1 00:00:29,939 --> 00:00:31,139 So thankful for the grace of God. 2 00:00:31,139 --> 00:00:31,699 Amen. 3 00:00:32,259 --> 00:00:32,659 Amen. 4 00:00:32,659 --> 00:00:36,819 Turn if your Bibles, if you would, to Daniel Daniel Chapter 9. 5 00:00:38,179 --> 00:00:41,819 And those of you who are student of the word, know that Daniel 6 00:00:41,819 --> 00:00:45,459 chapter nine contains Daniel's 70 weeks, the prophecy of Daniel 7 00:00:45,459 --> 00:00:46,178 70 weeks. 8 00:00:46,339 --> 00:00:48,339 And you're anticipating that's going to happen tonight. 9 00:00:48,339 --> 00:00:48,819 It's not. 10 00:00:50,579 --> 00:00:55,709 It is amazing though, how that chapter nine Daniel begins again, 11 00:00:55,789 --> 00:01:00,109 pondering what's going on and then, but then he has a prayer. 12 00:01:00,989 --> 00:01:04,589 So I think it's appropriate that we, like Daniel tonight, pause 13 00:01:04,909 --> 00:01:09,229 before we get into the prophecy of Daniel's 70 weeks and 14 00:01:10,029 --> 00:01:15,869 take time to go back to the basics and to hear and to read a 15 00:01:15,869 --> 00:01:17,869 model prayer of Daniel. 16 00:01:18,429 --> 00:01:21,709 There's many model prayers in the Bible, Nehemiah, many others 17 00:01:21,709 --> 00:01:25,869 who prayed, prayers that we can go back and we can read and help 18 00:01:25,869 --> 00:01:31,029 us understand and know how we might better pray and how we might 19 00:01:31,029 --> 00:01:34,829 come to the Lord in a more biblical fashion, a more biblical 20 00:01:34,829 --> 00:01:35,109 way. 21 00:01:35,749 --> 00:01:37,189 And this is a great one. 22 00:01:37,269 --> 00:01:41,269 So I hope tonight that some of you this will be very elementary. 23 00:01:41,589 --> 00:01:43,429 And then some of you said, hey, it's been a while. 24 00:01:43,429 --> 00:01:46,469 I need a refresher course on praying. 25 00:01:46,709 --> 00:01:49,109 And again, prayer is the muscle that moves the arm of God. 26 00:01:49,109 --> 00:01:50,339 And we need. 27 00:01:51,299 --> 00:01:54,739 Prayer is so neglected and we need to be people of prayer. 28 00:01:54,899 --> 00:01:58,419 So Daniel chapter nine, we'll read verses one through 19. 29 00:01:59,379 --> 00:02:00,979 And so let's begin in verse one. 30 00:02:01,299 --> 00:02:05,339 In the first year of Darius, the son of Ahasuerus, of the seed 31 00:02:05,339 --> 00:02:09,459 of the Medes, which was made king over the realm of the Chaldeans, 32 00:02:10,259 --> 00:02:14,179 in the first year of his reign, I, Daniel, understood by books 33 00:02:14,179 --> 00:02:17,689 the number of years whereof the word of the Lord came to Jeremiah 34 00:02:17,689 --> 00:02:21,889 the prophet, that he would accomplish seventy years in the desolations 35 00:02:22,049 --> 00:02:23,169 of Jerusalem. 36 00:02:23,329 --> 00:02:24,049 Verse 3. 37 00:02:24,209 --> 00:02:28,689 And I set my face unto the Lord God to seek by prayer and supplication, 38 00:02:28,689 --> 00:02:30,769 with fasting and sackcloth and ashes. 39 00:02:30,929 --> 00:02:34,729 And I prayed unto the Lord my God, and made my confession and said, 40 00:02:34,729 --> 00:02:39,769 O Lord, the great and dreadful God, keeping the covenant and mercy 41 00:02:39,769 --> 00:02:42,899 to them that love him and to them that keep his commandments. 42 00:02:43,219 --> 00:02:47,259 We have sinned and have committed iniquity, and have done 43 00:02:47,259 --> 00:02:51,899 wickedly, and have rebelled even by departing from thy precepts 44 00:02:51,899 --> 00:02:53,539 and from thy judgments. 45 00:02:53,779 --> 00:02:57,619 Neither have we hearkened unto thy servants, the prophets, which 46 00:02:57,619 --> 00:03:02,819 spake in thy name to our kings, our princes, our fathers, 47 00:03:02,899 --> 00:03:04,979 and to all the people of the land. 48 00:03:05,939 --> 00:03:09,419 O Lord, righteousness belongeth unto thee. 49 00:03:09,819 --> 00:03:16,379 Be unto us confusion of faces, as at this day to the men of Judah 50 00:03:16,459 --> 00:03:17,939 and the inhabitants of Jerusalem. 51 00:03:17,939 --> 00:03:22,299 And unto all Israel that are near and that are far off, through 52 00:03:22,299 --> 00:03:27,579 all the countries whither thou hast driven them because of their 53 00:03:27,579 --> 00:03:31,419 trespass, that they have trespassed against thee, O Lord. 54 00:03:31,659 --> 00:03:35,749 To us belongeth confusion of face, to our kings, to our princes, 55 00:03:35,749 --> 00:03:38,909 and to our fathers, because we have sinned against thee. 56 00:03:39,069 --> 00:03:44,029 To the Lord our God belongs mercies and forgivenesses. 57 00:03:44,749 --> 00:03:48,149 Though we have rebelled against him, neither have we obeyed 58 00:03:48,149 --> 00:03:51,869 the voice of the Lord our God, to walk in his laws, which he set 59 00:03:51,869 --> 00:03:54,429 before us by his servants the prophets. 60 00:03:54,829 --> 00:03:55,549 Verse 11. 61 00:03:55,869 --> 00:04:01,719 Yea, all Israel have trespassed thy law, even by departing 62 00:04:01,959 --> 00:04:04,279 that they might not obey thy voice. 63 00:04:05,479 --> 00:04:11,679 Therefore the curse is poured out upon him and the oath that was 64 00:04:11,679 --> 00:04:14,119 written in the law of Moses, the servant of God. 65 00:04:16,199 --> 00:04:18,039 Anybody remember the message from this morning? 66 00:04:19,319 --> 00:04:21,239 Maybe three of you. 67 00:04:22,839 --> 00:04:26,439 That verse is referring back to what we talked about this morning. 68 00:04:27,429 --> 00:04:28,589 Alright, to the law of Moses. 69 00:04:28,589 --> 00:04:31,389 There in Deuteronomy we read in two different three or two or 70 00:04:31,389 --> 00:04:31,669 three. 71 00:04:31,909 --> 00:04:35,829 Deuteronomy 11, Deuteronomy 27 and 28, talking about the blessings 72 00:04:35,829 --> 00:04:36,509 and the cursings. 73 00:04:36,509 --> 00:04:37,749 This is what it's speaking about. 74 00:04:39,349 --> 00:04:40,789 Because we have sinned against him. 75 00:04:40,789 --> 00:04:44,749 Verse 12 and he that hath confirmed his words, which he spake 76 00:04:44,749 --> 00:04:48,989 against us and against our judges that judged us, by bringing 77 00:04:48,989 --> 00:04:51,029 upon us a great evil. 78 00:04:51,109 --> 00:04:54,689 For under the whole heaven hath not been done as hath been done 79 00:04:55,249 --> 00:05:00,889 upon Jerusalem, as it is written in the law of Moses. 80 00:05:00,889 --> 00:05:05,689 All this evil has come upon us, yet made we not our prayer before 81 00:05:05,689 --> 00:05:10,449 the Lord our God, that we might turn from our iniquities and 82 00:05:10,449 --> 00:05:12,449 understand thy truth. 83 00:05:12,769 --> 00:05:15,089 Therefore we didn't turn. 84 00:05:15,569 --> 00:05:19,539 Therefore hath the Lord watched upon the evil and brought 85 00:05:19,539 --> 00:05:20,419 it upon us. 86 00:05:20,659 --> 00:05:24,499 For the Lord our God is righteous in all his works which 87 00:05:24,499 --> 00:05:28,259 he doeth, for we obeyed not his voice. 88 00:05:29,059 --> 00:05:31,539 Daniel hasn't said that at all in this entire prayer, has he? 89 00:05:32,019 --> 00:05:36,139 And now, O Lord our God, thou hast brought thy people forth out 90 00:05:36,139 --> 00:05:39,819 of the land of Egypt with a mighty hand and hast gotten thee 91 00:05:39,819 --> 00:05:41,979 renowned as it is this day. 92 00:05:41,979 --> 00:05:48,659 By the way, just side note, he is saying even in that day people 93 00:05:48,659 --> 00:05:51,779 are still talking about the children of Israel coming out of 94 00:05:51,779 --> 00:05:54,859 Egypt and how God performed the great miracles. 95 00:05:56,139 --> 00:05:57,419 It's amazing, isn't it? 96 00:05:59,179 --> 00:06:00,219 We have sinned. 