'T ALL OF THEM.
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DANIEL WAS CHIEF.
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HE WASN'T IN THERE,
I CAN PROMISE YOU THAT.
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THEY'RE TRYING TO GIVE THE
KING THE IMPRESSION THAT THEY
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HAD CONSENSUS AND EVERYBODY
AGREED THIS WAS A GOOD THING
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TO UNITE THE KINGDOM.
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"WE'RE CONSULTING THAT THE KING
ESTABLISH A ROYAL STATUTE AND
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MAKE A FIRM DECREE THAT WHOEVER
PETITIONS--" OR PRAYS TO, "ANY
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GOD OR MAN FOR 30 DAYS EXCEPT
FOR YOU, O KING, HE'LL BE CAST
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INTO THE DEN OF LIONS.
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NOW O KING, ESTABLISH THE DECREE
AND SIGN THE WRITING THAT IT
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CANNOT BE CHANGED ACCORDING
TO THE LAW OF THE MEDES AND THE
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PERSIANS WHICH DOES NOT ALTER."
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I UNDERLINED IN MY BIBLE "CANNOT
BE CHANGED, DOES NOT ALTER."
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THEN IT GOES ON TO SAY,
"THEREFORE KING DARIUS SIGNED
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THE WRITTEN DECREE."
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NOW THE MEDO-PERSIANS, WHEN THEY
MADE A LAW, IT WASN'T LIKE IN
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NORTH AMERICAN WHERE WE VOTE
A LAW AND THEN WE VOTE IT OUT.
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WE SAY, "HERE'S A GOOD LAW.
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NO, WE'RE CHANGING THAT LAW.
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WE'RE REPEALING THAT LAW.
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WE'RE MODIFYING THAT LAW."
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DEPENDS ON WHO'S IN
OFFICE AT THE TIME AND WHETHER
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OR NOT WE LIKED IT.
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WHEN THEY MADE A LAW BACK THEN,
THE LAW OF THE KING DID NOT
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CHANGE.
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AND IT WASN'T JUST HIS
VANITY, "NOBODY PRAYS TO ANYBODY
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BUT ME FOR 30 DAYS."
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DARIUS WASN'T--AND
PROBABLY APPEALED TO HIS VANITY.
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BUT YOU SEE, THEY KNEW SOMETHING
BACK THEN THAT LEADERS KNOW.
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WHEN YOU CANNOT UNITE DIVERSE
PEOPLE BECAUSE OF POLITICS OR
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BECAUSE OF LANGUAGE BARRIERS
BECAUSE THERE ARE CULTURAL
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DIFFERENCES OR GEOGRAPHY,
IF YOU CAN GET PEOPLE UNITED
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IN RELIGION, THEY CAN
OVERCOME ALL THE OTHER BARRIERS.
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THE DEVIL KNOWS THAT.
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NEBUCHADNEZZAR KNEW THAT.
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WHY DO YOU THINK HE SAID,
"I'M GONNA HAVE EVERYBODY GATHER
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ON THE PLAIN OF DURA.
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WE'RE GONNA MAKE A STATUE,
WE'RE ALL GONNA BOW TO THE SAME
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STATUE AT THE SAME
TIME, UNITE THE KINGDOM.
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WE'LL BE WELDED TOGETHER
BY COMMON FAITH IN WORSHIP."
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BRING THE PEOPLE TOGETHER.
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SO DARIUS SIGNS
THE DECREE, "GOOD IDEA.
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I GOT 127 PROVINCES,
THE PEOPLE ARE SCATTERED.
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WE GOT SOME BABYLONIANS, SOME
MEDES, SOME PERSIANS, SOME JEWS
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AND ALL THESE
DIFFERENT-- WELD THEM TOGETHER.
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YOU ALL PRAY TO THE KING
FOR 30 DAYS AND DEVELOP MORALE
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AND SUPPORT."
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SO HE SIGNED THE DECREE.
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BUT HE DIDN'T KNOW THAT IT WAS
REALLY A RUSE, THE WHOLE THING
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WAS TO GET RID OF DANIEL.
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NOW HERE'S WHERE, FOR
ME, THE STORY IS PHENOMENAL.
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DANIEL IS A MAN OF
STERLING CONVICTION AND COURAGE.
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YOU READ IN VERSE 10, I'VE
GOT THIS UNDERLINED IN MY BIBLE.
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"NOW WHEN DANIEL KNEW THAT THE
WRITING WAS SIGNED--" I DOUBT
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WITH HIS HIGH POSITION THAT THEY
COULD GET THE DOCUMENT PRINTED,
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COPIED AND
CIRCULATED WITHOUT HIS KNOWING.
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SOMEBODY BROUGHT HIM A
COPY BEFORE IT WENT OUT.
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"WHEN DANIEL KNEW THAT
THE WRITING WAS SIGNED,
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HE WENT HOME."
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HE WITHDREW FROM THE
CORRUPTION OF THE PALACE,
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BACK TO HIS HOUSE.
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"AND IN HIS UPPER ROOM,
HIS WINDOWS BEING OPENED--"
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NOW WHY WOULD THAT BE MENTIONED?
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WHAT DOES THE LAW SAY?
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ANYBODY CAUGHT
PRAYING FOR 30 DAYS.
