Ep 385 | Dare To Be A Daniel - Lynwood Smith, April 1979

This is one of my favorite chapter.

So I think I'm going to just dispense with the sermon that I

had planned. And speak on this chapter, this

evening. There are so many, many

wonderful teachings in this chapter till I just think we

would benefit from just a study verse by verse study of this

beautiful and wonderful chapter. Daniel, of course, is from the

Holy Land. He's from the land of Israel

land of Judah. And he had Um, companion,

Shadrach Meshach and Abednego. That's the firm name.

We might say the name that's been given to them over in the

land of Babylon. And so, these fellows are quite

distinguished. They were Noble young men.

They had royal blood in their veins and are they were

outstanding beside that they had the blessings and inspiration of

God, and are very made quite a name for themselves in this

foreign country. Now, Daniel has Under two

administrations are more already and just previous to this

chapter, you know, the Chaldeans had been subdued and their King

had been slain and a new king had come in but somehow or other

Daniel was preserved in. Daniel was known and Daniel was

recognized probably this new king.

Had gained some intelligence about him and without a doubt

this great deed That he did on this previous night.

A few nights previous to this when he interpreted the

handwriting on the wall. That was certainly a feet are

outstanding merits, indeed. So we see, Daniel male still

being used under this new Administration.

One of you, King comes and sets up.

The Bible says it pleased the rious to sit over the kingdom

and 120 princes, which should be over the whole Kingdom where it

says business now to reconstruct the king.

He's going to set it up in his passion, a new Administration

comes in now and so he's got 120 princes that he's going to set

out over the kingdom and over these three prayer at over these

three presidents. Now, this is a three men that's

going to be over. 120 you see. But that's not all of it of whom

Daniel was first. Now he's the top man on the pole

and the As a reason for that, one of the reasons of course is

because God has given him some powers and some strengths.

But another reason is because of his own personal Purity and his

own personal goodness within himself.

Now, you know the inspiration of God doesn't make people live

Christian lives, some folks have a very strange position about

the apostles that think because they were inspired by the holy

ghost that they were protected and shielded from seeing them.

Nothing father from the truth and that they had to leave just

like you and I have to do and they have no more strength and

and protection from God then we have except God preserve them to

preach his word. Now then Paul even said you know

that I bring my body under and I have to keep it updated from

time to time and so on and so forth.

Let's not be a Castaway so that goes to show us.

That Daniel is personally a good man.

You remembered Like you under these other fellas, Shadrach,

and Meshach, and Abednego, when they brought into Kings meat

from his table, or the King's food, the finest by ends, it

could possibly be found in his kingdom or anywhere else.

They said it before these young men because they wanted them to

eat this and and prosper on it, and thrive on it and become

intelligent become handsome, become beneficial to the

kingdom. But they happen to be things in

this food that these young men just didn't believe in In.

And thank God for people who just will take a stand and tell

people, they don't stand for things like that.

They said, we will not eat the Kings meat.

Well, never mean that, both just flew into him, that was his

responsibility to see that these fellows were kept in good shape

as will say. So it's a responsibility of his

now, what am I going to do? If you come up your lean and

thin and look like you've been taking great doses of a defect

when time comes for you to go before the king for your

Apartments and he says, well don't you worry about that you

just give us pulse one of that's vegetables.

I can go for vegetables. Any day, you know?

Oh green peas, and better beans and tomatoes, who couldn't.

So you just bring this pulse and at the end of it we will see

well at the end of the thing. Of course they were Fair than

all the others but now that's the way.

Daniel was Daniel's own personal.

Goodness was one thing that made him what he was because of Goes

on to say, then this Daniel was preferred above the presidents

and princes. Because an excellent Spirit was

in him and the King thought to set him over the whole realm.

Well now the reason for this was because he saw in him a great

potential for his kingdom. You know, well man goes to set

up some assistance in his kingdom.

You know he wants the best because their production and

there's a progress reflects on him and he won't some men.

Who can really do the job because it reflects well upon

his administration. So that's the reason why he

wanted Daniel and besides that. He was a man on whom he could

depend, he had already checked him out.

