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Good morning. If you have your Bibles, and I hope you do, I want to invite you to join us in
Daniel chapter 9 this morning. If you are a first-time guest with us, we are so grateful and
glad that you're here. And at the end of the service, you wouldn't mind stopping by our
connections table. My wife and I will be back there. We would love to meet you. We would love
to greet you. We would love to thank you for taking the time out of your schedule to worship
with us today. And if you have any questions about Willow Ridge Church, we would love to be able to
answer those for you. Well, we are still in Daniel chapter 9. We are coming to the end or to the
close here in the next several weeks of Daniel. We'll actually come out of Daniel into our Christmas
series. And so what we're going to look at this morning as we're going to finish up chapter 9,
but we're also going to take a little bit and kind of look back into what we talked about last week to
help us set the stage for what God has for us this morning as we talk about prayer. Now, what I would
like to challenge you to do is in just a moment, I'm going to read a verse from last week of Daniel's
prayer. And then we will go into our time of prayer before we get into the message. But what I would
like for you to do, kind of as God's Word has led us and instructed us to do, sometimes when someone
comes up on stage and pray, and we should do this, right? Like we listen to their prayer. But what we
find largely in what Daniel is praying for is Daniel is praying for not only his repentance, but for the
repentance of his people. And so as we go into this, what I would like to challenge you to do is while I
pray, take some time in repentance and confession. Maybe you feel led to pray for our church. Maybe you feel
led to pray for our country, our community. Maybe you feel led to pray for you and in repentance for
what you have, for what you're walking through, through what you're facing. But what I would love
for us to be in unity as a church is ready and prepared for the Word of what that God would have
for us, and that nothing to slow us or inhibit us. And so as we go to the Lord, can we go to the Lord
together in repentance and confession before Him? We read Daniel 9.15.
And now, O Lord, who brought Your people out of the land of Egypt with a mighty hand,
and have made a name for Yourself, as at this day we have sinned, we have done wickedly.
Would You join me as we pray together?
God, we thank You for the mighty work of Your hand in our salvation.
God, You called us. You saved us.
It was in the work of the cross that Christ paid the price for us.
And it was Your hand as You drew us to Yourself.
And God, may we take time to pause, Lord, to thank You.
God, as we reflect on our salvation, could we also, Lord, reflect on the sin that You've
saved us from, but, Lord, still often the sin that we pursue, and the sin that we crave,
and the sin that we desire.
Lord, may we repent before You for every wandering of the heart.
May we repent before You for every evil thought of the mind.
God, could we repent before You for every wicked deed of the body.
God, not just for myself, but for us.
God, we come before You as Your people.
Lord, we thank You for Your forgiveness that is given freely to us, but at a cost precious to You.
God, with all that is done and all that is said, Lord, may You be glorified and Your will be done
on earth as it is in heaven.
And it's in Jesus' name we pray.
Amen.
Well, continuing on in what we've not only seen last week, but what we've seen over the last several weeks
is a theme, a pattern, a consistency in the life of Daniel, is that Daniel is a man of prayer.
We know that Daniel is a man of resilience.
We know that Daniel is a man of action.
We know that Daniel is a man of godly character.
But Daniel is a man of prayer.
We've seen this from him in Daniel chapter 2 and in Daniel chapter 6 are kind of the big ones of what we see,
that Daniel came before the Lord so that he could be delivered, not just the interpretation of Nebuchadnezzar's dream,
but also the dream itself in Daniel 2.
We see in Daniel 6 that it is Daniel's prayer of his time of coming before the Lord,
even though the king at the time had banished that and said,
if you do this, you will face the lion's den.
But Daniel was faithful in who he is, and this is what Daniel does.
And so last week, we kind of looked at this life of Daniel.
We looked at his prayer specifically of what it's given to us.
And I want us just to take a few minutes to kind of look back on some of the main themes from last week,
because what we're going to get this week is the answer to that prayer.
And I don't know about you, but sometimes I've got to be reminded of things.
And so it was a great reminder for me this week as we prepare to hear the answer to Daniel's prayer.
Now, he is speaking to the Holy Scriptures, specifically the prophet Jeremiah.
And what we saw, what we began on, is that prayer is a response to God's word and submission to God's will.
What we see here is Daniel is in God's word.