97 00:06:00,858 --> 00:06:01,979 We have done wickedly. 98 00:06:01,979 --> 00:06:02,619 Verse 16. 99 00:06:03,099 --> 00:06:07,219 O Lord, according to all thy righteousness, I beseech thee, I 100 00:06:07,219 --> 00:06:11,249 beg the let thine anger and thy fury be turned away from thy 101 00:06:11,249 --> 00:06:13,689 city, Jerusalem, thy holy mountain. 102 00:06:14,329 --> 00:06:18,409 Because for our sins and for the iniquity of our fathers, Jerusalem 103 00:06:18,409 --> 00:06:22,249 and thy people are become a reproach to all that are about us 104 00:06:22,729 --> 00:06:28,009 now therefore, O our God, hear the prayer of thy servant and his 105 00:06:28,009 --> 00:06:32,969 supplications and cause thy face to shine upon thy sanctuary 106 00:06:33,449 --> 00:06:34,569 that is desolate. 107 00:06:34,729 --> 00:06:40,399 For the Lord's sake, O my God, incline thine ear and hear, open 108 00:06:40,399 --> 00:06:45,119 thine eyes and behold our desolations and the city which is 109 00:06:45,119 --> 00:06:46,279 called by thy name. 110 00:06:46,839 --> 00:06:48,039 Talking about Jerusalem. 111 00:06:48,119 --> 00:06:52,198 For we do not present our supplications before thee for our 112 00:06:52,198 --> 00:06:58,439 righteousnesses, but for thy great mercies. 113 00:06:59,159 --> 00:07:03,549 In other words, we have nothing within us worthy of you answering 114 00:07:03,549 --> 00:07:08,109 our prayer or hearing our prayer, but for your sake, your great 115 00:07:08,109 --> 00:07:08,669 mercies. 116 00:07:08,909 --> 00:07:09,629 Verse 19. 117 00:07:10,109 --> 00:07:11,149 O Lord, hear. 118 00:07:12,029 --> 00:07:13,229 O Lord, forgive. 119 00:07:13,869 --> 00:07:18,909 O Lord, hearken and do defer not for thine own sake, O my God. 120 00:07:19,309 --> 00:07:23,789 For thy city and thy people are called by thy name. 121 00:07:24,669 --> 00:07:25,309 Let's pray. 122 00:07:25,309 --> 00:07:30,499 Heavenly Father, as we look at the prayer of Daniel, may we follow 123 00:07:30,499 --> 00:07:31,419 his example. 124 00:07:31,579 --> 00:07:39,459 May we see this model prayer as a pattern by which we can come 125 00:07:39,459 --> 00:07:40,619 to the throne of grace. 126 00:07:41,579 --> 00:07:44,339 We thank you for your love for us. 127 00:07:44,339 --> 00:07:48,419 And though we are unworthy to come before the throne, we're so 128 00:07:48,419 --> 00:07:51,499 thankful that you hear our prayers in Jesus name. 129 00:07:51,499 --> 00:07:52,139 Amen. 130 00:07:53,019 --> 00:07:56,139 The theme of the Book of Daniel is again, God rules in the 131 00:07:56,139 --> 00:07:56,939 affairs of man. 132 00:07:57,589 --> 00:07:59,309 God is the one who sets kings up. 133 00:07:59,309 --> 00:08:00,669 He's the one who takes them down. 134 00:08:00,669 --> 00:08:03,829 And we need to be reminded of that every day here in America, that 135 00:08:03,829 --> 00:08:09,469 God's in control, and he's the one who is putting kings in place, 136 00:08:09,469 --> 00:08:13,629 presidents in place, and he's the one who determines to take them 137 00:08:13,629 --> 00:08:13,909 down. 138 00:08:13,989 --> 00:08:19,349 In chapter seven and eight, we again saw the visions and the prophecies 139 00:08:19,349 --> 00:08:23,669 concerning the Gentile powers and also the Antichrist. 140 00:08:23,669 --> 00:08:27,709 And we spent time talking about these beasts that were coming 141 00:08:27,709 --> 00:08:30,629 again, these beasts representing the Gentile powers that 142 00:08:30,629 --> 00:08:35,949 are going to come after the Babylonian empire, and so much so 143 00:08:35,949 --> 00:08:39,549 that it names the Medo Persian Empire and even names the Grecian 144 00:08:39,549 --> 00:08:39,909 Empire. 145 00:08:40,308 --> 00:08:45,629 Then it specifically, in an amazing way, talks about Antiochus 146 00:08:45,629 --> 00:08:47,829 Epiphanes, though it doesn't use his name. 147 00:08:47,829 --> 00:08:51,209 There's zero doubt that's who it is, because of the prophecy and 148 00:08:51,209 --> 00:08:55,529 the time that it gives tells the exact day in which he would offer 149 00:08:55,529 --> 00:08:58,609 up a pig in the sanctuary. 150 00:08:59,169 --> 00:09:00,449 It's an amazing thing. 151 00:09:00,609 --> 00:09:04,809 And really chapter eight is the reason why the liberals and the 152 00:09:04,809 --> 00:09:09,209 modernists date Daniel to the 2nd century instead of the 6th century 153 00:09:09,209 --> 00:09:13,569 where it belongs, because they believe that that prophecy is just 154 00:09:13,569 --> 00:09:15,329 too real. 155 00:09:16,859 --> 00:09:17,899 It's a prophecy. 156 00:09:18,619 --> 00:09:22,699 And so if you date the Daniel's writings to the second century. 157 00:09:23,019 --> 00:09:25,219 Then none of the prophecies are really prophecies. 158 00:09:25,219 --> 00:09:25,899 It's just history. 159 00:09:26,939 --> 00:09:29,899 And that's what the modernists would want because they don't believe 160 00:09:29,899 --> 00:09:32,539 that the Bible is true. 161 00:09:34,779 --> 00:09:36,139 It's amazing, isn't it? 162 00:09:36,539 --> 00:09:42,669 God used Daniel to prophesy concerning these future powers, gentile 163 00:09:42,669 --> 00:09:46,589 powers, even down to anticus epiphanies. 164 00:09:46,589 --> 00:09:50,549 It's an amazing thing, the description of the Antichrist in 165 00:09:50,549 --> 00:09:51,589 those two chapters. 166 00:09:51,589 --> 00:09:54,549 And we know that one day he'll come on the scene. 167 00:09:54,949 --> 00:09:56,549 So that's where we have been at. 168 00:09:57,029 --> 00:10:01,509 So now we're back in the first year of the Medo Persian Empire. 169 00:10:01,509 --> 00:10:03,989 So we're back in the timeframe of chapter six. 170 00:10:04,069 --> 00:10:07,629 Remember, the first six chapters are dealing primarily with 171 00:10:07,629 --> 00:10:08,789 Daniel and his friends. 172 00:10:09,269 --> 00:10:12,149 And about them though we do know Daniel, chapter two is a prophetical 173 00:10:12,629 --> 00:10:16,709 chapter, but primarily dealing with Daniel, the three Hebrew children. 174 00:10:16,709 --> 00:10:20,429 And then the last chapter 7 through 12 dealing primarily with 175 00:10:20,429 --> 00:10:20,949 prophecy. 176 00:10:21,189 --> 00:10:22,309 That's how it's divided. 177 00:10:22,629 --> 00:10:28,069 So the prophetical sections chapters go back and plug in to the 178 00:10:28,069 --> 00:10:31,349 first few chapters as far as it is chronologically speaking. 179 00:10:31,429 --> 00:10:36,219 So chronologically speaking, chapter nine is happening where chapter 180 00:10:36,219 --> 00:10:36,939 six was at. 181 00:10:36,939 --> 00:10:37,739 Anybody care? 182 00:10:37,739 --> 00:10:39,459 Everybody okay? 183 00:10:39,619 --> 00:10:40,579 It's just good to know. 184 00:10:40,579 --> 00:10:41,779 Hey, in your mind. 185 00:10:41,939 --> 00:10:43,459 That's the way my mind works. 186 00:10:44,419 --> 00:10:47,619 So now we're in the first year of the Medo Persian Empire. 187 00:10:47,859 --> 00:10:51,579 Darius is on the throne in Babylon. 188 00:10:51,579 --> 00:10:54,539 Now he's not the main king, he's a co regent. 189 00:10:54,539 --> 00:11:00,499 He's simply over the king over Babylon, whereas Cyrus is ultimately 190 00:11:01,199 --> 00:11:01,679 the king. 191 00:11:02,879 --> 00:11:07,679 Here we also see the record of a model prayer given by Daniel. 192 00:11:08,319 --> 00:11:12,399 And then tonight we'll cover this next Sunday night. 193 00:11:12,719 --> 00:11:14,319 This is the key chapter. 194 00:11:15,679 --> 00:11:19,239 Chapter nine is the key chapter of understanding the big 195 00:11:19,239 --> 00:11:24,399 picture of God's program or God's prophetic calendar. 