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YOU KNOW DOESN'T JESUS SAY, WHEN
YOU PRAY, ENTER INTO YOUR CLOSET
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AND SHUT THE DOOR?
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WOULDN'T THIS HAVE BEEN A
GOOD TIME TO GO IN THE CLOSET
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AND SHUT THE DOOR?
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WHY DID HE PRAY--NOT ONLY DID
HE PRAY WITH HIS WINDOWS OPEN,
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HE PRAYED ON HIS KNEES SO
THEY COULD SEE PHYSICALLY HE WAS
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IN A POSTURE OF PRAYER.
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HE COULD HAVE JUST SAT THERE
IN THE WINDOW WITH HIS ARMS
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FOLDED AND LOOKED
LIKE HE WAS MEDITATING.
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BUT HE GOT DOWN AND TOOK ON
THE POSTURE OF PRAYER, AND HE
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DID NOT PRAYER TOWARDS THE
PALACE IN BABYLON OR IN SHUSHAN,
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HE PRAYED TOWARDS JERUSALEM.
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EVERYTHING ABOUT WHAT DANIEL DID
SAID, "I AM NOT GOING TO WORSHIP
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MAN.
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I AM GONNA WORSHIP GOD
BECAUSE IT'S BETTER TO OBEY GOD
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THAN MAN," RIGHT?
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ANOTHER REASON HE LEFT
HIS WINDOW OPEN, JESUS SAID IN
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MATTHEW 5, "LET YOUR LIGHT SO
SHINE BEFORE MEN THAT THEY MAY
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SEE YOUR GOOD WORKS."
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NOT TO GLORIFY YOU,
GLORIFY YOUR FATHER IN HEAVEN.
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DON'T HIDE WHAT YOU BELIEVE.
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DANIEL WAS READY TO BE CAUGHT
PRAYING AT THE COST OF HIS LIFE.
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AND THERE WERE PROBABLY SPIES
SET UP WATCHING TO SEE, IS HE
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GONNA CONTINUE HIS CUSTOM,
IS HE GONNA CLOSE HIS WINDOWS?
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IS HE GOING TO HIDE
THE POSTURE OF PRAYER?
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DANIEL DID NOT CHANGE ANYTHING
ABOUT HIS RELATIONSHIP WITH GOD
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EVEN THOUGH IT
MIGHT COST HIM HIS LIFE.
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WAS IT BECAUSE HE WAS STUBBORN?
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IS THERE ANY VIRTUE IN
CHRISTIANS BEING STUBBORN,
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WEARING OUR RELIGION ON
OUR SLEEVE AND BEING OBSTINATE?
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NO, I THINK DANIEL DID IT
BECAUSE HE LOVED GOD AND HE WAS
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MORE INTERESTED IN THE HONOR
OF GOD, HIS REAL BOSS, THAN
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THE KING OF MEDO-PERSIA.
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YEAH, HE WASN'T DOING IT
BECAUSE HE WAS JUST STUBBORN.
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IT WAS ABOUT LOVE.
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AND HE SAID, "I'M NOT GONNA
LET ANYTHING COME BETWEEN MY
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RELATIONSHIP AND
MY TIME WITH GOD."
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NOW I CAN'T DO THIS
WITHOUT TRYING TO EXPLOIT
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A VERY SIMPLE POINT.
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THE REASON THERE IS A BOOK
IN THE BIBLE CALLED DANIEL,
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I BELIEVE, IS SEEN
RIGHT HERE IN THIS VERSE.
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HE PRAYED AND HE READ HIS BIBLE.
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"HOW DO YOU KNOW, PASTOR
DOUG, THAT HE READ HIS BIBLE?
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IT DOESN'T SAY THAT, IT
SAYS THAT KNELT DOWN AND PRAYED
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THREE TIMES."
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WHY IS HE PRAYING
TOWARDS JERUSALEM?
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'CAUSE DANIEL READ IN 2
CHRONICLES 6:21 DANIEL READ
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WHERE SOLOMON SAID, "MAY YOU
HEAR THE SUPPLICATIONS OF YOUR
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SERVANT AND YOUR PEOPLE ISRAEL
WHEN THEY PRAYED TOWARDS THIS
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PLACE."
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MATTER OF FACT SOLOMON
SPECIFICALLY SAID, "IF YOUR
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PEOPLE ARE UNFAITHFUL AND
THEY'RE CARRIED OFF TO A FOREIGN
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LAND, IF THEY PRAY TOWARDS
THIS PLACE--" THAT STARTS HERE
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WITH SOLOMON, DANIEL DID THAT.
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DO YOU HAVE A DEVOTIONAL LIFE?
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IF YOU'D LIKE TO HAVE THE
CHARACTER OF DANIEL, YOU MIGHT
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NEED TO HAVE THE
DEVOTIONAL LIFE OF DANIEL.
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AND A GOOD TIME FOR GOD
IS NOT FOUND, IT'S MADE.
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YOU'VE GOTTA JUST DO IT.
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NOW, HERE'S WHERE I
WANT TO MAKE THE CONNECTION.
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THERE IS A BIG TEST
COMING IN THE LAST DAYS.
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THERE IS A BIG TEST COMING.