I don't doctor what. Maybe he'd put him through the

FBI CIO and all of it. They put a background check on

him and found him to be just exactly.

Alright. So the record says, then the

president's and preach this sought to find occasion with

Occasion against Daniel all. Yes.

Oh yeah. We see politics at its highest

yield in this chapter. If you ever saw a work of

politics that year, you know, politics is a pretty, is a

pretty damaging thing. And it's a place where God's

children have no business if you will know the truth about it and

politics was going to work. You see, this man here has been

promoted and promoted and promoted and besides that he's

not one of their ear. Originals.

He's not a native anyway. He was a foreigner and they

resented. The fact I think that's the

reason why they keep saying this.

Daniel, you know, he's sort of pointed out this.

Daniel, I don't like the way they speak.

I'll be right here. He's Daniel, the great Daniel,

you know, from the holy land. And here he is.

But the Bible says, and then the presidents and princes

self-defined occasion against Daniel.

Why? Because they're jealous solving.

Because they won't his position and isn't that politics?

Are you? It doesn't matter how good a man

is, if he starts running for an office, people are going to

Trump up something whether it's true or not to bring against him

but bring him down so they can be promoted that we see that

every day the newspapers fall out.

If the Republicans getting offers to Democrats think the

Republicans are awful alright Versa or whatever and so here it

is. Now that is Speak to find

occasion against Daniel. What were they going to go?

Look, I submit to you. They tried three Avenues right

here. And whether when you're put

under this scrutiny, if you got any carcasses in your creek,

they're going to be found out right here.

Listen now while I read them to presidents and princes, sought

to find occasion against Daniel. Listen, first concerning the

kingdom. All right.

Maybe he's Miss applied some fun somewhere.

Maybe we can find a bug under a chip some words, maybe there's

something wrong with his honesty.

Maybe he's not made the right kind of decisions in some

matters. Checking out, they checked him

out and lo and behold, he claimed came up just as clean as

a hounds tooth, he came right up and absolutely that was no fault

to be found dating. They had to try another one,

hard on the heels of that here. R, we come, but they could find

none. Occasion, not fault far as much

as he was faithful. Listen next.

Neither, was there any era of thought found in him?

All right, well, The Ledger books were all in order.

His accounts were all balanced neither, could they find any

fault in him? What?

According to the kingdom. So, he stands up He stands up

against it, they put him under scrutiny and they can't find

anything against him. Now, surely, there's something

we can find out against a man and I reckon, you know, if you

find to get on with your magnifying glass and look

forward up, you're going to find somebody with some files.

We've all got thoughts. But the try one more and these

men are desperate. Now look, look at this man look

where he is while we're not doing anything.

We're not getting anyplace with this with this search that we're

on here. There are striving.

Excellent. There said these men, we shall

not find any occasion against this Daniel.

Listen. Except we find it against him

concerning the law of his God. now, they've tried him that

against the kingdom, their tried his personal life and now

they're going to decide the only fault we can find with him is

his religion And of course, Daniel doesn't mind that Daniel

would admit to every bit of that, if, if I'm accused of

being wrong, because I'm religious then.

So be it. That's the way they'll have to

be. It would be wonderful to have a

reputation like that. I'll tell you, that's wonderful

to have a reputation like that. So that's where they pitch their

tents. Right here is concerning his,

the law of his gods. They looked under They left on

the cupboards, I looked in sellers, they look in attics,

they look behind doors, they checked everywhere, they could

check, they checked all the business Affairs of the Kingdom,

but there was nothing to be found.

Now, listen boys, we're not going to get anywhere unless we

just come down on him because that, that weird religion.

He's got now that's what we're going to have to do.

So that's what they did. Then the presidents and princes

assembled together to the king. Well, this indicates a plot, you

know, they've made a plot right here and they get together and

they figure it out and said thus unto him King derives live

forever. In other words, we've got our

little plan, hatched out now for you all the presidents of the

Kingdom, the governors, and the princes.

Has the counselors and the captains have consulted

together. Now they're lying because they

hadn't checked with Daniel. Here's a falsehood.