196 00:11:25,999 --> 00:11:33,059 Daniel chapter nine and Daniel's 70 weeks are giving you 197 00:11:33,059 --> 00:11:36,379 the broad outline of God's prophetical calendar. 198 00:11:36,379 --> 00:11:44,339 And it is emphatic, it is dogmatic, it is the greatest proof 199 00:11:44,339 --> 00:11:47,219 text of why we are pre tribulationists. 200 00:11:48,259 --> 00:11:51,619 And it is no doubt. 201 00:11:52,829 --> 00:11:54,189 There is zero doubt. 202 00:11:55,869 --> 00:12:03,149 Jesus is coming and he's coming before the great Tribulation. 203 00:12:04,509 --> 00:12:06,189 We are not appointed into wrath. 204 00:12:06,669 --> 00:12:09,509 We will not go through the tribulation, we won't go through 205 00:12:09,509 --> 00:12:11,669 the first half of the tribulation and we won't go through 206 00:12:11,669 --> 00:12:12,669 the second half of the tribulation. 207 00:12:13,229 --> 00:12:17,149 We'll be in heaven at the marriage supper of the lamb, eating 208 00:12:17,149 --> 00:12:23,389 roasted mashed potatoes, picking fruit off the trees of the 209 00:12:23,389 --> 00:12:25,869 stream that flows out of the throne room of God. 210 00:12:27,229 --> 00:12:31,349 But Daniel 70 weeks is amazing. 211 00:12:31,349 --> 00:12:34,949 So we will have next Sunday night some charts and yeah, most 212 00:12:34,949 --> 00:12:36,669 of them will be brother Stewart's charts. 213 00:12:37,229 --> 00:12:41,189 And we certainly want you to get your head wrapped around the 214 00:12:41,189 --> 00:12:41,669 prophecy. 215 00:12:41,669 --> 00:12:44,349 It's an amazing, amazing prophecy. 216 00:12:48,079 --> 00:12:53,719 As we think about this chapter, we see that Daniel again 217 00:12:53,719 --> 00:12:54,719 is pondering. 218 00:12:55,359 --> 00:12:57,319 He is a student of prophecy. 219 00:12:57,319 --> 00:12:58,879 By the way, look at that. 220 00:12:58,879 --> 00:13:00,119 I mean verse 2. 221 00:13:00,119 --> 00:13:03,519 In the first year of the reign, I, Daniel understood by what 222 00:13:04,159 --> 00:13:08,279 books, the number of years whereof the word of the Lord came 223 00:13:08,279 --> 00:13:09,599 to Jeremiah the prophet. 224 00:13:09,599 --> 00:13:14,229 Listen, he is studying, he is reading the book of Jeremiah. 225 00:13:15,909 --> 00:13:23,669 He's studying, he's learning, he's preparing, he's pondering. 226 00:13:24,709 --> 00:13:26,709 Daniel was a student of prophecy. 227 00:13:28,309 --> 00:13:36,749 Prophecy is one of the proofs that the Bible is true, that the 228 00:13:36,749 --> 00:13:38,869 Bible indeed is the word of God. 229 00:13:39,709 --> 00:13:42,909 As I said, Daniel chapter 8 describing Antiochus epiphanies, 230 00:13:43,549 --> 00:13:45,869 even the very date in which he would come. 231 00:13:46,269 --> 00:13:47,389 It's an amazing thing. 232 00:13:48,429 --> 00:13:53,389 It's what proves it's one of the proofs again, the Bible is indeed 233 00:13:53,389 --> 00:13:54,269 the word of God. 234 00:13:54,908 --> 00:13:56,189 In First Peter chapter one. 235 00:13:56,189 --> 00:13:57,069 We won't turn there. 236 00:13:57,069 --> 00:13:58,749 You can look it up if you would like. 237 00:13:58,749 --> 00:14:00,989 1 Peter, chapter 1, verses 10 through 12. 238 00:14:01,229 --> 00:14:05,589 Peter references the prophets and when he references the prophets 239 00:14:05,589 --> 00:14:08,849 in these three particular scripture, he references the prophets 240 00:14:08,849 --> 00:14:12,809 as they are also students of prophecy. 241 00:14:12,969 --> 00:14:16,169 He says the prophets have studied the prophets. 242 00:14:17,129 --> 00:14:20,849 And then he also alludes to that the prophets would study their 243 00:14:20,849 --> 00:14:24,009 own writings to try to get a clearer understanding of what they 244 00:14:24,009 --> 00:14:24,409 meant. 245 00:14:24,969 --> 00:14:26,009 Daniel did that. 246 00:14:27,209 --> 00:14:31,689 We know that there was delay in Daniel of revealing the prophecies 247 00:14:31,689 --> 00:14:32,449 that he was getting. 248 00:14:32,449 --> 00:14:37,169 There was delay in that and more than likely at least in verse, 249 00:14:37,169 --> 00:14:40,609 that he was studying them his own prophecies. 250 00:14:41,009 --> 00:14:41,729 Pretty cool. 251 00:14:42,769 --> 00:14:45,209 I received this from the Lord, but I need a better understanding 252 00:14:45,209 --> 00:14:46,049 of what's going on. 253 00:14:46,129 --> 00:14:47,609 And studies his own prophecy. 254 00:14:47,609 --> 00:14:51,249 So Daniel's a student of prophecy, a student of the writings 255 00:14:51,249 --> 00:14:53,649 of Jeremiah and no doubt Isaiah. 256 00:14:55,329 --> 00:15:03,509 Daniel read Jeremiah, turn to Jeremiah chapter 29, just a few books 257 00:15:03,509 --> 00:15:06,189 over Jeremiah 29. 258 00:15:06,669 --> 00:15:13,949 So the 70 years was prophesied by Jeremiah, also prophesied by Isaiah 259 00:15:14,509 --> 00:15:17,149 that the children of Israel would be in captivity. 260 00:15:17,549 --> 00:15:22,829 If you remember when Jeremiah is prophesying there in Jerusalem 261 00:15:23,469 --> 00:15:29,699 that there were other prophets there that were saying Jeremiah is 262 00:15:29,699 --> 00:15:30,059 wrong. 263 00:15:30,699 --> 00:15:33,179 The captivity will be a short time. 264 00:15:33,419 --> 00:15:36,739 It will not be, it will not be a long time and we'll be back in 265 00:15:36,739 --> 00:15:44,139 the land and just a bunch of losers, people pretending to be prophets 266 00:15:44,139 --> 00:15:46,099 who wasn't really getting a word from the Lord. 267 00:15:46,099 --> 00:15:49,099 They were just trying to please men and not the Lord. 268 00:15:49,419 --> 00:15:52,939 And trying to tickle the ears of their hearers. 269 00:15:53,799 --> 00:15:56,319 And therefore they said, oh, you know this captivity. 270 00:15:56,319 --> 00:15:57,719 And Jeremiah kept preaching. 271 00:15:57,799 --> 00:15:59,959 70 years, 70 years. 272 00:16:00,119 --> 00:16:01,159 And guess what? 273 00:16:01,639 --> 00:16:03,079 They didn't like Jeremiah. 274 00:16:04,199 --> 00:16:05,559 Because he preached the truth. 275 00:16:07,559 --> 00:16:08,839 They put him in prison. 276 00:16:09,879 --> 00:16:11,319 They put him down in a hole. 277 00:16:13,479 --> 00:16:16,759 Tradition says he was put inside of a log at some point and 278 00:16:16,839 --> 00:16:19,399 may have been sawn asunder. 279 00:16:20,059 --> 00:16:24,219 Just they ill treated him because he spoke the truth. 280 00:16:25,339 --> 00:16:28,619 So in Jeremiah, chapter 29, look with me in verse 4. 281 00:16:30,299 --> 00:16:33,499 Thus saith the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel, unto all that 282 00:16:33,499 --> 00:16:37,699 are carried away in captives, whom I have caused to be carried 283 00:16:37,699 --> 00:16:43,699 away from Jerusalem unto Babylon, build ye houses and dwell 284 00:16:43,699 --> 00:16:44,139 in them. 285 00:16:45,509 --> 00:16:47,909 In other words, you don't need to stay in tents. 286 00:16:48,549 --> 00:16:52,189 Build your house, plant gardens, and eat the fruit of them. 287 00:16:52,189 --> 00:16:55,469 Take ye wives and beget sons and daughters, and take wives for 288 00:16:55,469 --> 00:16:58,469 your sons, and give your daughters to husbands, that they 289 00:16:58,469 --> 00:17:02,509 may bear sons and daughters, that ye may be increased there and 290 00:17:02,509 --> 00:17:03,429 not diminished. 291 00:17:04,069 --> 00:17:05,669 And seek the peace of the city. 292 00:17:06,069 --> 00:17:09,549 Whether I have caused you to be carried away captives, and pray 293 00:17:09,549 --> 00:17:10,549 unto the Lord for it. 294 00:17:11,079 --> 00:17:13,319 For in the peace thereof shall ye have peace. 