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SOME PEOPLE ARE PREPARING ALL
ALONG THE WAY, SOME PEOPLE TRY
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TO CRAM FOR THEIR FINALS
RIGHT AT THE LAST MINUTE.
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THERE ARE GONNA BE SOME
PEOPLE WHO ARE 11TH-HOUR WORKERS
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THAT WILL STILL MAKE IT.
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BUT FOR THE MOST PART,
IT'S THOSE WHO ARE STUDYING NOW
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FOR THE LITTLE QUIZZES
THAT WILL PASS THE FINAL.
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IN THIS BIG TEST THAT IS
APPROACHING, WE'RE GONNA MAKE
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A DECISION, DO I LOVE THE
LORD SO MUCH I WOULD RATHER
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DIE THAN DISOBEY HIM?
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THIS IS THE TEST THAT SHADRACH,
MESHACH AND ABEDNEGO PASSED.
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THERE WAS A LAW MADE.
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THEY HAD TO DECIDE, AM I GOING
TO OBEY THE LAW OF GOD OR MAN?
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THEY SAID, "EVEN IF IT MEANS
THAT I'M GONNA LOSE MY JOB IN
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BABYLON, EVEN IT MEANS I'M GONNA
LOSE MY LIFE, I WOULD RATHER
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BURN TO DEATH--" WHICH CAN'T
BE PLEASANT, "THAN TO BOW DOWN
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TO THE GRAVEN IMAGE."
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ONE OF THE COMMANDMENTS
SAYS, "DON'T WORSHIP IMAGES."
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THEY SAID, "WE'D RATHER DIE."
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IN DANIEL 6 DANIEL SAYS, ONE
OF THE COMMANDMENTS SAYS, "THOU
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SHALT NOT HAVE OTHER GODS
BEFORE ME--" AND WOULD CERTAINLY
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INCLUDE THE KING OF MEDO-PERSIA,
"I'M NOT GONNA WORSHIP HIM
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AS A GOD."
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WE'RE TO PRAY TO THE LORD.
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I'M MAKING A DECISION, I'M GONNA
OBEY GOD'S COMMANDMENTS INSTEAD
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OF THE POLITICAL COMMANDMENTS
OR THE COMMANDMENTS OF MEN.
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"I'D RATHER DIE, BE TORN LIMB
FROM LIMB BY LIONS THAN DISOBEY
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GOD."
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IN THE LAST DAYS, THOSE
WHO LIVED DURING THAT TIME
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WILL FACE THE SAME TEST.
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DO YOU LOVE THE LORD SO MUCH YOU
WOULD RATHER SAY, "I'D RATHER
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STARVE, CAN'T BUY OR SELL,
BE PERSECUTED, LOSE MY JOB, LOSE
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MY LIFE THAN BREAK ONE OF GOD'S
COMMANDMENTS, LIKE THE SABBATH?"
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HOW IMPORTANT IS THAT ONE?
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"WELL, MAYBE YOU KNOW, I
WOULDN'T REALLY BREAK IT.
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I'M STILL GONNA KEEP IT.
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I'M JUST GONNA KEEP
IT A DIFFERENT DAY THAN
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THE ONE THAT GOD PICKED."
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WHAT IF SHADRACH, MESHACH
AND ABEDNEGO, WHEN THEY PLAYED
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THE MUSIC AND EVERYBODY BOWED
DOWN TO THE STATUE--I'M ASSUMING
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YOU ALL KNOW THIS STORY.
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WHAT IF THEY HAD SAID, "WE'RE
NOT GONNA PRAY TO THE STATUE,
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BUT THIS IS A GOOD TIME TO
CHECK OUR SANDALS, AND GO DOWN
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AND START?
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"NO, NO, WE'RE NOT--WE'RE
JUST, WE DON'T WANT TO CREATE
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A SPECTACLE.
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MAY AS WELL GO ALONG."
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THEY WOULDN'T COMPROMISE.
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THEY WERE FANATICS
ABOUT LITTLE THINGS.
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LIKE GOD SAID THE 7TH DAY
AND THAT MEANS THE 7TH DAY,
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AND WE KNOW WHAT DAY THAT IS.
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THAT'S THE DAY WE'RE GONNA KEEP
EVEN IF WE'RE THE ONLY ONES.
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DANIEL WAS THE ONLY ONE
WITH HIS WINDOW OPEN PRAYING
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TOWARDS JERUSALEM.
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SHADRACH, MESHACH AND ABEDNEGO
WERE THE ONLY ONES STANDING UP
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WHEN EVERYBODY ELSE BOWED DOWN.
00:14:08.76\00:14:10.96
DO YOU LOVE THE LORD SO MUCH
THAT IF EVERYBODY IN THIS CHURCH
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WAS TO GIVE UP THEIR
FAITH, WOULD YOU STILL KEEP IT?
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NOW BACK TO DANIEL 6, WE
WANT TO RETURN TO OUR STORY.
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SO WE JUST FINISHED READING
VERSE 10 WHERE HE SAID ONCE HE
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KNEW THE WRITING WAS SIGNED,
THERE WERE SPIES WATCHING HIM
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PRAY.
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THEY SAW HIM DO IT
THREE TIMES THAT DAY.
