The Bible tells us, "In
the beginning was the Word,
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and the Word was with
God, and the Word was God."
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It says, "To
receive with meekness
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the implanted Word,
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which is able
to save your souls.
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And to be diligent
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to present
yourself approved to God,
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rightly dividing
the Word of truth."
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Join us now for the
3ABN Sabbath School Panel.
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Our study today is
the Book of Daniel.
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Hello, I'm Shelley Quinn,
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and we're so
glad you're joining us
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for today's
Sabbath School panel.
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We are continuing
our study in Daniel,
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and today we're on
lesson number three.
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Daniel Chapter 2,
which is showing us
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that the God of
heaven is actually moving
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human history to
its grand finale.
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I want to encourage you.
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This is such a wonderful
study and we want you to go,
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if you don't have a quarterly,
go to ABSG.Adventist.org,
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and you can
download your own copy,
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or better yet go by your local
Seventh-day Adventist Church,
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they'd be happy
to give you a copy.
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And I'm sure they'd be thrilled
if you join their study group.
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Let me introduce
our wonderful panel.
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Next to me I
have Pastor Ryan Day.
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Pastor.
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It's always good to
be here. Love the Bible.
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Love this panel. Amen.
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And I'm excited to study.
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Well, we're glad you're with us.
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And then Jill
Morikone, the COO of 3ABN.
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Thank you, Shelley,
a privilege to be here
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and open up the Word of God.
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We can't wait to hear
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what list you're
bringing us today.
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There is a list.
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Pastor Kenny Shelton.
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Always a pleasure, love
to study the Word of God,
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especially the Book of Daniel.
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Amen. Amen.
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And then the one
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who is most
excited about this study
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are my own pastor,
Pastor John Lomacang.
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I need to sound excited.
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Amen for the Book of Daniel.
Amen for the Book of Daniel.
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And we're glad that we're
going to study it together,
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and we're glad that
you are going to join us
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in this amazing excursion
of unfolding the Word of God.
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Amen.
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Kenny, would you
please have our prayer?
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Absolutely.
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Loving Father in heaven,
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we thank You again for Your love
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that You have for us, now
we invite thy Holy Spirit.
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We pray that
You'll come in abundance,
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You'll touch our hearts,
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touch our
lives, touch our minds.
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Help us to be ready,
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Lord, with that
which you have for us,
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I know you have a feast in store
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and we pray that Your
Holy Spirit will impart
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that to each
and every one of us,
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and we pray for the
listeners and for the viewers,
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may each one
hearts and lives be open.
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And may each one as they
hear these beautiful truths,
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come to the point of deciding
they want to follow Jesus
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all the way
regardless of the cost.
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Thank you, Lord, for
hearing, for answering prayer.
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Be with each one
here in a special way,
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those behind the scenes,
and those who are in front,
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in Jesus' name, amen.
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Amen and amen.
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Great story in the
introduction of this lesson
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in our quarterly,
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and it's talking about in
the waters around Greenland,
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there are icebergs
of every shape and size,
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and the smaller icebergs
are driven by the wind across,
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whatever direction of the wind,
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that's the
direction they're going in.
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But the larger
icebergs are carried
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by the ocean currents.
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And so sometimes,
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they may be going
in opposite directions.
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And we're looking at
what is going on in history.
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Sometimes it's like, no
way, what's happening here?
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And you know what?
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Truth be known
at that, we think,
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maybe it is the
rise and fall of nations
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is happening by human whim.
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Now, God is that
deep undercurrent
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that is moving things
along and we can be sure
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that everything is
going to happen according
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to His sovereign purpose.
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All right, Sunday's
lesson is the immanence of God,
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and that is I-M-M-A-N-E-N-C-E.
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the reason I want to spell that,
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immanent and
imminent, two different words.
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I-M-M-I,
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is talking when we talk about
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the imminent
return of Jesus Christ.
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We are then talking about
something that's very near.
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But the I-M-M-A, immanence
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is when you're talking
about the closeness of God,
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compared to His transcendence,
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how high God is
above everything.
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So let's look at this.
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When we think about this, God,
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imminence means that God
is present in all of creation.
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But this isn't like
the pantheistic belief
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that He's in everything.
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Imminence means that
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He is distinct
from His creation.
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He's apart from His creation,
yet He is everywhere in His,
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there's nowhere
that He is not present
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and that He is exercising
sovereign control to uphold it.
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Two of God's many attributes
is that He is both nearby
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and far away.
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So imminence
means God is near us,
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present within space and time.
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Let's look at Colossians 1:17,
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because this is a
perfect example for imminence,
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Colossians 1:17.
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Speaking of Jesus, it says,
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"He is before all things,
and in Him all things consist.
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He sustains all life,
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He sustains the
universe with His power,
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and He maintains
the balance necessary
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for everything to exist."
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Hebrews 1:3 says that,
"He upholds, and propels,
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and maintains everything
by His mighty word of power."
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So, the written
word of God testifies
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to His personal interest,
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His personal
action in our lives.
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If you want to know
how personal God is,
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think about this.
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He came to earth to become a man
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and die on the cross for us.
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That's right. Amen.
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So, imminence is
God, God with us.
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Another one is Acts 17:28.
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Another great example.
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Acts 17:28 says,
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"For in him we live and
move and have our being,
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as also some of your
own prophets have said,
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'For we are
also His offspring.'"
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What does that say?
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None of us are
independent from God.
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You might think
you are, you might say,
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I don't even believe in God.
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Let me tell you something,
you don't exist apart from Him.
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So transcendence
is that God exists
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outside of space and time.
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Let's think about Isaiah 55:9.
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That's the best example
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I could think of
for transcendence,
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means he's far off, Isaiah 55:9,
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"For as the heavens
are higher than the earth.
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The Lord says, so are my
ways higher than your ways,
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and my thoughts
than your thoughts."
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We can't fit God
into some little mold
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that we try to make.
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He's
incomprehensible. That's right.
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You know, and
sometimes I think we do,
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I think we try
to put him in a box.
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He is transistent,
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He exists apart from everything.
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He's not subject
to the limitations
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of this material universe.
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So God's thoughts and
deeds are far above humanity.
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And actually, when
you think about it,
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even grace is beyond
human comprehension, isn't it?
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God declares that
He is omnipresent,
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that He is, that
means He's everywhere,
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that He is omniscient,
that He knows everything
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in both an imminent close way,
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and in a transcendent way.
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Here's the best scripture
I could think of for that.
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Psalm 57:2, I love this promise.
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I love this
beautiful word of the Lord.
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Psalm 57:2,
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"I will cry out
to God Most High,"
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that is the transcendent
God that's above everything,
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"to God, who
performs all things for me."
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See,
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His transcendence
never removes His imminence.
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He may be God Most High,
transcendent above everything,
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but He is the God
who performs His vows.
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He is the God who
performs all things for us.
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He is our imminent God.
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So now let's look
at Daniel Chapter 2.
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We're gonna look at a crisis,
that the Hebrews were facing.
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Daniel Chapter 2, and
we'll start with verse 1.
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Nebuchadnezzar is having dreams,
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his spirit's so
troubled that sleep leaves him,
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he calls the
magicians, the astrologers,
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the sorcerers, the cult,
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the Chaldeans who were a
special class of soothsayers,
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and to tell, he wants
them to tell him his dream.
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Dreams were taken very seriously
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in the ancient world.
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The Babylonians believed
that the gods could reveal
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the interpretation of the dream.
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So verse 3, "The
king said to them,
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'I have had a dream,
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and my spirit is
anxious to know the dream.'"
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This dream he
had was foreboding,
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it was giving him
an anxious spirit,
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he thought that perhaps
there was an impending disaster.
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So either he can't remember it
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or he could have
actually been testing his guys
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to see if they're gonna
give him an honest answer.
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But he was anxious
for the interpretation.
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He didn't want deception.
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So verse 4 says,
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"The Chaldeans spoke
to the king in Aramaic,
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'O King, live forever!
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Tell your servants the dream,
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we will give you
the interpretation.'"
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"And the king
answers, 'My decision is firm.
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If you do not make
known the dream to me
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and its interpretation,
you shall be," what?
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Cut in pieces. "Cut in pieces.
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Your houses shall
be made an ash heap.
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However, if you tell the dream,
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its interpretation you
shall receive from me gifts,
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rewards and great honor."
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Verse 9 says,
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"If you do not make
known the dream to me,
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there is only
one decree for you.
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For you have agreed to
speak, lying and corrupt words
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before me till
the time has changed."
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So he didn't
trust them obviously.
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He says,
"Therefore tell me the dream,
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then I shall know that
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you can give me
its interpretation.
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So the Chaldeans
answered and said,
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'There's not a man on
earth who can tell you,
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the king's matter.
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Therefore no king, lord
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or ruler has ever
asked for such a thing
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from any magician, or
astrologer, or a Chaldean."
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The pagan dream
experts didn't know the dream.
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So they couldn't come
up with an interpretation
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that would please the king.
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This is not really an
unprecedented situation.
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We're going to
look in just a minute.
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I know that.
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Well, let me go forward.
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Verse 11,
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"It is a difficult
thing that the king requests,
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there is no other who
can tell it to the king,
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except the gods
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whose dwelling
is not with flesh."
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Well, they were right there.
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They're just thinking
of the wrong gods, right?
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So despite all of
their incantations,
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all of their magic
and their astrology,
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they're not capable
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of receiving a
supernatural revelation.
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Verse 12, "The king
is angry, he's furious,
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he commands to know the answer
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or destroy all of
the wise men of Babylon."
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Darius I
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had all the Magi executed
because of the conspiracy.
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Xerxes put to
death all the engineers
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who had built a
bridge that collapsed,
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so this isn't
totally unprecedented
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as far as the
decree, but now it goes out,
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and immediately they
begin killing the wise men.
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Well, guess what?
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Daniel and his three buddies
are on the cabinet staff.
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Yes. That's right.
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You know, they're going to,
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they have
finished their schooling,
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and now they're in
danger of being killed.
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So what does he do?
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Daniel and his friends,
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actually, Daniel goes to him.
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In verse 14.
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It says, "With
counsel and wisdom,"
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when Arioch came to tell Daniel,
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"Hey, off with your head."
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He said,
"Daniel answered Arioch,
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the captain of the king's guard
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who'd gone out to kill
the wise men in Babylon,
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saying to him,
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'Why is the decree
from the king, so urgent?'
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And then Arioch made the
decision known to Daniel.
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So Daniel went in
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and asked the
king to give him time,
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that he might tell the
king the interpretation.'"
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Here's the point.
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Daniel trusted
that God could give him
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a supernatural interpretation.
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Interestingly,
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the king told the
wise men, his astrologers,
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you're just trying to buy time.
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He wouldn't give them any time.
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He gives Daniel the time. Amen.
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Oh, wow, praise the Lord.
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I love this
story because it shows
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just how powerful God is
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in a sense of how He
works with His people,
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and through His people
during times of hardship,
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times of challenge and trial,
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which is exactly what Daniel,
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I'm sure felt
like he was enduring
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at that time, the
trial of his life.
