1 00:00:29,939 --> 00:00:31,259 Tremendous message and song. 2 00:00:31,259 --> 00:00:31,859 Amen. 3 00:00:31,859 --> 00:00:33,459 A lot of doctrine in that song. 4 00:00:33,779 --> 00:00:36,099 Isaiah 53 comes to mind, doesn't it? 5 00:00:36,179 --> 00:00:38,099 He was bruised for our transgressions. 6 00:00:38,099 --> 00:00:39,379 He was wounded for our iniquities. 7 00:00:39,779 --> 00:00:42,459 The chastisement of our peace was laid upon him. 8 00:00:42,459 --> 00:00:43,579 By his stripes we are healed. 9 00:00:43,579 --> 00:00:46,739 And it says there in the letter, in the chapter, for it pleased 10 00:00:46,739 --> 00:00:48,179 the Lord to bruise him. 11 00:00:48,259 --> 00:00:49,019 Think about that. 12 00:00:49,019 --> 00:00:53,659 God the Father bruising his own son, that Jesus took the wrath 13 00:00:53,659 --> 00:00:54,499 of God for us. 14 00:00:55,389 --> 00:00:57,949 I was excited this morning too, to meet two couples this morning 15 00:00:58,269 --> 00:01:02,229 who visited our church for the first time this morning, having received 16 00:01:02,229 --> 00:01:07,309 a new members, a new visitor, bag on their door, new move in bag. 17 00:01:07,469 --> 00:01:10,829 And so every once in a while, it's good to be mentioned that what 18 00:01:10,829 --> 00:01:15,309 the efforts and as we seek to reach our community, it works. 19 00:01:15,469 --> 00:01:18,189 And they will from time to time show up. 20 00:01:18,189 --> 00:01:22,669 I always get asked the question about our church and how 21 00:01:23,149 --> 00:01:23,949 we do our outreach. 22 00:01:23,949 --> 00:01:29,469 And I say, again, I say none of our outreach programs work the 23 00:01:29,469 --> 00:01:33,469 best, but all of them together work like no one else. 24 00:01:33,789 --> 00:01:35,469 Our church, we work hard at it. 25 00:01:35,629 --> 00:01:40,189 And I'm so thankful for you who are so faithful to come out for 26 00:01:40,189 --> 00:01:43,629 organized visitation and outreach, but also faithful to invite 27 00:01:43,629 --> 00:01:47,149 people and your friends, neighbors, co workers, and that's 28 00:01:47,149 --> 00:01:47,709 what it's about. 29 00:01:47,949 --> 00:01:51,679 It's about all of us reaching out to those around us. 30 00:01:52,399 --> 00:01:55,679 And so just again was encouraging this morning to meet 31 00:01:55,679 --> 00:01:56,559 those two couples. 32 00:01:56,559 --> 00:01:58,879 Turn, if you would in your Bibles to Daniel chapter two. 33 00:01:59,039 --> 00:02:00,399 We're back in the Book of Daniel. 34 00:02:02,959 --> 00:02:03,399 Tonight. 35 00:02:03,399 --> 00:02:04,479 I'm going to leave you hanging. 36 00:02:04,959 --> 00:02:05,918 So it's going to be great. 37 00:02:05,919 --> 00:02:09,119 We're only going to go one through verse one through verse 30. 38 00:02:09,839 --> 00:02:14,319 Of course, the rest of the chapter is about the statue and the 39 00:02:14,319 --> 00:02:15,039 prophecy. 40 00:02:16,059 --> 00:02:22,099 And one commentator said that Daniel 2 is the key to God's entire 41 00:02:22,099 --> 00:02:27,259 prophetic program, that the ABCs of prophecy are found in Daniel 42 00:02:27,739 --> 00:02:28,699 and in Revelation. 43 00:02:28,699 --> 00:02:32,859 The XYZ of prophecy is found. 44 00:02:33,339 --> 00:02:39,499 And you cannot get to the XYZ until you understand the ABCs. 45 00:02:39,739 --> 00:02:43,109 Again, the old Testament is the foundation of the New Testament. 46 00:02:43,269 --> 00:02:51,149 And that truly and assuredly, absolutely comes to fruition when 47 00:02:51,149 --> 00:02:52,309 it comes to prophecy. 48 00:02:52,869 --> 00:02:56,549 If you do not know your Old Testament, then you're going to find 49 00:02:56,629 --> 00:03:01,269 that you'll be off on the prophecies of the New Testament, 50 00:03:01,829 --> 00:03:05,069 because the Old Testament prophecies are the foundation of 51 00:03:05,069 --> 00:03:06,719 those prophecies found in the New Testament. 52 00:03:07,589 --> 00:03:12,949 To know Daniel, Ezekiel, to know the prophets, helps us to know 53 00:03:13,589 --> 00:03:14,629 the book of Revelation. 54 00:03:15,189 --> 00:03:17,469 So Daniel, what a great and wonderful book. 55 00:03:17,469 --> 00:03:18,829 So we come through Daniel Chapter one. 56 00:03:18,829 --> 00:03:22,469 We spent several weeks in Daniel Chapter one, and it's been 57 00:03:22,469 --> 00:03:24,349 a while since we've been in Daniel, so let's look at this. 58 00:03:24,349 --> 00:03:27,069 We'll read the first 30 verses here. 59 00:03:27,069 --> 00:03:27,829 So, y' all ready? 60 00:03:27,989 --> 00:03:31,669 And in the second year of the reign of Nebuchadnezzar, Nebuchadnezzar 61 00:03:31,669 --> 00:03:36,419 dreamed dreams wherewith his spirit was troubled, and his sleep 62 00:03:36,419 --> 00:03:37,419 brake from him. 63 00:03:38,059 --> 00:03:41,219 Then the king commanded to call the magicians and the astrologers 64 00:03:41,219 --> 00:03:44,539 and the sorcerers and the Chaldeans, for to show the king his 65 00:03:44,539 --> 00:03:45,179 dreams. 66 00:03:45,579 --> 00:03:49,139 So they came and stood before the king, and the king said unto 67 00:03:49,139 --> 00:03:50,939 them, I have dreamed a dream. 68 00:03:51,099 --> 00:03:53,739 And my spirit was troubled to know the dream. 69 00:03:54,299 --> 00:03:59,469 Then spake the Chaldeans to the king in Syriac, O king, live 70 00:03:59,469 --> 00:03:59,989 forever. 71 00:04:00,469 --> 00:04:04,229 Tell thy servants the dream, and we will show the interpretation. 72 00:04:05,349 --> 00:04:06,229 I love this. 73 00:04:06,469 --> 00:04:09,749 The king answered and said to the Chaldeans, the thing is gone 74 00:04:09,749 --> 00:04:10,309 from me. 75 00:04:10,869 --> 00:04:15,029 If you will not make known unto me the dream, with the interpretation 76 00:04:15,029 --> 00:04:20,949 thereof, ye shall be cut in pieces, and your houses shall be 77 00:04:20,949 --> 00:04:22,389 made a dunghill. 78 00:04:23,109 --> 00:04:23,909 Verse 6. 79 00:04:25,119 --> 00:04:26,719 That's yeah. 80 00:04:28,159 --> 00:04:31,319 But if you show the dream and the interpretation thereof, you shall 81 00:04:31,319 --> 00:04:34,319 receive of me gifts and rewards and great honor. 82 00:04:34,639 --> 00:04:37,519 Therefore show me the dream and the interpretation thereof. 