WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:09.220 Welcome to the Willow Ridge Sermons Podcast, where you can listen to audio from our most 00:00:09.220 --> 00:00:13.900 recent sermons and more. Thanks for listening, and be sure to add this show to your library 00:00:13.900 --> 00:00:16.820 if you'd like to automatically receive new episodes each week. 00:00:25.660 --> 00:00:33.480 So as we get into Daniel 6 this morning, I want to read from Daniel 6, verses 26 and 27. Read these 00:00:33.480 --> 00:00:38.780 last week. We'll read them again this morning. It says, I make a decree that in all my royal dominion 00:00:38.780 --> 00:00:45.920 people are to tremble in fear before the God of Daniel. For he is the living God, enduring forever. 00:00:45.920 --> 00:00:55.160 His kingdom shall never be destroyed, and his dominion shall be to the end. He delivers and 00:00:55.160 --> 00:01:04.420 rescues. He works signs and wonders in heaven and on earth. He who has saved Daniel from the power 00:01:04.420 --> 00:01:12.340 of the lion. Would you pray with me? God, as we come into your word, Lord, we thank you for your 00:01:12.340 --> 00:01:22.880 working and your moving in and among us. God, as we study your word, may we hear what you have for us. 00:01:23.960 --> 00:01:29.660 May you be glorified in what is said and in what is done. 00:01:31.800 --> 00:01:33.220 Lord, if any of this is not 00:01:33.220 --> 00:01:35.420 of me, Lord, remove it 00:01:35.420 --> 00:01:38.820 so that you can clearly be heard. 00:01:39.900 --> 00:01:41.120 And it's in Jesus' name we pray. 00:01:42.220 --> 00:01:42.540 Amen. 00:01:43.860 --> 00:01:45.700 As we shared from week one, 00:01:45.960 --> 00:01:48.840 the book of Daniel is divided into two 00:01:48.840 --> 00:01:56.320 sections. Chapters one through six deal with the historical, biblical account and record in the 00:01:56.320 --> 00:02:03.200 life of Daniel. And then chapter seven and moving forward, we'll focus on the prophetic section of 00:02:03.200 --> 00:02:08.520 the book of Daniel. So this morning, as we conclude chapter six, as we work all our way through this, 00:02:08.680 --> 00:02:14.780 last week we just got through the first four verses. We'll kind of conclude the part that we have of 00:02:14.780 --> 00:02:20.380 Daniel's life and then we'll jump next week and continue on with the prophetic section of the book 00:02:20.380 --> 00:02:25.540 of Daniel. And so I hope God is teaching you and working in you as much as God is doing in my life 00:02:25.540 --> 00:02:29.920 and we celebrate him for all he's done. But if you weren't here with us last week, I do want to bring 00:02:29.920 --> 00:02:35.440 you a little bit up to speed Daniel six verses one through four. So kind of give us the setting of 00:02:35.440 --> 00:02:41.400 what we're going to find here in this very popular story that so many of us has heard. And again, 00:02:41.520 --> 00:02:46.160 what we believe as we talk through these is if it's in the Bible, we do not believe that this is a 00:02:46.160 --> 00:02:50.840 made up story. We believe that this is a true story, that it actually happened, that this is from 00:02:50.840 --> 00:02:56.740 history and no archeological dig, nothing that archeologists have ever uncovered, have ever done 00:02:56.740 --> 00:03:02.740 anything to disprove the historical count of God's words. We can hold true that what is here is 00:03:02.740 --> 00:03:08.820 actually that. It is true. And so in Daniel six, one through four, the Mede and Persian empire has 00:03:08.820 --> 00:03:15.460 overtaken Babylon and Darius is now the king. And Daniel that we've seen from Daniel chapter one, just 00:03:15.460 --> 00:03:22.680 like he did in the Babylonian empire, has once again risen to leadership. So you've got these pagan kings 00:03:22.680 --> 00:03:29.880 choosing godly Daniel to help them and to assist them. And Daniel has risen to leadership. 00:03:30.680 --> 00:03:37.240 And he's a man of what we find in Daniel six continues to meet, to be a man of godly reputation 00:03:37.240 --> 00:03:44.840 and continuing to be a man of godly integrity to the point. This was the driving point home for us last week 00:03:44.840 --> 00:03:53.880 that even lost people around Daniel see the evidence of the work of God in the life of Daniel. 00:03:55.080 --> 00:03:59.720 But there's gonna be some conflict. And I think that's the part of us that we've got to come to grips 00:03:59.720 --> 00:04:06.840 with. If you're here and you're not a believer, not a follower of Jesus Christ, let me kind of bring 00:04:06.840 --> 00:04:13.880 you to make sure that you know a little bit about us as Christians. Becoming a follower of Jesus Christ 00:04:13.880 --> 00:04:21.000 does not make your life easy. Becoming a follower of Jesus Christ does not free you from persecution. 00:04:21.000 --> 00:04:28.600 In fact, what God's word tells us, Jesus's own words is to expect it. And to actually, when we're 00:04:28.600 --> 00:04:37.480 persecuted to kind of understand the blessing that comes from that. And Daniel falls into that category 00:04:37.480 --> 00:04:46.680 as well. As Daniel is elevated, there's a group of men who feel that they've wrongly been passed over. 00:04:49.240 --> 00:04:56.440 And so they look to find fault in Daniel, but there's not any fault that they can find. 00:04:57.400 --> 00:05:04.360 We'll laugh about this. Like the government has done their due diligence to find any error, any fault, 00:05:04.360 --> 00:05:09.960 any area of questioning of the integrity. There's not been a paperclip that this man has taken home. 00:05:11.320 --> 00:05:16.680 He is a man of character and integrity of God. And that's who they seem, that's who they believe him 00:05:16.680 --> 00:05:26.040 to be. But they still begin to desire and plot and plan to bring Daniel down to elevate themselves. 00:05:28.200 --> 00:05:31.960 So read with me. We're going to read verses five through verses 15. 00:05:34.360 --> 00:05:41.320 Then these men said we shall not find any ground for complaint against this Daniel, 00:05:41.320 --> 00:05:46.920 unless we find it connected with the law of his God. 00:05:48.600 --> 00:05:53.160 Then these high officials and satraps came by agreement to the king and said to him, 00:05:53.960 --> 00:06:01.480 "O king, Darius, live forever. All the high officials of the kingdom, the prefects and the satraps and 00:06:01.480 --> 00:06:08.920 the counselors and the governors are agreed that the king should establish an ordinance and enforce 00:06:08.920 --> 00:06:17.000 an injunction that whoever makes petition to any god or man for 30 days, except to you, 00:06:17.000 --> 00:06:24.760 O king, shall be cast into the den of lions. Now, O king, establish the injunction and sign the document 00:06:24.760 --> 00:06:30.840 so that it cannot be changed according to the law of the Medes and the Persians, which cannot be revoked. 