He's in Jeremiah, and as a result of his studying of God's word,
it draws him in response to who God is.
And we're going to look at this very important,
because what we're going to find in these next verses of 20 through 27 is the will and the plan of God.
And so Daniel comes before, sees that this is what God has,
thinking as he's studying in Jeremiah that the 70 years of exile that Jerusalem is under
is coming to an end, because this is where Daniel finds himself.
And so he comes before the Lord in repentance for the people so that they can be prepared to be saved,
to be redeemed, to be freed from the exile in which they find themselves.
But it's also in Daniel conforming, not just to the word and to the will of God.
And so for us, when we find it difficult sometimes to pray, can we begin in God's word?
To be a person of prayer, we also must be a person of scripture and faithful to that.
So prayer is a response to God's word and who he is and a submission to his will.
And we'll talk more about that here in just a moment.
But then we also see in Daniel 9 verse 3,
Then I turned my face to the Lord.
Right?
So this is an internal determining of the heart which will play out physically in the life of Daniel.
Then I turned my face to the Lord, seeking him by prayer and pleas for mercy with fasting and sackcloth and ashes.
And so what we find in here is that prayer is a humble persistence.
That yes, do I take the moments and speak to God as the spirit of God leads me throughout the day?
Absolutely.
Do I take the time as I'm driving in the car, as I'm interacting, as I'm sitting at my office,
as I'm out having a meal, as I'm doing these things to speak to the Lord, to pray without ceasing?
Absolutely I do.
But what we find actually in that phrase of praying without ceasing,
it's not an imagery of these short, sporadic prayers,
but it's actually the picture of a marathoner.
It's with endurance.
Pray with endurance is what we're called to be.
So there is a persistence.
There's a determination.
As Daniel comes to these scriptures in Jeremiah,
he doesn't just become before the Lord and go,
Okay, God, well, here's what you're going to do, and God, I'm okay with it.
That Daniel has a determination within himself.
That what we find in here, that Daniel turns his face in intentionality
away from the brokenness of the world, away from the brokenness of his heart,
and he turns himself to the Lord.
He seeks him with fasting of saying,
God, you're all that I need.
You're all that I depend on.
And he covers himself in sackcloth and ashes.
A physical picture of mourning, symbolic of repentance.
Like, sometimes we can pray and acknowledge sin,
but that doesn't mean that we've prayed and repented of our sin.
I know that oftentimes in my life,
my heart can be so calloused,
and I can be so lackadaisical with my prayers,
that I may acknowledge the sin that I just did.
I acknowledge that it was wrong.
I acknowledge that I shouldn't have done it.
But like a three-year-old who got their hand caught in the cookie jar,
I'm not truly broken for the sin that's in me.
That takes hard work.
That takes determination.
That takes a humbling of the Spirit before God.
I'm not saying don't have the conversation with the Lord.
But what I am saying is that there should be a posturing of the Spirit
and maybe even a physical posturing of the body
in reverence before Him.
So we see this humble persistence.
We continue on and we see I prayed to the Lord my God and made confession.
This is verses 4 and 5.
I prayed to the Lord my God and made confession saying,
O Lord, the great and awesome God who keeps covenant
and steadfast love with those who love Him and keep His commandments.
Okay, so God makes covenant,
and then God calls us after He's made covenant with us.
This is important.
This is great Old Testament and New Testament biblical theology.
That as God makes covenant with His people,
He then says, and these are my commandments to follow.
God doesn't say follow my commandments
so that I will make covenant with you.
God says, I have made covenant with you.
Now follow my commandments.
And so verse 5,
God, here's what you've done.
You keep covenant.
You keep love.
But verse 5,
but we have sinned and done wrong.
We have acted wickedly and rebelled,
turning aside from your commandments and rules.
So here, like Daniel, the man of character,
the man of prayer,
the man of integrity,
in and amongst,
not only in a rebellious culture
in which he finds himself,
but Daniel in a part of a rebellious people
who find themselves in exile.
Let's never forget this.
Who finds themselves in exile
because they rebelled from the commands of God.
And God said,
hey, you're going to go into exile unless you repent.
And they wouldn't repent.
And then God would say it again.
And this is the prophets leading all the way up through.
God's saying, repent, repent, repent.
And them saying, no, no, no.
And so what we find here with Daniel
is Daniel comes.