They made already here is one but mainly, but excluded and

left out already. But the presidents of the

Kingdom, the governors and the princes, the counselors and the

captains have consulted together to establish a royal statue.

And to make a firm decree that whosoever shall ask a petition

of any God. Now, notice that any God or man,

for 30 days, save of the Old King, shall be cast into the Den

of Lions. Well, now, I guess older rice

was a pretty Intelligent man, I would think but he sits there

and listens at them while they fallen on him but they have

flattery. And why are they pretending this

politics while they just tell him how great he is?

And we think you're so great to. We want this decree established

in your honor That the 30 days, nobody can ask a petition of God

or man, except you if a man falls in a ditch Down, Yonder,

he can't pray to God, he can't ask another man.

He left a of King come down and pull him out.

If a man has a problem he can't go to anybody else except the

king. Can't you see?

This is just a plot. It's a plot.

It's just a one-man. They're doing it.

Just for one man. They're setting a trap for

Putting a snare in his path for one man.

And you know, I think the old King set then he thought.

Well now, you know, I've always thought my subject scared quite

a bit about me, but I never did know that I was.

So highly altered as this. This is quite complimentary.

I'll have to admit. So, they just slipped the bridle

on him. They just went up on his Blind

Side and slip the bridle on him now, King established the

decree, and sign the writing, that it be not changed,

according to The law of the medes and Persians which alter?

If not, now, they want that done, they weren't done

posthaste. They want it done, quick, and

Daniel won't know anything about it.

We're forward the king. Daraya signed the writing and

the decree Now, when Daniel knew that the writing was signed, oh

yeah, Daniel was aware of it. Somebody told Daniel it was made

known to him. Now they got the deed done, they

went on their way because they think they've got the Trap set

set and they know he's not going to vary from it.

That's the reason why they did it.

Well, they'd have been the most disappointed man in the world.

If he had complied with the Kings decree, it would afford

all their efforts, you see. But they knew Daniel well enough

to know that he's not going to falter in anything, concerning

the Commandments of his God. Then when Daniel knew the

writing was signed, he went into his house and his windows being

opened in his chamber toward Jerusalem.

That's the way they did. And this is such a this is such

a beautiful and rather touching practice at these exiled said

until it almost feels you with a chill when you think about it,

here they are thousands of miles away from home.

Never will go home again, but their faith in Jehovah.

God was so strong to when they went to pray.

They opened up that window toward Jerusalem and turned

their face in that direction because that's where the lord's

name was recorded. Added and that's the only home

church back at home and that's where they pray.

They knew God was there and that's where they prayed.

You know, we talked yesterday morning about when you can't be

a church to be in the spirit and be as near there as you can get

at least by mental transport, in other words, in spirit, be

there. Anyway, well, that's what these

fellas were doing. They was near there as they

could get mental transport. They saw the old Temple back at

home and so they turned their faces in that.

That direction, we turn our minds back in that direction of

the church, his windows being opened in his chamber toward

Jerusalem, he kneeled upon his knees three times a day.

I don't know that he had ever been commanded needle through

times a day. I don't know if I've ever read

about or not. But I guess this was a voluntary

thing with him because he was that devout early in the morning

about noontime. And when the Shadows lengthened,

he always went to his chamber and he opened up his rooms

toward this. Well, we under toward the holy

city and there he prayed to his God, what a touching incident

that is. But there's something else is

strikes me. He opened his window He didn't

go up and closes window now, it's hazardous to be seen, but

he opens his window not to exhibit.

His Pious - not necessary to parade is religion.

And he was doing that to be seen.

But the Bible says, as he had a Ford time, here's the idea.

It would have been wrong for Daniel to have not done that

because that meant he would have been denying the practice.

He had always performed toward God and today he's not going to

let any Kings decree, stop him. As he did Before Time.

Now, sometimes I think we just expose ourselves to dangers, you

know, well, Daniel Raza that way, he was doing that just to

be persecuted. He didn't have persecution

complex and think. Well, I'm going to be a martyr

know. He was a brave, strong dad

devout, man. And he just went up there.