00:06:31.960 --> 00:06:38.440 Therefore, King Darius signed the document and the injunction. And when Daniel knew that the document 00:06:38.440 --> 00:06:45.320 had been signed, he went into his house where he had windows in his upper chamber open towards Jerusalem. 00:06:46.760 --> 00:06:54.520 He got down on his knees three times a day and prayed and gave thanks before his God, as he had done 00:06:54.520 --> 00:07:04.520 previously. Then these men came by agreement and found Daniel making petition and plea before his God. 00:07:05.880 --> 00:07:13.160 Then they came near and said before the king concerning the injunction, "O king, did you not sign an injunction 00:07:13.800 --> 00:07:21.480 that anyone who makes a petition to any god or man within 30 days except to you, O king, shall be cast into 00:07:21.480 --> 00:07:30.760 the den of lions?" And the king answered and said, "The thing stands fast according to the law of the Medes and 00:07:30.760 --> 00:07:40.920 the Persians, which cannot be revoked." Then they answered and said before the king, "Daniel, who was one of the exiles 00:07:40.920 --> 00:07:50.600 from Judah, pays no attention to you, O king, or the injunction you have signed, but makes his petition three 00:07:50.600 --> 00:08:01.480 times a day." Then the king, when he heard these words, was much distressed and set his mind to deliver 00:08:01.480 --> 00:08:13.160 Daniel. And he labored till the son went down to rescue him. Then these men came by agreement to the king and said to 00:08:13.160 --> 00:08:25.080 the king, "No, O king, that is the law of the Medes and the Persians, that no injunction or ordinance that the king 00:08:25.080 --> 00:08:31.880 establishes can be established can be changed." I want to talk to you this morning about godly routine. 00:08:34.760 --> 00:08:35.720 Godly routine. 00:08:38.120 --> 00:08:41.240 If someone were going to accurately attack your character, 00:08:43.160 --> 00:08:44.280 where would they attack you? 00:08:46.200 --> 00:08:52.840 Would they attack your honesty? Would they attack your financials? Would they attack your thought 00:08:52.840 --> 00:08:59.160 life? Would they attack your search history? Would they attack your language? Would they attack the way 00:08:59.160 --> 00:09:06.280 that you view other people? If people were going to attack your character, where would they attack you? 00:09:07.160 --> 00:09:15.560 Now imagine the setting that we walk into. Imagine if the only way your character could be attacked by 00:09:15.560 --> 00:09:24.200 the pagan laws culture you live in is for them to find fault in you due to your faithfulness to God. 00:09:26.200 --> 00:09:33.080 That's what we find here in Daniel chapter 6, verse 5. "Then these men said, 'We shall not find any 00:09:33.080 --> 00:09:40.520 grounds for complaint against this Daniel, unless we find it in connection with the law of his God.'" 00:09:42.040 --> 00:09:49.880 The pagan world looks at him and says, 'There's nothing there, so where we will attack him is in his faithfulness 00:09:51.720 --> 00:09:54.760 to his God.'" So they go to the king 00:09:56.040 --> 00:10:04.840 And they propose a law. A law that could be common during this time amongst the nations as one nation 00:10:04.840 --> 00:10:11.560 conquered another. That there would be a time period that the people who were conquered and everyone to 00:10:11.560 --> 00:10:20.680 show unity under this new law, under this new king, would pledge a time period of personal devotion to that 00:10:20.680 --> 00:10:29.240 king and that king alone. But this law will come that they impose. And this law, once it is set, 00:10:30.280 --> 00:10:40.280 cannot be overturned. Even the king himself cannot choose to grant forgiveness for someone who breaks the law. 00:10:41.480 --> 00:10:50.280 And so this new law will only last for one month and establishes within what they will set to accomplish, 00:10:50.280 --> 00:11:00.760 that no one can pray, no one can worship to anyone else except the king. 00:11:03.080 --> 00:11:10.840 And if you do, it's not a financial matter, it's a life matter. 00:11:12.760 --> 00:11:16.760 And what will cause you is your life. 00:11:18.760 --> 00:11:23.400 And so the king agrees. You see, for Darius, this makes sense. 00:11:24.360 --> 00:11:29.720 For Darius, remember as we looked through and we saw the kings of Babylon, right, it's not that one 00:11:29.720 --> 00:11:35.400 king decided, you know what, it's time for me to retire and let the next person come in and lead. 00:11:36.600 --> 00:11:40.120 You get removed from leadership when your life is removed. 00:11:41.640 --> 00:11:48.600 And so Darius, I'm sure, not confident in where he stands, probably worried that there are assassins 00:11:48.600 --> 00:12:05.240 all around, no one can seek out, no one can petition, no one can worship unless it's Darius. 00:12:07.320 --> 00:12:09.320 And so Daniel finds out about the law. 00:12:10.520 --> 00:12:16.320 Daniel, who, what we could kind of come to understand is there's the king and then there's like a prime minister 00:12:16.320 --> 00:12:20.280 and this is the capacity in which Daniel is fulfilling at this time. 00:12:21.520 --> 00:12:25.400 He finds out about the law and what does he do? 00:12:27.640 --> 00:12:33.720 Verse 10 tells us when Daniel knew that the document had been signed, 00:12:35.720 --> 00:12:44.040 He went to his house where he had windows in his upper chamber open toward Jerusalem. 00:12:45.400 --> 00:12:58.440 He got down on his knees three times a day and he prayed and he gave thanks before his God as he had done previously. 00:13:01.640 --> 00:13:06.680 People have speculated, well, Daniel did this in his home, so he was hiding. 00:13:07.800 --> 00:13:08.160 No. 00:13:09.960 --> 00:13:12.760 Daniel was in a foreign land. 00:13:14.360 --> 00:13:16.020 Daniel was amongst pagan temples. 00:13:17.540 --> 00:13:19.420 Daniel opened the windows. 00:13:19.920 --> 00:13:27.000 Daniel did what Daniel had been doing every single day in his 85 years of what we find, 00:13:27.000 --> 00:13:38.440 70 of those of being a captive of a foreigner in a foreign land continues in his love, continues in his prayer, continues in his worship of God. 00:13:38.560 --> 00:13:47.040 What we see about Daniel's routine is Daniel's routine displayed Daniel's loyalty. 00:13:48.860 --> 00:13:52.140 Sometimes we look at routine as a bad thing. 00:13:53.200 --> 00:13:56.160 Oh, I get stuck in my routine. 00:13:56.640 --> 00:14:01.040 I've got to get out of the routine I'm in to bring about a freshness. 00:14:01.500 --> 00:14:09.240 Well, let me challenge you to begin to look at routine with a way that I feel like the Lord is challenging me to look at the spiritual routine in my life. 00:14:09.240 --> 00:14:22.980 It's to not look at a spiritual routine as a rut to get stuck in, but to look at my spiritual routine as the spiritual disciplines that God is using to grow me and to grow me closer to him. 00:14:23.200 --> 00:14:29.300 And that's what we find with Daniel. 