Prayer is a confession of self
and a cry for God's people.
We have sinned.
We have done wrong.
You see, for Daniel, it's not a they problem.
For Daniel, it's not just a me problem.
For Daniel, it's a we problem.
And so Daniel just doesn't come before the Lord
and confess his sin.
But Daniel comes before the Lord
from a rebellious people
and confesses and cries out for the people of God.
And then lastly, what we looked at last week,
verses 15 through 16.
And now, O Lord, our God,
who brought your people out of the land of Egypt
with a mighty hand
and have made a name for yourself,
as at this day we have sinned
and we have done wickedly.
Verse 16.
O Lord, according to all your righteous acts,
let your anger and your wrath
turn away from your city, Jerusalem,
your holy hill,
because of our sins
and for the iniquities of our fathers,
Jerusalem and your people
have become a byword
among all who are around us.
And what we find is that prayer
is dependent on the character of God.
You see, when you read Daniel's prayer,
you read things like,
God have mercy.
God forgive.
And it can feel like Daniel
is forcing the hand of God.
That Daniel is saying,
God, you better do this.
God, you better do that.
Well, that's not what he's doing.
Daniel's not the boss of God.
Daniel doesn't get to tell God what to do.
But at the same time,
it's more than a question
of God can you,
of God will you.
You see, what we find in Daniel
is there's a layer of confidence
in that this is what God will do
because this is what God has said
he will do.
Daniel says, God, you've saved us.
You've brought us.
You've made a name for yourself.
We have done wickedly.
Let your anger and wrath, Lord,
turn away.
You've said they will.
Have mercy on us, your people.
You've said you will.
Forgive us.
You've said that you will.
You see, looking back at what we talked about
from the very beginning,
centered in God's word,
submitted to God's will.
Prayer is dependent on the character of God.
Here's what you and I need to understand
about prayer.
I know that I need to learn this.
Prayer is not how do I get God
to do what I want God to do.
How many of you,
if you're being honest,
would say that that can be
how your prayers are
from time to time?
I know that's how I often pray.
God, I just need you to do
what I want you to do.
God, I need you to act
how I want you to act.
God, I need you to do for me
what I desire for you to do for me.
And like a child writing their list to Santa Claus,
I oftentimes find myself
in the same positioning of the heart,
sinfully coming before God.
But prayer is not that.
Prayer is how do I align my heart
and will with the heart and will of God?
How do I align?
My heart is off.
My will is off.
God, your heart is good.
God, your will is perfect.
How do I align me with you?
I don't need to get God over to my team.
I don't need to get God on my side of the road.
The problem in my relationship is not Him.
The problem in my relationship is me.
So how do I get myself over here?
How do I pray like Jesus taught me how to pray?
In Matthew 6.10,
Jesus, in the Sermon on the Mount,
in His teaching to pray,
He says,
Your will be done on earth as it is heaven.
God, move and transform my heart.
Submit me to Your will
so that I'm in alignment with You.
Daniel is reading in the prophet Jeremiah.
He sees in an understanding
that a 70-year time frame
is how long that His people will be in exile.
He begins to do the math
and sees within a handful of years
this is over.
And so then Daniel responds in prayer.
So now let's pick up in verse 20
where we left off last week.
We read 20-23.
Daniel writes and says,
While I was speaking and praying,
confessing my sin
and the sin of my people Israel
in presenting my plea
before the Lord my God
for the holy hill of my God,
while I was speaking in prayer,
the man Gabriel,
whom I had seen in a vision at first,
came to me in swift flight
at the time of the evening sacrifice.
He made me understand,
speaking with me and saying,
O Daniel,
I have now come to give to you
insight and understanding.
At the beginning of your pleas
for mercy,
a word went out
and I have come to tell it to you
for you are greatly loved.
Therefore, consider the word
and understand the vision.
Here's what I want you to see
that will happen here
in this section of Scripture,
that this is what God had for Daniel
and what I believe the reminder
that God has for us today
if you're a follower of Jesus Christ.
If you are not a follower
of Jesus Christ,
I got some good news for you
as it's a reminder for us.
God hears your prayers
and God loves you.
God hears your prayers
and God loves you.
What's about to happen
in the remainder of chapter 9
is one of the hardest passages
in the Bible to understand.