Like he always did and opened his windows, and if they want to

see him, they can see him. That's their problem.

I'm going to do what I've always done, and I'm going to play to

my God. And that's what he was doing as

he had a four time. But number verse number 11,

gives us something with to think about.

Then these men assembled assembled, they all got

together. They were waiting down the hall.

They all got together, you know, and found Daniel Prayed and

making supplications before his God.

They went in his room and I'm satisfied when he went to his

chamber, he shut his door. Most people do well, heart of a

see. How did they see?

I called his people the keyhole game.

And I think there were peeping peeping Toms the whole bunch of

them. One man gets down.

He looks in and he says he's at it, he's at it and there Glee

knows no bounds because exactly He's done what they hoped it

would do, because they want to get him out of the way in an

innocent way, that won't reflect on them.

They want to get him out of the way and whoever suspect them for

that, after all, we are the king.

We can't, we can't help it. If Daniel, doesn't go along with

it. That's his problem and will be

the chief men in the Kingdom. That's the whole idea.

Yes, sir. They checked on him and they

found that he had been praying. Yes, sir.

They came and found him there symbol and found Daniel Prayed.

Praying and making supplications before his god?

Well, that's just what they wanted.

Down the street, they go to the king's Palace and they come

rushing in before him. The Bible says, then they came

near and spake before the king concerning the Kings decree.

And this listen how they slip up on him here house that, I'm not

saying that decree that every man shall ask that shall ask her

petitioner any God or man within 30 days.

Save thee, O, King should be Next into the den of lions and

they wait for his answer, the king answered and said the thing

is so according to the law of the medes and Persians which

altar with Dot and of course we know that that was the practice

of this stringent government. That wants a thing was written

and sealed. It could not be changed and we

still say it today. You know what I said, like a law

of the medes and Persians at means that all true or not.

It cannot be changed and the King admitted Did he said yes I

so according to the law of the medes and Persians which cannot

be changed, then they drop it on him.

You see the king's been completely gullible about all

this and this goes to show you what flattery will get you where

priori will lead you. There is a sin that either.

He's disgusting. If you don't mean it don't say

it. It's a sin.

If you do say what you mean? Be honest about it.

And then the king heard it, then answered there.

And said before the king that Daniel, which is of the children

of the Captivity are, they don't want him to forget, just who

they're talking about, regardeth, not the old King.

Now that's a lie. There's nobody to be any more

loyal to the king. The Daniel had nobody more

respectful than Daniel head. They're slamming him right here.

Not the decree that though his sign but make it this petition

three times a day. Well now what happened?

It was then the king saw. He had been had the king saw, he

had had the bridal slipped on him and he was tired out.

And it's rather pitiful. The Bible says, then the King,

when he heard, these words was sore displeased with with whom,

With with the men know, did say that with Daniel for breaking up

know, the Bible says, then the King when he heard these words

were sore. Displeased with himself.

He had been done acting the silly one is displeased with

himself. He sits there and says, I have

sat right here and let them do this to me and the best man in

my kingdom is going to be executed right here.

What a fool I've been. But look at the next verse.

Then the king are says, and he labored till the going, he says

and said his heart on Daniel to deliver him.

Well, what's going on here? Now, the law of the medes and

Persians can't be changed. Oh, boy.

You've signed it. And you've admitted it.

So you just will take your medicine.

It can't be sign. It can't be changed. goes on to

say though and he labored till the going down of the sun to

deliver him, And, you know, these men got word of that, and

they saw that the King was weakening the King was faltering

and they became very, very frightened.

I think, then these men assembled unto the king and said

unto the king, no woking. That the law of the medes and

Persians. Is that nobody create a statute,

which the king establishes, maybe change in other words.

Now, you just wanna stop this business.

You know what? We've got to him to up here now

and you just as well take it We've got you after all who's

running the government, did you know, that's the way some of our

presidents are? We find sometimes that a group

of evil men are running the government that have pulled the

world over the rules, and they're running the government.

Sometimes. Good.