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"THESE MEN ASSEMBLED AND
FOUND DANIEL PRAYING AND MAKING
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SUPPLICATION BEFORE HIS
GOD, AND THEY WENT BEFORE
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THE KING AND SPOKE
CONCERNING THE KING'S DECREE.
00:14:37.50\00:14:40.80
'HAVE YOU NOT SIGNED A DECREE
THAT EVERY MAN WHO PETITIONS ANY
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GOD OR MAN WITHIN 30 DAYS EXCEPT
YOU, O KING, SHALL BE CAST INTO
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THE DEN OF LIONS?' AND
THE KING ANSWERED AND SAID,
00:14:47.60\00:14:51.00
'THE THING IS TRUE ACCORDING
TO THE LAW OF THE MEDES AND THE
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PERSIANS WHICH DOES NOT ALTER.'
SO THEY ANSWERED AND SAID TO THE
00:14:53.63\00:14:58.76
KING, 'THAT DANIEL WHO WAS ONE
OF THE CAPTIVES FROM THE TRIBE
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OF JUDAH, HE DOES NOT SHOW
REGARD FOR YOU, O KING, OR FOR
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THE DECREE THAT YOU HAVE SIGNED,
BUT HE MAKES HIS PETITION THREE
00:15:06.50\00:15:09.26
TIMES A DAY.'" AND I
WOULD LIKE TO HAVE HAD
00:15:09.26\00:15:12.80
A SNAPSHOT OF THE KING'S FACE
WHEN HE HEARD THEM SAY, "THAT
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DANIEL," THE KING HIS
MOUTH PROBABLY FELL OPEN.
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I BET HE WAS,
"OH, WHEN I SIGNED THAT
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DECREE, I FORGOT ABOUT DANIEL.
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THREE TIMES A DAY
HE PRAYS TO HIS GOD.
00:15:26.03\00:15:28.40
OH, NO."
00:15:28.40\00:15:31.16
HE WAS SET UP.
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HE SPOTTED IT RIGHT THEN THAT
HE HAD BEEN PLAYED, THAT THERE
00:15:32.90\00:15:36.83
WAS JEALOUSY, THEY WERE
TRYING TO GET RID OF HIM.
00:15:36.83\00:15:39.06
PILATE KNEW THAT THE RELIGIOUS
LEADERS WERE TRYING TO GET
00:15:39.06\00:15:42.33
RID OF JESUS JUST
BECAUSE OF JEALOUSY AND ENVY.
00:15:42.33\00:15:45.36
AND HE SOUGHT TO DELIVER HIM,
BUT HEY COULDN'T BECAUSE THEY
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KEPT AFTER HIM THREATENING
THAT IT WAS GONNA BE REBELLION
00:15:49.53\00:15:52.73
AGAINST THE LAWS OF ROME 'CAUSE
JESUS WAS MAKING HIMSELF A KING.
00:15:52.73\00:15:56.33
AND ACCORDING TO THE LAWS
OF ROME, IF ANYONE ELSE CLAIMED
00:15:56.33\00:15:59.23
TO BE KING, THEY
WERE TO BE EXECUTED.
00:15:59.23\00:16:02.56
SAME KIND OF THING.
00:16:02.56\00:16:05.56
"AND THE KING, WHEN HE
HEARD THESE WORDS, WAS GREATLY
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DISPLEASED WITH HIMSELF.
00:16:07.80\00:16:10.30
AND HE SET HIS HEART ON DANIEL
TO DELIVER HIM, AND HE LABORED
00:16:10.30\00:16:14.36
TILL THE GOING DOWN OF
THE SUN TO DELIVER HIM."
00:16:14.36\00:16:18.00
WHAT TIME OF DAY DID JESUS DIE?
00:16:18.00\00:16:23.00
WAS IT THE
GOING DOWN OF THE SUN?
00:16:23.00\00:16:25.93
"AND THESE MEN APPROACHED THE
KING AND SAID, "KNOW, O KING,
00:16:25.93\00:16:30.43
THAT IT IS THE LAW OF THE MEDES
AND PERSIANS THAT NO DECREE
00:16:30.43\00:16:33.73
OR STATUTE WHICH THE KING
ESTABLISHES MAY BE CHANGED."
00:16:33.73\00:16:37.53
THEY'RE PULLING OUT THE
FINE PRINT AND THEY'RE SAYING,
00:16:37.53\00:16:39.86
"WE REALIZE THAT YOU
REGRET THAT YOU SIGNED THIS LAW.
00:16:39.86\00:16:42.20
BUT KING, THIS IS THE LAW
OF THE MEDES AND PERSIANS.
00:16:42.20\00:16:44.96
AND ESPECIALLY NOW WHERE WE'VE
JUST TAKEN OVER THE BABYLONIANS,
00:16:44.96\00:16:48.56
WE CANNOT ALTER OUR LAWS.
00:16:48.56\00:16:50.56
IT DOES NOT CHANGE.
00:16:50.56\00:16:51.90
YOU'VE WRITTEN IT.
00:16:51.90\00:16:52.76
YOU SIGNED IT AS A DECREE.
00:16:52.76\00:16:54.13
THEY'LL HAVE NO
RESPECT FOR YOU AS A KING.