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Could you imagine someone coming
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and knocking on your door
in the middle of the night
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and saying, "Hey,
I'm here to murder you."
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You know, I
can't imagine the fear
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and the feeling that he
had in that very moment.
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But nonetheless,
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as you just clearly brought out,
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and the scripture says, he goes,
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and he gets the
permission from the king.
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Give me more time.
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And, of course, I just have to,
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before I get
into this text here,
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because this is Monday's lesson,
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Monday's lesson is
entitled The Prayer.
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All right.
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Simple, the prayer.
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And it's funny
because this is the part
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or the aspect of the lesson,
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or the passage
that most people would
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just read right over and think,
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you know, "Oh, let's
get to the good stuff.
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Let's get to the,
you know, the image
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and the meaning of the
image and interpretation."
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But all of this is based
upon and starts with a prayer...
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Amen.
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And it's powerful to
think that many times,
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we, probably we as
humans in our carnal mind,
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I can imagine that if
we were probably dished
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this particular situation,
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we found ourselves
in a similar situation.
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You know, I'd find
myself in many situations
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where it's my
natural carnal mind
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wants to start plotting
and planning to figure out,
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you know, the answer myself.
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Instead of going to
the Lord and saying,
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Lord, I'm not wise
enough, I'm not smart enough,
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I'm not intelligent enough,
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Lord, to get myself
out of this situation.
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But yet often times,
that's exactly what we do,
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as we start to plan and plot,
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because we believe in ourselves,
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what if I just come
up with the right plan,
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the right motives
behind the right plan,
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I just might go ahead
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and dig myself
out of this situation.
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But we know that, that's
not what Daniel had done,
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because Daniel
goes back to his house
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and as you and
I might have done,
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we probably would
have plotted our way
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to try to escape, you know,
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the wrath of the king
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or try to get it get
out of this situation.
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Daniel takes his situation
right to the Lord in prayer,
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because he knows that
God has all the answers.
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And so I'm gonna start reading
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in Daniel Chapter 2
beginning with verse 17,
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and we're going to
read through verse 23.
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And so it says, "Then
Daniel went to his house,
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and made the
decision known to Hananiah,
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Meshael and
Azariah, his companions."
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And I just have to pause there,
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notice how Daniel
didn't just take this
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to the Lord in
prayer by himself.
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Good.
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He said,
brothers, we got to pray.
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You know, we're
counseled in the Word of God,
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that we take the, in
a multitude of people,
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Got hears His people's prayers.
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And so we can learn
something from Daniel
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and his companions here.
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It goes on in verse 18, to say,
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"That they
might seek the mercies
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from the God of
heaven, concerning this secret
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so that Daniel
and his companions
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might not perish
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with the rest of
the wise men of Babylon.
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Then, the secret was revealed
to Daniel in a night vision.
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So Daniel blessed
the God of heaven."
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So I just want to pause there.
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I had to tell a
quick story because,
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when you read
this, this is powerful,
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Daniel and his
companions, they pray.
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And then, of course,
there's, Daniel goes to sleep.
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So you and I wouldn't
probably be able to go to sleep,
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you know, that
weighing on our minds, you know,
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there's a chance
that I'm going to die
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if the Lord chooses
not to answer this prayer,
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but Daniel's like,
I'm gonna go to sleep.
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So in a night vision, of course,
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as I'm sure he was asleep,
God gives him the answer.
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He answers his prayer.
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And, you know,
I'll never forget this
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because this was just, actually,
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just recently, I'm on my way.
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I'm on my way to an
evangelistic series.
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And this particular part
that I was driving through,
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just before I
arrived to my destination,
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I was driving
through a horrible thick fog.
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And there was a storm
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that had come up
at that same time,
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and it was raining so
hard, I couldn't see anything.
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And, you know,
here I am, really,
00:17:44.66\00:17:46.09
you know, trying
to white knuckle this,
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the steering wheel and really
trying to pay close attention
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as I'm driving
in this very harsh,
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you know, environment.
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And then it hits me, you know,
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I've never really said a prayer
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in the sense to ask
Jesus to do something
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so drastically before, you know,
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some of you, you hear
these prayers all the time,
00:18:01.78\00:18:03.11
well, I asked the
Lord to deliver me
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and He came through,
00:18:04.61\00:18:05.95
and I asked the Lord
to, you know, stop the rain
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and it stopped, you
know, and so I thought,
00:18:07.55\00:18:09.08
you know, I'm gonna try this.
00:18:09.12\00:18:10.45
So I called out
to the Lord, I said,
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"Lord,
00:18:11.85\00:18:13.39
I want to make it to
my destination safely.
00:18:13.42\00:18:16.09
And I don't want
to die tonight, Lord."
00:18:16.12\00:18:17.59
This is, it was
getting very rough.
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And so I prayed,
Lord, if you see fit,
00:18:19.43\00:18:22.26
please make this
rain stop or diminish,"
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so that I can
see to make my way,
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you know, to my destination.
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And I promise you, not even
with three seconds from that,
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from the moment I said amen.
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It was like this rain went...
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drip, drip, drip.
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That's it. Amen.
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And at that very moment, I
kind of had, I was by myself,
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I had one of those
like, amazing like,
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aha moments like, wow,
00:18:42.78\00:18:44.29
you know, and I found myself
the natural response is that,
00:18:44.32\00:18:49.16
I had 30 miles to
go, and I promise you,
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for the next 30 miles
00:18:51.49\00:18:52.83
all I could think
of was praise you, God.
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Amen.
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Thank you, Lord, because
it really happened so swift.
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It was clear that God had
intervened at that moment.
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Notice Daniel's response.
00:19:00.70\00:19:02.04
Notice how he just
doesn't wake up and go,
00:19:02.07\00:19:04.11
"Oh, King, you
know, got your answer."
00:19:04.14\00:19:07.41
Notice his response
beginning in verse 20.
00:19:07.44\00:19:09.94
"Daniel answered and said:
00:19:09.98\00:19:11.58
'Blessed be the name
of God forever and ever
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for wisdom and might are His.'"
00:19:14.65\00:19:16.85
So he's praising God,
00:19:16.89\00:19:18.22
instead of taking the
answer immediately to the king,
00:19:18.25\00:19:20.26
which he's going to do.
00:19:20.29\00:19:21.96
He stops for a moment to say,
00:19:21.99\00:19:23.32
Lord, You've
humbly answered my prayer.
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I want to give you praises.
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He goes on in verse 21,
00:19:28.13\00:19:29.46
"And he changes the
times and the seasons.
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He removes kings
and raises up kings,
00:19:31.47\00:19:33.57
He gives wisdom to
the wise and knowledge
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to those who have understanding,
00:19:35.67\00:19:37.17
He reveals deep
and secret things,
00:19:37.21\00:19:38.77
He knows what
is in the darkness,
00:19:38.81\00:19:40.84
and light dwells with Him.
00:19:40.88\00:19:42.91
I thank You and Praise
You, O God of my fathers,
00:19:42.94\00:19:46.35
You have given
me wisdom and might
00:19:46.38\00:19:48.42
and have now made known to me,
00:19:48.45\00:19:50.22
what we asked of
you," and you, notice,
00:19:50.25\00:19:53.15
"for You have made known
to us the king's demand."
00:19:53.19\00:19:56.19
So he stops and
he gives God praise.
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Amen. Amen.
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And I just want to
ask a question here,
00:20:00.36\00:20:02.10
simple but profound.
00:20:02.13\00:20:03.47
Does God consider it important
00:20:03.50\00:20:06.17
that we respond
to Him in praise?
00:20:06.20\00:20:09.14
In moments like these
how many times do we stop
00:20:09.17\00:20:11.61
and pause to say, you know,
00:20:11.64\00:20:13.27
I didn't get this job on my own.
00:20:13.31\00:20:15.84
It's because of the Lord.
00:20:15.88\00:20:17.65
You know, I
didn't get the answer
00:20:17.68\00:20:19.28
to my question by myself.
00:20:19.31\00:20:21.32
It's because of
God. That's right.
00:20:21.35\00:20:22.68
I wasn't able to
pay that bill on my own.
00:20:22.72\00:20:24.85
It was because
the Lord provided.
00:20:24.89\00:20:26.25
How many times do
we consider the trials
00:20:26.29\00:20:29.49
and the
tribulations, and the things
00:20:29.52\00:20:30.89
that when the
challenges in life,
00:20:30.93\00:20:32.73
we're able to overcome
them and move past them
00:20:32.76\00:20:34.90
because God
sees us through them.
00:20:34.93\00:20:36.67
And the answer to
the question, you know,
00:20:36.70\00:20:38.20
does God consider it important
to respond to Him with praise?
00:20:38.23\00:20:41.30
The answer is yes, He does.
00:20:41.34\00:20:43.14
You know, I consider the passage
00:20:43.17\00:20:44.81
in Luke Chapter 17.
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That's the story came to mind.
00:20:46.21\00:20:47.54
And, of course, it's
referenced also in the lesson,
00:20:47.58\00:20:50.21
Luke 17:14-19.
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It says, "So when he saw them,"
00:20:53.05\00:20:54.65
this is when Jesus
heals the 10 lepers, okay?
00:20:54.68\00:20:57.39
Now notice it, it's powerful.
00:20:57.42\00:20:58.89
"So when he saw
them, he said to them,
00:20:58.92\00:21:00.86
go show
yourselves to the priest.
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And so it was as they
went, they were cleansed."
00:21:02.79\00:21:05.86
Okay, so Jesus
heals them, right?
00:21:05.89\00:21:08.60
And then notice verse 15.
00:21:08.63\00:21:09.96
"And one of them,
00:21:10.00\00:21:11.33
when he saw that he
was healed, returned,
00:21:11.37\00:21:13.30
and with a loud
voice, glorified God.
00:21:13.34\00:21:15.97
And fell down on
his face at His feet,
00:21:16.00\00:21:18.97
giving Him thanks.
00:21:19.01\00:21:20.34
And he was a Samaritan."
00:21:20.38\00:21:21.98
And then verse 17,
"So Jesus had said to him,
00:21:22.01\00:21:24.78
'Were there not ten cleansed?
00:21:24.81\00:21:26.75
But where are the nine?
00:21:26.78\00:21:28.58
Were there not any found
00:21:28.62\00:21:29.95
who returned to
give glory to God
00:21:29.98\00:21:32.52
except for this foreigner?'
00:21:32.55\00:21:34.36
And he said to them, 'Arise,
00:21:34.39\00:21:35.72
go your way for your
faith has made you well.'"
00:21:35.76\00:21:37.49
This one man out of
the nine returns to say,
00:21:37.53\00:21:39.86
God, "Thank you.
00:21:39.89\00:21:41.23
Praise be to you, Jesus,
00:21:41.26\00:21:42.60
because I
wouldn't have this healing.
00:21:42.63\00:21:44.47
I wouldn't be
where I am without you."