Men are ruined by politics and by evil workers.

That's what happened right here. These men assemble themselves

into the king and said unto the king, no King, that that law of

the medes and Persians is and so on well there's nothing else I

can do. He labor till the going down of

the Sun and that Sunset. Now, with a very, very heavy

heart, he gives up then the king commanded and they brought

Daniel and cast him into the Den of Lions.

Now, the king spake and said unto Daniel and I want you to

listen to this. God.

God whom thou servest continually will deliver thee.

What did he know about his God? He had had an experience with

God that we do anything about go grab nude.

Arise fact, he named him before he was ever born.

God sure knew him. But I think this is an idea

right here, Daniel, I don't know much about you God and I don't

know about drought. You religion, but if your God

whom you serve takes care of good me and I know you haven't

got anything to worry about, that's the whole idea right

here. So, Daniel trust, trust, you

God, just depend on your God. And a stone was brought and laid

upon the mouth of the den and the King sealed with Zone

Cygnet. Now, of course, you know what a

sigma T is that was his ring and had his seal in it and they put

wax on it while it was solved and took that ring and he stuck

it down there when he did that just like taking your your stamp

putting you don't it was sealed that made with all the authority

that I have and the power of the medes and Persians go behind

that. It can't be broken.

That's what it meant. That the purpose might not be

changed concerning Daniel. Well, it's night now.

The sun, he said he's labor till the going down of the sun and

the Bible has this very significant thing to say, then

the king went into his Palace. Well, ordinarily in the king's

Palace, they have all sorts of entertainment.

They have feasting for one thing.

But that was fasting tonight. Not feasting.

I think they usually have music and performances, but there's

not of this, the Bible says, and passed the night fasting and

there's going to be no for shows going on around here tonight.

No gestures will be up, putting on programs to not in my Palace

and boy I'll imagine that the servants and the attendants had

better tip around easy because the Kings nervous tonight.

And the Kings has been dealt badly with already and he's not

any humor to be messed with tonight.

Then the king went into his Palace and passed the night

fasting, neither were instruments of Music brought

before him and his sleep went from, you know, he didn't go to

sleep, he lay there on to those down.

He covers like he was being entwined with serpents, he lay

there. You know and I think every time

the wind howled around the corner, he thought it was a lion

roaring. He heard lines all night in his

in his meditations, and in his sleep.

Well, tonight, you've spent long nights when you were bothered,

when you were worried, when you're deep in problems, deep in

troubles, deep in all sorts of mental anguish, the night would

never pass. It seems like Gandhi that little

hint of Dawn would come creeping through the window and how glad

you were. Well, let me tell you one thing,

the body says, then the king Rose, very early.

In the He didn't stay there while clock.

He didn't stay there and have a towel alarm clock to wake him

up. No sir.

He came out of that burning and where you going King?

Aren't you going to go down to the Royal to the Royal dining

hall and have your breakfast body into you before you get on

about your duties? It'll perk you up, make you feel

better little king after all. You should practice the fired up

about king-making around your Nursery, then the king Rose,

very early in the Then we hastened to The Den of Lions

ready. Going down at Florida rise.

Don't you know that he's been a banquet for lines that you know

that he's just a memory now with a few bones lying up there and

Corner who ever heard of a man. Being put in the den of lions

that survived it, what are you going to the den for the Wrath?

That was something in that man's conscience.

That made him think, just maybe. Maybe.

It's possible. Do you reckon?

Yeah, and when he came to the den, he cried with a lamentable.

Voice unto Daniel. Yeah.

Cried to Daniel. And the King spake and said to

Daniel, all Daniel servant of the Living, God is our God.

Whom thou servest continually able to deliver thee from the

Lions. And is that voice reverberated

back into that Den? He heard a voice like an echo

coming. Back up out of there.

Daniel said unto the king. Oh, King live forever.

My God has sent his Angel and shut the Lions mouths.

And they have not hurt me. Far as much as before.

For me innocency was found in me.

And also before thee, O, King are done.

No hurt. Yes, sir is that affecting.