295 00:17:14,039 --> 00:17:18,079 For thus saith the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel, Let not 296 00:17:18,079 --> 00:17:21,959 your prophets or your diviners that be in the midst of you, deceive 297 00:17:21,959 --> 00:17:22,359 you. 298 00:17:22,599 --> 00:17:27,079 Neither hearken to your dreams, which ye cause to be dreamed. 299 00:17:27,239 --> 00:17:32,359 For they prophesy falsely unto you in my name I have not sent them, 300 00:17:32,439 --> 00:17:34,199 saith the Lord. 301 00:17:36,039 --> 00:17:41,329 For thus saith the lord, that after 70 years be accomplished at 302 00:17:41,329 --> 00:17:46,929 Babylon I will visit you and perform my good word toward you and 303 00:17:46,929 --> 00:17:50,009 causing you to return to this place. 304 00:17:51,049 --> 00:17:56,169 So you better stop listening to the false prophets, stop living 305 00:17:56,169 --> 00:18:01,289 in 10, build your houses, go ahead and have your children get 306 00:18:01,289 --> 00:18:03,689 married, because you're going to be in Babylon a while. 307 00:18:04,499 --> 00:18:05,379 70 years. 308 00:18:06,659 --> 00:18:07,539 70 years. 309 00:18:08,499 --> 00:18:13,859 And so Daniel, it says there in verse two, said he understood 310 00:18:13,859 --> 00:18:16,859 by books the number of years whereof the word of the Lord came 311 00:18:16,859 --> 00:18:21,099 to Jeremiah the prophet, that he would accomplish 70 years in the 312 00:18:21,099 --> 00:18:23,339 desolation of Jerusalem. 313 00:18:23,339 --> 00:18:30,059 So here is Daniel pondering, thinking, praying about this 70 years 314 00:18:30,059 --> 00:18:33,099 of Daniel that Jeremiah had spoken of. 315 00:18:33,579 --> 00:18:35,579 And he understood the times. 316 00:18:35,739 --> 00:18:39,619 So he understood that that captivity was about to end, or may 317 00:18:39,619 --> 00:18:44,139 had just ended, because Daniel lives through it, the return. 318 00:18:46,139 --> 00:18:50,899 And so he, I have no doubt, was getting excited about what God 319 00:18:50,899 --> 00:18:53,899 was about to do to allow the children of Israel to return from 320 00:18:53,899 --> 00:18:55,819 captivity and go back to Jerusalem. 321 00:18:57,989 --> 00:19:00,629 The children of Israel had been carried into Babylon because 322 00:19:00,629 --> 00:19:08,429 of their apostasy, and God had chastened them, chastening of the 323 00:19:08,429 --> 00:19:11,709 Lord, I quoted this verse this morning. 324 00:19:11,709 --> 00:19:14,189 Hebrews chapter 12 and verse 6 says, whom the Lord loveth. 325 00:19:14,189 --> 00:19:14,469 What? 326 00:19:14,949 --> 00:19:15,989 He chasteneth. 327 00:19:16,869 --> 00:19:17,909 He chasteneth. 328 00:19:18,629 --> 00:19:19,669 God loves his people. 329 00:19:21,589 --> 00:19:22,669 And God was very. 330 00:19:22,669 --> 00:19:27,589 And I mentioned this morning and understand, yes, God in the Old 331 00:19:27,589 --> 00:19:30,029 Testament dealt with his people in such a way. 332 00:19:30,429 --> 00:19:32,269 Again, there was cursing and there was blessing. 333 00:19:32,269 --> 00:19:34,669 You either keep the law and I'll bless you. 334 00:19:34,669 --> 00:19:36,109 You don't keep the law, I'll curse you. 335 00:19:36,269 --> 00:19:40,789 But understand that grace was still a major part of how God dealt 336 00:19:40,789 --> 00:19:41,869 with the children of Israel. 337 00:19:42,509 --> 00:19:43,389 Think about it. 338 00:19:43,629 --> 00:19:45,629 How long suffering he was with them. 339 00:19:46,909 --> 00:19:49,869 Think how long suffering he was for those who dwelt in Canaan. 340 00:19:51,039 --> 00:19:54,959 He said, the fullness of the Canaanites are not yet. 341 00:19:54,959 --> 00:19:58,719 He wouldn't allow the Canaanites and all the AIT people 342 00:19:58,719 --> 00:19:59,519 to be destroyed. 343 00:19:59,519 --> 00:20:03,359 400 years earlier God was long suffering. 344 00:20:03,839 --> 00:20:05,439 I'm thankful for a long suffering God. 345 00:20:05,439 --> 00:20:08,879 Aren't you a gracious and grace God of grace? 346 00:20:09,839 --> 00:20:11,999 But whom he loveth, he chasteneth. 347 00:20:12,319 --> 00:20:13,759 I just kind of want to stick this in here. 348 00:20:13,759 --> 00:20:15,839 It says Proverbs 13:24. 349 00:20:16,239 --> 00:20:17,479 Just as by way of illustration. 350 00:20:17,479 --> 00:20:20,079 He that spareth his rod hateth his son. 351 00:20:20,239 --> 00:20:23,439 But he that loveth him, chasteneth him betimes. 352 00:20:24,159 --> 00:20:27,959 Just remind you parents, we got a lot of young couples and raising 353 00:20:27,959 --> 00:20:30,319 these kids do it the Bible way. 354 00:20:31,839 --> 00:20:32,959 The Bible says. 355 00:20:33,199 --> 00:20:36,799 And Solomon, the wisest man who's ever lived, said, if you do 356 00:20:36,799 --> 00:20:40,159 not spank your child, you hate them. 357 00:20:40,719 --> 00:20:41,839 You say, well, that's just. 358 00:20:41,999 --> 00:20:43,039 That's not what it's saying. 359 00:20:43,819 --> 00:20:45,339 That's exactly what it says. 360 00:20:46,379 --> 00:20:52,139 And it says that a parent chasteneth them betimes. 361 00:20:52,539 --> 00:20:53,899 You got to look that one up. 362 00:20:54,619 --> 00:20:55,579 Here's what it means. 363 00:20:56,059 --> 00:20:58,699 It means they chasten them promptly. 364 00:21:02,139 --> 00:21:09,459 I just throw in some parental doesn't say, you count to 1, 2 and 365 00:21:09,459 --> 00:21:09,739 3. 366 00:21:14,729 --> 00:21:17,409 I know a lot of parents use that and if you use it, that's between 367 00:21:17,409 --> 00:21:18,089 you and the Lord. 368 00:21:18,649 --> 00:21:22,929 But all you're doing is teaching them to disobey 1, 2 and 369 00:21:22,929 --> 00:21:23,209 3. 370 00:21:24,889 --> 00:21:26,889 So betimes means promptly. 371 00:21:27,769 --> 00:21:30,009 Betimes means without delay. 372 00:21:30,969 --> 00:21:31,929 It means early. 373 00:21:32,569 --> 00:21:33,809 It also means earnestly. 374 00:21:33,809 --> 00:21:34,569 I like that one. 375 00:21:36,179 --> 00:21:37,779 Chasteneth your child earnestly. 376 00:21:40,099 --> 00:21:41,219 You guys are okay. 377 00:21:42,659 --> 00:21:43,299 Amen. 378 00:21:43,699 --> 00:21:45,819 Just timeout thing. 379 00:21:45,819 --> 00:21:46,899 Whatever, go ahead. 380 00:21:47,299 --> 00:21:48,739 That's not what the Bible teaches. 381 00:21:50,019 --> 00:21:51,539 By the way, the Bible does teach grace. 382 00:21:52,019 --> 00:21:54,579 And I'm thankful we can show our children grace at times. 383 00:21:55,139 --> 00:21:57,779 There was times in our kids would disobey that. 384 00:21:58,019 --> 00:22:00,739 We would say, hey, you know, this is what you deserve, but we're 385 00:22:00,739 --> 00:22:01,539 going to show you grace. 386 00:22:02,349 --> 00:22:03,949 And we did that from time to time. 387 00:22:03,949 --> 00:22:04,989 It's a good thing to do. 388 00:22:08,349 --> 00:22:10,349 But whom the Lord loveth, he chasteneth. 389 00:22:10,909 --> 00:22:14,709 And a dad and a mom who truly love their children will chasten 390 00:22:14,709 --> 00:22:14,989 them. 391 00:22:16,189 --> 00:22:17,869 It takes a lot of effort and time. 392 00:22:18,829 --> 00:22:20,509 Train up a child in the way they should go. 393 00:22:20,589 --> 00:22:22,429 I used this the other day and I'll use it again. 394 00:22:22,749 --> 00:22:23,309 Train. 395 00:22:24,109 --> 00:22:25,389 Not a choo choo train. 396 00:22:26,349 --> 00:22:26,909 Train. 397 00:22:27,959 --> 00:22:30,439 Training takes time, takes effort. 398 00:22:31,559 --> 00:22:34,239 What we have in this world today, and I don't believe this would 399 00:22:34,239 --> 00:22:37,599 be the testimony of anybody in the room, but we have a lot of parents 400 00:22:37,599 --> 00:22:38,359 who are lazy. 401 00:22:41,639 --> 00:22:48,199 You've got to betimes promptly. 