83 00:04:37,599 --> 00:04:40,319 And they answered again and said, let the king tell his servants 84 00:04:40,319 --> 00:04:43,119 the dream, and we will show the interpretation of it. 85 00:04:43,999 --> 00:04:47,479 And the king answered and said, I know the certainty that you 86 00:04:47,479 --> 00:04:51,519 would gain the time, because you see, the thing is gone from me. 87 00:04:52,269 --> 00:04:55,869 But if you will not make known unto me the dream, there is but one 88 00:04:55,869 --> 00:04:56,829 decree for you. 89 00:04:57,229 --> 00:05:02,589 For ye have prepared lying and corrupt words to speak before me 90 00:05:02,989 --> 00:05:04,509 till the time be changed. 91 00:05:04,909 --> 00:05:08,509 Therefore tell me the dream and I will show. 92 00:05:08,749 --> 00:05:15,029 Know, and I will, and I shall know, that ye can show me the interpretation 93 00:05:15,029 --> 00:05:15,229 of. 94 00:05:15,229 --> 00:05:18,669 He said, you guys have prepared a statement already and 95 00:05:18,669 --> 00:05:22,499 you're just going to lie to me and I'm not going to put up with 96 00:05:22,499 --> 00:05:22,699 it. 97 00:05:22,699 --> 00:05:24,539 I'm now giving the summary show. 98 00:05:24,859 --> 00:05:26,379 Tell me what I dreamed. 99 00:05:27,179 --> 00:05:27,899 Verse 10. 100 00:05:27,979 --> 00:05:32,099 The Chaldeans answered before the king and said, there is not a 101 00:05:32,099 --> 00:05:34,699 man upon the earth that can show the king's matter. 102 00:05:35,179 --> 00:05:39,499 Therefore there is no king or lord nor ruler that asks such things 103 00:05:39,499 --> 00:05:43,659 of any magicians or astrologers or Chaldean. 104 00:05:44,539 --> 00:05:46,699 It is a rare thing that the king requireth. 105 00:05:47,609 --> 00:05:51,689 There is none other that can show it before the king, except the 106 00:05:51,689 --> 00:05:55,769 gods, whose dwelling is not with flesh. 107 00:05:57,609 --> 00:06:00,689 For this cause the king was angry and very furious and commanded 108 00:06:00,689 --> 00:06:02,729 to destroy all the wise men of Babylon. 109 00:06:03,289 --> 00:06:07,329 And the decree went forth that the wise man should be slain, and 110 00:06:07,329 --> 00:06:10,329 they sought Daniel and his fellows to be slain. 111 00:06:10,329 --> 00:06:12,649 Apparently Daniel and his fellows didn't hang out with the 112 00:06:12,649 --> 00:06:16,099 other astrologers and magicians and wise men. 113 00:06:16,099 --> 00:06:16,859 Chaldeans. 114 00:06:18,779 --> 00:06:24,339 Then Daniel answered with counsel and wisdom to Arioch, the 115 00:06:24,339 --> 00:06:27,379 captain of the king's guard, which was gone forth to slay the 116 00:06:27,379 --> 00:06:28,699 wise men of Babylon. 117 00:06:29,099 --> 00:06:32,099 He answered and said to Arioch, the king's captain, why is 118 00:06:32,099 --> 00:06:33,979 the decree so hasty from the king? 119 00:06:34,619 --> 00:06:37,259 Then Arioch made the thing known to Daniel. 120 00:06:38,869 --> 00:06:41,949 Then Daniel went in and desired of the king that he would 121 00:06:41,949 --> 00:06:46,229 give him time and that he would show the king the interpretation. 122 00:06:46,789 --> 00:06:51,509 Then Daniel went to his house and made the thing known to Hananiah 123 00:06:51,509 --> 00:06:56,389 and Mishael and Azariah his companions, that they would desire 124 00:06:56,549 --> 00:06:59,509 mercies of the God of heaven. 125 00:07:00,149 --> 00:07:01,269 Concerning this secret. 126 00:07:01,909 --> 00:07:06,669 I love that phrase of the God of heaven that Daniel and his fellows 127 00:07:06,669 --> 00:07:09,749 should not perish with the rest of the wise men of Babylon. 128 00:07:09,989 --> 00:07:10,709 Verse 19. 129 00:07:11,269 --> 00:07:14,389 Then was the secret revealed unto Daniel in a night vision. 130 00:07:15,269 --> 00:07:17,189 Then Daniel blessed the God of heaven. 131 00:07:17,829 --> 00:07:20,669 Daniel answered and said, blessed be the name of God, forever 132 00:07:20,669 --> 00:07:21,109 and ever. 133 00:07:21,269 --> 00:07:22,869 For wisdom and might are his. 134 00:07:23,829 --> 00:07:26,469 And he changeth the times and the seasons. 135 00:07:27,269 --> 00:07:29,669 He removeth kings and setteth up kings. 136 00:07:30,339 --> 00:07:33,579 He giveth wisdom unto the wise, and knowledge to them that 137 00:07:33,579 --> 00:07:34,659 know understanding. 138 00:07:34,979 --> 00:07:37,139 He revealeth the deep and secret things. 139 00:07:37,539 --> 00:07:41,139 He knoweth what is in the darkness, and the light dwelleth 140 00:07:41,139 --> 00:07:41,539 with him. 141 00:07:42,499 --> 00:07:46,979 I thank thee, and I praise thee, O thou, God of my fathers, 142 00:07:47,219 --> 00:07:51,379 who hast given me wisdom and might, and hast made known unto me 143 00:07:51,619 --> 00:07:56,859 now what we desired of thee, for thou hast now made known unto 144 00:07:56,859 --> 00:07:57,939 us the King's matter. 145 00:07:59,059 --> 00:08:00,019 Verse 24. 146 00:08:00,979 --> 00:08:05,979 Therefore Daniel went in unto Arioch, whom the king had ordained 147 00:08:05,979 --> 00:08:07,939 to destroy the wise men of Babylon. 148 00:08:08,019 --> 00:08:11,899 He went in and said unto him, destroy not the wise men of Babylon. 149 00:08:11,899 --> 00:08:15,179 Bring me in before the king, and I will show unto the king the 150 00:08:15,179 --> 00:08:15,939 interpretation. 151 00:08:16,739 --> 00:08:21,499 Then Arioch brought in Daniel before the king in haste and said 152 00:08:21,499 --> 00:08:24,199 thus unto him, I have found a man. 153 00:08:25,159 --> 00:08:28,079 I think he won a little credit, didn't he, of the captives 154 00:08:28,079 --> 00:08:32,039 of Judah that will make known unto the king the interpretation. 155 00:08:32,519 --> 00:08:34,199 Maybe he's wanting one of those gifts. 156 00:08:35,559 --> 00:08:39,079 The king answered and said to Daniel, whose name was Belteshazzar. 157 00:08:39,159 --> 00:08:42,919 Remember, they changed the Nebuchadnezzar, changed the names 158 00:08:42,919 --> 00:08:46,279 of the Jews who came to Babylon. 159 00:08:46,679 --> 00:08:50,199 Art thou able to make known unto me the dream which I have seen 160 00:08:50,929 --> 00:08:52,209 and the interpretation thereof? 161 00:08:52,209 --> 00:08:54,889 And Daniel answered in the presence of the king and said, the 162 00:08:54,889 --> 00:08:58,449 secret which the king hath demanded cannot the wise men, the 163 00:08:58,449 --> 00:09:01,969 astrologers, the magicians, the soothsayers show unto the king. 164 00:09:03,009 --> 00:09:08,689 But there is a God in heaven that revealeth secrets and maketh 165 00:09:08,689 --> 00:09:12,889 known to the king Nebuchadnezzar what shall be in the 166 00:09:12,889 --> 00:09:13,489 latter days. 167 00:09:13,889 --> 00:09:18,839 Thy dream and thy visions of thy head upon thy bed are these. 