00:14:30.340 --> 00:14:31.860 Now, I want to ask you a question. 00:14:33.400 --> 00:14:40.120 And I want to be careful with this question, and not that this question is coming from me at you, 00:14:40.640 --> 00:14:55.080 but that this question was a question that the Holy Spirit prompted me to evaluate over the last several weeks about myself. 00:14:58.600 --> 00:15:00.680 If a law was passed 00:15:00.680 --> 00:15:07.320 and prayer was banned, 00:15:08.320 --> 00:15:12.480 if a law was passed 00:15:12.480 --> 00:15:16.240 and worship was banned 00:15:16.240 --> 00:15:20.820 for 30 days, 00:15:20.820 --> 00:15:27.120 what would it change in your life? 00:15:27.120 --> 00:15:33.300 what if 00:15:33.300 --> 00:15:33.300 what if 00:15:33.300 --> 00:15:34.800 a law 00:15:34.800 --> 00:15:37.380 was passed 00:15:37.380 --> 00:15:39.640 that says 00:15:39.640 --> 00:15:43.320 if you pray to your God 00:15:43.320 --> 00:15:46.720 it'll cost you your life? 00:15:52.120 --> 00:15:54.120 What if a law was passed 00:15:54.120 --> 00:15:58.460 that said if you worship your God 00:15:58.460 --> 00:16:02.000 whether individually or corporately 00:16:02.000 --> 00:16:06.220 it'll cost you your life? 00:16:09.640 --> 00:16:11.260 Would anything change? 00:16:13.300 --> 00:16:22.060 would anything more than maybe what we tune our radio to in the morning? 00:16:23.480 --> 00:16:27.020 Would anything change more than what we say before we eat a meal? 00:16:28.640 --> 00:16:29.200 Change? 00:16:30.980 --> 00:16:32.860 There's a couple ways that we could look at this law. 00:16:33.860 --> 00:16:36.440 It's only 30 days, big deal, God's grace. 00:16:40.900 --> 00:16:42.600 Or would we respond like Daniel? 00:16:43.540 --> 00:16:44.580 I don't care 00:16:44.580 --> 00:16:47.280 if it's 30 days, 00:16:48.040 --> 00:16:49.920 if it's 30 minutes, 00:16:50.420 --> 00:16:52.680 if it's 30 seconds. 00:16:53.040 --> 00:16:58.380 I'm not stopping no matter the cost. 00:17:00.380 --> 00:17:01.640 You see, it's very interesting. 00:17:02.640 --> 00:17:07.780 Daniel was probably 13 years old in chapter 1. 00:17:08.060 --> 00:17:11.900 He's probably somewhere around 85 years old in chapter 6. 00:17:12.720 --> 00:17:14.860 We don't see all of the events 00:17:14.860 --> 00:17:18.020 and all of the details about Daniel's life. 00:17:18.720 --> 00:17:19.900 But what I believe 00:17:19.900 --> 00:17:21.260 when we draw from this 00:17:21.260 --> 00:17:23.480 and see what God is teaching us 00:17:23.480 --> 00:17:27.060 are these Daniel's daily walk 00:17:27.060 --> 00:17:31.820 leading him to these summit moments 00:17:31.820 --> 00:17:34.400 where his obedience 00:17:34.400 --> 00:17:38.140 is called into question 00:17:38.140 --> 00:17:42.480 and every single time 00:17:42.480 --> 00:17:46.360 Daniel's character in Christ 00:17:46.360 --> 00:17:48.560 comes forth. 00:17:49.600 --> 00:17:51.300 Not just in the easy 00:17:51.300 --> 00:17:53.440 but in the difficult. 00:17:54.720 --> 00:17:56.220 Danny Akin in his commentary 00:17:56.220 --> 00:17:58.320 on Daniel says 00:17:58.320 --> 00:17:59.320 Christian character 00:17:59.320 --> 00:18:03.600 is not forged in the moment of adversity 00:18:03.600 --> 00:18:06.480 but Christian character 00:18:06.480 --> 00:18:08.080 is revealed 00:18:08.080 --> 00:18:10.560 in the moment of adversity. 00:18:12.140 --> 00:18:13.460 Christian character 00:18:13.460 --> 00:18:14.520 is not forged 00:18:14.520 --> 00:18:15.780 in the moment of adversity. 00:18:16.700 --> 00:18:17.680 Christian character 00:18:17.680 --> 00:18:19.120 is revealed 00:18:19.120 --> 00:18:20.440 in the moment 00:18:20.440 --> 00:18:21.700 of the adversity. 00:18:22.800 --> 00:18:24.480 Are you working now 00:18:24.480 --> 00:18:25.260 to build, 00:18:25.540 --> 00:18:26.160 to strengthen, 00:18:26.540 --> 00:18:27.160 to develop 00:18:27.160 --> 00:18:28.760 your Christian faithfulness, 00:18:28.980 --> 00:18:30.180 your Christian toughness 00:18:30.180 --> 00:18:31.140 so the moment 00:18:31.140 --> 00:18:32.020 that you're called 00:18:32.020 --> 00:18:33.100 to act upon 00:18:33.100 --> 00:18:34.140 to be ready to fight 00:18:34.140 --> 00:18:34.960 that you'll be ready. 00:18:36.160 --> 00:18:37.520 Or are you doing nothing 00:18:37.520 --> 00:18:38.760 to build, 00:18:38.880 --> 00:18:39.320 to strengthen, 00:18:39.500 --> 00:18:39.980 to develop 00:18:39.980 --> 00:18:41.160 your Christian toughness 00:18:41.160 --> 00:18:43.020 so that in the moment 00:18:43.020 --> 00:18:43.980 when and if 00:18:43.980 --> 00:18:45.060 you're called to fight 00:18:45.060 --> 00:18:45.740 what you'll do 00:18:45.740 --> 00:18:47.440 is simply fold. 00:18:50.900 --> 00:18:52.120 Daniel's daily communion 00:18:52.120 --> 00:18:52.800 with God 00:18:52.800 --> 00:18:54.560 had so shaped 00:18:54.560 --> 00:18:55.600 his character 00:18:55.600 --> 00:18:57.360 that he was ready 00:18:57.360 --> 00:18:59.560 to simply continue 00:18:59.560 --> 00:19:00.500 in faithfulness 00:19:00.500 --> 00:19:02.380 no matter 00:19:02.380 --> 00:19:04.600 the cost. 00:19:04.600 --> 00:19:08.760 that's not a routine 00:19:08.760 --> 00:19:09.900 that you get stuck 00:19:09.900 --> 00:19:11.480 in a rut with. 00:19:12.260 --> 00:19:13.780 That's a godly routine 00:19:13.780 --> 00:19:15.220 that builds 00:19:15.220 --> 00:19:16.360 and strengthens you 00:19:16.360 --> 00:19:17.700 through the power 00:19:17.700 --> 00:19:18.540 of God's spirit. 00:19:19.940 --> 00:19:20.520 So the rulers 00:19:20.520 --> 00:19:21.260 come to the king. 00:19:22.820 --> 00:19:24.500 The king finds out 00:19:24.500 --> 00:19:25.840 Daniel. 00:19:26.700 --> 00:19:28.280 Daniel's broken the law. 00:19:29.540 --> 00:19:30.940 Daniel hasn't stopped 00:19:30.940 --> 00:19:33.320 praying to his god 00:19:33.320 --> 00:19:35.180 and now the king 00:19:35.180 --> 00:19:35.800 is torn 00:19:35.800 --> 00:19:37.480 because we see 00:19:37.480 --> 00:19:38.480 he has an affection 00:19:38.480 --> 00:19:39.640 for Daniel 00:19:39.640 --> 00:19:41.440 but even he realizes 00:19:41.440 --> 00:19:42.600 that he's not 00:19:42.600 --> 00:19:43.420 above the law. 00:19:44.320 --> 00:19:45.160 So continue with me 00:19:45.160 --> 00:19:46.460 in verse 16. 00:19:51.100 --> 00:19:51.860 then the king 00:19:51.860 --> 00:19:52.380 commanded 00:19:52.380 --> 00:19:54.420 and Daniel 00:19:54.420 --> 00:19:55.120 was brought 00:19:55.120 --> 00:19:56.340 and cast 00:19:56.340 --> 00:19:58.120 into the den 00:19:58.120 --> 00:19:58.900 of lions. 