DS #9 When All Else Fails

Welcome to the Monday edition of The Encouraging Word featuring the Bible-based preaching Dr. Don Wilton in a study as we continue today the messages when all else fails, so perhaps we run that situation more than one time in each of our lives and today we see how Daniel's life and yours in my life as we pursue God as we put God first change the outcome of everything as we study the word together know that were available were connecting online@ourwebsitetwonline.org that's DEW online.org as well as on this phone number 866899. Word jotted down stored in yourself, 866899967, through connect with some of you to pray, talk to connect with great resources and where here 24 hours a day now Dr. Don Wilton Daniel chapter and I want to read to you versus a little. I'm going to come back and I'm going to remind you of something now I would like us to begin in Daniel chapter 2 and verse 46 why in verse 46 because Daniel chapter 2 and verse 46 is the moment which man you couldn't answer might be a public profession. Obviously, Daniel chapter 2 verse 46 just to remind you maybe could lives. I had a dream. He was an evil man.

He did all that the wise man in the Chaldeans, and Daniel was included in the wise man that they interpret, tell him not only what he dreamed what the dream was about what it meant and he told them if I didn't tell him what a man that they would be summarily executed. We know that what happened in Daniel chapter 2 is that God came and visited upon his servant Daniel and Daniel went back to maybe could maser and told him about the big distraction. The head of gold, and I will remind you about some of these important things.

And as we discovered in Daniel chapter 2 verses 36 and following how the statue represented the unfolding of the ages throughout history we got right up to the Roman Empire, the feet of iron and clay and then we moved into prophecy and you will remember that there was a difference between the historical fact which is presented related to the Medo Persian Empire and the Babylonian empire of gold on the maybe could maser and the Greek empire and then the Roman Empire and when we get off the Roman Empire. We move into prophecy. We moving to the church.

I adding to the conservation of the eye, which we have not yet gotten to Daniel Clayman told the king what is dream was about engagement interpretation and then you could maser wall, the latitude he was so delighted that apparently he made a public profession of faith goodness of this evil king himself. If you are you sitting in a church service, and Daniel the preacher Clayman sharing the word of God, and maybe you could lose it was so impressed that he went public and release their popular worship service. If you please in front of the court of the king, and he stepped out publicly and he my public profession of war so everybody for something happen because one you could lives essay is in Daniel chapter 2 in verse 46 in his public profession of faith and walk.

Maybe you could maser does in Daniel chapter 3 and following is an absolute contradiction of his public profession of it is one thing to walk down to raise her hand in the church service order tell somebody given my heart to the Lord Jesus. It's an entirely different matter to put your faith into action. Well let's start with his public profession referred verse 46. Then King, maybe you could maser fell prostrate before Daniel and played him all and that an offering and constraints be presented to him the kingdom of Satan. Daniel Barrett is surely know God is the God of all the old bottles areas acknowledging who God is and the teams and a revealer of mysteries, for you were able to reveal this mystery to me. My thinking maybe you could make the king of all things the man who was in charge of everything. The man who had the ability and the capacity and the authority to execute wanted to. He called the sharks and he was so impressed with what Daniel had gone that he was willing to do whatever can you imagine a man of this brightness of the Lamb of this power making a pronouncement like this.

Can you imagine this public profession of faith. Can you imagine him standing up and saying I just want everybody to know in my royal court that the King of Kings. You will God. Daniel is the King of Kings. He's the one who reveals mysteries is the one who makes things happen. He's the one who created the universe is the one all and praises due and I'll guarantee you had been there I would've saved all this is this is like the president of the United States coming to know the Lord Jesus Christ had going on national television and saying to me to ask people of America. I don't care if you don't lick me the next time around. I want you to know that Jesus Christ is the king of kings and the Lord's and he removes and raves within my heart and I want everybody to know that we would've saved there's a sense in which it looks. At this point.good news is willing to lay everything that he has gone with the feet of God. Well, let's read on verse 48 then the king placed Daniel in a high position and lavished many gifts on him.