402 00:22:49,239 --> 00:22:50,319 Yes, yes. 403 00:22:50,319 --> 00:22:52,439 Lovingly and kindly. 404 00:22:53,489 --> 00:22:54,209 Should I move on? 405 00:22:56,369 --> 00:22:57,089 It's parked there. 406 00:22:57,089 --> 00:22:57,489 Yeah. 407 00:23:00,049 --> 00:23:01,849 Whom the Lord loveth, he chasteneth. 408 00:23:01,849 --> 00:23:03,529 And God's so gracious with Israel. 409 00:23:03,529 --> 00:23:07,169 But again, like I said this morning and this evening, again, 410 00:23:10,609 --> 00:23:12,329 you can fall on the grace of God. 411 00:23:12,329 --> 00:23:17,249 You can humble yourself before God and God will show you grace. 412 00:23:17,969 --> 00:23:22,319 But Daniel makes it very clear in here, Israel did not humble themselves. 413 00:23:23,039 --> 00:23:28,959 They did not pray, they did not seek God's face, and God chastened 414 00:23:28,959 --> 00:23:29,199 them. 415 00:23:29,679 --> 00:23:30,759 Why 70 years? 416 00:23:30,759 --> 00:23:32,239 That's kind of an arbitrary number. 417 00:23:32,719 --> 00:23:33,679 It's really not. 418 00:23:34,719 --> 00:23:37,519 The 70 years is to make up for the Sabbath years. 419 00:23:38,559 --> 00:23:43,039 You see, the law had been given by Moses that every seventh 420 00:23:43,039 --> 00:23:46,399 year Israel was to let the land rest. 421 00:23:47,459 --> 00:23:51,619 So that means every seventh year they were not to harvest and 422 00:23:51,619 --> 00:23:53,259 plant and any of those things. 423 00:23:53,259 --> 00:23:54,739 They were to let the land rest. 424 00:23:55,539 --> 00:23:56,819 And this had more to do. 425 00:23:57,219 --> 00:24:00,179 And I thought, well, maybe that's, you know, an agricultural 426 00:24:00,179 --> 00:24:00,419 thing. 427 00:24:00,419 --> 00:24:04,459 Well, really it has more to do with the spiritual in that God gave 428 00:24:04,459 --> 00:24:08,299 them that law that they would be dependent upon him that seventh 429 00:24:08,299 --> 00:24:08,579 year. 430 00:24:08,899 --> 00:24:12,219 That meant in the sixth year that God had to come through and 431 00:24:12,219 --> 00:24:15,639 make sure that there was plenty of food and things to store 432 00:24:15,639 --> 00:24:16,719 up for the next year. 433 00:24:17,759 --> 00:24:25,319 So it was God giving them a test to allow them to find out if 434 00:24:25,319 --> 00:24:29,319 they truly would have faith in him and trust him and be dependent 435 00:24:29,319 --> 00:24:29,839 upon Him. 436 00:24:30,159 --> 00:24:31,199 But they did not. 437 00:24:31,679 --> 00:24:33,999 We know they didn't let the land rest on the seventh year. 438 00:24:33,999 --> 00:24:36,279 And of course it would have an agricultural impact. 439 00:24:36,279 --> 00:24:39,039 We know that now scientifically, to let the land rest 440 00:24:39,199 --> 00:24:40,079 for a whole year. 441 00:24:42,149 --> 00:24:42,949 But they did not. 442 00:24:43,749 --> 00:24:47,709 And God warned them that they did not do that, that he would chasten 443 00:24:47,709 --> 00:24:47,989 them. 444 00:24:48,389 --> 00:24:53,189 And so that 70 years is the number of years that they did not 445 00:24:53,189 --> 00:24:54,789 allow that land to rest. 446 00:24:56,469 --> 00:25:01,589 So it rested for exactly the number of Sabbath years Israel failed 447 00:25:01,749 --> 00:25:02,629 to observe. 448 00:25:03,429 --> 00:25:05,829 By the way, the number seven is a cool number in the Bible. 449 00:25:06,389 --> 00:25:08,069 It Speaks of completion. 450 00:25:08,999 --> 00:25:10,519 Seven appears many times in the Bible. 451 00:25:10,519 --> 00:25:12,679 We know that the seven days of creation. 452 00:25:12,999 --> 00:25:18,559 Again, speaking of completion, number seven always speaks of the 453 00:25:18,559 --> 00:25:19,799 divine work of God. 454 00:25:21,479 --> 00:25:24,439 The completion of the divine work of God. 455 00:25:25,159 --> 00:25:26,839 Numbers do play a role in the Bible. 456 00:25:26,919 --> 00:25:29,959 I don't preach on that much and talk about that much because 457 00:25:30,759 --> 00:25:33,479 people have a tendency to carry it way, way, way too far. 458 00:25:34,449 --> 00:25:39,169 But number seven, the number 40, there's other numbers in the 459 00:25:39,169 --> 00:25:43,809 Bible that do have some metaphoric and symbolism with them. 460 00:25:44,209 --> 00:25:46,049 And number seven absolutely does. 461 00:25:48,689 --> 00:25:54,329 Seventy years, Jeremiah prophesied, but we know it says it's 462 00:25:54,329 --> 00:25:54,689 plural. 463 00:25:54,689 --> 00:25:55,169 Books. 464 00:25:55,169 --> 00:25:56,449 It means he read books. 465 00:25:56,849 --> 00:25:59,009 And so no doubt he read Isaiah as well. 466 00:25:59,659 --> 00:26:05,099 In Isaiah, chapter 44 and chapter 45, Isaiah, 100 years before 467 00:26:07,499 --> 00:26:11,219 Cyrus came to power named Cyrus. 468 00:26:11,219 --> 00:26:13,659 I know we've mentioned this from the pulpit many times, but go 469 00:26:13,659 --> 00:26:14,299 look this up. 470 00:26:14,299 --> 00:26:15,259 This is amazing. 471 00:26:15,659 --> 00:26:18,739 Again, this is one of the proofs in which we know that the 472 00:26:18,739 --> 00:26:19,659 Bible is true. 473 00:26:20,059 --> 00:26:26,549 That it wasn't just some arbitrary, you know, very, you know, 474 00:26:26,549 --> 00:26:31,509 vague prophecy concerning the Medo Persian king. 475 00:26:31,669 --> 00:26:34,629 It didn't just say the Medo Persian king would allow the children 476 00:26:34,629 --> 00:26:37,709 of Israel to return to Jerusalem and rebuild the temple. 477 00:26:37,709 --> 00:26:39,109 No, it didn't say that. 478 00:26:39,109 --> 00:26:40,149 In that vague statement. 479 00:26:40,229 --> 00:26:42,469 Literally, Isaiah says, Cyrus. 480 00:26:43,509 --> 00:26:46,069 Over 100 years before Cyrus comes to the throne. 481 00:26:46,869 --> 00:26:49,829 I still believe, and I can't wait to get to heaven and ask Daniel. 482 00:26:49,829 --> 00:26:52,589 Did Daniel go in and show Cyrus? 483 00:26:52,589 --> 00:26:57,309 Hey, look, over 100 years ago, our prophets prophesied about you 484 00:26:57,629 --> 00:27:01,469 that you would allow our people to return to Jerusalem. 485 00:27:01,549 --> 00:27:02,829 It's amazing, isn't it? 486 00:27:02,829 --> 00:27:03,949 It's an amazing thought. 487 00:27:04,829 --> 00:27:08,348 Cyrus, it mentions his name twice there in Isaiah 44. 488 00:27:08,669 --> 00:27:11,989 To Cyrus it says that saith of Cyrus. 489 00:27:11,989 --> 00:27:14,269 And it says to Cyrus, whose right hand. 490 00:27:14,909 --> 00:27:19,959 It's an amazing thing, by the way, Babylon was barely a blip on 491 00:27:19,959 --> 00:27:25,479 the screen and certainly the Medo Persian empire was not anything 492 00:27:25,639 --> 00:27:29,639 but a blip on the screen at the time that Isaiah prophesied. 493 00:27:30,759 --> 00:27:35,279 What a book we have that you hold in your lap or you have on your 494 00:27:35,279 --> 00:27:35,639 phone. 495 00:27:37,399 --> 00:27:38,519 What an amazing book. 496 00:27:38,519 --> 00:27:39,719 What a miraculous book. 497 00:27:39,719 --> 00:27:43,959 1600 years written over a period of 1600 years and 40 different 498 00:27:43,959 --> 00:27:45,799 authors, and yet without error. 499 00:27:46,959 --> 00:27:47,999 It's an amazing book. 500 00:27:48,159 --> 00:27:49,679 It's a miraculous book. 501 00:27:52,079 --> 00:27:53,839 And then we see Daniel's Prayer. 502 00:27:54,559 --> 00:27:55,599 I've already read it. 503 00:27:55,599 --> 00:27:57,919 And so therefore I'm just going to kind of give you the high 504 00:27:57,919 --> 00:28:02,559 points of it and give you again the outline here of this model 505 00:28:02,559 --> 00:28:03,039 prayer. 