00:16:54.13\00:16:55.96
THE WHOLE EMPIRE'S GONNA UNRAVEL
IF THE KING CHANGES HIS LAW."
00:16:55.96\00:17:01.03
NO WAY.
00:17:01.03\00:17:02.60
THE LAW OF THE MEDES AND
PERSIANS COULD NOT BE CHANGED.
00:17:02.60\00:17:05.13
NOW HERE'S THE QUESTION,
HOW FIRM IS THE LAW OF GOD?
00:17:05.13\00:17:11.83
DOES GOD'S LAW CHANGE?
00:17:11.83\00:17:14.46
IN SPITE OF ALL THE EXAMPLES IN
THE BIBLE, THERE ARE PEOPLE OUT
00:17:14.46\00:17:19.03
THERE THAT CLAIM TO BE
CHRISTIANS THAT BELIEVE THAT
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WHEN GOD SPOKE THE TEN
COMMANDMENTS WITH HIS OWN
00:17:23.23\00:17:25.40
VOICE AND HE WROTE THEM WITH HIS
OWN FINGER IN THE PRESENCE OF
00:17:25.40\00:17:28.70
THE WHOLE NATION, THAT HE'S JUST
GONNA JUST CHANGE IT OR HE'S
00:17:28.70\00:17:32.53
GONNA SWEEP IT ASIDE AND SAY,
"WELL, WE GOT A NEW PLAN NOW."
00:17:32.53\00:17:35.60
YOU KNOW HOW
LUDICROUS THAT REALLY IS?
00:17:35.60\00:17:38.46
AND YET FOLKS HAVE GOT
THESE CLEVER ARGUMENTS THEY'VE
00:17:38.46\00:17:40.80
CONCOCTED THAT WE CAN
CHANGE THE LAW OF GOD.
00:17:40.80\00:17:44.30
IT DOESN'T CHANGE.
00:17:44.30\00:17:45.66
SO THE KING DID ALL THAT HE
COULD DO, AND THERE WAS NO WAY
00:17:45.66\00:17:49.40
OUT FOR DANIEL.
00:17:49.40\00:17:51.83
SO RELUCTANTLY, THE KING--
VERSE 16, I'M IN DANIEL 6:16,
00:17:51.83\00:17:59.66
"THE KING COMMANDED, AND THEY
BROUGHT DANIEL AND THEY CAST HIM
00:17:59.66\00:18:02.30
INTO THE DEN OF LIONS.
00:18:02.30\00:18:04.83
BUT THE KING SPOKE, AND
SAID TO DANIEL, 'YOUR GOD,
00:18:04.83\00:18:08.70
WHO YOU SERVE CONTINUALLY,
HE WILL DELIVER YOU.'"
00:18:08.70\00:18:13.96
NOW THERE'S A LOT OF US
THAT MIGHT WANT TO TAKE A PEN.
00:18:13.96\00:18:18.93
I'VE TAKEN A YELLOW HIGHLIGHTER
IN MY BIBLE WHERE IT SAYS, "YOUR
00:18:18.93\00:18:22.43
GOD WHO YOU SERVE CONTINUALLY."
00:18:22.43\00:18:25.50
IS IT POSSIBLY FOR US TO
SERVE GOD CONTINUALLY AND
00:18:25.50\00:18:28.23
CONSISTENTLY?
00:18:28.23\00:18:29.73
I THINK EVERYBODY
WHO'S A BELIEVER SERVES GOD
00:18:29.73\00:18:31.93
A LITTLE BIT SOME OF THE TIME.
00:18:31.93\00:18:33.30
RIGHT?
00:18:33.30\00:18:35.10
BUT HOW--HOW
ARE WE TO SERVE GOD?
00:18:35.10\00:18:39.03
WE WERE HIS SERVANTS ALL THE
TIME, CONTINUALLY, CONSISTENTLY.
00:18:39.03\00:18:42.40
AND THEN THE PROMISE IS "YOUR
GOD WHO YOU SERVE CONTINUALLY,
00:18:42.40\00:18:45.83
HE WILL DELIVER YOU."
00:18:45.83\00:18:47.86
IS THERE A TIME OF
TROUBLE AND A STORM COMING?
00:18:47.86\00:18:50.73
IF WE SERVE GOD
CONTINUALLY 'CAUSE WE LOVE HIM,
00:18:50.73\00:18:53.96
WILL HE DELIVER US?
00:18:53.96\00:18:55.66
I BELIEVE THAT'S A
PROMISE WE CAN COUNT ON.
00:18:55.66\00:18:59.46
"THEN THEY TOOK A STONE AND THEY
BROUGHT IT AND THEY LAID IT ON
00:18:59.46\00:19:01.86
THE MOUTH OF THE DEN."
00:19:01.86\00:19:04.40
OH, THAT SOUNDS FAMILIAR.
00:19:04.40\00:19:07.00
WAS THERE A STONE
PLACED OVER THE TOMB OF CHRIST?
00:19:07.00\00:19:12.23
AND BY THE WAY, THAT LION'S DEN
WAS THE EQUIVALENT OF A DEATH
00:19:12.23\00:19:17.53
SENTENCE, AND HE SEALED IT.