No folks, let's not unlike us. Sometimes some people get up in places inside a Goddess and God that and for a flash for a moment.

Some of you young people, but I'm going to say to you young people is much as I love you. Do not think that just because you walk down a mile on Sunday morning and stood up in front of the congregation said God is spoken to me and I'm making a commitment to Jesus Christ that is wonderful we going to say yes, and as a man, but I'm going to tell you what counts is not this morning in church what's going to town is tomorrow morning at school. That's what's going to come. That's the tough part is X o'clock when we go to pray for one another. That's what we got. Enjoying all this together and we go to support one another.

One, because we know that school campus it's it's a lot more difficult. We know that the opposition is going to be the realities going to hit profession of faith in Jesus Christ is not genuine and real – what happens. You gonna crumble, you got a full eugenicist, you see is your posture and your friend. I want to look out to six weeks from now and I want to see you young people sitting right here on only here in six weeks from now that for the last three weeks you haven't bothered to come to church. I rejoice when families and couples walk down these islands of my site God's leadership folks listen to me we talking about making a statement before the Lord Jesus Christ, we talking about the genuineness of what God has done for us. So, look what happened. King placed Daniel in the high position lavished many gifts on him. He made the ruler of the entire province of Babylon placed them in charge of bullets wisemen. In other words, he became communist. Moreover, Daniels replaced the king appointed Shadrach me shack in a baby goat administrators of the province of Babylon. While Daniel himself remained at the royal court on love Daniel Jenna Daniel was so unselfish.

Have you noticed something about Christian Raymond woman there unselfish. You noticed that when Daniel received the blessing he immediately wanted others to be blessed is a hallmark of something genuine is he wanted others to be placed well look what happened in verse chapter 3, I really don't like to read this book we going to have to King Nebuchadnezzar, let me say this to you now listen to go with me back to chapter 2 verse one chapter 2 verse 1C is in the second year of his writing. You see that in the second year of his writing. Chapter 3 Takes Pl. 16 years off the Nebuchadnezzar's public profession of his wife.

How do I know that what if you go to the set to step two is the Greek text of the Old Testament. The Old Testament as we know, was written in what language Hebrew the same to him is the name given for the Greek text of the Old Testament so that the Greeks could understand. You see, the Greeks could not understand Hebrew later.

It's like writing something in Chinese.

I'm not done understand. So the Greeks and remember that the New Testament was written in Greek, the Old Testament was written in Hebrew. That's why when people like myself brother John Dr. Stevens from over there. When we go to seminary and that we have to study Greek and Hebrew. Because of the original text.

Well, the Greek version of the Old Testament tells us that this could in the 18th year of the reign of King Nebuchadnezzar.

Well two years and already taken place. When we get to chapter 2, so this was 16 years after the events of chapter 2 knocks important understand that this is not like King Nebuchadnezzar might his big pronouncement appointed Daniel to be prime minister and then walked out the back door and did exactly the opposite. Daniel Shadrach me shack of a baby go over the provinces of Babylon for 16 years. Folks listen very carefully.