And before we tiptoe down those waters,
I want to read to you
from one of the,
this is one of the commentaries
that I'm reading through right now.
Great commentary series,
Christ-centered expositions.
They're wonderful.
If you're looking for some books
to kind of help you read,
they've got a ton of these.
Wonderful, wonderful, wonderful.
But a guy named Alistair Begg
who's like way smarter
than I ever dreamed
or hoped that I could be.
Here's what he says
about Daniel 9, 20 through 27.
In what follows,
I reserve the right
to change my mind
later this evening
and as often as necessary
for the rest of my life
until I finally settle the matter.
What I'm about to now unfold for you
will annoy some,
disappoint others,
confuse many,
and perhaps encourage a few.
What I hope to do this morning
with a very complicated passage
of Scripture
is not anger any,
not annoy some,
but encourage us.
And in this passage of Scripture,
we can argue through
what it may say
instead of finding the truth
of what it does say.
And as I studied,
I love the beauty
of what Daniel said,
or I'm sorry,
what Gabriel says to Daniel
in chapter 9, verse 23.
It says,
At the beginning
of your pleas
for mercy,
a word went out.
And I have come
to tell it to you,
for you
are greatly
loved.
Daniel's praying,
and God hears him.
Daniel
is a man
with sin,
and yet
God
loves him.
First thing
I want you to hear
this morning
to be reminded of
is that God hears you.
God hears you.
I know sometimes
because of our limitations,
it may feel like
God doesn't hear us.
It may feel like
God doesn't care.
But every cry,
every confession,
every question,
every praise,
every moment of silence,
God hears you.
This is remarkable
to think of.
Just imagine,
and let's please
don't do this,
but imagine if right now
we all started talking
at the same time.
If every one of us
in a low mumble
began to speak
to the person
next to us.
If it started
with a few,
maybe we could
narrow down
and hear what they're saying,
but as it would go
on and on
and on,
the low mumble
would turn
into loud gibberish,
and even though
we are in the room
with one another,
you would find it difficult
to listen to
the person beside you
because of the distraction
of the person
behind you.
Yet in our world,
there are currently
of what's known
7,159 languages.
Within those
7,159 languages,
there's millions
of different dialects,
and right now,
if a or many
represented from each
one of those dialects
began to pray
and cry out to God
all at the same time,
God would hear,
would know,
and would understand
every single word.
word.
Church,
please take
to your heart
what this means
for you and I.
That we have
the wonderful blessing
to not go to God
and hope He hears us,
but we have the privilege
as His sons
and daughters
to go to God
and know
without a doubt
that He
hears us.
Every cry,
every question,
every praise,
every bit
of it,
He
hears
us.
But then secondly,
secondly,
it's not just
that God
hears you,
but that God
loves you.
That God
loves you.
You ever
had the joy
or the frustration
of having to call
customer service?
I feel
bad
for people
and if you work
in a customer service
line of work
where you are the one
that has to take
the phone call,
my heart
breaks for you
because it's
very evident
99 times
out of 100
that the person
who answers
the phone
is telling you
that they care
when they really
do not.
They are not
under obligation
to answer the call.
They're under
obligation to listen.
They're under
obligation
to do the best
that they can
to fix
the problem
that you have.
I won't say
the name
of the company
but years ago
we were moving.
We were moving
to the house
that we are
currently in
and there's
utility service
that you have
the opportunity
to choose
which utility
service you
would like.
And I was
there and I was
waiting on a day
for this utility
service to come
to our house
so that our house
could function
the way that it
needed to
and this utility
service was
supposed to come
around noon
and we needed
this utility
service to be
there around noon
and so I was
there and I was
there early
and I was there
late and they
never came.
And so the next
day I called
and they said
yes sir
we're sorry sir
we'll be there
now this is in
like early September
and so I said
okay that's fine
no big deal
we'll see you
tomorrow.
So tomorrow
I go
and I wait
and they don't
come again.
And so I called
back and they
said sir
we're so sorry
we'll be there
next week.
And I said
but we can't
be there next
week.
We need it
today or tomorrow
and they said
sir that's the
best we can do.
Okay.
So next week
comes guess
what?
They don't come.
We're now in
the second week
of September.
I called them
and again
I said
so we're still
waiting you know
like I hope
you're having
a good day.
We're going
to love
through this
right?
Can you
come today?