00:19:17.53\00:19:20.66
NOT ONLY WAS THERE A STONE
PLACED ON THE TOMB OF CHRIST,
00:19:20.66\00:19:23.73
BUT WHAT ELSE
WAS PUT ON THE TOMB?
00:19:23.73\00:19:26.70
GOVERNMENT SEAL AND
THAT SEAL SAID KING DARIUS,
00:19:26.70\00:19:30.90
KING MEDO-PERSIA.
00:19:30.90\00:19:33.80
ON JESUS' TOMB IT SAID,
PONTIUS PILATE, GOVERNOR, JUDEA,
00:19:33.80\00:19:39.30
SEAL PLACED ON THE STONE.
00:19:39.30\00:19:42.56
INTERESTING.
00:19:42.56\00:19:46.70
WITH THE SIGNET OF HIS LORD THAT
THE PURPOSE CONCERNING DANIEL
00:19:46.70\00:19:51.83
MIGHT NOT BE CHANGED."
00:19:51.83\00:19:53.40
THIS REINFORCED THE MIRACLE.
00:19:53.40\00:19:55.36
"NOW THE KING WENT TO HIS PALACE
AND HE SPENT THE NIGHT FASTING,
00:19:55.36\00:19:58.76
AND NO MUSICIANS WERE BROUGHT
BEFORE HIM AND HIS SLEEP WENT
00:19:58.76\00:20:02.73
FROM HIM."
00:20:02.73\00:20:03.76
WHAT DO YOU THINK THE CONDITION
WAS OF GOD IN HEAVEN DURING
00:20:03.76\00:20:06.30
THE TIME WHEN
CHRIST WAS IN THE TOMB?
00:20:06.30\00:20:09.86
WERE THEY PLAYING
THEIR HARPS IN HEAVEN?
00:20:09.86\00:20:12.60
OR WAS THERE A
GREAT SOMBERNESS THERE?
00:20:12.60\00:20:16.40
"THEN THE KING AROSE
VERY EARLY IN THE MORNING."
00:20:16.40\00:20:21.03
WHAT TIME OF DAY DID JESUS RISE?
00:20:21.03\00:20:23.16
VERY EARLY IN THE MORNING.
00:20:23.16\00:20:24.50
"AND HE WENT IN HASTE TO THE
DEN OF LIONS AND WHEN HE CAME TO
00:20:24.50\00:20:27.23
THE DEN, HE CRIED OUT WITH
A LAMENTING VOICE TO DANIEL
00:20:27.23\00:20:30.36
AND THE KING SPOKE."
00:20:30.36\00:20:32.33
THE KING'S HEART
YEARNED AFTER DANIEL.
00:20:32.33\00:20:34.63
YOU KNOW IT SAID THE KING
SET HIS HEART TO DELIVER DANIEL.
00:20:34.63\00:20:37.10
THIS WAS HIS BEST MAN.
00:20:37.10\00:20:39.20
HE DIDN'T WANT TO LOSE HIM.
00:20:39.20\00:20:44.26
"AND HE SAID, 'DANIEL,
SERVANT OF THE LIVING GOD.'"
00:20:44.26\00:20:47.70
WHY DID HE SAY THAT?
00:20:47.70\00:20:49.03
'CAUSE HE KNEW THAT DANIEL
SERVED THE REAL GOD UNLIKE
00:20:49.03\00:20:51.50
THE GODS OF MEDO-PERSIA.
00:20:51.50\00:20:54.00
"'HAS YOUR GOD WHO YOU SERVE
CONTINUALLY BEEN ABLE TO DELIVER
00:20:54.00\00:20:56.86
YOU FROM THE LIONS?'
AND DANIEL SAID TO THE KING,
00:20:56.86\00:21:00.46
'O KING, LIVE FOREVER.
00:21:00.46\00:21:02.43
MY GOD HAS SENT HIS ANGEL AND
SHUT THE LION'S MOUTH THAT THEY
00:21:02.43\00:21:06.80
HAVE NOT HURT ME BECAUSE I
WAS FOUND INNOCENT BEFORE HIM.
00:21:06.80\00:21:09.90
ALSO BEFORE YOU, O
KING, I'VE DONE NO WRONG.'"
00:21:09.90\00:21:13.00
ISN'T THAT WHAT PILATE SAID,
"I FIND NO FAULT IN JESUS"?
00:21:13.00\00:21:16.26
"THEN THE KING WAS EXCEEDINGLY
GLAD FOR HIM AND COMMANDED THEY
00:21:16.26\00:21:19.33
SHOULD TAKE
DANIEL UP OUT OF THE DEN.
00:21:19.33\00:21:21.53
SO DANIEL WAS TAKEN UP OUT
OF THE DEN AND NO INJURY OR HURT
00:21:21.53\00:21:24.96
WAS FOUND ON HIMSELF WHATSOEVER
BECAUSE HE BELIEVED IN HIS GOD."
00:21:24.96\00:21:29.83
DANIEL WAS SAVED BY FAITH.
00:21:29.83\00:21:33.96
IT STARTS OUT BY SAYING
HERE IN THE BEGINNING OF 6:4,
00:21:33.96\00:21:38.20
"HE WAS FAITHFUL."
00:21:38.20\00:21:40.56
DANIEL WAS FULL OF FAITH.