00:21:44.50\00:21:46.90
And so in this time of trial,
00:21:46.94\00:21:49.14
Daniel is faced
with him losing his life,
00:21:49.17\00:21:51.87
and he doesn't
know where else to go
00:21:51.91\00:21:53.24
but said, "Lord,
00:21:53.27\00:21:54.84
I'm asking for You to intervene.
00:21:54.88\00:21:56.24
And when he does,
he doesn't just burst
00:21:56.28\00:21:58.48
into the king's
courts immediately,
00:21:58.51\00:22:00.98
he stops and he says,
"Lord, praise be to you.
00:22:01.02\00:22:03.79
Praise be to You, Lord,
because you are worthy."
00:22:03.82\00:22:06.02
I also think of, we're going to
read this in Daniel Chapter 6.
00:22:06.05\00:22:08.42
But notice this,
00:22:08.46\00:22:09.79
in the face of one of
the largest trials again,
00:22:09.82\00:22:11.73
in which Daniel is
faced to lose his life.
00:22:11.76\00:22:13.90
Notice Daniel 6:10.
00:22:13.93\00:22:16.00
It says, "Now when Daniel knew
that the writing with signed,"
00:22:16.03\00:22:19.03
speaking of the decree
that King Darius had made
00:22:19.07\00:22:23.94
to send anyone to the lions' den
00:22:23.97\00:22:25.54
who prayed to
their God other than him,
00:22:25.57\00:22:27.84
for 30 days.
00:22:27.88\00:22:29.21
Notice what it says,
00:22:29.24\00:22:30.58
"When Daniel knew
the writing was signed,
00:22:30.61\00:22:31.95
he went home, and
in his upper room,
00:22:31.98\00:22:34.12
with his windows
open towards Jerusalem,
00:22:34.15\00:22:36.45
he knelt down on his
knees, three times a day,"
00:22:36.48\00:22:39.15
and notice "and he prayed
and gave thanks before God,
00:22:39.19\00:22:42.52
as it was his
custom since early days."
00:22:42.56\00:22:45.43
This is powerful, because,
00:22:45.46\00:22:47.60
you know, how many
times do we find ourselves
00:22:47.63\00:22:49.16
on our knees in
prayer thanking God?
00:22:49.20\00:22:51.27
You know, this is a
powerful lesson to learn
00:22:51.30\00:22:53.07
and as I reflect and consider
00:22:53.10\00:22:55.67
what is written here, you know,
00:22:55.70\00:22:57.14
Daniel in the face of adversity
and the greatest challenges.
00:22:57.17\00:23:01.14
He had so much faith
that he was able to kneel,
00:23:01.18\00:23:04.41
and he was able to
stop for a moment in time,
00:23:04.45\00:23:07.32
not knowing if the Lord
was going to deliver him.
00:23:07.35\00:23:09.48
I think he had faith.
00:23:09.52\00:23:10.85
I know he had faith that
the Lord could deliver him.
00:23:10.89\00:23:12.79
But you know what, Lord,
00:23:12.82\00:23:14.16
if You choose to do it,
00:23:14.19\00:23:15.52
or if You don't choose to do it,
00:23:15.56\00:23:16.89
praise be to you.
00:23:16.93\00:23:18.26
Notice how God
had not delivered him
00:23:18.29\00:23:19.63
from the lions' den yet,
00:23:19.66\00:23:21.00
but he's still
giving thanks to God
00:23:21.03\00:23:22.36
knowing exactly what
doom lies ahead of him.
00:23:22.40\00:23:25.17
And that's a lesson
that we all can learn,
00:23:25.20\00:23:27.44
that in times of trial
and times of tribulation
00:23:27.47\00:23:31.31
and challenges in our life.
00:23:31.34\00:23:33.01
I want to make an appeal.
00:23:33.04\00:23:34.38
You know, we need to
learn to be a praying people.
00:23:34.41\00:23:37.75
We need to learn
to not just go to God
00:23:37.78\00:23:39.31
with an open hand and say, Lord,
00:23:39.35\00:23:40.68
give me, give me, give me,
00:23:40.72\00:23:42.05
I need you to come
through, because guess what?
00:23:42.08\00:23:43.92
He will, He's promised
us that He will come through
00:23:43.95\00:23:46.19
if we're faithful to Him.
00:23:46.22\00:23:47.56
But then a follow
up would be, Lord,
00:23:47.59\00:23:49.26
praise be to You,
because You deserve it.
00:23:49.29\00:23:51.79
You are mighty,
You are wonderful.
00:23:51.83\00:23:53.80
You, Lord, deserve
all glory and honor.
00:23:53.83\00:23:55.83
And I just praise God
that He is the God of love
00:23:55.86\00:23:59.53
that He is a God
that answers prayers,
00:23:59.57\00:24:01.54
and hears His people
00:24:01.57\00:24:02.90
and comes through
in the perfect timing.
00:24:02.94\00:24:05.77
Ryan, there's only
one thing wrong with you.
00:24:05.81\00:24:07.91
You don't have any enthusiasm.
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I think, praise the Lord
that God brought you here
00:24:11.05\00:24:14.92
and we are going
to take a quick break.
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We'll be right back. Amen.
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Now we'll continue in
our study with Jill Morikone
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who will bring Tuesday's lesson,
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The Image, part one.
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Thank you both so much,
00:25:02.86\00:25:04.20
what an
incredible foundation laid.
00:25:04.23\00:25:06.27
I love the Book of Daniel.
00:25:06.30\00:25:08.97
And to me as we're
getting in Chapter 1, Chapter 2,
00:25:09.00\00:25:11.67
we get to see more
of Daniel's character.
00:25:11.71\00:25:14.41
We get to see more of his
walk and relationship with God.
00:25:14.44\00:25:17.88
But most importantly,
00:25:17.91\00:25:19.25
we get to see the
God that Daniel served.
00:25:19.28\00:25:22.28
And I love this
set up that God did,
00:25:22.32\00:25:25.52
with this whole chapter
to me, it was just a set up.
00:25:25.55\00:25:28.46
Nebuchadnezzar had the dream,
00:25:28.49\00:25:30.03
which Shelley had talked
about that he couldn't remember.
00:25:30.06\00:25:33.26
And I think that
was the hand of God,
00:25:33.29\00:25:35.56
Pastor Kenny,
00:25:35.60\00:25:36.93
because it showed the humaneness
00:25:36.97\00:25:38.57
of his advisors,
00:25:38.60\00:25:40.14
and his magicians,
astrologers, sorcerers
00:25:40.17\00:25:43.30
that they could
not reveal the dream,
00:25:43.34\00:25:45.14
and it also showed the
frailty and the humaneness
00:25:45.17\00:25:48.51
of the gods that they served
00:25:48.54\00:25:51.35
because they couldn't
help the matter either.
00:25:51.38\00:25:54.18
Only someone
divine could answer.
00:25:54.22\00:25:57.52
Only God Himself
could reveal the dream
00:25:57.55\00:26:00.52
and the interpretation.
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In fact the Chaldean
said that in Daniel 2:11,
00:26:02.59\00:26:05.23
which we already read,
00:26:05.26\00:26:06.59
"It is a difficult
thing that the king requests,
00:26:06.63\00:26:09.23
there is no other who
can tell it to the king
00:26:09.26\00:26:11.43
except the gods whose
dwelling is not with flesh."
00:26:11.47\00:26:14.40
And we know which God that is.
00:26:14.44\00:26:16.84
That is the Lord
Jesus Christ, Jehovah God.
00:26:16.87\00:26:20.38
God showed up and
provided the answer.
00:26:20.41\00:26:23.71
So it was
unmistakable that He is God.
00:26:23.75\00:26:28.65
So the Image part 1,
00:26:28.68\00:26:30.65
we're going to
look at six verses,
00:26:30.69\00:26:32.02
we're going to look
at verses 24 through 30.
00:26:32.05\00:26:35.16
This is Daniel 2:24-30.
00:26:35.19\00:26:38.26
And here come the lessons
00:26:38.29\00:26:40.20
that I have gleaned
from these six verses.
00:26:40.23\00:26:43.23
There are six lessons actually.
00:26:43.26\00:26:45.03
Lesson number one,
00:26:45.07\00:26:46.40
a true Christian
cares about others.
00:26:46.43\00:26:49.94
He even cares about
those who have hurt him.
00:26:49.97\00:26:53.98
Let's read verse 24.
00:26:54.01\00:26:55.64
"Therefore,
Daniel went to Arioch,
00:26:55.68\00:26:57.38
whom the king had appointed
00:26:57.41\00:26:58.75
to destroy the
wise men of Babylon,
00:26:58.78\00:27:01.38
he went and said thus to him,
00:27:01.42\00:27:03.15
'Do not destroy the
wise men of Babylon,
00:27:03.18\00:27:05.32
take me before the king,
00:27:05.35\00:27:07.26
and I will tell the
king the interpretation.'"
00:27:07.29\00:27:09.82
So remember, the Lord,
Ryan, had this portion,
00:27:09.86\00:27:12.46
the Lord revealed to Daniel
in a vision, a night vision,
00:27:12.49\00:27:16.77
what the dream was
and the interpretation.
00:27:16.80\00:27:20.20
So Daniel could have
just run straight to the king.
00:27:20.24\00:27:22.74
But instead he paused,
00:27:22.77\00:27:24.11
as Ryan pointed
out so beautifully,
00:27:24.14\00:27:26.24
and praised the Lord,
00:27:26.27\00:27:27.98
gave thanks for what
God had done in his life,
00:27:28.01\00:27:31.15
and how God had revealed it.
00:27:31.18\00:27:32.71
Now I'm saying that
00:27:32.75\00:27:34.08
Daniel could
have run to the king
00:27:34.12\00:27:35.45
after he praised and said,
00:27:35.48\00:27:36.82
"Okay, King,
we're coming with this."
00:27:36.85\00:27:39.25
And then that's,
I don't want to die
00:27:39.29\00:27:40.99
and my three friends
don't want to die either.
00:27:41.02\00:27:42.99
And that's all he cared about.
00:27:43.02\00:27:44.36
No, a true
Christian cares about others.
00:27:44.39\00:27:48.36
He even cares about
those who have hurt him.
00:27:48.40\00:27:50.80
Daniel didn't just care
about saving his own life.
00:27:50.83\00:27:53.30
He cared about the
heathen, those lost and alone,
00:27:53.34\00:27:56.44
and even those who
nearly got him killed
00:27:56.47\00:27:58.81
because he almost died
00:27:58.84\00:28:00.78
because of these
people, the Chaldeans,
00:28:00.81\00:28:03.24
and the magicians,
and all those people
00:28:03.28\00:28:04.68
who could not
interpret the dream
00:28:04.71\00:28:06.98
and reveal the dream.
00:28:07.02\00:28:08.48
You know, as a side note,
00:28:08.52\00:28:09.85
I think there are
three levels of forgiveness.
00:28:09.88\00:28:12.79
We often only talk about
one level of forgiveness.