506 00:28:03,199 --> 00:28:04,479 He prayed for his people. 507 00:28:05,439 --> 00:28:07,679 And we see in verse 5, he identified with his people. 508 00:28:07,679 --> 00:28:10,839 He didn't just say, I'm praying for Israel's sins. 509 00:28:10,839 --> 00:28:12,959 No, he said, I'm praying for my sins as well. 510 00:28:13,789 --> 00:28:15,629 Daniel identified with his people. 511 00:28:15,629 --> 00:28:19,869 Daniel identified and made very clear that he wasn't sinless 512 00:28:19,869 --> 00:28:20,349 as well. 513 00:28:20,669 --> 00:28:22,109 He had sinned in his own life. 514 00:28:23,229 --> 00:28:25,029 He prayed there. 515 00:28:25,029 --> 00:28:28,029 In that very verse three, it talks about supplication to make 516 00:28:28,029 --> 00:28:29,188 supplication before God. 517 00:28:29,188 --> 00:28:30,189 What is supplication? 518 00:28:30,269 --> 00:28:33,549 Supplication is that of being serious and humble. 519 00:28:33,629 --> 00:28:37,549 It has to do with pleading a request before God, a heartfelt request, 520 00:28:37,709 --> 00:28:41,979 a passionate approach to God, a true desire to have your prayer 521 00:28:42,219 --> 00:28:42,779 answered. 522 00:28:43,739 --> 00:28:44,299 So we see. 523 00:28:44,299 --> 00:28:49,659 Before Daniel receives this great prophecy of the 70 weeks he 524 00:28:49,659 --> 00:28:50,059 prays. 525 00:28:51,099 --> 00:28:54,779 I wonder if the prayer had anything to do with God giving him 526 00:28:55,658 --> 00:28:57,619 the blessing of the prophecy. 527 00:28:57,619 --> 00:28:58,299 I believe it did. 528 00:28:59,179 --> 00:29:01,339 As Daniel humbled himself before God. 529 00:29:03,419 --> 00:29:06,699 There are three acronyms that you can use. 530 00:29:06,779 --> 00:29:08,699 Two of them, actually, that I want to speak of. 531 00:29:08,699 --> 00:29:09,979 I always use the word pray. 532 00:29:10,939 --> 00:29:11,259 Pray. 533 00:29:11,259 --> 00:29:12,539 P R A Y. 534 00:29:13,179 --> 00:29:15,019 Praise God for who and what he is. 535 00:29:15,499 --> 00:29:16,699 Repent of your sins. 536 00:29:17,259 --> 00:29:17,659 Ask. 537 00:29:17,659 --> 00:29:19,259 Because prayer means to ask. 538 00:29:20,059 --> 00:29:23,419 Ask for others and then yourself, and then yield to whatever 539 00:29:23,659 --> 00:29:26,299 God will is. 540 00:29:26,939 --> 00:29:28,619 And so that's an easy one. 541 00:29:28,699 --> 00:29:30,619 Another one is Acts. 542 00:29:31,179 --> 00:29:34,299 It means acknowledgment of God and His attributes. 543 00:29:34,699 --> 00:29:35,979 It means confession. 544 00:29:36,389 --> 00:29:38,709 It means thanksgiving and supplication. 545 00:29:39,269 --> 00:29:43,909 And again along that same lines, we see this model of Daniel 546 00:29:44,389 --> 00:29:46,069 as he prays to God. 547 00:29:46,629 --> 00:29:47,909 It's coming to the Lord. 548 00:29:48,309 --> 00:29:52,869 There, in verses 4, 5 and 6, Daniel said he prayed to the Lord. 549 00:29:53,269 --> 00:29:54,549 That means Jehovah. 550 00:29:54,549 --> 00:29:56,469 It means Jehovah, my Elohim. 551 00:29:57,429 --> 00:29:58,309 What does that mean? 552 00:29:58,549 --> 00:30:00,229 Well, it means the God of all creation. 553 00:30:01,269 --> 00:30:05,519 He acknowledged who he's praying to, the God who created everything. 554 00:30:07,439 --> 00:30:08,559 We did not evolve. 555 00:30:09,519 --> 00:30:10,719 God created everything. 556 00:30:12,159 --> 00:30:14,079 God created everything in six days. 557 00:30:14,959 --> 00:30:16,559 On the seventh day he rested. 558 00:30:16,559 --> 00:30:17,599 It was complete. 559 00:30:20,239 --> 00:30:25,119 God, the Creator, the Jehovah, the self existent One, the God of 560 00:30:25,119 --> 00:30:27,439 the universe, who created the universe and everything. 561 00:30:27,519 --> 00:30:28,919 They're in I love. 562 00:30:28,919 --> 00:30:32,659 In Isaiah 40, he talks about the stars, putting all the stars 563 00:30:32,659 --> 00:30:35,539 in place and hanging them like a curtain. 564 00:30:36,099 --> 00:30:37,219 It was no big deal. 565 00:30:38,979 --> 00:30:41,059 Sometimes a curtain hanging a curtain's a big deal. 566 00:30:45,219 --> 00:30:47,339 But he acknowledges the attributes of God. 567 00:30:47,339 --> 00:30:49,219 He praises God for who he is. 568 00:30:49,219 --> 00:30:50,539 He speaks about his majesty. 569 00:30:50,539 --> 00:30:52,499 He calls him the Great and dreadful One. 570 00:30:52,499 --> 00:30:54,339 That means the Omnipotent One. 571 00:30:54,339 --> 00:30:55,779 He is almighty. 572 00:30:56,339 --> 00:30:57,699 He is all powerful. 573 00:31:00,299 --> 00:31:03,579 By the way, the word Almighty there is never used of anyone but 574 00:31:03,579 --> 00:31:04,299 God in the Bible. 575 00:31:04,299 --> 00:31:05,739 And it's used 56 times. 576 00:31:06,859 --> 00:31:08,459 It means he's without limitations. 577 00:31:10,139 --> 00:31:11,939 It means he has endless strength. 578 00:31:11,939 --> 00:31:13,739 He is the omnipotent one. 579 00:31:14,539 --> 00:31:16,859 He is the all powerful one. 580 00:31:17,099 --> 00:31:19,019 And therefore we can rely on him. 581 00:31:19,019 --> 00:31:19,899 We can trust him. 582 00:31:20,779 --> 00:31:23,179 I don't know about you, but when I expend, when I. 583 00:31:23,989 --> 00:31:29,189 When I work, and especially when I do manual labor, I get tired. 584 00:31:32,629 --> 00:31:37,509 So Friday I decided to do a few things around the Crawford farm. 585 00:31:39,029 --> 00:31:42,469 We have about 40 chickens and about 40 goats. 586 00:31:42,949 --> 00:31:44,549 One of our goats had babies today. 587 00:31:46,629 --> 00:31:50,789 And so I was building a mulch pile deal to hold some mulch. 588 00:31:50,789 --> 00:31:52,569 I want to, I want to get that going. 589 00:31:53,049 --> 00:31:57,369 And I did some other things and you know, and that's why this 590 00:31:57,369 --> 00:31:59,609 morning I said, cold front, really? 591 00:32:00,489 --> 00:32:01,529 No, I was dying. 592 00:32:02,249 --> 00:32:02,969 It was hot. 593 00:32:05,289 --> 00:32:07,849 I drank two or three Gatorades, I drank water. 594 00:32:09,849 --> 00:32:14,009 But I expended energy and I was tired. 595 00:32:15,609 --> 00:32:17,209 Understand, God never gets tired. 596 00:32:19,939 --> 00:32:21,539 His power is limitless. 597 00:32:22,899 --> 00:32:28,259 And our finite minds cannot comprehend that because we just attribute 598 00:32:28,259 --> 00:32:32,779 that if I expend energy, then I'm going to be tired. 599 00:32:32,779 --> 00:32:35,059 I'm going to be even exhausted. 600 00:32:35,219 --> 00:32:36,659 But God never gets tired. 601 00:32:37,859 --> 00:32:41,379 He can do all things and still have the same amount of power. 602 00:32:42,339 --> 00:32:45,039 Again, we can't wrap our minds around that. 603 00:32:46,319 --> 00:32:48,919 He has all knowledge and we can't wrap our hands around that 604 00:32:48,919 --> 00:32:49,279 either. 605 00:32:50,079 --> 00:32:51,959 That he knows everything effortlessly. 606 00:32:51,959 --> 00:32:54,719 Because man, we have to try so hard to learn. 607 00:32:55,359 --> 00:32:59,279 You know, man learn computers, right? 608 00:32:59,359 --> 00:33:00,079 Some of us. 609 00:33:02,159 --> 00:33:05,959 God, the great and dreadful one, the omnipotent one who is merciful. 610 00:33:05,959 --> 00:33:07,599 He speaks about God's mercy. 611 00:33:07,999 --> 00:33:12,009 That again, actively compassionate God goodness, by the 612 00:33:12,009 --> 00:33:12,129 way. 613 00:33:12,129 --> 00:33:15,289 God's goodness in confronting human suffering and guilt. 614 00:33:15,289 --> 00:33:17,049 God is merciful. 