00:21:40.56\00:21:42.10
DANIEL WAS NOT SAVED BY WORKS.
00:21:42.10\00:21:43.46
HE HAD GOOD WORKS, BUT HIS WORKS
WERE BECAUSE OF GREAT FAITH.
00:21:43.46\00:21:48.23
HE WAS SAVED FROM THE
LION'S DEN BY HIS FAITH.
00:21:48.23\00:21:52.26
WHAT DOES REAL FAITH MEAN?
00:21:52.26\00:21:53.60
BECAUSE HE BELIEVED IN HIS GOD.
00:21:53.60\00:21:55.16
HE SHOWED HIS BELIEF
BY PUTTING GOD FIRST.
00:21:55.16\00:21:57.96
WHOEVER BELIEVES IN
HIM WILL NOT PERISH.
00:21:57.96\00:22:01.33
DO WE HAVE THE KIND OF BELIEF
WHERE WE TAKE OUR TIME WITH GOD?
00:22:01.33\00:22:04.20
THAT'S WHAT IT
MEANS TO BELIEVE IN HIM.
00:22:04.20\00:22:06.00
IF WE SAY WE BELIEVE IN GOD,
WE DON'T EVER GIVE HIM OUR TIME,
00:22:06.00\00:22:08.26
THEN WE'RE LYING.
00:22:08.26\00:22:09.50
IT'S NOT JUST SAYING,
"OH, I BELIEVE HE'S OUT THERE
00:22:09.50\00:22:11.30
AND HE EXISTS."
00:22:11.30\00:22:12.26
THE DEVIL SAYS THAT.
00:22:12.26\00:22:14.00
IT MEANS I BELIEVE IN
HIM AND I'M GONNA SPEND TIME
00:22:14.00\00:22:15.90
WITH HIM EVERY DAY.
00:22:15.90\00:22:17.46
THAT'S WHAT IT
MEANS TO BE-LIVE IN GOD.
00:22:17.46\00:22:20.20
"THE KING WAS EXCEEDINGLY GLAD
FOR HIM--" JESUS CAME OUT ALIVE,
00:22:20.20\00:22:24.46
DIDN'T HE?
00:22:24.46\00:22:26.03
"DANIEL CAME OUT ALIVE.
00:22:26.03\00:22:27.16
HE WAS TAKEN UP OUT
OF THE DEN AND NO INJURY
00:22:27.16\00:22:30.30
WHATEVER WAS FOUND ON HIM."
00:22:30.30\00:22:31.66
THEY NEEDED BAND-AIDS.
00:22:31.66\00:22:34.16
NOT EVEN THE SMELL OF
SMOKE WAS ON SHADRACH, MESHACH
00:22:34.16\00:22:37.53
AND ABEDNEGO.
00:22:37.53\00:22:38.56
WHEN GOD SAVES YOU, HE
SAVES YOU COMPLETELY, AMEN?
00:22:38.56\00:22:42.43
AND SOME PEOPLE SAY, "WELL,
THE LIONS WEREN'T HUNGRY."
00:22:42.43\00:22:45.76
NO, IF YOU DON'T THINK THE
LIONS WERE HUNGRY, KEEP READING.
00:22:45.76\00:22:48.26
"THE KING GAVE COMMAND AND
THEY BROUGHT THOSE MEN WHO HAD
00:22:48.26\00:22:51.60
ACCUSED DANIEL AND THEY
CAST THEM INTO THE DEN OF LIONS,
00:22:51.60\00:22:55.50
THEM, THEIR CHILDREN, THEIR
WIVES AND THE LIONS OVERPOWERED
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THEM AND BROKE ALL THEIR BONES
IN PIECES OR EVER THEY CAME TO
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THE BOTTOM OF THE DEN."
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THOSE LIONS WERE
VERY FEROCIOUS LIONS.
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NOW DANIEL STANDING UP
NOT ONLY WAS IT A WITNESS.
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LISTEN, THE KING HE SENT
OUT A DECREE THAT EVERYONE WAS
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SUPPOSED TO PRAY TO THE KING.
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THAT DECREE IS COMPLETELY
FORGOTTEN AND SWALLOWED UP
00:23:17.66\00:23:20.63
BY THE NEXT DECREE.
00:23:20.63\00:23:22.33
THIS DECREE IS WHAT THE
KING SENDS OUT THAT THE PEOPLE
00:23:22.33\00:23:24.93
REMEMBER.
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"TO ALL PEOPLES NATIONS
AND LANGUAGE THAT DWELL ON THE
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EARTH, PEACE BE
MULTIPLIED TO YOU.
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I MAKE A DECREE IN EVERY
DOMINION OF MY KINGDOM THAT MEN
00:23:32.13\00:23:35.80
MUST TREMBLE IN FEAR
BEFORE--" KING DARIUS?
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NO.
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"THE GOD OF DANIEL.
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FOR HE IS THE LIVING GOD AND
STEADFAST FOREVER IN HIS KINGDOM
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IS THE ONE THAT
SHALL NOT BE DESTROYED."
00:23:47.03\00:23:49.46
NOT MEDO-PERSIA.
