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One of the main themes throughout the book of Daniel is the faithfulness of God’s people when they face their worst, like being exiled from their homeland, or facing death because other people have it out for you. The story of Daniel is about hope!
As physical blindness is an inability to see what is in your physical world, spiritual blindness is an inability to see what is spiritually around us. How do you become alive to spiritual realities? You have to understand the conditions of your blindness!
The last part of the 9th chapter of Daniel, God ties himself to a definitive timetable of events to pinpoint the exact moment in history when the Jewish Messiah would present himself to the Jewish people, some five-hundred and sixty years before Christ advent.
Have you ever struggled with prayer and being more authentic with God? Daniel gives us a glimpse of how we can be authentic with God in prayer and the rest of our life.
Three reasons why Daniel gives this prophecy in chapter 8:
1. To prepare God’s people for persecution.
2. To warn them of the general trend of history.
3. To show that Antiochus Epiphanes will be defeated completely in the end.
Hold on tight! Daniel 7 is the end of the historical portion of the book and now focuses on prophesies. It's sure to be interesting and strange symbolism, but something that should also challenge the way we view others, this world, and God's Kingdom.
Daniel and the lion's den is a classic story, but put yourself in the shoes of Daniel’s audience. For the Israelites exiled in Babylon, there must have been some question about whether or not the living God really was able to save them or he wouldn't have let them be taken to Babylon in the first place... But they’re in exile because they abandoned God, not the other way around.
After 65 years in Babylon, Daniel, has an even bolder approach than when he was younger in addressing the King, yet one thing remains constant, he tells the truth. Should Christians speak to our world in the same way as Daniel? Or is there another way?
What is Pride? My own mighty power, means I love to think of myself as the cause of all my greatness, as the source of all achievement, and my majestic splendor, means the recipient of great praise!...Here’s why Pride is such a deceptive sin - It claims to be the author of what is really a gift.
What would it look like for our lives to shift from a “what if” mentality to an “even if” commitment? The story of Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego captures this profound truth. God is capable of saving his people from anything in this world, but even if he doesn’t, his people are not to worship idols even if the alternative is death.
How do we interact meaningfully with a world that seems contrary to everything we believe? Like Daniel we do not have to compromise our beliefs by sacrificing our civility in our interactions, by condemning others with whom disagree, nor do we just throw in the towel, because of our fear of confrontation.
We are sojourners, living in exile in a modern day Babylon. Exile is an important theme throughout the Bible. It is the consistent human condition apart from God. Every day we need to ask God for the wisdom to live faithful lives like his kingdom was here as it is in heaven. That’s what Jesus taught his disciples to pray for. To be in, but not of this world.
Paul has been through a lot in the book of Acts! Beatings, shipwrecks, whippings, imprisonment; just to name some of it, and despite it all the Gospel cannot be stopped. The book of Acts ends quite abruptly with no official ending, which seems to make a profound statement that the book is not about Paul or Peter or Barnabas, but about the continuing of the story of God redeeming his people into a life-giving relationship.
Have you struggled with senseless suffering in the face of a loving God? How would you defend the idea that God does accomplish things in suffering? This Sunday's message dives into the theological complexities of suffering through the story of Paul's trip to Rome and gives us a better understanding of how the problem of evil and suffering works with a loving and good God.
Dedication in Deuteronomy 6 means...listening to God's voice, loving God with everything you are and worshiping the Lord alone. Which makes you wonder, is it the greatest commandment?
Paul’s real goal in all the arrests and trials was always to share the Good News. When given the opportunity to make his defense, Paul shows King Agrippa that Christianity makes sense 3 ways. It makes sense rationally, emotionally, and biblically.
The Spirit told Paul prison and hardship were waiting for him in Jerusalem. (Ch 20) His friends got the same message from the Spirit and their response was to try and get Paul not to go. Paul didn’t hear trouble as an excuse not to go, or the Spirit telling him to stay away because he would find trouble. Paul went because that’s where he believed God wanted him to go in spite of what awaited him. How about us?
The armor of God implies there is a fight we are in, but what are we fighting for? who are we fighting against? and how do we prepare for this spiritual fight of our lives?
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