168 00:09:19,559 --> 00:09:24,039 As for thee, O king, thy thoughts came into thy mind upon 169 00:09:24,039 --> 00:09:27,239 thy bed what should come to pass hereafter? 170 00:09:27,959 --> 00:09:31,519 And he that revealeth secrets maketh known to thee what shall come 171 00:09:31,519 --> 00:09:31,959 to pass. 172 00:09:32,598 --> 00:09:36,519 But as for me, this secret is not revealed to me for any wisdom 173 00:09:36,519 --> 00:09:41,159 that I have more than any living, but for their sakes that 174 00:09:41,159 --> 00:09:44,979 shall make known the interpretation to the king, and that 175 00:09:44,979 --> 00:09:49,939 thou mayest know the thoughts of thy heart. 176 00:09:50,499 --> 00:09:51,299 All right, let's pray. 177 00:09:51,299 --> 00:09:55,339 Heavenly Father, Lord, bless the time again bless your word as 178 00:09:55,339 --> 00:09:56,259 you promised to do. 179 00:09:56,659 --> 00:10:01,539 I pray, Lord, we'd see again the testimony of Daniel and Lord, 180 00:10:01,539 --> 00:10:06,499 we would see again the importance of our testimony and Lord, 181 00:10:07,219 --> 00:10:09,419 to give you the glory in Jesus name. 182 00:10:09,419 --> 00:10:09,939 Amen. 183 00:10:10,749 --> 00:10:14,349 The theme of the book of Daniel is God rules in the affairs 184 00:10:14,669 --> 00:10:15,389 of men. 185 00:10:15,549 --> 00:10:18,349 God rules in the affairs of men. 186 00:10:18,349 --> 00:10:21,709 We remember again that Daniel and his companions were carried into 187 00:10:21,709 --> 00:10:26,869 captivity from Jerusalem to Babylon, that Nebuchadnezzar, the 188 00:10:26,869 --> 00:10:31,909 king of Babylon, came in and defeated the Israel and took them 189 00:10:31,909 --> 00:10:32,109 away. 190 00:10:32,109 --> 00:10:33,789 There was like three different captivities. 191 00:10:34,189 --> 00:10:39,399 And Daniel was carried away in the first captivity in 606 BC the 192 00:10:39,399 --> 00:10:44,319 best, the youngest, the brightest, the princes and those 193 00:10:44,399 --> 00:10:47,839 of royal line were all carried into captivity. 194 00:10:48,319 --> 00:10:50,639 And when they were carried into captivity, they were put into 195 00:10:50,639 --> 00:10:51,439 Babylon University. 196 00:10:52,479 --> 00:10:55,119 And there in Babylon University they were given new names. 197 00:10:55,119 --> 00:10:59,159 They were given pagan Babylonian names, their Jewish names 198 00:10:59,159 --> 00:10:59,839 set aside. 199 00:11:00,959 --> 00:11:03,839 They were immersed in Babylonian culture. 200 00:11:04,169 --> 00:11:09,529 I mean, again, just sunk deep into the university and to learn 201 00:11:09,689 --> 00:11:10,929 all the ways of the. 202 00:11:10,929 --> 00:11:12,649 Of the pagan Babylon. 203 00:11:14,329 --> 00:11:17,489 But Daniel purposed in his heart, remember that he would not 204 00:11:17,489 --> 00:11:18,489 defile himself. 205 00:11:19,209 --> 00:11:21,769 And he and his three companions stood for the Lord. 206 00:11:22,329 --> 00:11:27,169 It's amazing again to me how that the impact of their parents 207 00:11:27,169 --> 00:11:31,419 and the teachings that they had, the impact that they had on 208 00:11:31,419 --> 00:11:32,339 these teenagers. 209 00:11:32,339 --> 00:11:33,859 Again, Daniel was a teenager. 210 00:11:34,019 --> 00:11:37,099 His three friends were teenagers, you know, around 16 to 211 00:11:37,099 --> 00:11:38,099 18 years of age. 212 00:11:38,819 --> 00:11:40,499 And yet they stood for the Lord. 213 00:11:41,219 --> 00:11:42,219 Encourage you young people. 214 00:11:42,219 --> 00:11:45,818 Again, some of you back from college, especially if you're going 215 00:11:45,818 --> 00:11:51,779 to a secular college, remember you're being immersed, I'm telling 216 00:11:51,779 --> 00:11:53,739 you, if you're in a secular college, especially you're being 217 00:11:53,739 --> 00:11:54,979 immersed in the world's culture. 218 00:11:56,429 --> 00:12:01,549 There is a conflict there, there is a clash there, there is 219 00:12:01,549 --> 00:12:05,229 a gigantic difference in Worldviews. 220 00:12:05,869 --> 00:12:09,549 And you have to stand for right, you have to stand for the 221 00:12:09,549 --> 00:12:11,229 Bible, you have to stand for what you've been taught. 222 00:12:11,629 --> 00:12:13,069 Don't give up those truths. 223 00:12:14,029 --> 00:12:16,229 And so Daniel stood for right. 224 00:12:16,229 --> 00:12:18,349 And we're going to see that again in chapter three and four. 225 00:12:18,829 --> 00:12:23,559 But here we see Daniel and is empowered of the Lord and to show, 226 00:12:23,639 --> 00:12:26,839 by the way, to show the superiority of the God of heaven. 227 00:12:27,959 --> 00:12:31,679 Daniel's empowered by God to show the superiority of the God of 228 00:12:31,679 --> 00:12:36,359 heaven, the God of the universe, the self existent one. 229 00:12:37,399 --> 00:12:42,199 So God is going to use Daniel as a means to proclaim his glory. 230 00:12:42,759 --> 00:12:45,079 King Nebuchadnezzar has a troubling dream. 231 00:12:45,319 --> 00:12:46,839 He sought the meaning of the dream. 232 00:12:47,889 --> 00:12:49,169 The wise man failed. 233 00:12:50,209 --> 00:12:51,809 I just love how it's all written. 234 00:12:52,209 --> 00:12:55,809 He says, if you don't tell me the dream and the interpretation, 235 00:12:55,809 --> 00:12:57,009 I'm going to cut you in pieces. 236 00:12:58,689 --> 00:13:00,929 And I'm going to make your houses. 237 00:13:01,489 --> 00:13:03,089 By the way, that would include their families. 238 00:13:03,649 --> 00:13:05,089 They're going to lose their families. 239 00:13:06,129 --> 00:13:07,169 A dunghill. 240 00:13:07,729 --> 00:13:10,529 Do I have to define what a dunghill is? 241 00:13:12,129 --> 00:13:17,249 It's a power manure compost pile. 242 00:13:17,729 --> 00:13:19,009 See now I went too far. 243 00:13:20,769 --> 00:13:21,929 The wise men failed. 244 00:13:21,929 --> 00:13:23,249 The king reacted violently. 245 00:13:24,369 --> 00:13:27,969 He was only asking them, by the way, to do what they claimed 246 00:13:28,289 --> 00:13:29,409 that they could do. 247 00:13:32,689 --> 00:13:37,929 They're the ones who lie and deceive, come up with pat answers 248 00:13:37,929 --> 00:13:40,899 that they all got together, you know, and put those together. 