And they're
like well we
can't.
When can you
come?
I kid you
not.
Their answer
was the day
before Thanksgiving.
And I said
well we got a
problem.
We can't do
that.
So can I
talk is there
anyone who
can help me
get that day
sooner than
the day before
Thanksgiving?
And they
said yes.
And I said
I'd love to
talk to that
person.
So they
connected me to
a person and
that person
said no we
can't.
And then I
said well is
there someone
who can?
And they
said yes.
And I
said can I
talk to that
person?
This happened
seven times.
Now in my
preacher brain
I'm knowing
like this is
going to be an
illustration one
day right?
so my
guy answers
the phone.
You know
what I mean
like he's
having a
good day.
And you
can tell
he's just
he's all
smiles.
He's looking
forward to his
lunch break.
You know
what I mean?
And I
said can I
ask you a
question?
He said yes
sir.
And I
said if I
ask you if
there's someone
else who can
move up the
day from the
day before
Thanksgiving to
today are
you going to
tell me yes?
He said yes
sir I am.
I said can I
ask you another
question?
He said yes
sir.
I said does
that person
actually exist?
He said no
sir he does
not.
And I
said thank
you.
He's like well
what are you
going to do
about your
problem?
I said I
think I'm
going to go
to your
competitor.
He said
that's what
I would do
that's what
I did too.
My guy.
I just had
to get to
him man.
I just had
to get to
him.
Everybody
else was
obligated.
They're like I'm
so sorry.
I hate that.
I can't believe
that you're
having to do
these things.
They didn't
care.
They didn't
care.
My guy
cared.
He loved
me.
It's not
just that God
hears you.
God loves
you.
You see his
love is not
out of his
obligation.
It's not out
of his job.
It's out of
his character
of who
he is.
Why does
God love
Daniel?
Why does
God love
you?
Why does
God love
me?
God loves
Daniel.
God loves
you.
God loves
me.
Because 1
John 4
8 tells us
that God
is love.
That's who
he is.
But you
might be
thinking but
but I
might be
unlovable.
I'm not a
Christian.
I don't
believe the
things that
you believe.
Well here's
what I'll
tell you that
God still
loves you.
Because
John 3
16.
Right?
Not only is
God is love
but God so
loved the
world.
God so
loved the
world that
he sent
his son
Jesus to
die for
you.
And God
does that
not because
God is
obligated to
not because
God's forced
into a corner
to but he
does so
because that's
who he
is.
God loves
you.
Right?
So God
loves us.
Each and
every one
of us.
And when
he hears
you,
when he
hears you,
his position
is love.
So God's
going to
answer
Daniel.
God's
going to
answer
Daniel.
And it's
going to
be a
complicated
answer.
Remember
Daniel was
believing
that this
exile will
come to
an end.
Daniel was
believing
that what
he's been
longing for
or what
he's been
hoping for
that Daniel
at an
old age
Daniel
like
Daniel
recognizes
within himself
that his
years are so
limited in
age that
he might
not see
this.
But he's
still hopeful
for it.
He's still
hopeful.
And so
God gives
Daniel
his answer.
Let's
read
verses 24
through 27.
And I'm
just going to
tell you
ahead of
time.
These are
these verses.
These are
these verses
that Alistair
Begg was
talking about.
These are
the verses
that get
complicated.
But we're
going to
pull the
truth of
what God
has from
them.
Seventy
weeks are
decreed about
your people.
in your
holy city
to finish
the
transgression.
To put
an end
to sin
and to
atone
for
iniquity.
To bring
in everlasting
righteousness.
To seal
both vision
and profit
and to
anoint
a most
holy
place.
know
therefore
and
understand
that
from the
going
out
of the
word
to
restore
and
build
Jerusalem
to
the
coming
of the
anointed
one
a
prince
there
shall
be
seven
weeks.
