FAITH IN THE LIONS' DEN (6 OF 8)
Scripture: Daniel 6:1-28
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Faith in the Lions' Den (6 of 8)
Series: Our God Reigns
Jonathan McLeod
Daniel 6:1-28
Then the king commanded, and Daniel was brought and cast into the den of lions. The king de-clared to Daniel, ''May your God, whom you serve continually, deliver you!'' (v. 16).
GOD TO THE RESCUE?
The theme of the book of Daniel is the sovereignty of God. ''In spite of present appearances, God is in control.'' If God is in control, do that mean that God always will rescue his people? No. [Talk about how God doesn't always rescue us.] We might feel like the psalmist who wrote, ''Why, O Lord, do you stand far away? Why do you hide yourself in times of trouble?'' (Ps. 10:1).
But sometimes God does rescue his people. Daniel 6 tells the story-a very famous story-of a man who was rescued by God.
[Read Daniel 6:1-28.]
DANIEL GETS INTO TROUBLE
At the end of chapter 5, Babylon was defeated by the Persians (with the help of the Medes). Now ''Darius the Mede'' (5:31) rules over Babylon. And Daniel-who is now over 80 years old-becomes one of Darius's favourite people. Darius likes Daniel so much that he plans to ''set [Daniel] over the whole kingdom'' (v. 3). This causes the other government leaders to become jealous of Daniel-so jealous that they want to get rid of him somehow.
Daniel's enemies try to dig up some dirt on Daniel. But they (unlike the enemies of Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton) can't dig up any dirt on Daniel. Finally, they say, ''We shall not find any ground for complaint against Daniel unless we find it in connection with the law of his God'' (v. 5). What an incredible testimony to have!
So Daniel's enemies trick the king into making a law that they think Daniel won't obey: ''Whoever makes petition to any god or man for thirty days, except to you, O king, shall be cast into the den of lions'' (v. 7). What does Daniel do? Does he stop praying to God? No, he continues to pray like he's prayed before-three times a day. After his enemies spy ...
Series: Our God Reigns
Jonathan McLeod
Daniel 6:1-28
Then the king commanded, and Daniel was brought and cast into the den of lions. The king de-clared to Daniel, ''May your God, whom you serve continually, deliver you!'' (v. 16).
GOD TO THE RESCUE?
The theme of the book of Daniel is the sovereignty of God. ''In spite of present appearances, God is in control.'' If God is in control, do that mean that God always will rescue his people? No. [Talk about how God doesn't always rescue us.] We might feel like the psalmist who wrote, ''Why, O Lord, do you stand far away? Why do you hide yourself in times of trouble?'' (Ps. 10:1).
But sometimes God does rescue his people. Daniel 6 tells the story-a very famous story-of a man who was rescued by God.
[Read Daniel 6:1-28.]
DANIEL GETS INTO TROUBLE
At the end of chapter 5, Babylon was defeated by the Persians (with the help of the Medes). Now ''Darius the Mede'' (5:31) rules over Babylon. And Daniel-who is now over 80 years old-becomes one of Darius's favourite people. Darius likes Daniel so much that he plans to ''set [Daniel] over the whole kingdom'' (v. 3). This causes the other government leaders to become jealous of Daniel-so jealous that they want to get rid of him somehow.
Daniel's enemies try to dig up some dirt on Daniel. But they (unlike the enemies of Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton) can't dig up any dirt on Daniel. Finally, they say, ''We shall not find any ground for complaint against Daniel unless we find it in connection with the law of his God'' (v. 5). What an incredible testimony to have!
So Daniel's enemies trick the king into making a law that they think Daniel won't obey: ''Whoever makes petition to any god or man for thirty days, except to you, O king, shall be cast into the den of lions'' (v. 7). What does Daniel do? Does he stop praying to God? No, he continues to pray like he's prayed before-three times a day. After his enemies spy ...
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