00:23:49.46\00:23:50.76
"AND HIS DOMINION SHALL ENDURE
TO THE END, AND HE DELIVERS AND
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RESCUES AND HE WORKS SIGNS AND
WONDERS IN HEAVEN AND ON EARTH
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WHO HAS DELIVERED DANIEL
FROM THE POWER OF THE LIONS."
00:23:57.90\00:24:01.33
THIS IS REALLY WHAT GOD
THE FATHER DID WITH JESUS
00:24:01.33\00:24:04.13
WHEN HE WAS RESURRECTED.
00:24:04.13\00:24:07.00
"SO THIS DANIEL PROSPERED
IN THE REIGN OF DARIUS AND IN
00:24:07.00\00:24:10.50
THE REIGN OF CYRUS THE PERSIAN.
00:24:10.50\00:24:12.26
IN THE FIRST YEAR OF CYRUS'
REIGN, HE ISSUED THE DECREE THAT
00:24:12.26\00:24:16.10
JERUSALEM SHOULD BE REBUILT."
00:24:16.10\00:24:19.03
AND I'D LIKE TO THINK
THAT DANIEL WAS, AS AN OLD MAN,
00:24:19.03\00:24:24.00
RETIRED FROM HIS
RESPONSIBILITIES IN MEDO-PERSIA
00:24:24.00\00:24:27.46
WHERE HE COULD GO BACK AND
DIE IN HIS HOME COUNTRY WITH
00:24:27.46\00:24:30.86
THE KNOWLEDGE THAT THE TEMPLE
WAS GONNA BE REBUILT; THAT WAS
00:24:30.86\00:24:33.20
THE REAL PRAYER OF HIS HEART.
00:24:33.20\00:24:35.36
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00:24:42.90\00:24:45.36
THE MOTHER AND THE
FATHER, AND STILL HAVE LOVE?
00:24:45.36\00:24:50.10
>> IF OUR LOVE AND UNITY
ADVERTISES FOR CHRIST, OUR
00:24:52.53\00:24:54.93
DIVISION
ADVERTISES FOR THE DEVIL.
00:24:54.93\00:24:57.66
>> CAN YOU THINK OF HIGHER
EXAMPLE OF ONENESS THAN THE
00:25:01.86\00:25:04.66
ONENESS OF JESUS AND THE FATHER?
00:25:04.66\00:25:07.96
HOW DO WE GET
THAT KIND OF UNITY?
00:25:07.96\00:25:10.00
>> VIRTUALLY EVERYONE ON THE
00:25:11.70\00:25:11.73
EARTH, REGARDLESS OF RELIGION
OR NATIONALITY, RECOGNIZE THAT
00:25:17.93\00:25:22.00
THERE IS SOME FORM OF BATTLE
RAGING IN THE WORLD AROUND US,
00:25:22.00\00:25:25.96
BETWEEN THE
FORCES OF GOOD AND EVIL.
00:25:25.96\00:25:28.96
A COLOSSAL STRUGGLE
BETWEEN LIGHT AND DARKNESS,
00:25:28.96\00:25:32.03
TRUTH AND ERROR,
OPPRESSION AND FREEDOM,
00:25:32.03\00:25:35.23
RIGHT AND WRONG, AND
ULTIMATELY LIFE AND DEATH.
00:25:35.23\00:25:40.50
>> IN THE
BEGINNING, THERE WAS PEACE.
00:25:52.10\00:25:56.46
WHY DID IT CHANGE?
00:25:59.56\00:26:01.36
>> WHEN THE REIGN OF
LUCIFER COMES, WE WILL LIVE
00:26:01.36\00:26:03.56
THE EXISTENCE WE
ARE SUPPOSED TO LIVE.
00:26:03.56\00:26:05.83
IN FREEDOM!
00:26:05.83\00:26:08.70
>> GOD HAS MADE A BIG MISTAKE.
00:26:09.53\00:26:12.30
GOD WILL NOT BE IN
CHARGE OF OUR LIVES ANY LONGER.
00:26:12.30\00:26:16.96
>> THIS IS A STORY THAT
INVOLVES EVERY SINGLE PERSON.
00:26:16.96\00:26:21.60
THE COSMIC CONFLICT.
00:26:21.60\00:26:26.80
>> HELLO FRIENDS, THE STORY
OF DANIEL AND THE LION'S DEN
00:26:44.30\00:26:47.60
HAS BEEN TOLD FOR
THOUSANDS OF YEARS.
00:26:47.60\00:26:50.03
HIS FAITH AND CONVICTION,
WHEN TESTED, WAS A CONSTANT
00:26:50.03\00:26:52.93
THROUGHOUT HIS LIFE.
00:26:52.93\00:26:54.40
A LOT OF THIS IS BECAUSE OF HIS
STRONG RELATIONSHIP TO PRAYER.
00:26:54.40\00:26:58.30
IT'S NOTED THAT DANIEL
PRAYED THREE TIMES A DAY.
00:26:58.30\00:27:01.30
WHAT A WONDERFUL
EXAMPLE FOR US TO COPY.
00:27:01.30\00:27:04.13
PRAYER IS SAID TO BE THE KEY IN
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00:27:04.13\00:27:07.80
THE TREASURES OF HEAVEN.
00:27:07.80\00:27:09.60
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