00:20:00.400 --> 00:20:01.380 The king 00:20:01.380 --> 00:20:02.420 declared to Daniel 00:20:02.420 --> 00:20:04.460 may your god 00:20:04.460 --> 00:20:05.480 whom you serve 00:20:05.480 --> 00:20:06.660 continually 00:20:06.660 --> 00:20:08.460 deliver you. 00:20:09.940 --> 00:20:10.840 And a stone 00:20:10.840 --> 00:20:11.520 was brought 00:20:11.520 --> 00:20:12.040 and laid 00:20:12.040 --> 00:20:12.840 on the mouth 00:20:12.840 --> 00:20:14.140 of the den 00:20:14.140 --> 00:20:14.800 and the king 00:20:14.800 --> 00:20:15.560 sealed it 00:20:15.560 --> 00:20:17.060 with his own signet 00:20:17.060 --> 00:20:18.700 and with the signet 00:20:18.700 --> 00:20:19.400 of his lords 00:20:19.400 --> 00:20:21.000 that nothing 00:20:21.000 --> 00:20:21.960 might be changed 00:20:21.960 --> 00:20:23.000 concerning Daniel. 00:20:23.940 --> 00:20:24.680 Then the king 00:20:24.680 --> 00:20:26.140 went to his palace 00:20:26.140 --> 00:20:27.400 and spent the night 00:20:27.400 --> 00:20:28.040 fasting. 00:20:29.340 --> 00:20:30.140 No diversions 00:20:30.140 --> 00:20:30.620 were brought 00:20:30.620 --> 00:20:31.080 to him 00:20:31.080 --> 00:20:33.280 and sleep 00:20:33.280 --> 00:20:34.820 fled from him. 00:20:36.000 --> 00:20:36.940 Then at the break 00:20:36.940 --> 00:20:37.360 of day 00:20:37.360 --> 00:20:38.340 the king arose 00:20:38.340 --> 00:20:39.300 and went in 00:20:39.300 --> 00:20:40.120 with haste 00:20:40.120 --> 00:20:40.900 to the den 00:20:40.900 --> 00:20:41.560 of lions. 00:20:41.980 --> 00:20:42.620 And as he came 00:20:42.620 --> 00:20:43.600 near to the den 00:20:43.600 --> 00:20:44.560 where Daniel was 00:20:44.560 --> 00:20:45.700 he cried out 00:20:45.700 --> 00:20:46.720 in a tone 00:20:46.720 --> 00:20:47.440 of anguish. 00:20:48.720 --> 00:20:49.060 The king 00:20:49.060 --> 00:20:50.040 declared to Daniel 00:20:50.040 --> 00:20:51.280 O Daniel 00:20:51.280 --> 00:20:52.320 servant 00:20:52.320 --> 00:20:53.180 of the living 00:20:53.180 --> 00:20:53.820 God 00:20:53.820 --> 00:20:55.220 has your god 00:20:55.220 --> 00:20:56.320 whom you serve 00:20:56.320 --> 00:20:57.140 continually 00:20:57.140 --> 00:20:58.120 been able 00:20:58.120 --> 00:20:59.080 to deliver you 00:20:59.080 --> 00:21:00.140 from the lions? 00:21:04.100 --> 00:21:05.400 Then Daniel 00:21:05.400 --> 00:21:07.440 said to the king 00:21:07.440 --> 00:21:09.140 O king 00:21:09.140 --> 00:21:10.460 live forever. 00:21:12.100 --> 00:21:13.080 My God 00:21:13.080 --> 00:21:14.780 sent his angel 00:21:14.780 --> 00:21:16.360 and shut 00:21:16.360 --> 00:21:17.000 the lions 00:21:17.000 --> 00:21:17.600 mouths 00:21:17.600 --> 00:21:18.720 and they 00:21:18.720 --> 00:21:19.160 have not 00:21:19.160 --> 00:21:20.100 harmed me 00:21:20.100 --> 00:21:21.260 because I 00:21:21.260 --> 00:21:21.760 was found 00:21:21.760 --> 00:21:22.340 blameless 00:21:22.340 --> 00:21:23.180 before him 00:21:23.180 --> 00:21:24.420 and also 00:21:24.420 --> 00:21:25.260 before you 00:21:25.260 --> 00:21:26.980 O king 00:21:26.980 --> 00:21:28.440 I have 00:21:28.440 --> 00:21:28.980 done 00:21:28.980 --> 00:21:30.200 no 00:21:30.200 --> 00:21:31.240 harm. 00:21:32.920 --> 00:21:33.660 Then the king 00:21:33.660 --> 00:21:34.420 was extremely 00:21:34.420 --> 00:21:35.060 glad 00:21:35.060 --> 00:21:36.280 and commanded 00:21:36.280 --> 00:21:36.860 that Daniel 00:21:36.860 --> 00:21:37.700 be taken up 00:21:37.700 --> 00:21:38.500 out of the den. 00:21:39.600 --> 00:21:40.180 So Daniel 00:21:40.180 --> 00:21:40.620 was taken 00:21:40.620 --> 00:21:41.400 out of the den 00:21:41.400 --> 00:21:41.880 and no kind 00:21:41.880 --> 00:21:42.360 of harm 00:21:42.360 --> 00:21:43.200 was found 00:21:43.200 --> 00:21:43.580 on him 00:21:43.580 --> 00:21:43.940 because he 00:21:43.940 --> 00:21:44.480 had trusted 00:21:44.480 --> 00:21:45.680 his God 00:21:45.680 --> 00:21:46.740 and the king 00:21:46.740 --> 00:21:47.300 commanded 00:21:47.300 --> 00:21:48.240 and those men 00:21:48.240 --> 00:21:49.720 who had maliciously 00:21:49.720 --> 00:21:50.740 accused Daniel 00:21:50.740 --> 00:21:51.820 were brought 00:21:51.820 --> 00:21:52.600 and cast 00:21:52.600 --> 00:21:53.580 into the den 00:21:53.580 --> 00:21:54.280 of lions 00:21:54.280 --> 00:21:55.580 they 00:21:55.580 --> 00:21:56.520 their children 00:21:56.520 --> 00:21:57.700 and their 00:21:57.700 --> 00:21:58.440 wives 00:21:58.440 --> 00:22:00.920 and before 00:22:00.920 --> 00:22:01.740 they reached 00:22:01.740 --> 00:22:02.340 the bottom 00:22:02.340 --> 00:22:03.340 of the den 00:22:03.340 --> 00:22:05.180 the lions 00:22:05.180 --> 00:22:06.540 overpowered 00:22:06.540 --> 00:22:07.060 them 00:22:07.060 --> 00:22:08.740 and broke 00:22:08.740 --> 00:22:09.580 all their 00:22:09.580 --> 00:22:10.200 bones 00:22:10.200 --> 00:22:12.220 in pieces. 00:22:14.600 --> 00:22:15.580 I want to 00:22:15.580 --> 00:22:17.500 talk to you 00:22:17.500 --> 00:22:18.140 about godly 00:22:18.140 --> 00:22:18.820 confidence. 00:22:20.400 --> 00:22:21.000 Godly 00:22:21.000 --> 00:22:21.460 confidence. 00:22:23.380 --> 00:22:24.500 We have seen 00:22:24.500 --> 00:22:24.980 throughout the 00:22:24.980 --> 00:22:25.600 book of Daniel 00:22:25.600 --> 00:22:26.920 Daniel's not a 00:22:26.920 --> 00:22:27.600 man who gets 00:22:27.600 --> 00:22:29.160 rattled easily. 00:22:30.360 --> 00:22:30.760 In Daniel 00:22:30.760 --> 00:22:31.340 chapter 2 00:22:31.340 --> 00:22:31.720 when he knew 00:22:31.720 --> 00:22:32.060 that his 00:22:32.060 --> 00:22:33.360 life might be 00:22:33.360 --> 00:22:34.020 on the line 00:22:34.020 --> 00:22:35.400 and he 00:22:35.400 --> 00:22:36.020 was dependent 00:22:36.020 --> 00:22:37.360 on a 00:22:37.360 --> 00:22:37.900 revelation 00:22:37.900 --> 00:22:38.880 from God 00:22:38.880 --> 00:22:40.420 Daniel 00:22:40.420 --> 00:22:41.000 went 00:22:41.000 --> 00:22:42.160 to sleep 00:22:42.160 --> 00:22:43.800 because he 00:22:43.800 --> 00:22:44.720 was confident 00:22:44.720 --> 00:22:46.400 of what God 00:22:46.400 --> 00:22:46.920 was going 00:22:46.920 --> 00:22:47.460 to do 00:22:47.460 --> 00:22:48.700 and what God 00:22:48.700 --> 00:22:49.400 could deliver 00:22:49.400 --> 00:22:49.920 from 00:22:49.920 --> 00:22:50.900 but not only 00:22:50.900 --> 00:22:51.740 was he confident 00:22:51.740 --> 00:22:52.320 what God 00:22:52.320 --> 00:22:53.080 could do 00:22:53.080 --> 00:22:53.840 Daniel 00:22:53.840 --> 00:22:54.700 could rest 00:22:54.700 --> 00:22:55.220 when God 00:22:55.220 --> 00:22:55.680 moved 00:22:55.680 --> 00:22:56.460 and when God 00:22:56.460 --> 00:22:57.240 seemingly 00:22:57.240 --> 00:22:58.540 didn't move. 00:22:59.880 --> 00:23:00.260 I think 00:23:00.260 --> 00:23:00.480 what's 00:23:00.480 --> 00:23:00.900 interesting 00:23:00.900 --> 00:23:01.260 here 00:23:01.260 --> 00:23:01.600 is that 00:23:01.600 --> 00:23:02.280 the person 00:23:02.280 --> 00:23:02.800 who's 00:23:02.800 --> 00:23:03.580 emotionally 00:23:03.580 --> 00:23:04.280 affected 00:23:04.280 --> 00:23:05.320 by this 00:23:05.320 --> 00:23:05.840 entire 00:23:05.840 --> 00:23:06.580 situation 00:23:06.580 --> 00:23:07.200 isn't 00:23:07.200 --> 00:23:07.520 Daniel 00:23:07.520 --> 00:23:07.900 but it's 00:23:07.900 --> 00:23:08.280 Darius. 