249 00:13:41,459 --> 00:13:43,819 And that's why the king was saying, well, if I say this or say 250 00:13:43,819 --> 00:13:45,059 that, you're just going to change it. 251 00:13:45,219 --> 00:13:46,659 You're just going to change the time. 252 00:13:48,259 --> 00:13:51,379 Tell me the dream and the interpretation of it. 253 00:13:53,059 --> 00:13:54,739 Satan has power, by the way. 254 00:13:55,779 --> 00:13:57,459 We sometimes take that for granted. 255 00:14:00,739 --> 00:14:05,019 The guys you see, whether it's on social media, wherever, who talk 256 00:14:05,019 --> 00:14:07,379 about casting out demons and all those kind of things. 257 00:14:08,809 --> 00:14:11,769 I am telling you, there is so much more to that. 258 00:14:12,489 --> 00:14:17,329 There is so much more power than these men ever, ever, ever will 259 00:14:17,329 --> 00:14:17,769 realize. 260 00:14:17,769 --> 00:14:19,129 And that we will ever realize. 261 00:14:20,969 --> 00:14:23,689 Be careful delving into that junk. 262 00:14:25,369 --> 00:14:27,609 There's only one who can deliver. 263 00:14:28,569 --> 00:14:30,889 There's only one who can cast out. 264 00:14:31,209 --> 00:14:32,249 And that's the Lord. 265 00:14:33,459 --> 00:14:33,979 That's the Lord. 266 00:14:33,979 --> 00:14:35,219 No man can do that. 267 00:14:35,379 --> 00:14:36,819 No person can do that. 268 00:14:37,779 --> 00:14:39,219 But the devil has power. 269 00:14:39,779 --> 00:14:46,779 We see this in Egypt when the magicians of Pharaoh, when Moses 270 00:14:46,779 --> 00:14:48,579 threw down his rod, it became a snake. 271 00:14:48,579 --> 00:14:51,779 Well, the magicians threw down their rods and they became a snake. 272 00:14:52,339 --> 00:14:55,779 Now whether that was a magic trick or whether it truly happened, 273 00:14:56,179 --> 00:14:57,619 we know that Satan has power. 274 00:14:58,989 --> 00:15:00,349 They turn water into blood. 275 00:15:00,989 --> 00:15:04,989 The magicians of Pharaoh, they have power. 276 00:15:05,069 --> 00:15:06,189 Satan has power. 277 00:15:07,629 --> 00:15:11,749 But apparently in this particular instance, we know he has 278 00:15:11,749 --> 00:15:15,149 power also because of the girl in the New Testament who could tell 279 00:15:15,149 --> 00:15:15,629 the future. 280 00:15:16,029 --> 00:15:18,669 I'm just telling you Satan has power. 281 00:15:18,669 --> 00:15:24,429 But in this instance, either Satan doesn't have that kind of power 282 00:15:24,979 --> 00:15:27,699 or God had kept it back. 283 00:15:29,139 --> 00:15:36,219 And again to show his power, to show his power, their power was 284 00:15:36,219 --> 00:15:39,539 insufficient or their power was withheld by God. 285 00:15:40,419 --> 00:15:47,859 All in discrediting, discrediting the gods of Babylon 286 00:15:49,219 --> 00:15:53,949 and magnifying the God of Daniel, all glory to him. 287 00:15:53,949 --> 00:15:54,509 Amen. 288 00:15:54,589 --> 00:15:55,629 Glory to the Lord. 289 00:15:55,629 --> 00:15:57,189 Glory to the God of Heaven. 290 00:15:57,189 --> 00:16:01,109 I love how it repeats that twice the God of heaven, God can 291 00:16:01,109 --> 00:16:02,509 use us to bring him glory. 292 00:16:03,309 --> 00:16:04,909 Isn't that what our life's supposed to be? 293 00:16:05,949 --> 00:16:10,429 I present my body, a living sacrifice, which my reasonable service, 294 00:16:10,909 --> 00:16:13,949 that my body is to bring glory to him. 295 00:16:14,589 --> 00:16:18,909 My acts, what I do is to be a testimony to him and to others around 296 00:16:18,909 --> 00:16:20,119 me of Him. 297 00:16:21,399 --> 00:16:23,239 Our lives are testimonies of his work. 298 00:16:23,479 --> 00:16:26,959 Our response to crisis should be different than the world. 299 00:16:26,959 --> 00:16:29,359 That's one of the greatest ways in which we as Christians can 300 00:16:29,359 --> 00:16:30,599 show the world that we're different. 301 00:16:30,919 --> 00:16:32,919 And that's our reaction to crisis. 302 00:16:33,559 --> 00:16:36,759 When storms come into our life, our reaction to those storms 303 00:16:36,759 --> 00:16:41,559 should be different than that person who does not know Jesus as 304 00:16:41,559 --> 00:16:42,279 their Savior. 305 00:16:42,919 --> 00:16:43,959 Because we have. 306 00:16:44,679 --> 00:16:44,939 We. 307 00:16:45,089 --> 00:16:47,329 We know we have one we can depend on. 308 00:16:47,489 --> 00:16:50,529 We know we have one that will never leave us nor forsake us, one 309 00:16:50,529 --> 00:16:51,649 who will never fail us. 310 00:16:52,049 --> 00:16:53,409 And so we should trust him. 311 00:16:53,969 --> 00:16:58,009 And one of the greatest ways in which we can glorify God is through 312 00:16:58,009 --> 00:17:02,129 those trials and through those detours of life that others see Christ 313 00:17:02,129 --> 00:17:02,689 in us. 314 00:17:04,369 --> 00:17:09,649 So here Daniel was having the opportunity to glorify God, to glorify 315 00:17:09,649 --> 00:17:09,969 him. 316 00:17:13,179 --> 00:17:17,539 By the way, our lives again ought to be live for the glory of 317 00:17:17,539 --> 00:17:17,899 God. 318 00:17:18,939 --> 00:17:20,459 Our children ought to see it. 319 00:17:21,019 --> 00:17:22,619 Our grandchildren ought to see it. 320 00:17:23,099 --> 00:17:25,019 Our spouses should see that. 321 00:17:25,419 --> 00:17:30,739 Our co workers, our neighbors, our friends, they should see Christ 322 00:17:30,739 --> 00:17:31,339 in us. 323 00:17:33,179 --> 00:17:41,629 The vision that Nebuchadnezzar was given the statue again that he's 324 00:17:41,629 --> 00:17:46,789 describing next Wednesday night, next Sunday night, we'll cover 325 00:17:46,789 --> 00:17:47,109 that. 326 00:17:48,549 --> 00:17:50,949 But boy, what do we see going on the news today? 327 00:17:52,868 --> 00:17:56,309 What if the battle Agog and Magog is about to happen? 328 00:17:58,869 --> 00:18:04,089 That's again, scholars are not real sure about the battle of Gog 329 00:18:04,089 --> 00:18:04,609 and Magog. 330 00:18:04,609 --> 00:18:07,369 Does that battle take place before the Rapture? 331 00:18:07,369 --> 00:18:09,809 Does that battle take place during the tribulation? 332 00:18:10,209 --> 00:18:12,129 It seems to indicate it might happen before. 333 00:18:15,489 --> 00:18:16,689 Interesting, isn't it? 334 00:18:18,529 --> 00:18:21,409 As we read and as we look through our. 335 00:18:21,569 --> 00:18:24,489 I got written down Fox News and I put laugh out loud because 336 00:18:24,489 --> 00:18:25,049 that's what I. 337 00:18:25,049 --> 00:18:26,129 That's where I get my news. 338 00:18:27,569 --> 00:18:29,169 Our newsmax or wherever. 