00:28:12.82\00:28:15.52
That would be, Lord, I
want you to forgive me.
00:28:15.56\00:28:18.16
And that's a beautiful level.
00:28:18.19\00:28:19.53
And that is an important level.
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1 John1:9, "If
we confess our sins,
00:28:21.23\00:28:23.53
He's faithful and just
to forgive us our sins,
00:28:23.57\00:28:26.33
and to cleanse us
from all unrighteousness."
00:28:26.37\00:28:29.94
Second level is asking
God to grant His forgiveness,
00:28:29.97\00:28:34.81
put it in my heart, to
extend to someone else.
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This'll be the
people who have hurt us,
00:28:37.48\00:28:39.51
and we ask God,
00:28:39.55\00:28:41.25
"Would you give
me Your forgiveness
00:28:41.28\00:28:43.25
so that I can extend it
to my brothers and sisters."
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Colossians 3:13,
"Bear with one another,
00:28:47.42\00:28:50.76
and forgive one another,
00:28:50.79\00:28:52.23
even as Christ forgave
you, so you also must do."
00:28:52.26\00:28:55.86
And I think many
Christians, we stop there.
00:28:55.90\00:28:58.13
God would you forgive me
and if someone else hurts me,
00:28:58.17\00:29:00.87
"Okay, would you give me
00:29:00.90\00:29:02.37
Your forgiveness for
this person over here?"
00:29:02.40\00:29:04.87
But God asks us to
also ask forgiveness
00:29:04.91\00:29:08.44
for other people's sins,
00:29:08.48\00:29:10.85
not because they've hurt us,
00:29:10.88\00:29:14.15
but because we're
called to intercede
00:29:14.18\00:29:17.02
on behalf of
brothers and sisters.
00:29:17.05\00:29:18.95
Think of Stephen,
being stoned to death.
00:29:18.99\00:29:20.56
He didn't say,
Okay, father, would you?
00:29:20.59\00:29:23.19
Oh, I'm
struggling to forgive them
00:29:23.22\00:29:24.93
because I'm
feeling angst against them.
00:29:24.96\00:29:26.56
They're about ready to kill me.
00:29:26.59\00:29:27.93
No, he said,
00:29:27.96\00:29:29.30
"Father, do not lay
this into their charge,"
00:29:29.33\00:29:31.27
because he cared about
their eternal salvation.
00:29:31.30\00:29:35.20
That was Moses after
the golden calf experience,
00:29:35.24\00:29:38.87
pleading, "Father,
00:29:38.91\00:29:40.71
block me out from your book,
00:29:40.74\00:29:43.21
but forgive and
accept these people,"
00:29:43.24\00:29:45.88
intercession for others.
00:29:45.91\00:29:47.98
So a true
Christian cares about others.
00:29:48.02\00:29:50.39
Number two,
00:29:50.42\00:29:51.75
a true Christian
will be known among men.
00:29:51.79\00:29:56.29
Verse 25,
00:29:56.32\00:29:57.66
"Then Arioch
quickly brought Daniel
00:29:57.69\00:29:59.69
before the king
and said thus to him,
00:29:59.73\00:30:01.86
I have found a man of
the captives of Judah,
00:30:01.90\00:30:04.70
who will make known to
the king the interpretation."
00:30:04.73\00:30:07.77
Now, I think there's two reasons
00:30:07.80\00:30:09.20
that a Christian
is known among men.
00:30:09.24\00:30:11.11
First reason is
due to hard work,
00:30:11.14\00:30:14.24
diligence, honesty, integrity.
00:30:14.28\00:30:18.28
Proverbs 22:29 says,
00:30:18.31\00:30:20.12
"Do you see a man
who excels in his work?
00:30:20.15\00:30:23.18
He will stand before kings,
00:30:23.22\00:30:25.69
he will not stand
before unknown men.
00:30:25.72\00:30:29.42
But the second reason
00:30:29.46\00:30:31.73
is because God in
His divine sovereignty
00:30:31.76\00:30:35.70
and providence
brings His children
00:30:35.73\00:30:39.43
before kings, before rulers
00:30:39.47\00:30:41.70
as a witness to who He is."
00:30:41.74\00:30:46.07
Matthew 10:18-20,
00:30:46.11\00:30:48.51
"You will be
brought before governors
00:30:48.54\00:30:49.94
and kings for my sake,
00:30:49.98\00:30:52.15
as a testimony to
them into the Gentiles.
00:30:52.18\00:30:55.38
But when they deliver you up,
00:30:55.42\00:30:56.75
don't worry about how
or what you should speak.
00:30:56.79\00:30:59.12
For it will be given you in
00:30:59.15\00:31:00.66
that hour what you should speak.
00:31:00.69\00:31:02.52
It is not you who speak,
00:31:02.56\00:31:03.89
but the Spirit of your
Father who speaks in you."
00:31:03.93\00:31:06.80
So, many times
God brings a Christian
00:31:06.83\00:31:09.76
to prominence or to be
known among men as it were,
00:31:09.80\00:31:14.64
because He wants to witness
00:31:14.67\00:31:16.87
to those people of
His love and His law.
00:31:16.91\00:31:19.71
Amen.
00:31:19.74\00:31:21.08
Lesson number three,
00:31:21.11\00:31:22.44
a true Christian
always tells the truth.
00:31:22.48\00:31:25.91
Verses 26 and 27,
00:31:25.95\00:31:28.42
"The King answered
and said to Daniel,
00:31:28.45\00:31:29.92
whose name was Belteshazzar,
00:31:29.95\00:31:31.75
'Are you able to
make known to me the dream
00:31:31.79\00:31:33.82
which I have seen
in its interpretation?'
00:31:33.86\00:31:36.29
Daniel answered in the
presence of the king and said,
00:31:36.32\00:31:38.69
'The secret which
the king has demanded,
00:31:38.73\00:31:40.76
the wise men, the
astrologers, the magicians,
00:31:40.80\00:31:42.93
and the soothsayers
cannot declare to the king."
00:31:42.96\00:31:46.10
So Daniel could
not tell the king
00:31:46.13\00:31:47.64
the dream or the interpretation,
00:31:47.67\00:31:49.57
the king's advisors
couldn't tell the king
00:31:49.60\00:31:51.41
the dream or the
interpretation either.
00:31:51.44\00:31:53.61
Now Daniel could
have shaded the truth,
00:31:53.64\00:31:55.44
and he could have
definitely evaded the answer
00:31:55.48\00:31:58.18
that he gave and just,
00:31:58.21\00:31:59.68
well, I'm coming to you
right now with an answer,
00:31:59.71\00:32:03.49
and he could
have just evaded it.
00:32:03.52\00:32:05.45
But he was honest
as it were to a fault.
00:32:05.49\00:32:08.79
Speaking the truth
deals with what he said.
00:32:08.82\00:32:10.83
Would you say
that's true? Absolutely.
00:32:10.86\00:32:12.23
What we say deals
with speaking the truth.
00:32:12.26\00:32:16.00
But it also deals
with what is unsaid.
00:32:16.03\00:32:18.93
The truth is not
just what we say.
00:32:18.97\00:32:21.10
The truth is what we don't say.
00:32:21.14\00:32:22.94
And the truth is
also how we say it.
00:32:22.97\00:32:26.44
That's right. Yes.
00:32:26.47\00:32:28.14
Jesus is the way,
the truth, and the life.
00:32:28.18\00:32:31.68
Amen. John 14:6.
00:32:31.71\00:32:33.68
True Christians cannot lie.
00:32:33.72\00:32:36.79
Proverbs 12:22,
00:32:36.82\00:32:38.15
"Lying lips are an
abomination to the Lord.
00:32:38.19\00:32:40.92
But those who deal
truthfully are His delight."
00:32:40.96\00:32:44.16
Ephesians 4:25,
00:32:44.19\00:32:45.76
"Put away lying,
00:32:45.79\00:32:48.10
let each one of you
speak truth with his neighbor,
00:32:48.13\00:32:51.27
for members of one another."
00:32:51.30\00:32:53.23
1 John 3:18, "My little children
00:32:53.27\00:32:55.57
let us not love
in word or tongue,
00:32:55.60\00:32:57.31
but in deed and in truth."
00:32:57.34\00:32:59.67
So this means that we
can lie even by our actions.
00:32:59.71\00:33:04.11
So, the true
Christian cares about others,
00:33:04.15\00:33:06.41
will be known among
men, tells the truth.
00:33:06.45\00:33:08.75
Number four, a true
Christian never takes credit
00:33:08.78\00:33:11.72
for what God has done.
00:33:11.75\00:33:13.52
Amen. That's a good one.
00:33:13.56\00:33:15.06
Verse 28,
00:33:15.09\00:33:16.42
"There is a God in heaven,"
00:33:16.46\00:33:17.79
this is Daniel
speaking, "who revealed secrets.
00:33:17.83\00:33:20.50
And he has made known
to King Nebuchadnezzar
00:33:20.53\00:33:22.43
what will be in the latter days,
00:33:22.46\00:33:24.27
your dream and the
visions of your head
00:33:24.30\00:33:25.83
upon your bed were these."
00:33:25.87\00:33:28.14
So give credit
where credit is due.
00:33:28.17\00:33:30.41
Don't you hate it, Pastor Kenny,
00:33:30.44\00:33:31.77
when someone
else gets the credit
00:33:31.81\00:33:33.34
for the work that you did?
00:33:33.38\00:33:35.98
And yet they didn't even
contribute to the project,
00:33:36.01\00:33:38.21
and yet they
claim all the credit.
00:33:38.25\00:33:40.58
Jeremiah 9:23-24,
00:33:40.62\00:33:43.08
"Let not the wise
man glory in his wisdom,
00:33:43.12\00:33:46.12
let not the mighty
man glory in his might,
00:33:46.15\00:33:49.29
or the rich man in his riches,
00:33:49.32\00:33:51.59
but let him who
glories glory in this,
00:33:51.63\00:33:54.10
that he
understands and knows me,
00:33:54.13\00:33:56.67
that I am the Lord
exercising loving kindness,
00:33:56.70\00:33:59.60
judgment and
righteousness in the earth.
00:33:59.63\00:34:01.70
For in these things I
delight, says the Lord."
00:34:01.74\00:34:04.61
Number five,
00:34:04.64\00:34:05.97
a true Christian never misses
an opportunity to witness.
00:34:06.01\00:34:10.78
Verse 29,
00:34:10.81\00:34:12.45
Daniel says,
"As for you, O king,
00:34:12.48\00:34:14.68
thoughts came to your
mind while on your bed,
00:34:14.72\00:34:19.55
about what would
come to pass after this
00:34:19.59\00:34:21.42
and He who reveals
secrets has made known to you
00:34:21.46\00:34:24.83
what will be."
00:34:24.86\00:34:26.19
Now in these six
verses, Daniel says three times
00:34:26.23\00:34:29.16
that it was God
who revealed the dream.