00:23:10.400 --> 00:23:11.380 It's Darius 00:23:11.380 --> 00:23:11.840 who can't 00:23:11.840 --> 00:23:12.040 eat. 00:23:12.960 --> 00:23:13.440 It's Darius 00:23:13.440 --> 00:23:13.960 who can't 00:23:13.960 --> 00:23:14.320 sleep. 00:23:15.200 --> 00:23:15.780 It's Darius 00:23:15.780 --> 00:23:16.720 who's consumed 00:23:16.720 --> 00:23:17.420 with the 00:23:17.420 --> 00:23:17.800 troublesome 00:23:17.800 --> 00:23:18.540 thoughts of 00:23:18.540 --> 00:23:19.160 his mind 00:23:19.160 --> 00:23:20.480 and while 00:23:20.480 --> 00:23:20.940 we don't 00:23:20.940 --> 00:23:21.520 have the 00:23:21.520 --> 00:23:22.080 specifics 00:23:22.080 --> 00:23:22.680 concerning 00:23:22.680 --> 00:23:23.260 Daniel's 00:23:23.260 --> 00:23:23.920 state of 00:23:23.920 --> 00:23:24.240 mind 00:23:24.240 --> 00:23:24.680 like we've 00:23:24.680 --> 00:23:25.120 talked about 00:23:25.120 --> 00:23:25.560 before 00:23:25.560 --> 00:23:26.460 in his 00:23:26.460 --> 00:23:26.980 godly 00:23:26.980 --> 00:23:27.620 routine 00:23:27.620 --> 00:23:28.480 that he's 00:23:28.480 --> 00:23:29.280 rested 00:23:29.280 --> 00:23:29.800 in 00:23:29.800 --> 00:23:30.320 before 00:23:30.320 --> 00:23:31.720 we see 00:23:31.720 --> 00:23:32.240 his 00:23:32.240 --> 00:23:32.880 confidence 00:23:32.880 --> 00:23:33.500 does not 00:23:33.500 --> 00:23:34.040 rest 00:23:34.040 --> 00:23:34.720 in his 00:23:34.720 --> 00:23:35.540 circumstances 00:23:35.540 --> 00:23:36.340 that his 00:23:36.340 --> 00:23:36.860 confidence 00:23:36.860 --> 00:23:37.700 doesn't rest 00:23:37.700 --> 00:23:38.140 in his 00:23:38.140 --> 00:23:38.780 situation 00:23:38.780 --> 00:23:39.600 but that 00:23:39.600 --> 00:23:39.840 his 00:23:39.840 --> 00:23:40.460 confidence 00:23:40.460 --> 00:23:41.500 rests 00:23:41.500 --> 00:23:42.440 in 00:23:42.440 --> 00:23:43.420 God. 00:23:45.100 --> 00:23:45.580 The king 00:23:45.580 --> 00:23:46.200 rushes the 00:23:46.200 --> 00:23:46.680 next day 00:23:46.680 --> 00:23:46.920 to the 00:23:46.920 --> 00:23:47.380 lion's 00:23:47.380 --> 00:23:47.580 den 00:23:47.580 --> 00:23:49.400 I believe 00:23:49.400 --> 00:23:50.320 hoping 00:23:50.320 --> 00:23:51.960 I believe 00:23:51.960 --> 00:23:52.440 the king 00:23:52.440 --> 00:23:53.280 was sincere 00:23:53.280 --> 00:23:53.760 in verse 00:23:53.760 --> 00:23:54.620 16 00:23:54.620 --> 00:23:56.060 when he 00:23:56.060 --> 00:23:56.440 said may 00:23:56.440 --> 00:23:57.040 your god 00:23:57.040 --> 00:23:57.460 whom you 00:23:57.460 --> 00:23:58.260 continually 00:23:58.260 --> 00:23:59.180 serve 00:23:59.180 --> 00:23:59.680 who you 00:23:59.680 --> 00:23:59.920 serve 00:23:59.920 --> 00:24:00.600 continually 00:24:00.600 --> 00:24:01.340 deliver 00:24:01.340 --> 00:24:01.700 you 00:24:01.700 --> 00:24:03.500 I don't 00:24:03.500 --> 00:24:03.940 believe that 00:24:03.940 --> 00:24:04.400 was lip 00:24:04.400 --> 00:24:04.940 service 00:24:04.940 --> 00:24:06.840 this was a 00:24:06.840 --> 00:24:07.240 man who 00:24:07.240 --> 00:24:07.740 killed for 00:24:07.740 --> 00:24:08.220 a hobby 00:24:08.220 --> 00:24:11.700 but Daniel 00:24:11.700 --> 00:24:12.100 was his 00:24:12.100 --> 00:24:12.420 friend 00:24:12.420 --> 00:24:15.340 the king 00:24:15.340 --> 00:24:16.060 rushes to 00:24:16.060 --> 00:24:16.580 the den 00:24:16.580 --> 00:24:18.880 believing 00:24:18.880 --> 00:24:19.720 and hoping 00:24:19.720 --> 00:24:20.420 I believe 00:24:20.420 --> 00:24:20.880 hoping 00:24:20.880 --> 00:24:22.140 that Daniel 00:24:22.140 --> 00:24:23.340 God would 00:24:23.340 --> 00:24:24.120 deliver him 00:24:24.120 --> 00:24:25.200 and what 00:24:25.200 --> 00:24:25.500 does he 00:24:25.500 --> 00:24:25.880 find 00:24:25.880 --> 00:24:28.000 Daniel 00:24:28.000 --> 00:24:28.780 alive 00:24:28.780 --> 00:24:30.300 and he 00:24:30.300 --> 00:24:31.180 asked a 00:24:31.180 --> 00:24:31.760 question 00:24:31.760 --> 00:24:35.040 has your 00:24:35.040 --> 00:24:35.600 God 00:24:35.600 --> 00:24:37.560 saved you 00:24:37.560 --> 00:24:41.800 I want to 00:24:41.800 --> 00:24:42.380 ask you a 00:24:42.380 --> 00:24:42.840 question 00:24:42.840 --> 00:24:46.540 has God 00:24:46.540 --> 00:24:47.400 saved you 00:24:47.400 --> 00:24:50.620 not 00:24:50.620 --> 00:24:52.080 you see 00:24:52.080 --> 00:24:52.660 Darius 00:24:52.660 --> 00:24:55.800 would have 00:24:55.800 --> 00:24:56.480 heard 00:24:56.480 --> 00:25:00.700 Darius 00:25:00.700 --> 00:25:01.020 would have 00:25:01.020 --> 00:25:01.620 known 00:25:01.620 --> 00:25:04.720 about the 00:25:04.720 --> 00:25:05.240 things of 00:25:05.240 --> 00:25:05.680 God 00:25:05.680 --> 00:25:08.020 from his 00:25:08.020 --> 00:25:08.460 connection 00:25:08.460 --> 00:25:09.200 to Daniel 00:25:09.200 --> 00:25:13.120 but Daniel 00:25:13.120 --> 00:25:15.060 believed 00:25:15.060 --> 00:25:17.300 Daniel 00:25:17.300 --> 00:25:18.720 trusted 00:25:18.720 --> 00:25:21.240 and Daniel 00:25:21.240 --> 00:25:23.000 before 00:25:23.000 --> 00:25:24.120 the lion's 00:25:24.120 --> 00:25:24.380 den 00:25:24.380 --> 00:25:26.140 in the 00:25:26.140 --> 00:25:26.680 lion's 00:25:26.680 --> 00:25:27.000 den 00:25:27.000 --> 00:25:28.700 and after 00:25:28.700 --> 00:25:29.880 the lion's 00:25:29.880 --> 00:25:30.160 den 00:25:30.160 --> 00:25:31.420 sat 00:25:31.420 --> 00:25:32.280 in the 00:25:32.280 --> 00:25:33.260 salvation 00:25:33.260 --> 00:25:34.540 hand 00:25:34.540 --> 00:25:35.520 of God 00:25:35.520 --> 00:25:38.920 and he 00:25:38.920 --> 00:25:39.440 asks 00:25:39.440 --> 00:25:41.660 did 00:25:41.660 --> 00:25:42.800 your 00:25:42.800 --> 00:25:44.140 God 00:25:44.140 --> 00:25:45.340 save 00:25:45.340 --> 00:25:45.680 you 00:25:45.680 --> 00:25:48.540 and Daniel 00:25:48.540 --> 00:25:49.000 says 00:25:49.000 --> 00:25:50.620 my God 00:25:50.620 --> 00:25:51.220 sent his 00:25:51.220 --> 00:25:51.700 angel 00:25:51.700 --> 00:25:53.860 and shut 00:25:53.860 --> 00:25:54.560 the lion's 00:25:54.560 --> 00:25:55.000 mouth 00:25:55.000 --> 00:25:57.500 and they 00:25:57.500 --> 00:25:58.220 have not 00:25:58.220 --> 00:25:59.320 harmed 00:25:59.320 --> 00:26:00.440 me 00:26:00.440 --> 00:26:02.380 because I 00:26:02.380 --> 00:26:03.040 was found 00:26:03.040 --> 00:26:03.820 blameless 00:26:03.820 --> 00:26:05.420 before him 00:26:05.420 --> 00:26:07.260 and also 00:26:07.260 --> 00:26:08.140 before you 00:26:08.140 --> 00:26:10.020 oh king 00:26:10.020 --> 00:26:11.600 I have 00:26:11.600 --> 00:26:12.100 done 00:26:12.100 --> 00:26:13.740 no harm 00:26:13.740 --> 00:26:17.540 Aaron 00:26:17.540 --> 00:26:17.980 and I 00:26:17.980 --> 00:26:19.100 in our 00:26:19.100 --> 00:26:19.540 first year 00:26:19.540 --> 00:26:20.100 of marriage 00:26:20.100 --> 00:26:20.720 went on a 00:26:20.720 --> 00:26:21.140 mission trip 00:26:21.140 --> 00:26:21.460 I've talked 00:26:21.460 --> 00:26:21.720 about it 00:26:21.720 --> 00:26:22.080 before 00:26:22.080 --> 00:26:24.440 to Africa 00:26:24.440 --> 00:26:25.520 we were 00:26:25.520 --> 00:26:25.820 down in 00:26:25.820 --> 00:26:26.480 