615 00:33:19,049 --> 00:33:22,729 Patience, especially with Israel, verses 5 through 6. 616 00:33:23,289 --> 00:33:24,889 He describes this in words. 617 00:33:25,929 --> 00:33:29,049 He's trying to say, well, here's what Israel's done. 618 00:33:29,049 --> 00:33:32,689 And he uses these words, he calls them sinners. 619 00:33:32,689 --> 00:33:33,769 We are sinners. 620 00:33:34,249 --> 00:33:35,049 What does that mean? 621 00:33:35,049 --> 00:33:35,769 Missing the mark. 622 00:33:36,319 --> 00:33:37,999 It means to stumble, it means to fall. 623 00:33:38,719 --> 00:33:43,679 And then he says our iniquity, that talk about that, it means perversity. 624 00:33:43,759 --> 00:33:45,359 It means to be bent or crooked. 625 00:33:45,359 --> 00:33:47,959 And then he talks about Israel's wickedness and they are 626 00:33:47,959 --> 00:33:51,199 wickedly lawlessness and ungodly behavior. 627 00:33:51,279 --> 00:33:54,679 Then he speaks about their rebellion again, revolting against 628 00:33:54,679 --> 00:33:56,399 God, departing from the God's law. 629 00:33:58,799 --> 00:34:08,069 All these things describing the behavior of Israel, why God chastised 630 00:34:08,069 --> 00:34:08,429 them. 631 00:34:10,909 --> 00:34:13,389 All those words would describe us as well. 632 00:34:14,669 --> 00:34:20,109 So when you come to God and when you pray, you ought to come 633 00:34:20,109 --> 00:34:21,229 to him and repent. 634 00:34:22,269 --> 00:34:24,309 We didn't cover it because of lack of time this morning. 635 00:34:24,309 --> 00:34:29,639 But first John, chapter one, seven, eight, nine, you know, verse 636 00:34:29,639 --> 00:34:32,639 seven says that if we walk in the light as he's in the light we 637 00:34:32,639 --> 00:34:33,559 have fellowship one with another. 638 00:34:33,559 --> 00:34:35,639 And the blood of Jesus Christ cleanses us from all sins. 639 00:34:35,879 --> 00:34:38,679 And verse eight says, if you say you have no sin, you're a liar. 640 00:34:38,759 --> 00:34:43,759 But first John 1:9 says, if we confess our sins, He, God is faithful 641 00:34:43,759 --> 00:34:47,239 and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness. 642 00:34:47,239 --> 00:34:51,159 That we go to God and we praise him and talk about his attributes 643 00:34:51,159 --> 00:34:52,039 and thank Him. 644 00:34:52,439 --> 00:34:54,279 And again, not just thanking for his attributes. 645 00:34:54,279 --> 00:34:57,108 I believe there is a part in there that ought to be about Thanksgiving 646 00:34:57,108 --> 00:34:59,988 and thanking him for all the great things he's done for you. 647 00:35:00,228 --> 00:35:03,268 Thank you, Lord, for what you've done for me and my family 648 00:35:03,268 --> 00:35:06,388 and for our church and supplying our needs. 649 00:35:06,708 --> 00:35:09,508 And you ought to take some time just to praise the Lord. 650 00:35:11,188 --> 00:35:12,788 Lift him up in your prayer. 651 00:35:13,828 --> 00:35:19,748 Acknowledge him, acknowledge him, but then repent. 652 00:35:21,039 --> 00:35:23,599 Because we know that sin is what separates us from God. 653 00:35:24,559 --> 00:35:27,279 And though I am thankful for eternal security, I'm thankful that 654 00:35:27,839 --> 00:35:28,759 once I was saved. 655 00:35:28,759 --> 00:35:29,839 I cannot lose it. 656 00:35:30,399 --> 00:35:32,719 God doesn't kick us out of the family when we sin. 657 00:35:33,359 --> 00:35:34,799 He doesn't boot us out. 658 00:35:35,679 --> 00:35:41,279 But there becomes a split in the fellowship with God. 659 00:35:43,119 --> 00:35:44,879 We are no longer close to God. 660 00:35:44,879 --> 00:35:45,639 He hasn't moved. 661 00:35:45,639 --> 00:35:46,799 We are the one who moved away. 662 00:35:47,369 --> 00:35:48,729 And that fellowship is broken. 663 00:35:48,729 --> 00:35:52,969 And when we come and repent of our sins, that fellowship is restored. 664 00:35:54,729 --> 00:35:58,089 Easy way to illustrate that is in your own family, with your own 665 00:35:58,089 --> 00:36:01,649 kids, how many times have your kids done something and disobeyed? 666 00:36:01,649 --> 00:36:05,489 And just for that brief period of time, hopefully you've taken care 667 00:36:05,489 --> 00:36:06,329 of it promptly. 668 00:36:07,129 --> 00:36:10,089 But if you didn't and you counted to 25 instead. 669 00:36:11,209 --> 00:36:14,209 But no, we want that fellowship restored right with your 670 00:36:14,209 --> 00:36:18,119 children as they get right with you or you get right with your 671 00:36:18,119 --> 00:36:19,439 dad or your mom. 672 00:36:20,159 --> 00:36:20,959 Right, guys? 673 00:36:21,039 --> 00:36:22,159 Right, ladies? 674 00:36:23,039 --> 00:36:24,359 You want that fellowship restored? 675 00:36:24,359 --> 00:36:25,439 The same thing with God. 676 00:36:25,759 --> 00:36:27,919 Our Heavenly Father desires fellowship. 677 00:36:27,919 --> 00:36:29,359 He desires a relationship. 678 00:36:29,519 --> 00:36:32,879 And many times we need to come to him and just simply say, lord, 679 00:36:32,879 --> 00:36:34,159 man, you are so good. 680 00:36:34,479 --> 00:36:39,599 You are such a gracious God who is merciful to me and gracious 681 00:36:39,599 --> 00:36:42,319 to me, and you do not give us what we deserve. 682 00:36:42,319 --> 00:36:42,639 And. 683 00:36:42,979 --> 00:36:44,219 And on and on and on. 684 00:36:44,219 --> 00:36:45,779 But Lord, I'm so sorry. 685 00:36:46,099 --> 00:36:48,899 Lord, forgive me of my sins. 686 00:36:48,899 --> 00:36:50,259 And you ought to. 687 00:36:50,819 --> 00:36:53,339 Those that you know and you know you've done them willfully, 688 00:36:53,339 --> 00:36:56,419 you ought to name them specifically. 689 00:36:57,139 --> 00:36:59,459 Be careful about getting the habit of just saying, lord, forgive 690 00:36:59,459 --> 00:37:00,179 me my sins. 691 00:37:00,979 --> 00:37:02,419 That's what the New Testament teaches. 692 00:37:02,419 --> 00:37:05,699 The New Testament teaches that we go to God and specifically ask 693 00:37:05,699 --> 00:37:07,379 for forgiveness of each sin. 694 00:37:08,749 --> 00:37:09,949 You say, well, I May not remember him well. 695 00:37:09,949 --> 00:37:12,869 The Holy Ghost will help you search me, know my heart. 696 00:37:12,869 --> 00:37:13,469 Try me. 697 00:37:14,269 --> 00:37:15,949 Ask him to help you recall. 698 00:37:18,829 --> 00:37:23,069 And I'm so thankful God is a gracious God and that the Holy Spirit 699 00:37:23,069 --> 00:37:26,189 will utter prayers that you cannot, you cannot do yourself. 700 00:37:27,149 --> 00:37:28,189 Isn't that amazing? 701 00:37:28,269 --> 00:37:30,669 The Holy Spirit prays for you. 702 00:37:31,789 --> 00:37:34,989 By the way, John 17 says, Jesus prays for us. 703 00:37:36,379 --> 00:37:37,179 Isn't that amazing? 704 00:37:39,019 --> 00:37:42,739 Prayer, repentance coming to him again. 705 00:37:42,739 --> 00:37:44,899 Here Daniel speaks about the patience of God. 706 00:37:44,899 --> 00:37:48,939 He speaks about so many other things and he goes through and he 707 00:37:48,939 --> 00:37:51,138 repents and speaks about the iniquity. 708 00:37:51,138 --> 00:37:55,459 He says in verse 11 that we have transgressed against you. 709 00:37:55,459 --> 00:37:58,299 We have gone beyond the line, we have crossed over the fence. 710 00:37:59,899 --> 00:38:02,059 We ignored no trespass sign. 711 00:38:04,429 --> 00:38:05,469 God forgive us. 712 00:38:06,909 --> 00:38:10,989 In verses 12 through 15, he says to God, our punishment is deserving. 713 00:38:11,229 --> 00:38:13,389 We deserve what you've done. 714 00:38:14,989 --> 00:38:16,669 But I love verses 16 through 19. 715 00:38:16,669 --> 00:38:19,949 Did you see that change in the prayer? 