00:34:29.20\00:34:32.77
There's an old marketing adage
00:34:32.80\00:34:34.40
that's called the rule of seven.
00:34:34.44\00:34:35.77
It says, someone needs
to hear it seven times,
00:34:35.80\00:34:38.44
before they finally buy in,
00:34:38.47\00:34:40.38
take action and buy from you.
00:34:40.41\00:34:42.34
You might say, I
already told my neighbor that.
00:34:42.38\00:34:44.65
Tell them again.
00:34:44.68\00:34:46.01
You might say, I already
witnessed to my co-worker,
00:34:46.05\00:34:48.68
I already talked
to my family member.
00:34:48.72\00:34:50.89
Witness, every time,
00:34:50.92\00:34:52.95
take every opportunity
00:34:52.99\00:34:54.99
you can to witness for the Lord.
00:34:55.02\00:34:57.39
And finally number six,
00:34:57.43\00:34:59.36
a true Christian
walks in humility.
00:34:59.39\00:35:03.13
Verse 30, Daniel
says, "As for me,
00:35:03.16\00:35:05.43
the secret is not revealed to me
00:35:05.47\00:35:07.04
because I have more
wisdom than anyone living,
00:35:07.07\00:35:09.80
but for our sakes
00:35:09.84\00:35:11.17
who make known the
interpretation to the king,
00:35:11.21\00:35:13.24
that you may know the
thoughts of your heart."
00:35:13.27\00:35:15.44
So a true
Christian walks in humility.
00:35:15.48\00:35:18.55
Pastor Kenny,
you have the Image.
00:35:18.58\00:35:19.91
Praise the Lord.
00:35:19.95\00:35:21.28
Yeah, well, you know,
00:35:21.32\00:35:22.65
this is one of
the most familiar,
00:35:22.68\00:35:24.02
probably, as those
who study prophecy,
00:35:24.05\00:35:25.39
Daniel Chapter 2.
00:35:25.42\00:35:26.76
So since it is, and
there's a lot of reading there.
00:35:26.79\00:35:28.59
I'd like to just go over
00:35:28.62\00:35:29.96
and just hit the
high points of it,
00:35:29.99\00:35:31.33
then try to get into some things
00:35:31.36\00:35:32.69
that might be of help to us.
00:35:32.73\00:35:35.26
As this dream was, you know,
00:35:35.30\00:35:37.60
given as Nebuchadnezzar
had the dream and then,
00:35:37.63\00:35:40.34
of course, the
Holy Spirit God came in
00:35:40.37\00:35:42.24
and gave Daniel the
interpretation thereof.
00:35:42.27\00:35:44.91
Then He came back
and he just simply said,
00:35:44.94\00:35:46.47
like you say, he
could have got out of it.
00:35:46.51\00:35:48.34
He could have dished
it off somewhere else,
00:35:48.38\00:35:49.84
he could have stopped
after this first time,
00:35:49.88\00:35:51.65
said, you're the head
of gold, but he didn't.
00:35:51.68\00:35:53.38
He went on because he,
00:35:53.42\00:35:54.75
as you
mentioned, he was truthful.
00:35:54.78\00:35:56.12
He's a man of God.
00:35:56.15\00:35:57.49
So the head of
gold represents Babylon,
00:35:57.52\00:35:58.85
as we well know.
00:35:58.89\00:36:00.22
It goes to the second one,
the chest and arms of silver.
00:36:00.26\00:36:02.39
This is what we're
going to do, just go down,
00:36:02.42\00:36:03.76
leave you some homework
and study for you to do.
00:36:03.79\00:36:05.99
It stands for Medo-Persia.
00:36:06.03\00:36:07.36
Then the next power
that came up wasn't it brass,
00:36:07.40\00:36:10.07
we look at was,
was a belly of thighs,
00:36:10.10\00:36:12.57
and brass symbolizes
Greece, and then legs of iron.
00:36:12.60\00:36:15.30
And then it breaks down
to the toes of iron and clay,
00:36:15.34\00:36:18.11
which is really church
and state getting together.
00:36:18.14\00:36:20.01
We see that
happening even in the day
00:36:20.04\00:36:21.38
in which we're living right now.
00:36:21.41\00:36:22.74
So, we need to be
studying those things
00:36:22.78\00:36:24.35
to see whether they'd be so.
00:36:24.38\00:36:26.21
But to me as I looked at
those and studied and again,
00:36:26.25\00:36:28.98
it's always good, I
realized there's new people
00:36:29.02\00:36:30.59
and they've never studied it,
00:36:30.62\00:36:31.95
and should take
time to do this thing.
00:36:31.99\00:36:33.76
But I want to encourage you,
00:36:33.79\00:36:35.12
because the question
is asked in this lesson,
00:36:35.16\00:36:36.89
Image, part two,
00:36:36.93\00:36:38.26
what does this teach us
00:36:38.29\00:36:39.63
about God's
foreknowledge of world history?
00:36:39.66\00:36:42.26
You know, does this
really teach us something?
00:36:42.30\00:36:44.10
Is there's something we
need to really be looking at,
00:36:44.13\00:36:45.83
so I've tried to look
at that question and say,
00:36:45.87\00:36:48.20
you know, what does?
00:36:48.24\00:36:49.67
What does the
Word of God teach us
00:36:49.70\00:36:51.37
about God's foreknowledge
in history of the world or,
00:36:51.41\00:36:54.64
you know, anything goes on,
00:36:54.68\00:36:56.01
is God aware of
everything that goes on.
00:36:56.04\00:36:57.61
I think the
panel's made it very clear,
00:36:57.65\00:36:59.48
even in our previous lessons.
00:36:59.51\00:37:00.85
I want to just go over a
few of those things right now,
00:37:00.88\00:37:02.95
history of God's knowledge.
00:37:02.98\00:37:04.32
I jotted this down, I
thought it was interesting.
00:37:04.35\00:37:05.95
Israel's future or
the history of Israel
00:37:05.99\00:37:08.69
was shown to Moses.
00:37:08.72\00:37:10.83
That must have really
been a handful for Daniel,
00:37:10.86\00:37:13.13
to be given to him, the history.
00:37:13.16\00:37:14.76
So God knew the history
and He laid it out there.
00:37:14.80\00:37:17.33
Also the history of
this world is marked out,
00:37:17.37\00:37:19.93
link by link in prophecy,
00:37:19.97\00:37:22.30
if we'll get in and
study the Word of God.
00:37:22.34\00:37:25.21
Most of ancient
history is found in Scripture.
00:37:25.24\00:37:27.81
I thought this is not what,
God is revealing history to,
00:37:27.84\00:37:30.61
God is revealing
things that we need to know
00:37:30.65\00:37:33.08
in this hour of earth's history.
00:37:33.11\00:37:34.82
And the most interesting
and instructive history
00:37:34.85\00:37:37.69
is found in the Bible.
00:37:37.72\00:37:39.29
You know, this is
where, we go to school, right?
00:37:39.32\00:37:41.69
And you take history, you know,
00:37:41.72\00:37:43.66
well, somebody needs
to get the Bible out,
00:37:43.69\00:37:45.09
isn't that right?
00:37:45.13\00:37:46.46
Because the most
important historical things
00:37:46.49\00:37:47.83
are found in the Word of God
00:37:47.86\00:37:49.30
and that's one thing
they tried to remove.
00:37:49.33\00:37:51.07
So we need to go
back to that for sure.
00:37:51.10\00:37:53.07
History of the world is written,
00:37:53.10\00:37:54.44
we know under the
direction of the Holy Spirit.
00:37:54.47\00:37:56.81
It's all laid out
there for us, we understand.
00:37:56.84\00:37:59.81
God knows all of our plans.
00:37:59.84\00:38:01.51
He knows them from
the very beginning.
00:38:01.54\00:38:03.35
He's talking about it here.
00:38:03.38\00:38:04.71
How does this, what
does it teach us about
00:38:04.75\00:38:06.28
world history and
the knowledge of God?
00:38:06.31\00:38:07.72
He knows everything.
00:38:07.75\00:38:09.08
He knows our plans,
00:38:09.12\00:38:10.45
from the beginning to the end.
00:38:10.49\00:38:12.19
Every act of man's life,
this is like blows your mind,
00:38:12.22\00:38:15.69
you think about God in His mind,
00:38:15.72\00:38:17.63
He knows every
act, every thought,
00:38:17.66\00:38:19.29
every word, every
deed, every action.
00:38:19.33\00:38:21.36
Everything that happens
in any part of the universe,
00:38:21.40\00:38:24.37
God knows.
00:38:24.40\00:38:25.73
That's right.
00:38:25.77\00:38:27.10
The universe is
pretty big, I assume.
00:38:27.14\00:38:28.94
Way bigger than
I can understand.
00:38:28.97\00:38:30.41
But God knows every little thing
00:38:30.44\00:38:31.77
that's going on there.
00:38:31.81\00:38:33.17
So every government,
the kings, presidents,
00:38:33.21\00:38:36.24
leaders, rulers, nations,
00:38:36.28\00:38:38.41
what we need to remember
00:38:38.45\00:38:40.18
that they are under
God, God's not under them.
00:38:40.22\00:38:43.89
And yet under God is the
thing that we try to take out.
00:38:43.92\00:38:47.62
You notice that,
things under God,
00:38:47.66\00:38:49.12
we try to take it out,
all this is subject to God.
00:38:49.16\00:38:52.69
It's all written out.
00:38:52.73\00:38:54.06
It's going to come to
pass just exactly like
00:38:54.10\00:38:55.53
He says it's going to.
00:38:55.56\00:38:57.70
If we didn't have
time to say anymore,
00:38:57.73\00:38:59.33
I thought it
was very interesting
00:38:59.37\00:39:00.70
in Daniel 2:47 and 49,
00:39:00.74\00:39:04.07
it really tells
me something about.
00:39:04.11\00:39:06.11
You started about
the King Nebuchadnezzar,
00:39:06.14\00:39:08.04
because King Nebuchadnezzar,
00:39:08.08\00:39:09.94
you know, this is what
he had to say to Daniel,
00:39:09.98\00:39:13.35
after he met God.
00:39:13.38\00:39:15.72
You know what we say about
God before we really meet Him,
00:39:15.75\00:39:19.62
you know, in personal,
in our life is different
00:39:19.65\00:39:21.82
than after we meet him.
00:39:21.86\00:39:24.59
You know,
Nebuchadnezzar was a pagan,
00:39:24.63\00:39:26.59
Daniel was a man who loved God.
00:39:26.63\00:39:28.76
But you notice there,
after Nebuchadnezzar met God,
00:39:28.80\00:39:32.47
he began to say, "Wow,
00:39:32.50\00:39:34.37
He certainly is
the God of God, right?
00:39:34.40\00:39:36.24
He's the one that
sits upon the throne."
00:39:36.27\00:39:39.04
So I'm just encouraging
you that once you meet God,
00:39:39.07\00:39:42.68
once you have
relationship with God,
00:39:42.71\00:39:44.31
your attitude's going to change,
00:39:44.35\00:39:46.05
your life's going to change,
00:39:46.08\00:39:47.42
your thoughts
are going to change.