South Africa 00:26:26.480 --> 00:26:27.260 in Zimbabwe 00:26:27.260 --> 00:26:29.360 and one 00:26:29.360 --> 00:26:29.780 of the 00:26:29.780 --> 00:26:31.080 two days 00:26:31.080 --> 00:26:31.640 that we 00:26:31.640 --> 00:26:32.480 first went 00:26:32.480 --> 00:26:32.600 there 00:26:32.600 --> 00:26:32.820 we were in 00:26:32.820 --> 00:26:33.260 South Africa 00:26:33.260 --> 00:26:33.600 for two 00:26:33.600 --> 00:26:33.880 days 00:26:33.880 --> 00:26:34.100 and then 00:26:34.100 --> 00:26:34.260 we were 00:26:34.260 --> 00:26:34.480 going to 00:26:34.480 --> 00:26:34.720 journey 00:26:34.720 --> 00:26:35.820 into Zimbabwe 00:26:35.820 --> 00:26:36.040 and we 00:26:36.040 --> 00:26:36.160 were going 00:26:36.160 --> 00:26:36.700 to drive 00:26:36.700 --> 00:26:38.280 they told 00:26:38.280 --> 00:26:38.540 us that we 00:26:38.540 --> 00:26:38.740 were going 00:26:38.740 --> 00:26:38.880 to be 00:26:38.880 --> 00:26:39.500 riding in 00:26:39.500 --> 00:26:39.880 a chicken 00:26:39.880 --> 00:26:40.320 bus 00:26:40.320 --> 00:26:42.220 their words 00:26:42.220 --> 00:26:43.900 I didn't 00:26:43.900 --> 00:26:44.260 know what 00:26:44.260 --> 00:26:44.600 a chicken 00:26:44.600 --> 00:26:44.880 bus 00:26:44.880 --> 00:26:45.360 was 00:26:45.360 --> 00:26:46.640 but the 00:26:46.640 --> 00:26:47.080 moment I 00:26:47.080 --> 00:26:47.640 saw it 00:26:47.640 --> 00:26:48.600 I went 00:26:48.600 --> 00:26:49.520 yep 00:26:49.520 --> 00:26:50.120 that's a 00:26:50.120 --> 00:26:50.340 chicken 00:26:50.340 --> 00:26:50.800 bus 00:26:50.800 --> 00:26:52.860 and we 00:26:52.860 --> 00:26:53.300 drove 00:26:53.300 --> 00:26:54.940 and I 00:26:54.940 --> 00:26:55.320 remember 00:26:55.320 --> 00:26:56.000 listening to 00:26:56.000 --> 00:26:56.660 people talk 00:26:56.660 --> 00:26:57.860 hope I 00:26:57.860 --> 00:26:58.100 see a 00:26:58.100 --> 00:26:58.560 giraffe 00:26:58.560 --> 00:26:59.180 I thought 00:26:59.180 --> 00:26:59.480 that would 00:26:59.480 --> 00:26:59.860 be cool 00:26:59.860 --> 00:27:01.380 hope I 00:27:01.380 --> 00:27:01.700 see an 00:27:01.700 --> 00:27:02.060 elephant 00:27:02.060 --> 00:27:02.840 I was 00:27:02.840 --> 00:27:03.020 thinking 00:27:03.020 --> 00:27:03.260 yeah 00:27:03.260 --> 00:27:03.580 I'm 00:27:03.580 --> 00:27:03.880 down 00:27:03.880 --> 00:27:05.300 I hope 00:27:05.300 --> 00:27:05.540 I get 00:27:05.540 --> 00:27:05.820 to see 00:27:05.820 --> 00:27:06.320 a lion 00:27:06.320 --> 00:27:07.940 not me 00:27:07.940 --> 00:27:08.920 right 00:27:08.920 --> 00:27:09.320 like 00:27:09.320 --> 00:27:10.640 lion 00:27:10.640 --> 00:27:11.020 people 00:27:11.020 --> 00:27:11.480 battle 00:27:11.480 --> 00:27:13.140 we're 00:27:13.140 --> 00:27:13.340 going to 00:27:13.340 --> 00:27:13.720 lose 00:27:13.720 --> 00:27:14.900 you know 00:27:14.900 --> 00:27:15.480 like that's 00:27:15.480 --> 00:27:15.800 just how 00:27:15.800 --> 00:27:16.100 this is 00:27:16.100 --> 00:27:16.320 going to 00:27:16.320 --> 00:27:16.660 work 00:27:16.660 --> 00:27:17.540 this is 00:27:17.540 --> 00:27:17.860 how 00:27:17.860 --> 00:27:18.460 this is 00:27:18.460 --> 00:27:18.660 going to 00:27:18.660 --> 00:27:18.920 play 00:27:18.920 --> 00:27:19.400 out 00:27:19.400 --> 00:27:22.940 and 00:27:22.940 --> 00:27:23.460 Daniel 00:27:23.460 --> 00:27:25.820 in spite 00:27:25.820 --> 00:27:26.160 of the 00:27:26.160 --> 00:27:26.860 reality 00:27:26.860 --> 00:27:28.840 before 00:27:28.840 --> 00:27:29.340 him 00:27:29.340 --> 00:27:31.420 was 00:27:31.420 --> 00:27:31.960 saved 00:27:31.960 --> 00:27:34.560 in spite 00:27:34.560 --> 00:27:35.000 of what 00:27:35.000 --> 00:27:35.820 could have 00:27:35.820 --> 00:27:36.180 happened 00:27:36.180 --> 00:27:36.660 in spite 00:27:36.660 --> 00:27:37.100 of what 00:27:37.100 --> 00:27:37.620 should have 00:27:37.620 --> 00:27:38.000 happened 00:27:38.000 --> 00:27:38.280 it 00:27:38.280 --> 00:27:38.900 didn't 00:27:38.900 --> 00:27:39.320 happen 00:27:39.320 --> 00:27:42.600 because 00:27:42.600 --> 00:27:42.860 his 00:27:42.860 --> 00:27:43.360 God 00:27:43.360 --> 00:27:44.640 saved 00:27:44.640 --> 00:27:44.980 him 00:27:44.980 --> 00:27:48.320 and 00:27:48.320 --> 00:27:48.640 Daniel 00:27:48.640 --> 00:27:49.200 explains 00:27:49.200 --> 00:27:49.740 how 00:27:49.740 --> 00:27:52.060 he says 00:27:52.060 --> 00:27:52.360 because 00:27:52.360 --> 00:27:52.840 I 00:27:52.840 --> 00:27:53.720 was 00:27:53.720 --> 00:27:54.420 found 00:27:54.420 --> 00:27:56.000 blameless 00:27:56.000 --> 00:27:56.860 before 00:27:56.860 --> 00:27:57.240 him 00:27:57.240 --> 00:28:00.580 Daniel's 00:28:00.580 --> 00:28:01.080 salvation 00:28:01.080 --> 00:28:03.060 was 00:28:03.060 --> 00:28:03.580 possible 00:28:03.580 --> 00:28:06.480 because 00:28:06.480 --> 00:28:06.760 he was 00:28:06.760 --> 00:28:07.000 found 00:28:07.000 --> 00:28:07.540 blameless 00:28:07.540 --> 00:28:08.880 before 00:28:08.880 --> 00:28:09.300 God 00:28:09.300 --> 00:28:10.600 church 00:28:10.600 --> 00:28:10.980 there's 00:28:10.980 --> 00:28:11.500 so much 00:28:11.500 --> 00:28:11.940 in this 00:28:11.940 --> 00:28:12.460 story 00:28:12.460 --> 00:28:13.340 that we 00:28:13.340 --> 00:28:13.640 could do 00:28:13.640 --> 00:28:14.380 a three 00:28:14.380 --> 00:28:14.660 month 00:28:14.660 --> 00:28:15.160 series 00:28:15.160 --> 00:28:16.320 that points 00:28:16.320 --> 00:28:16.640 us to 00:28:16.640 --> 00:28:17.140 the cross 00:28:17.140 --> 00:28:17.380 and the 00:28:17.380 --> 00:28:17.580 empty 00:28:17.580 --> 00:28:17.840 tomb 00:28:17.840 --> 00:28:19.660 there's 00:28:19.660 --> 00:28:20.020 so much 00:28:20.020 --> 00:28:20.620 that points 00:28:20.620 --> 00:28:20.920 to the 00:28:20.920 --> 00:28:21.060 New 00:28:21.060 --> 00:28:21.400 Testament 00:28:21.400 --> 00:28:21.800 work 00:28:21.800 --> 00:28:22.400 of what 00:28:22.400 --> 00:28:22.560 we 00:28:22.560 --> 00:28:22.880 find 00:28:22.880 --> 00:28:23.060 in 00:28:23.060 --> 00:28:23.420 Christ 00:28:23.420 --> 00:28:24.440 Daniel 00:28:24.440 --> 00:28:25.060 here 00:28:25.060 --> 00:28:26.840 doesn't 00:28:26.840 --> 00:28:27.160 claim 00:28:27.160 --> 00:28:27.480 to be 00:28:27.480 --> 00:28:28.020 perfect 00:28:28.020 --> 00:28:29.760 that's 00:28:29.760 --> 00:28:30.080 not what 00:28:30.080 --> 00:28:30.380 the word 00:28:30.380 --> 00:28:30.960 blameless 00:28:30.960 --> 00:28:31.300 here 00:28:31.300 --> 00:28:31.860 means 00:28:31.860 --> 00:28:33.960 but 00:28:33.960 --> 00:28:34.280 he 00:28:34.280 --> 00:28:35.460 finds 00:28:35.460 --> 00:28:36.760 confidence 00:28:36.760 --> 00:28:38.080 in his 00:28:38.080 --> 00:28:39.200 innocence 00:28:39.200 --> 00:28:40.780 and in 00:28:40.780 --> 00:28:41.060 his 00:28:41.060 --> 00:28:41.820 innocence 00:28:41.820 --> 00:28:43.020 he set 00:28:43.020 --> 00:28:43.300 free 00:28:43.300 --> 00:28:45.040 God 00:28:45.040 --> 00:28:45.400 sent 00:28:45.400 --> 00:28:48.940 God 00:28:48.940 --> 00:28:49.200 sent 00:28:49.200 --> 