716 00:38:21,549 --> 00:38:26,589 He says, lord, yes, we deserved what has happened to us, 717 00:38:27,309 --> 00:38:28,109 God, we have. 718 00:38:28,659 --> 00:38:30,739 We have sinned against you. 719 00:38:31,139 --> 00:38:33,739 But he says, o Lord, according to all thy righteousness, I beseech 720 00:38:33,739 --> 00:38:38,099 thee, I beg the let not thy anger and thy fury be turned away 721 00:38:38,899 --> 00:38:41,979 from thy city, Jerusalem, thy holy mountain, because of our sins 722 00:38:41,979 --> 00:38:42,739 and iniquities. 723 00:38:42,739 --> 00:38:47,459 He says, lord, don't punish us forever, Lord, forgive us. 724 00:38:48,339 --> 00:38:50,259 And the last verses. 725 00:38:50,259 --> 00:38:56,469 There it's just him pleading and lord, shine your light once again 726 00:38:56,469 --> 00:38:57,309 on the sanctuary. 727 00:38:58,029 --> 00:39:00,429 An amazing thought. 728 00:39:00,909 --> 00:39:04,749 Shine your light once again on the sanctuary, the desolate sanctuary. 729 00:39:06,669 --> 00:39:07,629 He asks. 730 00:39:08,269 --> 00:39:12,669 In verses 16 through 19, he asks, Prayer is asking if you're 731 00:39:12,669 --> 00:39:14,989 praying and you don't ask for nothing, you really haven't prayed. 732 00:39:16,509 --> 00:39:18,989 So some people say, well, I just don't want to ask God. 733 00:39:18,989 --> 00:39:20,389 I don't feel like I can ask God for anything. 734 00:39:20,389 --> 00:39:21,189 Well, that's praying. 735 00:39:21,189 --> 00:39:22,109 Praying is asking. 736 00:39:24,769 --> 00:39:25,969 He wants you to come to him. 737 00:39:25,969 --> 00:39:26,689 He wants to. 738 00:39:26,689 --> 00:39:29,169 He desires to give you what you ask. 739 00:39:31,729 --> 00:39:33,249 And then lastly, yielding. 740 00:39:33,809 --> 00:39:38,328 Yielding to whatever God's plan is or whatever God desires to 741 00:39:38,328 --> 00:39:38,609 do. 742 00:39:39,329 --> 00:39:41,009 That's where we get in trouble many times. 743 00:39:41,489 --> 00:39:42,529 We just don't yield. 744 00:39:42,929 --> 00:39:43,969 We want what we want. 745 00:39:44,129 --> 00:39:46,689 It's kind of like people who come into the pastor for counseling. 746 00:39:46,929 --> 00:39:49,259 When they come to the pastor for counseling, they've already made 747 00:39:49,259 --> 00:39:49,699 up their mind. 748 00:39:49,699 --> 00:39:51,419 They just want me to check the box. 749 00:39:54,699 --> 00:39:57,539 You know, not everybody. 750 00:39:57,539 --> 00:39:58,459 And I'm thankful for that. 751 00:40:01,259 --> 00:40:01,819 They just. 752 00:40:02,059 --> 00:40:03,059 But many times we. 753 00:40:03,059 --> 00:40:07,859 We've already decided when we pray, and we just want God to check 754 00:40:07,859 --> 00:40:08,379 the box. 755 00:40:08,699 --> 00:40:13,899 No, no, Lord, I humble before you, Lord, whatever you want. 756 00:40:14,819 --> 00:40:16,779 That's what I Want, Lord? 757 00:40:16,779 --> 00:40:18,579 I want to do thy will, O Lord. 758 00:40:18,979 --> 00:40:20,339 That's how Jesus prayed. 759 00:40:22,499 --> 00:40:24,899 Let's turn to Matthew 6 and we'll end with that. 760 00:40:25,219 --> 00:40:26,099 Matthew 6. 761 00:40:27,779 --> 00:40:29,139 I know where you're going with this one. 762 00:40:31,619 --> 00:40:32,739 Matthew, chapter six. 763 00:40:32,739 --> 00:40:35,859 Jesus was asked, how do we pray? 764 00:40:37,619 --> 00:40:40,619 And most people call this the Lord's Prayer. 765 00:40:40,619 --> 00:40:41,219 And that's not. 766 00:40:41,709 --> 00:40:42,509 That's not accurate. 767 00:40:42,509 --> 00:40:44,589 That's not what it is. 768 00:40:44,589 --> 00:40:45,669 It's not the Lord's Prayer. 769 00:40:45,669 --> 00:40:46,829 It's the model prayer. 770 00:40:47,309 --> 00:40:50,109 He's teaching us how to pray. 771 00:40:50,269 --> 00:40:51,389 Matthew, chapter six. 772 00:40:58,029 --> 00:40:58,709 What a prayer. 773 00:40:58,709 --> 00:40:59,629 Daniel prayed. 774 00:41:01,469 --> 00:41:02,749 Prayer is so important. 775 00:41:02,909 --> 00:41:04,029 We need to pray. 776 00:41:05,069 --> 00:41:07,869 Prayer is one of those areas in the Christian life that is neglected 777 00:41:08,149 --> 00:41:08,869 teenagers. 778 00:41:10,549 --> 00:41:13,269 Adults take time. 779 00:41:14,229 --> 00:41:15,189 Seek his face. 780 00:41:15,829 --> 00:41:21,589 As Abraham talked face to face with God, so can we, as royal priests, 781 00:41:21,829 --> 00:41:23,349 talk face to face with God. 782 00:41:24,149 --> 00:41:27,389 Thankful I don't have to go through some other mediator or some 783 00:41:27,389 --> 00:41:27,669 other. 784 00:41:27,989 --> 00:41:30,429 No, I can go straight to God and come boldly before the throne 785 00:41:30,429 --> 00:41:30,869 of grace. 786 00:41:34,479 --> 00:41:36,879 If we ask, will he not answer? 787 00:41:39,119 --> 00:41:40,639 How's your prayer life tonight? 788 00:41:44,879 --> 00:41:45,999 Matthew, chapter six. 789 00:41:52,799 --> 00:41:54,919 Let's go to verse seven, just for lack of time. 790 00:41:54,919 --> 00:41:59,279 But when you pray, use not vain repetition as the heathen do. 791 00:42:00,079 --> 00:42:03,399 For they think they shall be heard for their much speaking. 792 00:42:03,399 --> 00:42:04,959 I get a lot of questions about this one. 793 00:42:05,199 --> 00:42:07,919 It's not saying that you can't repeat your prayer. 794 00:42:07,999 --> 00:42:11,639 It's speaking about the chants that some of these religions do where 795 00:42:11,639 --> 00:42:14,199 they're just chanting their prayers. 796 00:42:14,199 --> 00:42:17,359 They're just chanting the same prayer over and over and over again. 797 00:42:17,599 --> 00:42:21,999 But when you're praying for Shaleen, it's no way. 798 00:42:21,999 --> 00:42:24,719 Is it saying here that you shouldn't repeat that prayer? 799 00:42:25,139 --> 00:42:26,059 No, no, absolutely. 800 00:42:26,059 --> 00:42:30,139 We should pray for Chalene every day, Every time her name comes 801 00:42:30,139 --> 00:42:30,459 to mind. 802 00:42:30,459 --> 00:42:31,539 You ought to pray for her. 803 00:42:32,979 --> 00:42:33,619 Amen. 804 00:42:33,619 --> 00:42:34,699 So it's not talking about that. 805 00:42:34,699 --> 00:42:36,179 It's talking about vain repetition. 806 00:42:36,579 --> 00:42:38,819 Just chance chanting. 807 00:42:41,779 --> 00:42:43,939 Be not ye therefore like unto them. 808 00:42:43,939 --> 00:42:46,939 For your Father knoweth what things ye have need of before you 809 00:42:46,939 --> 00:42:47,179 ask. 810 00:42:47,179 --> 00:42:47,699 Verse 9. 811 00:42:47,699 --> 00:42:49,619 After this manner, therefore, pray ye. 812 00:42:50,099 --> 00:42:53,819 Our Father which art in heaven, hallowed be Thy name. 813 00:42:54,299 --> 00:42:57,739 You think he's acknowledging the attributes of God? 814 00:42:58,939 --> 00:43:03,259 Thy kingdom come, Thy will be done, as it is in heaven. 815 00:43:03,419 --> 00:43:05,259 Give us this day our daily bread. 816 00:43:07,259 --> 00:43:08,059 He's asking. 817 00:43:09,659 --> 00:43:10,939 No problem with asking. 818 00:43:12,299 --> 00:43:13,739 Lord, put food on the table. 819 00:43:15,419 --> 00:43:16,779 Give us this day our daily bread. 820 00:43:16,779 --> 00:43:19,849 And forgive us our debts as we forgive our debtors. 821 00:43:20,169 --> 00:43:21,369 Ask him for forgiveness. 822 00:43:21,769 --> 00:43:24,769 And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil. 823 00:43:24,769 --> 00:43:27,849 For Thine is the kingdom and the power and the glory forever. 824 00:43:28,009 --> 00:43:28,649 Amen. 825 00:43:30,569 --> 00:43:31,849 Lord, teach us to pray. 826 00:43:33,529 --> 00:43:34,569 Teach us to pray. 827 00:43:34,968 --> 00:43:35,769 Let's all stand.