Then
for
sixty-two
weeks
it
shall
be
built
again
with
squares
and
moat
but
in
a
troubled
time
and
after
the
sixty-two
weeks
an
anointed
one
shall
be
cut
off
shall
have
nothing
and
the
people
of
the
prince
who
is
to
come
shall
destroy
the
city
and
the
sanctuary
its
end
shall
come
with
a
flood
and
to
the
end
there
shall
be
war
desolations
are
decreed
and
he
shall
make
a
strong
covenant
with
many
for
one
week
and
for
half
of
the
week
he
shall
put
an
end
to
sacrifice
and
offering
and
on
the
wing
of
abominations
shall
come
one
who
makes
desolate
until
the
decreed
end
is
poured
out
on
the
desolator
so
here's
what we
begin
to
see
Daniel
comes
before
the
Lord
thinking
that
all
of
this
will
come
to
an
end
and
God
gives
clarity
to
Daniel
what
we
see
here's
some
things
that
we
can
draw
from
to
help
us
kind
of
understand
big
picture
what's
being
communicated
in
this
from
God
to
Daniel
in
verses
24
through
27
the
sevens
here
represent
not
weeks
but
years
and
so
what
we
find
in
the
70
there's
a
seven
times
70
pattern
of
what's
there
when
you
look
at
ancient
Hebrew
writing
and
so
the
time
referred
to
will
not
be
one
of
seven
or
of
70
but
of
490
years
the
prophecy
speaks
to
the
rebuilding
of
Jerusalem
as
given
to
Ezra
and
or
Nehemiah
it
speaks
to the
coming
of
Christ
to
his
earthly
ministry
and
to
his
crucifixion
and
it
foreshadows
the
end
times
and
we
see
it
spanned
over
a
quarter
of
weeks
broken
up
into
a
seven
week
62
week
an
undetermined
time
period
and
then
a
one
week
now
here's
what
becomes
extremely
difficult
within
this
it's
figuring
out
the
numbers
figuring
out
the
numbers
this
morning
during
our
nine
o'clock
study
the
group
of
just
faithful
that
love
the
Lord
that
have
been
with
me
and
they've
been
enduring
with
me
not
that
the
rest
of
you
don't
love
the
Lord
but
I'm
seeing
their
relationship
as I'm
trying to
talk about
eschatology
with them
and I said
I'm
challenging
myself
today
to walk
all the
way
through
from
verse
one
of
revelation
to the
very
end
of
revelation
in
40
minutes
do
you
think
I
did
it
took
me
47
and we
didn't
get it
all
we
didn't
get it
all
and I
said
we're
not
going
to
get
it
all
but
what
we
want
to
get
is
we
want
to
get
these
big
picture
ideas
as we
go
forward
over
the
next
three
weeks
so we
can
begin
to
peel
back
and get
some
understanding
of what's
there
and in
my
conversations
with
one
of
the
individuals
afterwards
she
said
just a
beautiful
encouragement
to me
she said
you know
sometimes
I feel
like
we
want
to
focus
in
on
the
confusing
parts
of
what's
there
instead
of
clinging
to
the
truth
that
God's
making
known
to
us
be
honest
with
you
I've
spent
more
time
and
more
pages
over
the
last
several
weeks
trying
to
figure
out
a
handful
of
verses
that's
here
when
the
truth
in
my
limited
capacity
in
my
limited
sanctification
in
my
limited
intelligence
brings
me to
that
Daniel
9
amen
church
like
points us
to
Jesus
it
points us
to
Jesus
and it's
a great
encouragement
for those
of us
who are
in
Christ
but I
also
want it
to be
an
encouragement
for you
if you're
here
and you
don't
know
Christ
that
he'll
hear
you
and that
he loves
you
I believe
that these
four verses
have four
things that
stand out
that I
want to
point you
toward
this
morning
number
one
I believe
that it
says that
God has
a plan
to save
sinful
people
number
one
that God
has a
plan
to save
sinful
people
there's
times
there's
rebuilding
a temple
there's
rebuilding
a city
there's
rebuilding
the things
that need
to be
done
that are
talked to
and referenced
but it
says that
there's a
savior
who's to
come
and a
savior
comes
for obvious
reasons
to save
because no
one
on the
earth
both
then
or today
can save
themselves
and so
God
has a
plan
to save
sinful
people
Romans
3 23
if you're
like but
why are you
pointing fingers
at me
telling me
that I'm