I'll tell you, it is. When Daniel got in that Den, he

was safer in there with those lines and he was on the outside

with those wicked men. You talk about the worst case of

long Jarvis, ever been heard and all the world that angel came

down and lock the jaws of those lives and they were as tame as

Pussycats that night, not our hair on his head was hurt.

And God up in heaven, was looking down upon every bit of

it and saw that it took place. I'm the king was exceeding glad

for him. Hey, manifested and commanded

that they should take Daniel up out of the den.

So, Daniel was taken up out of the day and no manner of hurt,

was found upon him because he believed in his God.

And there's a statement that we need to keep in our mind because

he believed in his God, and the King commanded.

And they brought those men, which accused Daniel and they

cast them into the Den of Lions them, their children, and their

wives, and their arms, have the Mastery, over them Mastery of

them and break. All that bombs in pieces or

every day, They came at the bottom of the den.

Well, in our country, fried way of saying it, you know, he just

sent me saying it before. They hit bottom, these lines, a

datum up, the whole business. These kings were a little

extreme. In some of their views.

But the King was so excited about this and so thankful.

He wrote unto all the people Nations and languages that dwell

in all the Earth. Peace, be multiplied, unto you.

I make a decree that in every Dominion of my kingdom and

Trenton men, tremble and fear before the god of Daniel, I

guess he sent curious throughout the kingdom carrying these

documents and Messengers. So these little distant towns in

these cities and so on and so forth.

For he is the Living God and here's one of the greatest

testimonies it's ever come out of the mouth of a potentate that

ever sat on the throne. There are such what there and

acknowledges, the existence of a God, we love and the god, Daniel

served, and they're destined Daniel off over here.

A just as humble as a man can be, has been obedient to God all

the way through for. He is the Living, God and

steadfast forever, and his kingdom that, which shall not be

destroyed in his Dominion shall be even unto the end and listen

to this first 176 Administration, he was still

there. Well, I think that's a good

lesson. Probably better than I could

have preached. So I'm just going to leave it

with you. You know, we sing a song that

says, dare to be a Daniel dhers Standalone, dare have a purpose

truth, dad make it known and if there's anything the world needs

today, it's some Daniels across the land.

Some Daniels who will face the circumstances of life and

regardless of how many baby on the opposing side, they will

stand up for Daniel's God young people.

Who in the Thorns of Temptations in your schools and in your

schoolwork and wherever you are amongst your peers, when they go

to taking that a dose that that's that's deadly and harmful

what they start doing that ask that's wrong and a violation of

God's law, God demands that you be a Daniel and stand up and one

of the reasons why this is recorded in God's book, is to

give courage to people today. Paul said, two things that were

written aforetime were written for our admonition.

That means that we could be admonished by and how patients

in doing this? I wonder, is there one in the

audience tonight? Who has never obeyed Daniels,

God. Now we live in a different

Administration today and the different area of time.

Jesus Christ. Our Savior came down from

Daniels, God, Daniels, God, sent Jesus into this world to save us

and he died upon the cross, and he gave us a law.

He gave us a gospel. Paul says, in Romans 1:16, I'm

Romans 1:16

not ashamed of the Gospel. Apple of Christ which the power

of God unto salvation to everyone that believeth to the

Jew first and also, to the Greek for therein is the righteousness

of God revealed from Faith to Faith.

Now, Jesus said, why call you me?

Lord Lord and do not the things which I say.

Now, the things that he said concerning you in your sinful

state, is that you must believe on.

Jesus Christ his son. You must repent of your sins.

Luke 13:3 confess your faith in Jesus.

Luke 13:3

Matthew, 10:32. And then submit to the ordinance

of baptism. Mark 16:16 that LED you to the

Mark 16:16

church and it will cleanse you of your sins.

Your sins will be remitted, your sins will be gone forever as far

away from you as the East is from the West.

They would be drowned in the sea of God's forgetfulness and he'll

never remember them against you anymore.

He'll throw them behind his back.

The Old Testament writer says, and you'll never see them again.

It's like the song. What seems are you talking

about? They're gone.

They're gone forever. Is there one here?

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