339 00:18:31,109 --> 00:18:33,509 But boy, isn't the Bible. 340 00:18:34,389 --> 00:18:40,229 Isn't the prophecies of the Bible so true? 341 00:18:41,109 --> 00:18:48,549 Every prophecy concerning Christ's first coming were true, 342 00:18:49,269 --> 00:18:50,789 every one of them fulfilled. 343 00:18:51,749 --> 00:18:56,959 The prophecies of his second coming will be true as well. 344 00:18:57,839 --> 00:19:01,999 Now the second coming of Christ versus the Rapture are two 345 00:19:01,999 --> 00:19:02,879 separate events. 346 00:19:03,919 --> 00:19:05,439 And we can cover that again. 347 00:19:05,759 --> 00:19:07,679 And we have and reviewed it. 348 00:19:08,239 --> 00:19:10,559 But the Rapture is the next thing to happen on the prophetic 349 00:19:10,559 --> 00:19:12,719 scale, on the prophetic timetable. 350 00:19:13,439 --> 00:19:14,799 The trumpet's going to sound. 351 00:19:15,519 --> 00:19:16,559 It could happen today. 352 00:19:17,359 --> 00:19:19,359 I am telling you we are. 353 00:19:19,599 --> 00:19:20,159 This is. 354 00:19:20,949 --> 00:19:21,989 Of course this is true. 355 00:19:22,149 --> 00:19:24,149 We're closer today than we were yesterday. 356 00:19:25,109 --> 00:19:28,389 But I'm telling you, what a time to live in. 357 00:19:28,629 --> 00:19:30,309 What an exciting time to live in. 358 00:19:31,189 --> 00:19:33,109 Can I remind you that God is on the throne? 359 00:19:33,909 --> 00:19:35,269 He will not forget his own. 360 00:19:36,149 --> 00:19:37,749 God rules and the affairs of men. 361 00:19:38,949 --> 00:19:40,549 We have nothing to fear. 362 00:19:41,429 --> 00:19:44,149 God's in control again. 363 00:19:44,309 --> 00:19:48,669 Daniel is such a wonderful book and an abc, if you would, of 364 00:19:48,669 --> 00:19:51,429 a prophecy, a foundation to prophecy. 365 00:19:51,429 --> 00:19:53,629 And we'll cover some of that next Sunday night. 366 00:19:54,509 --> 00:19:56,149 And here we have the king's dream. 367 00:19:56,149 --> 00:19:57,229 And the problem. 368 00:19:57,789 --> 00:19:58,829 He begins to. 369 00:20:00,509 --> 00:20:01,949 He dreams a dream at night. 370 00:20:02,508 --> 00:20:04,749 Maybe more like a nightmare. 371 00:20:07,309 --> 00:20:13,789 Babylon, Nebuchadnezzar, mightiest empire in the world at 372 00:20:13,789 --> 00:20:14,189 the time. 373 00:20:16,059 --> 00:20:18,619 There is more said of Nebuchadnezzar in the Old Testament 374 00:20:18,619 --> 00:20:20,299 than any other pagan king. 375 00:20:23,499 --> 00:20:25,819 Apparently this was a reoccurring dream. 376 00:20:27,339 --> 00:20:28,139 Reoccurring. 377 00:20:29,259 --> 00:20:31,339 And it definitely shook him up. 378 00:20:32,619 --> 00:20:35,699 I always like to point out again that in the Old Testament, 379 00:20:35,699 --> 00:20:39,499 God spoke in dreams and envisions. 380 00:20:40,869 --> 00:20:41,389 To do what? 381 00:20:41,389 --> 00:20:43,829 To reveal himself to mankind. 382 00:20:44,869 --> 00:20:48,509 Not only to reveal himself to mankind, but to give his word to 383 00:20:48,509 --> 00:20:49,109 mankind. 384 00:20:49,989 --> 00:20:54,709 When Joseph dreamed the dream of the sheaves bowing to his sheave 385 00:20:54,709 --> 00:20:59,109 and the sun, moon and stars bowing to him, that was God speaking 386 00:20:59,109 --> 00:20:59,509 to him. 387 00:21:00,149 --> 00:21:04,589 That was God telling Joseph, hey, someday your parents and your 388 00:21:04,589 --> 00:21:05,909 brothers are going to bow to you. 389 00:21:06,709 --> 00:21:07,989 That was the word of God. 390 00:21:09,749 --> 00:21:13,989 It was just as accurate and just as true as the Word I hold in 391 00:21:13,989 --> 00:21:14,469 my hand. 392 00:21:15,189 --> 00:21:19,029 And in Old Testament times they would have viewed it that way. 393 00:21:19,189 --> 00:21:21,349 They would have viewed it just like we view this. 394 00:21:22,229 --> 00:21:25,229 When they received a dream or when they received a vision, they 395 00:21:25,229 --> 00:21:29,109 would have viewed it as if it was indeed the inspired word of God. 396 00:21:29,429 --> 00:21:31,029 Because that's how God spoke to them. 397 00:21:32,399 --> 00:21:35,639 Or he spoke through them, through a theophany, God appearing 398 00:21:35,639 --> 00:21:35,999 to them. 399 00:21:37,279 --> 00:21:38,959 So just remember that that's what happened. 400 00:21:38,959 --> 00:21:42,119 That is Old Testament Covenant, That's Old Testament program 401 00:21:42,119 --> 00:21:42,999 in the New Testament. 402 00:21:42,999 --> 00:21:45,959 The Bible makes it very clear, according to 2nd Peter 1, verses 403 00:21:45,959 --> 00:21:46,959 17 through 21. 404 00:21:47,199 --> 00:21:51,599 Also Hebrews chapter 1, verse 1, that God no longer speaks that 405 00:21:51,599 --> 00:21:54,719 way in the New Testament. 406 00:21:54,719 --> 00:21:56,159 Covenant, the New Testament program. 407 00:21:58,009 --> 00:22:00,729 But God speaks through what His Word. 408 00:22:02,329 --> 00:22:05,329 When that which is perfect has come, that which is in part will 409 00:22:05,329 --> 00:22:06,089 be done away with. 410 00:22:06,329 --> 00:22:10,729 And that in part being done away with is tongues and prophecies. 411 00:22:10,729 --> 00:22:13,649 All those were done away with when the word of God was complete, 412 00:22:13,649 --> 00:22:14,729 around 100 A.D. 413 00:22:18,169 --> 00:22:19,449 just a good reminder. 414 00:22:21,609 --> 00:22:26,709 But we know that God was speaking to King Nebuchadnezzar. 415 00:22:28,389 --> 00:22:30,389 He was disturbed and troubled. 416 00:22:30,389 --> 00:22:31,189 The Bible says. 417 00:22:32,069 --> 00:22:33,109 Have you ever been there? 418 00:22:36,629 --> 00:22:38,509 Sometimes we need to be careful what we take to bed with 419 00:22:38,509 --> 00:22:38,789 us. 420 00:22:41,589 --> 00:22:41,869 What? 421 00:22:41,869 --> 00:22:42,349 Our head. 422 00:22:42,349 --> 00:22:43,269 What's in our head. 423 00:22:44,149 --> 00:22:44,789 Amen. 424 00:22:46,469 --> 00:22:49,829 You lay your head down at night and you're troubled about things, 425 00:22:51,139 --> 00:22:52,579 get out of bed and get on your knees. 