00:39:47.45\00:39:48.78
It's all going to be
very, very different.
00:39:48.82\00:39:51.29
And so that was his
response to the heathen king.
00:39:51.32\00:39:54.02
He said, "He was
touched by the power of God
00:39:54.06\00:39:56.62
in a very special way.
00:39:56.66\00:39:58.49
So, and again outline Chapter
2 as we go through there,
00:39:58.53\00:40:01.40
that will also help
us in Daniel Chapter 7,
00:40:01.43\00:40:04.37
Daniel Chapter 8 and 11.
00:40:04.40\00:40:07.67
So it's good to get
that all in, you know,
00:40:07.70\00:40:09.74
and focus, so that we can
go on and study the prophecy.
00:40:09.77\00:40:13.38
I like this, a
Fundamental of Education,
00:40:13.41\00:40:15.64
page 411-412 says this,
00:40:15.68\00:40:17.51
"The Lord was working
in the Babylonian kingdom,
00:40:17.55\00:40:20.65
giving light to the
four Hebrew captives."
00:40:20.68\00:40:23.49
God was working
and had to come back,
00:40:23.52\00:40:25.75
we have to say,
why would God do that?
00:40:25.79\00:40:27.89
These are all that
turned their back on God,
00:40:27.92\00:40:29.49
they were worshiping other gods,
00:40:29.52\00:40:31.06
but again, merciful God,
00:40:31.09\00:40:32.76
still working up on them,
He was working with them, why?
00:40:32.79\00:40:35.93
So He could reveal to
them that He had power over,
00:40:35.96\00:40:40.10
notice, kingdoms of the world.
00:40:40.14\00:40:42.00
He set them up that you
read, and He takes them down,
00:40:42.04\00:40:45.31
kingdoms and kings.
00:40:45.34\00:40:46.81
God was speaking to the king.
00:40:46.84\00:40:48.24
He was speaking to his mind,
speaking we say to his heart,
00:40:48.28\00:40:51.61
simply trying to,
as He's doing today,
00:40:51.65\00:40:53.78
in my opinion,
trying to wake us up,
00:40:53.82\00:40:55.75
trying to wake us up in
the hour in which we live.
00:40:55.78\00:40:57.95
Probation's
closing, Jesus is coming.
00:40:57.99\00:40:59.89
There's a day that
doors going to be shut,
00:40:59.92\00:41:01.66
there're decisions
that we have to make.
00:41:01.69\00:41:03.39
And God is bringing
out information right now
00:41:03.43\00:41:05.56
that I think will be so valuable
00:41:05.59\00:41:07.73
if we just, you know,
00:41:07.76\00:41:09.10
get our mind and
heart into the book and say,
00:41:09.13\00:41:11.50
God is showing
Himself to be God.
00:41:11.53\00:41:13.44
He was doing that
to King Nebuchadnezzar,
00:41:13.47\00:41:15.04
say, "I'll show you who is God,
00:41:15.07\00:41:16.84
I'm gonna show you the
right God to worship here."
00:41:16.87\00:41:19.44
Here God shows Himself
superior to any other god,
00:41:19.47\00:41:23.95
and their gods that they had.
00:41:23.98\00:41:25.35
Praise God for that.
00:41:25.38\00:41:26.85
Because He was challenged with
the most educated as it were,
00:41:26.88\00:41:31.42
He was challenged with
those who were talented,
00:41:31.45\00:41:33.59
and all the men in Babylon
00:41:33.62\00:41:35.06
and then God is still
superior to all of these,
00:41:35.09\00:41:37.23
we call them brains.
00:41:37.26\00:41:38.59
He was superior to all of them.
00:41:38.63\00:41:40.33
God was
revealing that He's a God,
00:41:40.36\00:41:42.43
the Bible said, of heaven.
00:41:42.46\00:41:44.67
He's the God of
heaven and earth,
00:41:44.70\00:41:46.10
He reveal us secrets.
00:41:46.13\00:41:48.20
That's right. And
only God can do that.
00:41:48.24\00:41:49.90
God was revealing what?
00:41:49.94\00:41:51.34
Historic events.
00:41:51.37\00:41:53.17
God was
revealing that, you know,
00:41:53.21\00:41:55.14
things related to the kings
00:41:55.18\00:41:57.08
and the kingdoms
that were yet to come.
00:41:57.11\00:41:59.71
He was doing that
before it ever happened.
00:41:59.75\00:42:01.68
So it's important
for him or Nebuchadnezzar
00:42:01.72\00:42:04.05
to remember what he had
dreamed and yet he forgot.
00:42:04.09\00:42:07.42
That's right.
00:42:07.46\00:42:08.79
He forgot, you
know, if you ever do that,
00:42:08.82\00:42:10.16
have something
very, very important,
00:42:10.19\00:42:11.53
you say, I'm going to,
I've got to remember this,
00:42:11.56\00:42:13.16
I'm going to put this up
and put in a certain spot,
00:42:13.19\00:42:14.86
because I want to
remember where it's at.
00:42:14.90\00:42:16.23
And then you forget the spot.
00:42:16.26\00:42:17.60
You know, it's important,
00:42:17.63\00:42:19.33
you don't quite
do the right thing,
00:42:19.37\00:42:20.70
maybe write it
down and maybe pin it
00:42:20.74\00:42:22.14
or put it on your
nose or something.
00:42:22.17\00:42:23.91
Because you know,
we forget, you know,
00:42:23.94\00:42:26.47
you think about it,
00:42:26.51\00:42:27.84
he could not
remember this dream.
00:42:27.88\00:42:30.35
And you'll say, well, why? Why?
00:42:30.38\00:42:32.21
Why couldn't he
remember this dream?
00:42:32.25\00:42:33.58
Why? Why?
00:42:33.62\00:42:34.95
Because all the wise men
were all drug into this thing.
00:42:34.98\00:42:37.99
What would they have
done with this information?
00:42:38.02\00:42:40.86
You know, if
they knew what it was,
00:42:40.89\00:42:42.22
what my interpretation
might they have put on it?
00:42:42.26\00:42:44.69
It certainly
would have been false
00:42:44.73\00:42:46.06
and would it not?
00:42:46.09\00:42:47.43
We know these lessons
are given to us by God.
00:42:47.46\00:42:50.17
There's no doubt,
for those who live
00:42:50.20\00:42:51.63
we say it over and over.
00:42:51.67\00:42:53.00
I think we should say it
from lesson one till we end,
00:42:53.03\00:42:55.90
that this is for our day.
00:42:55.94\00:42:57.74
We need this book.
00:42:57.77\00:42:59.41
We need to be
studying these things.
00:42:59.44\00:43:02.61
Even today we find out
here how closely it resembles
00:43:02.64\00:43:05.55
the wise men of today.
00:43:05.58\00:43:07.38
They're
supposedly wise men of today.
00:43:07.42\00:43:08.98
But you know, it
just takes a simple thing
00:43:09.02\00:43:10.59
to stump them sometime,
00:43:10.62\00:43:12.05
because they have not
the Spirit of the Living God.
00:43:12.09\00:43:13.86
That's right.
Spiritual things are what?
00:43:13.89\00:43:15.79
Spiritually discerned.
00:43:15.82\00:43:17.19
And sometime we
know we're not in tune
00:43:17.23\00:43:18.96
where they have no discernment,
they have no learning,
00:43:18.99\00:43:20.93
they really have no
knowledge apart from God.
00:43:20.96\00:43:24.23
They're not able to
understand the prophecies
00:43:24.27\00:43:26.67
that are so
important for our day,
00:43:26.70\00:43:28.64
which we need
with all of our heart.
00:43:28.67\00:43:30.24
If we're not
studying and listening
00:43:30.27\00:43:31.71
and watching and
praying right now,
00:43:31.74\00:43:33.41
it could be possible
00:43:33.44\00:43:34.78
that we're really
not God's people here
00:43:34.81\00:43:36.14
in these last days.
00:43:36.18\00:43:37.51
I mean, is it possible?
00:43:37.55\00:43:38.88
You know, I'd like
to think about this
00:43:38.91\00:43:40.52
and keep in our mind.
00:43:40.55\00:43:43.18
I think
somebody brought this up,
00:43:43.22\00:43:45.05
that the Hebrews,
00:43:45.09\00:43:47.06
and we are talking
about the four of them here.
00:43:47.09\00:43:48.96
You know, they
were not interested
00:43:48.99\00:43:50.53
in receiving any credit,
00:43:50.56\00:43:52.99
for what God
had used them to do.
00:43:53.03\00:43:55.86
You know, I mean,
that's brought out
00:43:55.90\00:43:57.23
very clear in here and why?
00:43:57.27\00:43:58.60
Because they weren't
worried about being lifted up.
00:43:58.63\00:44:01.34
They saw God in everything
00:44:01.37\00:44:03.54
that was going
on like we should.
00:44:03.57\00:44:05.67
They rejoiced that
God was being elevated
00:44:05.71\00:44:08.24
and lifted up
rather than mankind.
00:44:08.28\00:44:11.51
Above all the earth,
00:44:11.55\00:44:12.88
it was God that receiving praise
00:44:12.91\00:44:14.38
and honor and glory and not man.
00:44:14.42\00:44:18.35
I like it because
this quickly with Daniel,
00:44:18.39\00:44:22.62
he was elevated, man,
00:44:22.66\00:44:24.46
to the high part, right?
00:44:24.49\00:44:25.83
But notice this,
somebody mentioned in passing,
00:44:25.86\00:44:28.20
that He did not forget
those who labored with him.
00:44:28.23\00:44:32.57
That's right. He
did not forget them.
00:44:32.60\00:44:34.30
In fact, he said,
when the king said,
00:44:34.34\00:44:36.07
I'll give you
whatever, he said what?
00:44:36.10\00:44:38.27
Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego,
00:44:38.31\00:44:39.81
my friends, I want
them to be up here too.
00:44:39.84\00:44:42.28
See, sometimes we go along,
00:44:42.31\00:44:43.65
and sometimes we forget those
00:44:43.68\00:44:45.01
who helped us in
where we are at today.
00:44:45.05\00:44:47.62
By the grace of God, we
know God does everything,
00:44:47.65\00:44:49.75
but we need to not forget them.
00:44:49.78\00:44:52.35
And if God sees fit
to elevate as it were,
00:44:52.39\00:44:55.12
where we can
help to bring them up,
00:44:55.16\00:44:57.53
bring them up.
00:44:57.56\00:44:58.89
Don't forget, pray
with them, work with them
00:44:58.93\00:45:00.73
and we'd see what God said.
00:45:00.76\00:45:02.10
Let's learn the lesson,
00:45:02.13\00:45:03.63
just keep it in mind right here,
00:45:03.67\00:45:05.70
they learned the
lesson of Jesus Christ.
00:45:05.73\00:45:08.40
We must learn the
lesson of Jesus Christ.