00:28:49.780 Daniel 00:28:49.780 --> 00:28:52.380 and God 00:28:52.380 --> 00:28:52.720 sent 00:28:52.720 --> 00:28:53.840 an angel 00:28:53.840 --> 00:28:55.860 and for 00:28:55.860 --> 00:28:56.780 the angel 00:28:56.780 --> 00:28:58.900 to save 00:28:58.900 --> 00:29:00.500 Daniel 00:29:00.500 --> 00:29:05.880 can you 00:29:05.880 --> 00:29:06.260 imagine 00:29:06.260 --> 00:29:06.560 being 00:29:06.560 --> 00:29:06.980 Daniel 00:29:06.980 --> 00:29:09.780 you're 00:29:09.780 --> 00:29:10.020 in the 00:29:10.020 --> 00:29:11.400 they 00:29:11.400 --> 00:29:12.160 describe it 00:29:12.160 --> 00:29:12.260 as 00:29:12.260 --> 00:29:12.820 probably 00:29:12.820 --> 00:29:15.540 a hole 00:29:15.540 --> 00:29:16.360 in the 00:29:16.360 --> 00:29:16.700 floor 00:29:16.700 --> 00:29:18.260 and the 00:29:18.260 --> 00:29:18.680 lions 00:29:18.680 --> 00:29:18.960 would have 00:29:18.960 --> 00:29:19.200 been in 00:29:19.200 --> 00:29:19.680 the floor 00:29:19.680 --> 00:29:21.600 and that 00:29:21.600 --> 00:29:21.820 you'd have 00:29:21.820 --> 00:29:22.340 been thrown 00:29:22.340 --> 00:29:22.820 in from 00:29:22.820 --> 00:29:23.520 the top 00:29:23.520 --> 00:29:25.100 and then 00:29:25.100 --> 00:29:25.380 it was 00:29:25.380 --> 00:29:25.840 sealed 00:29:25.840 --> 00:29:29.000 so that 00:29:29.000 --> 00:29:29.140 if you 00:29:29.140 --> 00:29:29.280 did 00:29:29.280 --> 00:29:29.560 figure 00:29:29.560 --> 00:29:29.780 a way 00:29:29.780 --> 00:29:29.940 to 00:29:29.940 --> 00:29:30.320 climb 00:29:30.320 --> 00:29:30.740 out 00:29:30.740 --> 00:29:32.560 or to 00:29:32.560 --> 00:29:32.760 climb 00:29:32.760 --> 00:29:33.020 to the 00:29:33.020 --> 00:29:33.480 top 00:29:33.480 --> 00:29:33.840 you 00:29:33.840 --> 00:29:34.320 couldn't 00:29:34.320 --> 00:29:36.060 so what 00:29:36.060 --> 00:29:36.340 would be 00:29:36.340 --> 00:29:36.580 there 00:29:36.580 --> 00:29:36.760 is 00:29:36.760 --> 00:29:37.340 instant 00:29:37.340 --> 00:29:37.800 death 00:29:37.800 --> 00:29:39.400 darkness 00:29:39.400 --> 00:29:41.240 and all 00:29:41.240 --> 00:29:41.480 of a 00:29:41.480 --> 00:29:41.720 sudden 00:29:41.720 --> 00:29:42.360 Daniel 00:29:42.360 --> 00:29:44.760 in this 00:29:44.760 --> 00:29:45.220 moment 00:29:45.220 --> 00:29:46.800 of 00:29:46.800 --> 00:29:47.360 confidence 00:29:47.360 --> 00:29:47.840 in the 00:29:47.840 --> 00:29:48.180 Lord 00:29:48.180 --> 00:29:49.240 but I'm 00:29:49.240 --> 00:29:49.540 just going 00:29:49.540 --> 00:29:49.980 to guess 00:29:49.980 --> 00:29:50.400 also 00:29:50.400 --> 00:29:50.800 just kind 00:29:50.800 --> 00:29:51.020 of a 00:29:51.020 --> 00:29:51.220 little 00:29:51.220 --> 00:29:51.660 like 00:29:51.660 --> 00:29:53.120 God I'm 00:29:53.120 --> 00:29:53.480 confident 00:29:53.480 --> 00:29:53.960 in you 00:29:53.960 --> 00:29:54.960 but this 00:29:54.960 --> 00:29:55.340 may hurt 00:29:55.340 --> 00:29:55.620 a little 00:29:55.620 --> 00:29:58.800 and then 00:29:58.800 --> 00:29:59.080 there's an 00:29:59.080 --> 00:29:59.400 angel 00:29:59.400 --> 00:30:01.880 it's an 00:30:01.880 --> 00:30:02.160 angel 00:30:02.160 --> 00:30:03.360 so let's 00:30:03.360 --> 00:30:03.640 put you 00:30:03.640 --> 00:30:03.960 let's say 00:30:03.960 --> 00:30:04.400 you're with 00:30:04.400 --> 00:30:04.800 Daniel 00:30:04.800 --> 00:30:06.600 and you're 00:30:06.600 --> 00:30:07.040 in there 00:30:07.040 --> 00:30:09.040 and this 00:30:09.040 --> 00:30:09.660 angel shows 00:30:09.660 --> 00:30:09.960 up 00:30:09.960 --> 00:30:12.640 and Daniel 00:30:12.640 --> 00:30:12.940 is like 00:30:12.940 --> 00:30:14.080 angel of 00:30:14.080 --> 00:30:14.540 God man 00:30:14.540 --> 00:30:16.460 let me 00:30:16.460 --> 00:30:16.760 just tell 00:30:16.760 --> 00:30:17.000 you man 00:30:17.000 --> 00:30:17.380 this is 00:30:17.380 --> 00:30:18.300 this is 00:30:18.300 --> 00:30:19.840 this is 00:30:19.840 --> 00:30:20.260 our means 00:30:20.260 --> 00:30:20.880 of salvation 00:30:20.880 --> 00:30:22.760 how would 00:30:22.760 --> 00:30:23.420 you respond 00:30:23.420 --> 00:30:25.160 I don't 00:30:25.160 --> 00:30:25.540 think you 00:30:25.540 --> 00:30:26.080 would say 00:30:26.080 --> 00:30:27.740 you know 00:30:27.740 --> 00:30:28.100 no I 00:30:28.100 --> 00:30:28.260 don't 00:30:28.260 --> 00:30:28.720 really believe 00:30:28.720 --> 00:30:29.040 in things 00:30:29.040 --> 00:30:29.500 like this 00:30:29.500 --> 00:30:32.980 I don't 00:30:32.980 --> 00:30:33.480 think you 00:30:33.480 --> 00:30:34.020 would say 00:30:34.020 --> 00:30:35.480 you know 00:30:35.480 --> 00:30:36.880 I really 00:30:36.880 --> 00:30:37.540 appreciate the 00:30:37.540 --> 00:30:38.340 offer but 00:30:38.340 --> 00:30:39.360 I'm just 00:30:39.360 --> 00:30:40.200 not ready 00:30:40.200 --> 00:30:41.120 today 00:30:41.120 --> 00:30:44.020 I don't 00:30:44.020 --> 00:30:44.640 think you'd 00:30:44.640 --> 00:30:45.000 say 00:30:45.000 --> 00:30:46.540 you know 00:30:46.540 --> 00:30:47.300 I get 00:30:47.300 --> 00:30:48.600 that I did 00:30:48.600 --> 00:30:49.020 nothing to 00:30:49.020 --> 00:30:50.000 deserve this 00:30:50.000 --> 00:30:52.240 but you 00:30:52.240 --> 00:30:52.640 know what 00:30:52.640 --> 00:30:53.100 I would 00:30:53.100 --> 00:30:53.880 really like 00:30:53.880 --> 00:30:54.320 to figure 00:30:54.320 --> 00:30:54.800 this out 00:30:54.800 --> 00:30:55.060 on my 00:30:55.060 --> 00:30:55.340 own 00:30:55.340 --> 00:30:58.680 I 00:30:58.680 --> 00:30:59.060 watched 00:30:59.060 --> 00:30:59.680 Return of 00:30:59.680 --> 00:31:00.060 the Jedi 00:31:00.060 --> 00:31:01.320 and like 00:31:01.320 --> 00:31:01.880 Luke figured 00:31:01.880 --> 00:31:02.180 out how 00:31:02.180 --> 00:31:02.440 to get 00:31:02.440 --> 00:31:02.760 out 00:31:02.760 --> 00:31:03.220 right 00:31:03.220 --> 00:31:04.920 there we 00:31:04.920 --> 00:31:05.140 go 00:31:05.140 --> 00:31:05.720 for the 00:31:05.720 --> 00:31:06.060 Star Wars 00:31:06.060 --> 00:31:06.380 fans 00:31:06.380 --> 00:31:09.100 I'm gonna 00:31:09.100 --> 00:31:09.480 figure this 00:31:09.480 --> 00:31:09.800 out on my 00:31:09.800 --> 00:31:10.020 own 00:31:10.020 --> 00:31:12.060 I don't 00:31:12.060 --> 00:31:13.040 think you 00:31:13.040 --> 00:31:13.800 would say 00:31:13.800 --> 00:31:15.360 no thanks 00:31:15.360 --> 00:31:17.740 I'm not 00:31:17.740 --> 00:31:18.520 ready to 00:31:18.520 --> 00:31:19.520 follow you 00:31:19.520 --> 00:31:20.760 out of the 00:31:20.760 --> 00:31:21.400 situation 00:31:21.400 --> 00:31:22.620 that I find 00:31:22.620 --> 00:31:23.480 myself in 00:31:23.480 --> 00:31:26.620 spiritually 00:31:26.620 --> 00:31:27.300 speaking 00:31:27.300 --> 00:31:28.820 if Jesus 00:31:28.820 --> 00:31:29.620 Christ is 00:31:29.620 --> 00:31:30.080 not your 00:31:30.080 --> 00:31:30.600 Lord and 00:31:30.600 --> 00:31:30.920 Savior 00:31:30.920 --> 00:31:32.960 where you 00:31:32.960 --> 00:31:33.880 find yourself 00:31:33.880 --> 00:31:35.020 at is a 00:31:35.020 --> 