426 00:22:53,299 --> 00:22:56,339 Or if you're like me and it hurts too bad, stay in bed and pray. 427 00:22:59,859 --> 00:23:00,339 Pray. 428 00:23:01,379 --> 00:23:02,659 Bring that care to God. 429 00:23:03,699 --> 00:23:05,059 Bring that trouble to God. 430 00:23:06,739 --> 00:23:10,179 King Nebuchadnezzar called for the wise men, the magicians and the 431 00:23:10,179 --> 00:23:15,059 soothsayers and astrologers and man a kingdom given wholly over 432 00:23:15,059 --> 00:23:15,779 to the occult. 433 00:23:19,009 --> 00:23:20,529 In verse three, it speaks about. 434 00:23:20,849 --> 00:23:23,089 It says they spoke in Syriac. 435 00:23:23,649 --> 00:23:25,889 It's the same as Aramaic. 436 00:23:26,689 --> 00:23:31,529 So from chapter 2, verse 4 through chapter 7, verse 28, this 437 00:23:31,529 --> 00:23:33,409 was originally written in Aramaic. 438 00:23:35,489 --> 00:23:38,129 Just a side note for you scholars who'd like to know that. 439 00:23:39,969 --> 00:23:43,409 Then we see verses 4 through 13, we see the wise men's problem. 440 00:23:43,939 --> 00:23:44,899 Do you think they had a problem? 441 00:23:45,859 --> 00:23:46,739 I think they did. 442 00:23:47,699 --> 00:23:52,539 This is either the king really forgot, but the indication here is 443 00:23:52,539 --> 00:23:54,859 probably that he didn't forget, that he was just testing 444 00:23:54,859 --> 00:23:55,139 them. 445 00:23:55,859 --> 00:23:57,619 And you got to kind of read between the lines. 446 00:23:57,619 --> 00:24:00,579 And the Hebrew kind of indicates that as well. 447 00:24:00,979 --> 00:24:02,179 So we don't know. 448 00:24:02,339 --> 00:24:08,259 But maybe he was testing his wise man. 449 00:24:08,819 --> 00:24:14,619 But the typical tyrant king again said, tell me the dream again, 450 00:24:14,619 --> 00:24:20,579 I'm going to cut you in pieces, make your houses a dunghill. 451 00:24:21,219 --> 00:24:22,499 They made excuses. 452 00:24:25,139 --> 00:24:26,499 Maybe they weren't so wise. 453 00:24:28,659 --> 00:24:35,019 And in that excuse, they're very arrogant, like Lord, nobody, 454 00:24:35,019 --> 00:24:39,839 I mean, King nobody's ever asked of their wise man this. 455 00:24:40,079 --> 00:24:41,199 There is no one. 456 00:24:41,999 --> 00:24:46,079 There is no man who can answer and fulfill that question. 457 00:24:46,239 --> 00:24:47,279 No one can do it. 458 00:24:49,759 --> 00:24:54,199 Not even the gods who are not, who don't dwell in flesh. 459 00:24:54,199 --> 00:24:54,999 And he just kind of. 460 00:24:54,999 --> 00:24:56,879 They just kind of go on and on and on about it. 461 00:24:58,079 --> 00:25:01,199 And what happens is the king just keeps getting madder and madder 462 00:25:03,449 --> 00:25:05,289 in Other words, they revealed that they were frauds. 463 00:25:08,089 --> 00:25:09,129 And what happened? 464 00:25:09,369 --> 00:25:11,209 Well, the king followed through. 465 00:25:11,449 --> 00:25:12,409 He is the king. 466 00:25:12,889 --> 00:25:17,209 A decree was put out to kill him, kill all the wise men. 467 00:25:17,289 --> 00:25:18,969 What's interesting to me, look at verse 13. 468 00:25:19,289 --> 00:25:22,409 It says, the decree went forth that the wise man should be slain. 469 00:25:23,689 --> 00:25:25,689 But notice there is a. 470 00:25:25,929 --> 00:25:31,099 It points out Daniel and his compadres, and they sought Daniel 471 00:25:31,099 --> 00:25:32,419 and his fellows to be slain. 472 00:25:33,459 --> 00:25:38,379 Again, it seems to indicate, and scholars agree, that Daniel and 473 00:25:38,379 --> 00:25:39,539 his friends weren't there. 474 00:25:39,939 --> 00:25:43,299 And we know this because they had to be told what happened. 475 00:25:45,458 --> 00:25:47,499 Apparently, Daniel and his friends didn't hang out with the 476 00:25:47,499 --> 00:25:50,499 other crowd, which is a good lesson for us. 477 00:25:51,459 --> 00:25:56,029 Reminder to us, you hang out with a bunch of skunks, you're going 478 00:25:56,029 --> 00:25:57,069 to smell like a skunk. 479 00:25:58,349 --> 00:25:59,349 Used to be a sermon. 480 00:25:59,349 --> 00:26:02,429 It was a famous sermon when I was a kid called why hang out with 481 00:26:02,429 --> 00:26:04,029 turkeys when you can soar with eagles? 482 00:26:04,589 --> 00:26:05,789 Some of y' all remember that one. 483 00:26:05,789 --> 00:26:12,109 It was a good teen camp sermon, and it's true. 484 00:26:13,229 --> 00:26:15,589 And Daniel and his friends apparently didn't hang out with the 485 00:26:15,589 --> 00:26:15,869 others. 486 00:26:16,829 --> 00:26:20,269 And so it was pointed out that they sought to kill Daniel and his 487 00:26:20,269 --> 00:26:20,589 friends. 488 00:26:22,389 --> 00:26:23,109 And then Daniel. 489 00:26:23,109 --> 00:26:23,629 We see the. 490 00:26:23,629 --> 00:26:25,269 Daniel's promise and desire. 491 00:26:26,949 --> 00:26:28,789 Daniel's promise and desire. 492 00:26:28,789 --> 00:26:29,909 We see this in verse 14. 493 00:26:30,949 --> 00:26:34,309 He says, Then Daniel answered with counsel and wisdom to Arioch. 494 00:26:34,629 --> 00:26:36,789 Notice, he answered discreetly. 495 00:26:37,749 --> 00:26:44,709 He answered with wisdom whom the king had ordained to destroy. 496 00:26:45,269 --> 00:26:47,319 The wise man then answered, I'm sorry. 497 00:26:47,319 --> 00:26:50,559 And answered Arioch, the captain of the king's guard, which 498 00:26:50,559 --> 00:26:53,399 was gone forth to slay the wise men of Babylon. 499 00:26:53,399 --> 00:26:54,439 And he answered and said. 500 00:26:54,599 --> 00:26:55,799 And he goes through the. 501 00:26:55,879 --> 00:26:57,199 Again, we've already read it. 502 00:26:57,199 --> 00:27:03,319 So Daniels makes a promise in verses 4 through 16. 503 00:27:05,639 --> 00:27:10,239 And he tells his compadres, his companions, Shadrach, Meshach, 504 00:27:10,239 --> 00:27:13,799 Abednego, Hananiah, Mishael and Azariah. 505 00:27:15,319 --> 00:27:19,639 He says to them, let's pray, let's pray. 506 00:27:21,319 --> 00:27:22,359 What was his prayer? 507 00:27:22,359 --> 00:27:23,319 What were their prayers? 508 00:27:25,879 --> 00:27:27,799 The prayer was for mercies. 509 00:27:28,039 --> 00:27:29,239 Notice it's plural. 510 00:27:30,359 --> 00:27:31,199 Look at verse 18. 511 00:27:31,199 --> 00:27:33,639 That they would desire mercies of God. 512 00:27:35,079 --> 00:27:42,049 It's always good to begin your prayer with praise, number one, but 513 00:27:43,569 --> 00:27:46,449 with repentance, mercies. 514 00:27:47,089 --> 00:27:50,769 Lord, thank you for not giving me the punishment I deserved. 