00:45:08.44\00:45:11.11
This is the true
science of the Bible
00:45:11.14\00:45:15.14
is learn the
science of Jesus Christ.
00:45:15.18\00:45:16.71
"Blessed are the pure in heart,"
00:45:16.75\00:45:18.15
Matthew 5:8, "for
they shall," what?
00:45:18.18\00:45:20.08
See God. "They shall see God."
00:45:20.12\00:45:23.12
Thank you all.
00:45:23.15\00:45:25.25
I've listened and I've gleaned.
00:45:25.29\00:45:27.56
You know, the only good thing
00:45:27.59\00:45:28.92
about being the last is
kind of like a cherry picker.
00:45:28.96\00:45:32.13
You know, they
spit out the seeds
00:45:32.16\00:45:33.53
and we pick them up
to find value in them.
00:45:33.56\00:45:35.83
Mine is Thursday,
The Stone, The Stone.
00:45:35.86\00:45:41.34
I want to begin by
reading Daniel 2:34-35.
00:45:41.37\00:45:46.68
This is talking about the fact
that God is always in charge.
00:45:46.71\00:45:51.15
Amen.
00:45:51.18\00:45:52.51
All the kingdoms that
were pictured by Daniel
00:45:52.55\00:45:55.68
or given to
Nebuchadnezzar in the dream,
00:45:55.72\00:45:59.02
Daniel
interpreted every one of them
00:45:59.05\00:46:00.69
as a temporary
kingdom, but notice,
00:46:00.72\00:46:03.53
God's kingdom is the
only eternal kingdom.
00:46:03.56\00:46:07.30
Verse 34,
00:46:07.33\00:46:09.06
"You watched while a
stone was cut out without hands,
00:46:09.10\00:46:14.00
which struck the image
on its feet of iron and clay
00:46:14.04\00:46:16.74
and broke them in pieces.
00:46:16.77\00:46:18.71
Then the iron,
the clay, the bronze,
00:46:18.74\00:46:20.28
the silver and the
gold were crushed together
00:46:20.31\00:46:23.31
and became like chaff
00:46:23.35\00:46:24.95
from the summer
threshing floors.
00:46:24.98\00:46:27.62
The wind carried them away
00:46:27.65\00:46:29.18
so that no trace
of them was found.
00:46:29.22\00:46:32.45
And the stone
that struck the image
00:46:32.49\00:46:35.36
became a great mountain
and filled the whole earth."
00:46:35.39\00:46:39.96
The stone, Christ
establishes kingdom on Himself.
00:46:40.00\00:46:43.67
That's right. The
stone that fills the earth.
00:46:43.70\00:46:45.73
So I want to
point out 10 aspects,
00:46:45.77\00:46:48.24
Jill, of the stone,
00:46:48.27\00:46:51.04
because the entire
book brings out one aspect
00:46:51.07\00:46:53.74
or the other of Christ.
00:46:53.78\00:46:55.28
Let's go to Genesis 28:11.
00:46:55.31\00:46:57.05
We're going to
move real quickly here.
00:46:57.08\00:46:58.98
Genesis 28:11
00:46:59.01\00:47:01.75
and the Bible,
from the very beginning
00:47:01.78\00:47:03.28
to the very end of the Bible,
00:47:03.32\00:47:04.65
you find that Jesus is revealed.
00:47:04.69\00:47:07.19
Speaking about Jacob,
00:47:07.22\00:47:09.09
"So he came to a certain place
00:47:09.12\00:47:10.56
and stayed there all night,"
00:47:10.59\00:47:12.29
you know, he's
running from Esau,
00:47:12.33\00:47:14.10
"because the sun had set.
00:47:14.13\00:47:15.80
And he took one of
the stones of that place
00:47:15.83\00:47:19.53
and put it at his head,
00:47:19.57\00:47:21.94
and he laid down in
that place to sleep."
00:47:21.97\00:47:25.37
I saw Jesus says,
the peaceful stone,
00:47:25.41\00:47:29.28
the peaceful stone.
00:47:29.31\00:47:30.98
Isaiah 26:3,
00:47:31.01\00:47:32.91
notice where He put the stone,
He put His head on the stone,
00:47:32.95\00:47:36.22
when notice how
Isaiah interprets that,
00:47:36.25\00:47:39.42
"You will keep
him in perfect peace,
00:47:39.45\00:47:41.09
whose mind is stayed on you,
00:47:41.12\00:47:43.96
because He trusts in you."
00:47:43.99\00:47:46.46
What's in the head?
00:47:46.49\00:47:47.90
The mind. That's right.
00:47:47.93\00:47:49.26
He put His head on the
stone where his Mind is.
00:47:49.30\00:47:52.70
When our minds are on Christ,
we will have perfect peace.
00:47:52.73\00:47:57.77
Not only that,
00:47:57.81\00:47:59.24
let's go to Acts 10:38.
00:47:59.27\00:48:04.38
This is, Jesus is
first the peaceful stone
00:48:04.41\00:48:06.95
then he is...
00:48:06.98\00:48:08.42
Let's read Acts 10:38,
00:48:08.45\00:48:11.09
"How God
anointed Jesus of Nazareth
00:48:11.12\00:48:13.42
with the Holy
Spirit and with power,
00:48:13.46\00:48:15.32
who went about doing good
00:48:15.36\00:48:16.69
and healing all who
are oppressed by the devil,
00:48:16.73\00:48:19.43
for God was with Him."
00:48:19.46\00:48:21.23
Jesus is also
the anointed stone.
00:48:21.26\00:48:25.63
Now, anointing is a
form of endorsement.
00:48:25.67\00:48:28.97
Jesus is not only
the anointed stone,
00:48:29.00\00:48:30.71
but the endorsed stone.
00:48:30.74\00:48:32.44
Look at another
example in John 12:3,
00:48:32.47\00:48:35.04
how once again
all through the Bible,
00:48:35.08\00:48:37.01
you see that anointing,
00:48:37.05\00:48:38.38
that
endorsement of His divinity.
00:48:38.41\00:48:39.91
"Then Mary took a pound
00:48:39.95\00:48:41.28
of very costly oil of spikenard,
00:48:41.32\00:48:42.75
anointed the feet of Jesus
00:48:42.78\00:48:44.12
and wiped His
feet with her hair.
00:48:44.15\00:48:46.25
And the house was filled
with a fragrance of the oil."
00:48:46.29\00:48:48.89
The fragrance of the oil
was released on the person
00:48:48.92\00:48:52.66
who is the stone...
00:48:52.69\00:48:54.03
That's right. Christ Jesus.
00:48:54.06\00:48:55.40
Third one, the worshipped stone.
00:48:55.43\00:48:58.07
Genesis 28:22,
00:48:58.10\00:49:00.24
"And this stone which
I have set as a pillar
00:49:00.27\00:49:02.47
shall be God's house."
00:49:02.50\00:49:04.54
Jesus is the stone of worship.
00:49:04.57\00:49:06.71
He is our form of worship.
00:49:06.74\00:49:08.61
He is the only
one worthy of worship.
00:49:08.64\00:49:10.71
He's referred to
here as the pillar
00:49:10.75\00:49:12.95
that shall be the house of God.
00:49:12.98\00:49:14.75
The church is
built on the stone.
00:49:14.78\00:49:17.15
Christ is that stone.
00:49:17.19\00:49:19.12
Now we go to Ephesians 2:20,
00:49:19.15\00:49:21.69
the exclusive Savior.
00:49:21.72\00:49:23.86
We'll find out what
kind of stone He is.
00:49:23.89\00:49:26.26
"Having been
built on the foundation
00:49:26.29\00:49:28.36
of the apostles and prophets,
00:49:28.40\00:49:30.20
Jesus Christ Himself
being the chief cornerstone."
00:49:30.23\00:49:34.54
He's the
cornerstone, so you can see
00:49:34.57\00:49:37.41
why Daniel said that
that stone has enough in him
00:49:37.44\00:49:41.54
to decapitate and
erase every kingdom
00:49:41.58\00:49:44.08
ever built by man
regardless of his grandeur.
00:49:44.11\00:49:47.82
And it says, "For
no other foundation
00:49:47.85\00:49:49.58
can anyone lay
00:49:49.62\00:49:51.02
that which is laid
which is Christ Jesus,"
00:49:51.05\00:49:53.09
1 Corinthians 3:11.
00:49:53.12\00:49:54.96
That's the only
foundation that could survive,
00:49:54.99\00:49:56.73
because He is the stone.
00:49:56.76\00:49:58.53
There is no other
foundation but Him.
00:49:58.56\00:50:00.33
That's right.
00:50:00.36\00:50:01.70
And then the Bible also
points out Revelation 21:19,
00:50:01.73\00:50:04.40
"Every one of the
foundations under our feet,
00:50:04.43\00:50:07.64
he is also the precious stone.
00:50:07.67\00:50:10.87
Let's go to Acts 4:11,
00:50:10.91\00:50:14.44
"This is the stone
00:50:14.48\00:50:15.81
which was
rejected by you builders,
00:50:15.84\00:50:18.91
which has become
the chief cornerstone."
00:50:18.95\00:50:21.15
This is the sad
part of the story.
00:50:21.18\00:50:24.02
There are so many people
00:50:24.05\00:50:25.39
whose lives could be more stable
00:50:25.42\00:50:26.76
if they builded on the
stone that they rejected.
00:50:26.79\00:50:30.63
The rejected stone,
00:50:30.66\00:50:32.13
or I refer to Him
as the ignored stone.
00:50:32.16\00:50:35.20
He is despised
and rejected of men,
00:50:35.23\00:50:38.13
the Bible
pointed that about Jesus.
00:50:38.17\00:50:40.27
Now, Exodus
24:12, I'm moving quickly
00:50:40.30\00:50:42.67
because Jill knows what
it's like with all these lists.
00:50:42.70\00:50:46.17
Exodus 24:12.
00:50:46.21\00:50:47.84
"Then the Lord said to Moses,
00:50:47.88\00:50:49.21
'Come up to me on
the mountain and be there
00:50:49.24\00:50:51.78
and I will give
you tablets of stones
00:50:51.81\00:50:54.92
and the law and the commandments
00:50:54.95\00:50:56.32
which I have written,
that you may teach them.'"
00:50:56.35\00:50:59.05
Jesus is the moral stone,
00:50:59.09\00:51:02.06
unmovable,
00:51:02.09\00:51:03.43
showing the
consistency of that stone,
00:51:03.46\00:51:06.26
the moral stone.
00:51:06.29\00:51:08.00
Then we go to Isaiah 28:16,
00:51:08.03\00:51:10.90
"Therefore thus
says the Lord God,
00:51:10.93\00:51:13.13
'Behold, I lay in Zion a
stone for a foundation.'"
00:51:13.17\00:51:16.40
What kind of stone?
00:51:16.44\00:51:17.77
A tried stone.
00:51:17.81\00:51:19.41
Jesus is reliable.
00:51:19.44\00:51:20.84
If you're going through
trials, don't try anybody else.