a sinful
person
because
the Bible
says
and so
I believe
that all
have sinned
both you
me
your grandma
my mom
my wife
my son
my daughter
everybody
else
that all
have sinned
and fallen
short of
the glory
of God
Daniel
has sinned
and fallen
short of
the glory
of God
you have
sinned
and fallen
short of
the glory
of God
I have
sinned
and fallen
short of
the glory
of God
and the
main
concern
about that
with us
is Paul
later
tells us
in Romans
6 23
for the
wages
of sin
is death
for the
wages
of sin
is death
and it's
speaking to
an eternal
death
and so
God
as he
saves
his people
the wonderful
theme
of what we
see throughout
all scripture
that as
God
saves
people
that God
has a plan
to save
you
and God
has a plan
to save
me
and what's
his plan
what's
his plan
number
two
God
is going
to deal
with sin
through the
sacrifice
of Jesus
God's
going to
deal
with sin
through the
sacrifice
of Jesus
Daniel 9
points us
to this
of who
will come
and what
he will
do
one of my
favorite
Old Testament
prophets
is Isaiah
one of my
favorite
passages
of scripture
is Isaiah
53
and in
that
Isaiah
writes
but he
was pierced
for
whose
transgressions
our
transgressions
he was
crushed
for whose
iniquities
ours
upon him
was the
chastisement
that brought
us
peace
and with
his
wounds
we
are
healed
God says
I got a
plan
and the
plan
is
Jesus
and here's
what
Jesus
is going
to do
Jesus
is going
to die
for you
he's going
to die
for you
he's not
showing up
with gold
that someone
sent him
he's not
showing up
with a list
of check
these boxes
to right
these wrongs
Jesus
saying there's
nothing
that can
be given
in order
to
appease
the holiness
of God
for the
wickedness
of your
heart
except
for
Jesus
and so
God has
a plan
and his
plan
is his
son
his
son
and he
sends
him
to
save
you
the third
thing
that we
see
in here
is that
God will
judge
all
God
will
judge
all
but
Bo
I'm
good
I'm
good
but
Bo
I do
good
things
but
Bo
I do
religious
things
like
don't
you
understand
like
this
is
who
I
am
like
I
give
to
people
I
love
people
I
serve
people
well can I tell you
apart from
Christ
in the world
of giving
trophies
great
but apart
from Christ
when it
comes to
eternity
it just
doesn't
matter
it just
doesn't
matter
apart
from
Christ
here's
what
Jesus
says
in
Matthew
7
21
through
23
not
everyone
who
says
to me
Lord
will
enter
the
kingdom
of
heaven
but
the
one
who
does
the
will
of
my
father
who
is
in
heaven
on
that
day
many
will
say
to
me
Lord
do
we
not
prophesy
in
your
name
and
cast
out
demons
in
your
name
and
how
many
mighty
works
in
your
name
and
then
I
will
declare
to
them
I
never
knew
you
depart
from
me
you
workers
of
lawlessness
remember
it's
covenant
it's
relationship
and
then
obedience
if
anyone
ever
tells
you
if
anyone
ever
tells
you
that
in
order
to
be
in
covenant
relationship
with
God
here's
what
you
must
do
first
don't
listen
it's
not
about
the
work
it's
about
God
it's
not
about
what
you
must
do
it's
about
what
a
savior
has
done
and
that's
how
we
come
to
him
but
then
from
that
from
that's
the
heart
of
obedience
and
said
but
Lord
here's
what
we
did
we
prophesied
in
your
name
we
cast
out
demons
in
your
name
we
did
these
mighty
works
in
your
name
but
Jesus
says
but
you
weren't
in
me
you
weren't
in
me
Paul
writes
to
the
church
in
Philippi
in
Philippians
3
and
here's
what
he
says
about
himself
for
we
are
the
circumcision
who
worship
by the
spirit
of
God
and
glory
in
Christ
Jesus
and
put
no
confidence
in
the
flesh
though
I
myself
have
reason
for
confidence
in
the
flesh
also
if
anyone
else
thinks
he
has
reason
for
confidence
in
flesh
here's
what
Paul
says
I
have
more
Paul
says
if
you
think
you're
obedient
I've
been
more
obedient
circumcised
on the
eighth
day
of
the
people
of
Israel
of
the
tribe
of
Benjamin
a
Hebrew
of
Hebrews
as
to
the
law
a
Pharisee
as
to
zeal
a
persecutor