515 00:27:51,169 --> 00:27:53,649 Thank you for not giving me what I deserve. 516 00:27:53,969 --> 00:27:59,169 Lord, thank you for giving me what I don't deserve. 517 00:28:02,049 --> 00:28:02,929 That's what they did. 518 00:28:04,529 --> 00:28:08,009 Prayer is as we pray we should come humbly before him. 519 00:28:08,809 --> 00:28:11,689 I repeated this to somebody the other day that the acrostic. 520 00:28:11,689 --> 00:28:14,649 A good, easy acrostic to remember is pray P. 521 00:28:14,649 --> 00:28:17,689 R A y praise him when you come to God to pray. 522 00:28:18,089 --> 00:28:19,289 Number one, praise him. 523 00:28:19,449 --> 00:28:23,369 Take time to praise him for who he is and what he is. 524 00:28:23,449 --> 00:28:27,449 Take time to thank him and be a thankful person. 525 00:28:27,689 --> 00:28:31,129 God loves that praise and thanksgiving. 526 00:28:31,849 --> 00:28:32,969 And then number two, repent. 527 00:28:33,289 --> 00:28:34,649 PR Repent. 528 00:28:34,889 --> 00:28:36,809 Repent of your sins. 529 00:28:37,769 --> 00:28:38,329 Hello. 530 00:28:39,849 --> 00:28:43,289 The Bible says God doesn't hear the prayer of a sinner. 531 00:28:44,329 --> 00:28:45,529 That's pretty tough. 532 00:28:46,649 --> 00:28:47,289 Pretty tough. 533 00:28:47,609 --> 00:28:49,809 So we come to God, we need to repent of our sins. 534 00:28:49,809 --> 00:28:52,449 And sometimes, like David, we just need to say, lord, as I said 535 00:28:52,449 --> 00:28:55,929 this morning, lord, show to me, reveal to me. 536 00:28:56,889 --> 00:28:58,449 See if there be any wicked way in me. 537 00:28:58,449 --> 00:29:00,769 Sometimes you got to go to the Holy Spirit and just say, lord, reveal 538 00:29:00,769 --> 00:29:02,949 to me the sin in my life. 539 00:29:03,189 --> 00:29:04,309 Repent of those sins. 540 00:29:04,949 --> 00:29:05,829 And then ask. 541 00:29:06,389 --> 00:29:06,869 Pray. 542 00:29:06,949 --> 00:29:08,949 P R A Y means ask. 543 00:29:09,029 --> 00:29:12,389 So if you don't ask in your prayer, did you really pray? 544 00:29:14,949 --> 00:29:16,069 Well, not by definition. 545 00:29:16,069 --> 00:29:16,709 You didn't. 546 00:29:16,949 --> 00:29:18,309 Because I get that all the time too. 547 00:29:18,309 --> 00:29:20,389 People say, well, I just don't feel like I should. 548 00:29:20,629 --> 00:29:22,909 I should ask when I go to prayer. 549 00:29:22,909 --> 00:29:24,629 Well, but prayer means to ask. 550 00:29:26,789 --> 00:29:27,909 God is your father. 551 00:29:29,689 --> 00:29:31,609 He desires to give you things. 552 00:29:33,129 --> 00:29:34,809 He wants the best for you. 553 00:29:37,609 --> 00:29:38,089 Pray. 554 00:29:38,089 --> 00:29:40,889 Ask, and then why is yield. 555 00:29:41,609 --> 00:29:43,529 Yield to his will. 556 00:29:44,409 --> 00:29:48,729 Yield to his answer, whatever that may be, whether it's yes, no, 557 00:29:48,729 --> 00:29:54,489 maybe, or later, but yield to whatever God wants in your life. 558 00:29:55,739 --> 00:29:56,059 Pray. 559 00:29:57,739 --> 00:30:01,939 Here we see Daniel and his friends praying, praying for mercies, 560 00:30:01,939 --> 00:30:02,459 believing. 561 00:30:02,459 --> 00:30:06,779 And we talk about fervently praying, praying specifically. 562 00:30:07,419 --> 00:30:10,179 Sometimes we pray in such vagueness, we never know if we got 563 00:30:10,179 --> 00:30:10,939 an answer or not. 564 00:30:12,059 --> 00:30:15,779 If you're going to God in prayer, ask specifically what you 565 00:30:15,779 --> 00:30:16,299 would ask. 566 00:30:16,939 --> 00:30:19,419 By the way, when you do ask, you ought to ask for others first. 567 00:30:20,549 --> 00:30:21,509 Take some time to pray. 568 00:30:21,909 --> 00:30:22,869 Intercessory. 569 00:30:23,429 --> 00:30:24,229 Pray for others. 570 00:30:25,269 --> 00:30:27,069 Think about brother Richard Gross in the hospital. 571 00:30:27,069 --> 00:30:29,429 He's sure been in the hospital a lot in the last couple years. 572 00:30:29,429 --> 00:30:30,429 He needs our prayers. 573 00:30:30,429 --> 00:30:31,829 Go to intercessory. 574 00:30:31,829 --> 00:30:33,109 Go to prayer on his behalf. 575 00:30:35,109 --> 00:30:36,309 Ask God to intervene. 576 00:30:37,989 --> 00:30:38,629 Amen. 577 00:30:39,509 --> 00:30:40,669 Take time to pray for others. 578 00:30:40,669 --> 00:30:46,479 Pray for your children, pray for your grandkids, and then ask 579 00:30:46,479 --> 00:30:47,039 for yourself. 580 00:30:47,039 --> 00:30:52,079 It's not wrong to ask for yourself, but God absolutely looks 581 00:30:52,079 --> 00:30:55,919 on the heart and we ought to pray in humility with a contrite 582 00:30:55,919 --> 00:30:56,799 and broken heart. 583 00:30:56,879 --> 00:31:01,679 I always remember hbc, humble, broken, contrite, easy to remember. 584 00:31:03,999 --> 00:31:04,759 Nobody got that one. 585 00:31:04,759 --> 00:31:05,839 Heritage Baptist Church. 586 00:31:06,559 --> 00:31:07,639 Billy even got that one. 587 00:31:07,639 --> 00:31:09,359 He was like, I got that one preacher. 588 00:31:09,759 --> 00:31:10,799 I'll use that one. 589 00:31:11,529 --> 00:31:15,329 Humble, broken, in contrite spirit that we ought to have when 590 00:31:15,329 --> 00:31:16,329 we go to God in prayer. 591 00:31:18,009 --> 00:31:19,129 Take time to pray. 592 00:31:22,089 --> 00:31:23,929 And he said he prayed to the God of Heaven. 593 00:31:25,449 --> 00:31:30,969 We have a God in heaven, our Heavenly Father, who loves us, who 594 00:31:30,969 --> 00:31:35,729 shows us abundant mercy and grace every day again, giving us 595 00:31:35,729 --> 00:31:36,809 what we do not deserve. 596 00:31:37,539 --> 00:31:39,699 Taking out of our life what we do deserve. 597 00:31:40,339 --> 00:31:41,459 It's amazing, isn't it? 598 00:31:41,459 --> 00:31:42,739 The grace and mercy of God. 599 00:31:43,299 --> 00:31:46,659 And verses 19 through 23, we see his praise. 600 00:31:46,739 --> 00:31:50,099 By the way, this outline, I borrowed it from John Phillips. 601 00:31:50,339 --> 00:31:54,339 We see verses 4 through 16, the promise, in other words, Daniel's 602 00:31:54,339 --> 00:31:54,819 promise. 603 00:31:55,299 --> 00:31:58,499 And then verses 17, 18 is his prayer. 604 00:31:58,899 --> 00:32:01,859 Verses 19 through 23 is his praise. 605 00:32:02,829 --> 00:32:04,029 He says about blessed. 606 00:32:04,029 --> 00:32:05,469 Look at verse 19. 607 00:32:06,189 --> 00:32:09,669 Then was the secret revealed unto Daniel in the night vision when 608 00:32:09,669 --> 00:32:11,829 Daniel blessed the God of Heaven. 