00:51:20.88\00:51:23.71
Try Jesus, He's the only
tried stone that there is,
00:51:23.75\00:51:27.45
a reliable stone, a tried stone.
00:51:27.48\00:51:30.42
Let's go on, 1 Samuel 17:40,
00:51:30.45\00:51:33.25
"Then he took his
staff in his hand,"
00:51:33.29\00:51:35.12
this is David,
00:51:35.16\00:51:36.49
"and he chose for
himself five smooth stones
00:51:36.52\00:51:39.09
from the brook and put
them in the shepherd's bag
00:51:39.13\00:51:41.30
in a pouch which he had
and his sling within his hand,
00:51:41.33\00:51:44.67
and he drew near
to the Philistine."
00:51:44.70\00:51:46.84
"So, David prevailed," verse 50,
00:51:46.87\00:51:49.70
"over the Philistine
with a sling and a stone,
00:51:49.74\00:51:53.24
Jesus is the victorious stone."
00:51:53.27\00:51:56.38
The victorious stone.
00:51:56.41\00:51:57.75
So He is all
throughout the Bible
00:51:57.78\00:51:59.15
from the
beginning to the very end.
00:51:59.18\00:52:01.18
David could not
win by his ability,
00:52:01.22\00:52:04.42
but he won by his availability.
00:52:04.45\00:52:06.96
When you make
yourself available to Christ,
00:52:06.99\00:52:10.09
he may seem small
and insignificant,
00:52:10.13\00:52:12.03
but there's no
giant in your life
00:52:12.06\00:52:13.56
that could stand
before this tried stone.
00:52:13.60\00:52:16.16
Regardless of the big
things that you're troubled by,
00:52:16.20\00:52:19.03
regardless of the large
habits you are challenged by,
00:52:19.07\00:52:21.77
regardless of the large
sins that are holding you down,
00:52:21.80\00:52:24.81
just sling the
stone toward any of those,
00:52:24.84\00:52:27.64
and you'll find
victory in Christ.
00:52:27.68\00:52:29.11
He is the victorious stone.
00:52:29.14\00:52:31.08
Not only that,
let's go to Exodus 28:16.
00:52:31.11\00:52:35.35
This is an amazing
one because it taught...
00:52:35.38\00:52:36.82
I'm in Ezekiel 28:16.
00:52:36.85\00:52:38.95
This is talking about the
place that Lucifer forfeited.
00:52:38.99\00:52:41.92
What was the place he forfeited?
00:52:41.96\00:52:43.56
Notice what the
Bible says in verse 16
00:52:43.59\00:52:45.96
of Exodus Chapter 28.
00:52:45.99\00:52:47.60
Ezekiel? Ezekiel 28.
00:52:47.63\00:52:49.80
I get my, it's
hard to mix them up,
00:52:49.83\00:52:52.37
but easy not to mix them up.
00:52:52.40\00:52:54.54
You figure that out.
00:52:54.57\00:52:56.67
"By the
abundance of your trading,"
00:52:56.71\00:52:58.71
that is about Lucifer,
00:52:58.74\00:53:00.08
"you became filled
with violence within
00:53:00.11\00:53:02.01
and you sinned.
00:53:02.04\00:53:03.38
Therefore I cast
you as a profane thing
00:53:03.41\00:53:06.88
out of the mountain of God.
00:53:06.92\00:53:08.62
And I destroyed
you, O covering cherub,
00:53:08.65\00:53:11.79
from the midst of
the fiery stones."
00:53:11.82\00:53:14.36
Our God is a consuming fire.
00:53:14.39\00:53:16.32
The stones were fiery,
00:53:16.36\00:53:18.39
because Christ
is a consuming fire.
00:53:18.43\00:53:20.96
There's no stone that could
be in the presence of Christ
00:53:21.00\00:53:23.67
that will not be a
stone that is lit on fire.
00:53:23.70\00:53:26.23
If you want your
life to be on fire,
00:53:26.27\00:53:28.04
walk back and forth
00:53:28.07\00:53:29.54
in the midst of
the presence of God.
00:53:29.57\00:53:31.07
Amen.
00:53:31.11\00:53:32.44
And finally,
this is my favorite.
00:53:32.47\00:53:33.81
They're all my favorite,
but this is my favorite,
00:53:33.84\00:53:35.71
because I know
what this means to me.
00:53:35.74\00:53:37.81
Revelation 2:17,
00:53:37.85\00:53:40.48
"He who has an ear,
00:53:40.52\00:53:42.52
let him hear
what the Spirit says
00:53:42.55\00:53:44.09
to the churches,
to him who overcomes
00:53:44.12\00:53:46.45
I will give some of
the hidden manna to eat,
00:53:46.49\00:53:49.42
and I will give
him a white stone
00:53:49.46\00:53:52.29
and on the stone a new name,
00:53:52.33\00:53:54.30
which no one knows
except him who receives it."
00:53:54.33\00:53:56.80
I got to spend a minute on this.
00:53:56.83\00:53:58.70
In the Roman court
00:53:58.73\00:54:00.64
when the jury was hung,
00:54:00.67\00:54:03.67
it was up to the
accused to decide his fate.
00:54:03.71\00:54:07.44
And so they, it
was a terrible process.
00:54:07.48\00:54:10.51
They put a stone,
00:54:10.55\00:54:12.15
two stones in a leather bag,
00:54:12.18\00:54:14.08
kind of like on,
let's make it, you peel,
00:54:14.12\00:54:15.88
put out one of the
two, red one, you win,
00:54:15.92\00:54:19.45
black one, yeah, whatever.
00:54:19.49\00:54:21.16
There was a white
stone and a black stone.
00:54:21.19\00:54:23.46
If he pulled
out the black stone,
00:54:23.49\00:54:25.63
he could lose his life.
00:54:25.66\00:54:27.96
If he pulled
out the white stone,
00:54:28.00\00:54:29.56
he would be exonerated,
00:54:29.60\00:54:31.53
and he will get a new name.
00:54:31.57\00:54:33.13
He will be put
into the community
00:54:33.17\00:54:34.54
and they'll not
know him by the name
00:54:34.57\00:54:36.10
he was known for as
an accused criminal.
00:54:36.14\00:54:39.14
But follow this.
00:54:39.17\00:54:40.51
It's not just that he
would pull out the stone.
00:54:40.54\00:54:42.48
But our lawyer,
Jesus Christ said,
00:54:42.51\00:54:45.85
you know, the court is
always in favor of the saints.
00:54:45.88\00:54:51.29
If you let me be your lawyer,
00:54:51.32\00:54:53.19
you don't have to
put your hand in the bag.
00:54:53.22\00:54:55.22
I'll give you a white stone.
00:54:55.26\00:54:57.39
Did you get that?
That's right, Brother.
00:54:57.43\00:54:59.19
You don't have
to decide your fate.
00:54:59.23\00:55:01.86
I've already decided your fate.
00:55:01.90\00:55:03.87
You have told me everything
I need to know about your life.
00:55:03.90\00:55:06.67
I know
everything about your sin.
00:55:06.70\00:55:08.47
If you just simply
put your life in my hand,
00:55:08.50\00:55:11.37
I'll put my life in your hand.
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Jesus Christ gave
him a white stone.
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He put his hand in that bag,
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knowing that he
would be vindicated.
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My friends, the God
that wins for Daniel
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is the God that
will win for you.
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Make Him the stone of your life.
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Amen. Amen.
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What a wonderful study.
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Thank you so much,
each and every one of you,
00:55:31.06\00:55:33.36
and we had just a
couple of minutes left.
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I'd like to give
everyone an opportunity
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for a final thought.
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Absolutely.
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You know, as the pastor
was talking about the stone,
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a particular
passage came to my mind.
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Jesus speaking in
Matthew Chapter 21.
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He says the stone
which the builders rejected,
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has become the
chief cornerstone.
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This was the Lord's doing
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and it is marvelous in our eyes.
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But verse 44 is what
really sticks out to me.
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It says, "And whomever
falls on this stone..."
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It's good.
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"Whoever falls on this stone,
will be broken in a good way."
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Yeah. That's right.
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But then notice,
"But on whomever it falls,
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it will grind him to powder."
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I just pray that
the Lord will allow me
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and help me and
lead me to lean on Him,
00:56:14.17\00:56:16.67
to follow Him and allowed Christ
00:56:16.71\00:56:18.77
to shape us and mould us today
00:56:18.81\00:56:20.54
as His special vessels of honor.
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Amen. Amen.
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What an incredible study.
00:56:23.31\00:56:24.65
I've taken notes, Pastor,
I was so blessed by that,
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who God is and who
Jesus is in our lives.
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I just want to
leave you with John 6:37,
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one of my favorite
scriptures, Jesus says,
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"Whoever comes to me,
I will never cast aside."
00:56:35.99\00:56:40.76
So just open up your heart
right now to the Lord Jesus.
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Say, "I want You to come in.
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I want You to be
Lord of my life."
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Amen. Praise the Lord.
00:56:47.67\00:56:49.00
My Life Today,
page 310 says this.
00:56:49.04\00:56:51.31
"You may be a living
representative of Christ.
00:56:51.34\00:56:54.84
God would have you
filled with the Holy Ghost,
00:56:54.88\00:56:57.85
notice, endowed
with power from on high."
00:56:57.88\00:57:00.05
Notice this.
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"Labor not to become great men,
00:57:01.45\00:57:04.22
but labor rather to
become good and perfect men,
00:57:04.25\00:57:08.86
showing forth the praises of Him
00:57:08.89\00:57:11.19
that hath called you."
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Amen. Wow.
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And I left one last
for my final comment.
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When you come
to the tried stone,
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the precious
stone, the corner stone.
00:57:20.24\00:57:23.07
1 Peter 2:4 says,
00:57:23.10\00:57:24.81
"Coming to him as
to a living stone."
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He is the living stone.
00:57:28.88\00:57:30.21
If you want life,
come to the living stone.
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He will make your life
00:57:32.85\00:57:34.18
everything that
He knows it can be,
00:57:34.22\00:57:36.58
by His residing
power in your life.
00:57:36.62\00:57:39.35
Praise the Lord. Amen.
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What an incredible study.
00:57:41.26\00:57:43.12
Thank you so much.
00:57:43.16\00:57:44.49
And we want to
thank each one of you
00:57:44.53\00:57:46.23
at home for joining us.
00:57:46.26\00:57:48.63
This, to know our God
as Daniel knew our God
00:57:48.66\00:57:52.60
is a special thing.
00:57:52.63\00:57:53.97
So we're glad you're joining us,
00:57:54.00\00:57:55.34
and we hope
you'll tune in next time.
00:57:55.37\00:57:57.77
Lesson four, will be
00:57:57.81\00:57:59.34
"From the
Furnace to the Palace."
00:57:59.37\00:58:02.24
May God bless you. And
we'll see you next time.
00:58:02.28\00:58:05.31
Bye-bye.
00:58:05.35\00:58:06.68