of
the
church
as
to
righteousness
under
the
law
blameless
but
whatever
gain
I
had
as
loss
for
the
sake
of
Christ
indeed
I
count
everything
as
loss
because
of
the
surpassing
worth
of
knowing
Christ
Jesus
my
Lord
for
his
sake
I
have
suffered
the
loss
of
all
things
and
count
them
rubbish
in
order
that
I
might
gain
Christ
and
be
found
in
him
not
having
a
righteousness
of
my
own
that
comes
from
the
law
but
that
which
comes
through
faith
in
Christ
the
righteousness
from
God
that
depends
on
faith
that
I
may
know
him
that
by
any
means
possible
I
may
attain
the
resurrection
from
the
dead
here's
what he
says
in
Galatians
2
19
through
20
for
through
the
law
I
died
to
the
law
so
that
I
might
live
to
God
Paul
says
you
gotta
die
you
gotta
die
you
gotta
die
in
order
to
live
he
says
I've
been
crucified
with
Christ
I've
been
crucified
with
Christ
so
here's
what
happened
for
those
of
you
in
faith
in
Christ
Jesus
here's
what
is
beautiful
of what
God
did
for
you
in
your
salvation
even
though
man
your
birth
is
a
long
way
after
that
you
died
with
him
with
him
you
died
I've
been
crucified
with
Christ
so
now
it
is
no
longer
I
who
live
but
who
Christ
who
lives
in
me
and
the
life
I
now
live
in
the
flesh
I
live
by
faith
in
the
son
of
God
who
loved
me
and
gave
himself
up
for
me
in
order to
live
I
must
die
and
there's
not a
work
that a
dead
man
can
do
to bring
himself
back to
life
is
found
in
Christ
and
in
Christ
alone
and
the
last
God
will
destroy
his
enemies
God
will
destroy
his
enemies
we
see
the
antichrist
in
this
passage
the
little
horn
reference
back
to
Daniel
chapter
seven
from
a few
weeks
ago
God
says
he's
going
to
have
his
time
he's
going
to
have
his
reign
he's
going
to
have
his
rule
but
enduring
his
reign
he
will
exalt
himself
he
will
forbid
worship
of
God
he
will
promote
idolatry
but
in
the
end
he
will
come
to
an
end
Daniel
9
27
says
that
decreed
end
is
poured
out
on the
desolator
see
God
will
judge
I
say
this
in
compassion
and
in
honesty
if you
don't
believe
that
I'm
sorry
but
God
will
judge
and
in
his
judgment
there's
the
righteous
and
the
unrighteous
and
what
makes
you
righteous
is
not
you
it's
Jesus
and
it
doesn't
come
because
you've
earned
it
doesn't
come
because
you've
worked
for
it
doesn't
come
because
you
deserved
it
in
fact
what
you
and
I
have
worked
for
what
you
and
I
have
earned
what
you
and
I
have
deserved
is
the
wrong
side
of
judgment
but
he
offers
he
offers
through
Christ
and
through
Christ
alone
righteousness
and
judgment
my
question
for
you
today
is
on
what
side
of
judgment
will
you
fall
on
what
side
of
judgment
will
you
fall
the
older
I
get
I
used to
think
every year
was a
blessing
now
it
feels
like
every
breath
is
and
we're
not
promised
not
just
not
tomorrow
but
we're
not
promised
the
next
moment
and
the
most
critical
question
of
your
heart
in
understanding
the
impact
of
the
moment
should
be
where
do
I
stand
with
Jesus
have
I
made
the
choice
to
follow
him
to
acknowledge
that
I'm
a
sinner
who
needs
a
savior
and
to
know
that
only
savior
is
Jesus
I'm
going to
ask the
worship
team
if
they'll
come
back
on
stage
this
morning
as
they
come
I
want
to
read
to
you
what
Paul
wrote
first
Timothy
chapter
two
says
first
of
all
then
I
urge
with
supplications
prayers
intercessions
and
thanksgiving
be made
for all
people
for
kings
and all
who are
in high
positions
that
we may
lead
a peaceful
and quiet
life
godly
and
dignified
in every
way
this
is
good
and
it
is
pleasing
in
the
sight
of
God
our
savior
who
desires
all
people
to
be
saved
and
come
to
the
knowledge
of
the
truth
for
there
is
one
god
and
there
is
one
mediator
between
god
and
men
the
man
christ
jesus
who
gave
himself
as a
ransom
for
all
which
is
the
testimony
given
at the
proper
time
that's
it
for
this
week's
message
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