00:31:35.320 pit 00:31:35.320 --> 00:31:37.300 a pit of 00:31:37.300 --> 00:31:37.860 sin 00:31:37.860 --> 00:31:39.120 and death 00:31:39.120 --> 00:31:41.340 a pit of 00:31:41.340 --> 00:31:41.840 sin and 00:31:41.840 --> 00:31:42.440 death that 00:31:42.440 --> 00:31:43.160 you chose 00:31:43.160 --> 00:31:43.460 and that you 00:31:43.460 --> 00:31:43.840 deserve 00:31:43.840 --> 00:31:46.960 and God 00:31:46.960 --> 00:31:48.780 offers you 00:31:48.780 --> 00:31:50.660 through the 00:31:50.660 --> 00:31:51.200 person 00:31:51.200 --> 00:31:52.100 and the 00:31:52.100 --> 00:31:53.120 work of 00:31:53.120 --> 00:31:53.760 Christ 00:31:53.760 --> 00:31:54.900 salvation 00:31:54.900 --> 00:31:55.940 from his 00:31:55.940 --> 00:31:56.360 hand 00:31:56.360 --> 00:31:58.020 will you 00:31:58.020 --> 00:31:58.660 choose it 00:31:58.660 --> 00:32:00.560 will you 00:32:00.560 --> 00:32:01.320 take it 00:32:01.320 --> 00:32:02.880 and will 00:32:02.880 --> 00:32:03.200 you be 00:32:03.200 --> 00:32:03.760 confident 00:32:03.760 --> 00:32:06.800 I'm not 00:32:06.800 --> 00:32:07.260 perfect 00:32:07.260 --> 00:32:08.660 I know 00:32:08.660 --> 00:32:09.020 I'm not 00:32:09.020 --> 00:32:09.480 perfect 00:32:09.480 --> 00:32:10.820 I'm reminded 00:32:10.820 --> 00:32:11.500 continually 00:32:11.500 --> 00:32:12.360 that I'm 00:32:12.360 --> 00:32:12.920 not perfect 00:32:12.920 --> 00:32:14.820 I've done 00:32:14.820 --> 00:32:15.200 a lot of 00:32:15.200 --> 00:32:15.580 things that 00:32:15.580 --> 00:32:16.060 are wrong 00:32:16.060 --> 00:32:18.260 I continue 00:32:18.260 --> 00:32:19.020 in my life 00:32:19.020 --> 00:32:19.480 to struggle 00:32:19.480 --> 00:32:20.020 with pride 00:32:20.020 --> 00:32:20.380 greed 00:32:20.380 --> 00:32:21.140 selfishness 00:32:21.140 --> 00:32:21.840 flesh 00:32:21.840 --> 00:32:22.460 and many 00:32:22.460 --> 00:32:23.040 other things 00:32:23.040 --> 00:32:25.380 but one 00:32:25.380 --> 00:32:25.720 day I 00:32:25.720 --> 00:32:26.320 found out 00:32:26.320 --> 00:32:28.160 that I 00:32:28.160 --> 00:32:28.420 was in 00:32:28.420 --> 00:32:28.700 a pit 00:32:28.700 --> 00:32:29.080 just like 00:32:29.080 --> 00:32:29.460 Daniel 00:32:29.460 --> 00:32:31.580 and the 00:32:31.580 --> 00:32:32.100 pit that 00:32:32.100 --> 00:32:32.760 I created 00:32:32.760 --> 00:32:34.460 was my 00:32:34.460 --> 00:32:34.820 fault 00:32:34.820 --> 00:32:36.640 it was due 00:32:36.640 --> 00:32:36.980 to my 00:32:36.980 --> 00:32:37.380 action 00:32:37.380 --> 00:32:37.780 it was due 00:32:37.780 --> 00:32:38.220 to my 00:32:38.220 --> 00:32:38.580 sin 00:32:38.580 --> 00:32:42.680 and I 00:32:42.680 --> 00:32:42.960 came to 00:32:42.960 --> 00:32:43.080 the 00:32:43.080 --> 00:32:43.740 understanding 00:32:43.740 --> 00:32:45.840 and I 00:32:45.840 --> 00:32:46.120 came to 00:32:46.120 --> 00:32:46.640 the faith 00:32:46.640 --> 00:32:48.400 that the 00:32:48.400 --> 00:32:49.080 only way 00:32:49.080 --> 00:32:50.740 out of 00:32:50.740 --> 00:32:51.360 that pit 00:32:51.360 --> 00:32:53.240 was Jesus 00:32:53.240 --> 00:32:55.940 and that 00:32:55.940 --> 00:32:56.440 Jesus 00:32:56.440 --> 00:33:00.660 as guilty 00:33:00.660 --> 00:33:02.100 as I 00:33:02.100 --> 00:33:02.520 was 00:33:02.520 --> 00:33:05.160 when he 00:33:05.160 --> 00:33:05.460 took me 00:33:05.460 --> 00:33:05.720 out of 00:33:05.720 --> 00:33:06.220 that pit 00:33:06.220 --> 00:33:08.700 as I 00:33:08.700 --> 00:33:09.040 stand 00:33:09.040 --> 00:33:09.620 before my 00:33:09.620 --> 00:33:09.960 king 00:33:09.960 --> 00:33:13.420 I'm 00:33:13.420 --> 00:33:13.980 blameless 00:33:13.980 --> 00:33:15.860 and I'm 00:33:15.860 --> 00:33:16.240 innocent 00:33:16.240 --> 00:33:18.460 and I 00:33:18.460 --> 00:33:19.340 don't 00:33:19.340 --> 00:33:20.300 care 00:33:20.300 --> 00:33:22.040 what 00:33:22.040 --> 00:33:22.780 level 00:33:22.780 --> 00:33:24.580 of wicked 00:33:24.580 --> 00:33:25.540 evil 00:33:25.540 --> 00:33:26.600 dirty 00:33:26.600 --> 00:33:27.840 you think 00:33:27.840 --> 00:33:28.600 you've 00:33:28.600 --> 00:33:29.080 done 00:33:29.080 --> 00:33:30.800 the 00:33:30.800 --> 00:33:31.260 offer 00:33:31.260 --> 00:33:31.600 of 00:33:31.600 --> 00:33:32.180 Christ 00:33:32.180 --> 00:33:33.880 is the 00:33:33.880 --> 00:33:34.180 same 00:33:34.180 --> 00:33:34.900 for me 00:33:34.900 --> 00:33:36.280 as it 00:33:36.280 --> 00:33:36.760 is for 00:33:36.760 --> 00:33:37.100 you 00:33:37.100 --> 00:33:39.280 would you 00:33:39.280 --> 00:33:39.920 take 00:33:39.920 --> 00:33:41.100 the 00:33:41.100 --> 00:33:41.660 offer 00:33:41.660 --> 00:33:43.300 out 00:33:43.300 --> 00:33:44.280 of the 00:33:44.280 --> 00:33:44.600 pit 00:33:44.600 --> 00:33:46.720 and then 00:33:46.720 --> 00:33:47.240 in it 00:33:47.240 --> 00:33:48.980 and then 00:33:48.980 --> 00:33:49.500 in it 00:33:49.500 --> 00:33:51.580 you 00:33:51.580 --> 00:33:52.900 will be 00:33:52.900 --> 00:33:53.560 made 00:33:53.560 --> 00:33:54.980 blameless 00:33:54.980 --> 00:33:58.180 as you're 00:33:58.180 --> 00:33:58.820 held 00:33:58.820 --> 00:34:00.300 in the 00:34:00.300 --> 00:34:01.080 eternal 00:34:01.080 --> 00:34:03.000 salvation 00:34:03.000 --> 00:34:04.760 hand 00:34:04.760 --> 00:34:06.020 of God 00:34:06.020 --> 00:34:10.700 this day 00:34:10.700 --> 00:34:11.060 is not 00:34:11.060 --> 00:34:11.680 turning out 00:34:11.680 --> 00:34:12.000 the way 00:34:12.000 --> 00:34:12.520 that Darius 00:34:12.520 --> 00:34:13.040 thought 00:34:13.040 --> 00:34:15.740 he's 00:34:15.740 --> 00:34:16.100 hopeful 00:34:16.100 --> 00:34:18.520 but 00:34:18.520 --> 00:34:19.600 the odds 00:34:19.600 --> 00:34:21.200 of an 00:34:21.200 --> 00:34:21.960 85 year 00:34:21.960 --> 00:34:22.720 old man 00:34:22.720 --> 00:34:24.160 versus 00:34:24.160 --> 00:34:25.020 lions 00:34:28.560 --> 00:34:32.240 verse 25 00:34:32.240 --> 00:34:36.160 then 00:34:36.160 --> 00:34:37.060 King 00:34:37.060 --> 00:34:37.860 Darius 00:34:37.860 --> 00:34:40.300 wrote 00:34:40.300 --> 00:34:40.820 to all 00:34:40.820 --> 00:34:41.020 the 00:34:41.020 --> 00:34:41.500 peoples 00:34:41.500 --> 00:34:43.820 nations 00:34:43.820 --> 00:34:45.780 and 00:34:45.780 --> 00:34:46.380 languages 00:34:46.380 --> 00:34:48.220 that 00:34:48.220 --> 00:34:48.800 dwell 00:34:48.800 --> 00:34:50.360 in all 00:34:50.360 --> 00:34:50.880 the earth 00:34:50.880 --> 00:34:53.660 peace 00:34:53.660 --> 00:34:55.120 be 00:34:55.120 --> 00:34:55.620 multiplied 00:34:55.620 --> 00:34:56.380 to you 00:34:56.380 --> 00:34:58.920 I make 00:34:58.920 --> 00:34:59.500 a decree 00:34:59.500 --> 00:35:01.060 that in 00:35:01.060 --> 00:35:01.860 all my 00:35:01.860 --> 00:35:02.500 royal 00:35:02.500 --> 00:35:03.420 dominion 00:35:03.420 --> 00:35:04.840 people 00:35:04.840 --> 00:35:05.600 are to 00:35:05.600 --> 00:35:06.380 tremble 00:35:06.380 --> 00:35:08.180 and fear 00:35:08.180 --> 00:35:09.720 before the 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