609 00:32:11,829 --> 00:32:15,429 That word blessed there is speaking of praising the God of heaven. 610 00:32:15,429 --> 00:32:18,748 Blessing the God of heaven again. 611 00:32:18,909 --> 00:32:21,469 Praying without praise is ingratitude. 612 00:32:22,829 --> 00:32:23,869 We ought to praise him. 613 00:32:25,309 --> 00:32:27,869 We know that in the last days, perilous times shall come. 614 00:32:28,449 --> 00:32:29,209 Timothy tells us. 615 00:32:29,209 --> 00:32:33,569 And one of the signs of the end times is people will be ungrateful. 616 00:32:33,569 --> 00:32:35,729 That's part of that list that he gives. 617 00:32:35,729 --> 00:32:36,529 Ungrateful. 618 00:32:37,169 --> 00:32:40,529 We need to be people who are absolutely thankful. 619 00:32:41,409 --> 00:32:42,129 Thankful. 620 00:32:42,449 --> 00:32:44,609 A thankful people is a thankful people. 621 00:32:44,609 --> 00:32:44,929 Right? 622 00:32:45,729 --> 00:32:50,889 There is a God of heaven that revealeth secrets. 623 00:32:50,889 --> 00:32:54,939 He said, I love that. 624 00:32:54,939 --> 00:33:00,579 Verse 21 says, he revealeth or he removeth kings and setteth up 625 00:33:00,579 --> 00:33:00,939 kings. 626 00:33:01,339 --> 00:33:02,459 Look at verse 21. 627 00:33:03,179 --> 00:33:07,299 He changes the times and the seasons, by the way, that changes 628 00:33:07,299 --> 00:33:08,259 the times and the seasons. 629 00:33:08,259 --> 00:33:12,699 Speaking of God's impact in history, he's the one who changes. 630 00:33:12,859 --> 00:33:17,899 He's the one who puts up and puts down rulers and kings and changes 631 00:33:17,899 --> 00:33:19,739 and guides history. 632 00:33:21,309 --> 00:33:22,309 He setteth up kings. 633 00:33:22,309 --> 00:33:25,989 He giveth wisdom unto the kings and knowledge of them and knowing, 634 00:33:25,989 --> 00:33:26,509 understanding. 635 00:33:26,509 --> 00:33:29,869 And again remind you that God is in control. 636 00:33:31,229 --> 00:33:35,469 God is the one who sets up presidents and puts them down. 637 00:33:35,789 --> 00:33:38,909 It's God who puts kings in place and puts them down. 638 00:33:39,869 --> 00:33:40,509 Amen. 639 00:33:41,549 --> 00:33:42,509 We can trust him. 640 00:33:43,789 --> 00:33:44,829 We can trust him. 641 00:33:48,759 --> 00:33:50,359 We see his proclamation again. 642 00:33:50,759 --> 00:33:54,039 There is a God in heaven that revealeth. 643 00:33:54,839 --> 00:33:56,759 Daniel gave credit to God. 644 00:33:57,079 --> 00:33:58,599 He gave glory to God. 645 00:34:01,399 --> 00:34:02,999 God loves to receive the glory. 646 00:34:04,759 --> 00:34:06,439 He loves to receive the glory from us. 647 00:34:07,639 --> 00:34:13,169 In other words, to ascribe unto him credit, to describe him 648 00:34:13,169 --> 00:34:13,649 credit. 649 00:34:13,889 --> 00:34:15,969 Trust in the Lord with all thine heart. 650 00:34:16,529 --> 00:34:18,769 Lean not unto thine own understanding. 651 00:34:19,329 --> 00:34:22,489 Remember, this was our theme verse in all thy ways. 652 00:34:22,489 --> 00:34:22,769 What? 653 00:34:23,569 --> 00:34:24,609 Acknowledge him. 654 00:34:24,929 --> 00:34:28,889 And we went through that study of that verse again. 655 00:34:28,889 --> 00:34:33,009 I pushed this a lot and talked about it acknowledging him. 656 00:34:34,209 --> 00:34:38,619 Acknowledging him is not just saying, lord, I know that I need 657 00:34:38,619 --> 00:34:39,499 to put my trust in you. 658 00:34:39,499 --> 00:34:40,579 And you will guide me. 659 00:34:40,819 --> 00:34:44,099 But it's ascribing him credit, just like David did. 660 00:34:44,819 --> 00:34:45,859 David and Goliath. 661 00:34:45,859 --> 00:34:48,739 He said, you come to me with a spear and a sword. 662 00:34:48,819 --> 00:34:52,899 I come to you what in the name of the Lord, Joseph? 663 00:34:52,899 --> 00:34:53,779 The very same thing. 664 00:34:54,419 --> 00:34:58,219 When he interpreted the dreams, he said, I'm summarizing. 665 00:34:58,219 --> 00:35:01,099 But he said to Pharaoh, I can't interpret your dream, but I 666 00:35:01,099 --> 00:35:01,939 know a God who can. 667 00:35:02,739 --> 00:35:06,679 And we see the same thing here with Daniel ascribing credit to God 668 00:35:07,319 --> 00:35:09,079 for the revealing of this dream. 669 00:35:09,799 --> 00:35:11,399 Trust in the Lord with all thy heart. 670 00:35:11,559 --> 00:35:12,999 Lean not unto thine own understanding. 671 00:35:12,999 --> 00:35:14,359 In all thy ways, acknowledge him. 672 00:35:14,359 --> 00:35:15,159 Give him the glory. 673 00:35:15,159 --> 00:35:19,119 Give him credit in your life for what he's done for you, all the 674 00:35:19,119 --> 00:35:20,159 things he's done for you. 675 00:35:20,159 --> 00:35:22,439 And he will guide you. 676 00:35:24,679 --> 00:35:25,959 You ascribe him credit. 677 00:35:25,959 --> 00:35:26,839 He will guide you. 678 00:35:27,239 --> 00:35:28,199 He will lead you. 679 00:35:29,559 --> 00:35:30,759 There is a God in heaven. 680 00:35:33,099 --> 00:35:37,419 Daniel was pointing the king, even a pagan king, in the right direction. 681 00:35:39,579 --> 00:35:40,939 There is a God in heaven. 682 00:35:42,379 --> 00:35:45,579 Can I remind you, tonight there is an answer to your problems. 683 00:35:48,459 --> 00:35:51,779 You just got to go to the right source for answers to your 684 00:35:51,779 --> 00:35:52,299 problems. 685 00:35:53,659 --> 00:35:55,499 King Nebuchadnezzar didn't know. 686 00:35:55,499 --> 00:35:58,619 He went to his magicians and his sorcerers, and. 687 00:36:00,889 --> 00:36:03,129 And Daniel said, no, that's not where you need to go. 688 00:36:04,809 --> 00:36:10,089 The one who will answer your problem, give you peace, is the God 689 00:36:10,089 --> 00:36:10,649 of heaven. 690 00:36:12,169 --> 00:36:15,209 And I want to tell you tonight, the one who will solve your 691 00:36:15,209 --> 00:36:20,569 problem, give you peace, answer your prayers and meet your 692 00:36:20,569 --> 00:36:23,209 needs, whatever those needs may be. 693 00:36:23,769 --> 00:36:30,549 Financial, relational, deliverance from sin, remind you 694 00:36:30,549 --> 00:36:31,629 there is a God in heaven. 695 00:36:32,829 --> 00:36:34,269 There is a God in heaven. 696 00:36:34,589 --> 00:36:38,629 Go to him, and he will answer your prayers. 697 00:36:38,629 --> 00:36:39,309 Let's all stand. 698 00:36:39,309 --> 00:36:39,794 We'll have a verse. 699 00:36:39,794 --> 00:36:39,879 The Lord of.