It doesn't matter how long it takes a person who plays a game with God. Eventually it will be made no Bible puts it in a different way. Be sure your sin will find you out eventually those who are being hypocritical related to their faith in Christ Jesus. It is going to come out sometime. The Bible puts a dog is what is in the heart of man, eventually come out. That is why it's important in the faith to be tried in taste of the Northlake. That's why in leadership positions in the church. It's very important that you allow our tried and tested and listen to me listen to me, beloved friends and my lifetime we were around the mall. God reveals the special dispensation of his grace. That's why it's so important to be immature, try Christian to be together and put your roots down. If I could beg of you don't play hopscotch don't jump churches all over the place don't keep changing and moving around your roots down and develop a systematic respectability in the growth plate God is going to bless you for that drop anchor your listing to Dr. Don Wilton our teacher here on The Encouraging Word and he'll be back in just a minute with more great teaching in this message. When all else fails, but he wants me to remind you that you can connect not just during this broadcast 24 hours a day on our website TW online.org and on the phone and fight we love to pray with you right now at 86689. That's 866-899-9673 love to connect with great resources like our free daily Encouraging Word Bible guide again. All you need to do is call and ask for it. 866-899-9673 Palestine back into today's teaching with Dr. Don Wilton here on The Encouraging Word. What happened Nebuchadnezzar 16 years later, Rod. I'm not going to read it. King Nebuchadnezzar made an image of gold 90 feet high 9 feet wide and seated up on the plain of Jura in the province of Babylon eating some of the satraps by the way, these these people these offices. This is in the saving order of importance and and I'm not going to try and tell you about all these offices. The satraps, the prefix, the government is the advises the treasurer as judges, the magistrates and they mold the other provincial officials to come to the dedication of the image he had stayed up you have a descending order of importance that surrounded the royal throne and he wanted everybody who was anybody to be involved in this. The king was about to do something this three so the satraps prefix etc. etc. mama Linda read them every time they assembled for the dedication of the image that King Debbie could me as I had set up a base student before the masquerade. They were coming to dedicate some then the herald loudly proclaimed. This is what you come on folks. I want you to notice something that King Nebuchadnezzar was very subtle in this. He built an image he some of the authority of the land, and old people like I am in obedience and then he dropped the bomb on them. We living in a will to David does just that. Another we living in a world of direct television advertising are: the carrot stick approach. In other words, there are characteristics dangling now. You need to come and do this you need in place that you need to have this six drugs, alcohol I think for example of the beer commercials which I'm going to tell you.

Quite frankly, the beer commercials folks in many instances, are some of the British and will put together commercials in the world course.

Why are we love to watch the late-night water they use that use humor but use practically looking people like captivating bathing banished by put the base money into it and I say to us.

Listen you want to know what life is all about.

You can have this drink.

Lewis there's nothing like a baby when got magnificent horses plowing through the snow in magnificent seem and I have a great grandfather and uncles uncle and the son who runs it in and he sits down in the and he told you about this unbelievably incredible value.

This tradition was put into their hearts, and how out of compassion for the world and for you young people we we were able to create a beer above beers and when you drink this beer comes from the Rocky Mountains and it's going to change your life and we weaned us in a long tradition we are just the absolute whole lot of American society and as long as you know when to say when you come and drink it and will just help me would will get a designated driver for you and so on and so and what have you tobacco industry values being faced with some challenges they've never had with the tobacco lobby is unbelievable. Folks, you can go back to the original Marlboro man what a man of old man cowboy hats and boots.

Nobody looked better than he did. This was a real man's man to be able to walk around that cigarette in your hand but what they didn't tell you is that cost is likely even this possibly go in the hospitals and holding hands of man and woman today on die because of it. That's lowering that's the reality.

That's the bottom line. Well, this man was no different. King Debbie could measure he built an image and he said listen, let's have a dedication ceremony to anyone. He was so shrewd, Steve. You would've love this.

This man assembled an orchestra structure which you've never seen brother Amin. He had the cheerleaders he had the trumpet players he had everything you could imagine. He said we going to do this we have something like a particular type or write down 5th Ave., New York City, and I want everybody to be and he wrote a letter in some of the people in the top echelons of these community and society, and he said listen, I want the governors in the satraps and the provincial administrators in the prefix.

I want you to be there because if I can get the top people to be. They guess what's going to happen the rest of the people are going to follow. Well let's read what happened in the herald loudly proclaiming verse four this is what you are commanded to do all peoples, nations in the name of every language as soon as you hear the sound of the whole, the fruit of the liable half the proximal kinds of music you must fold down and worship the image of gold that King Nebuchadnezzar has saved up, excuse me, is this not the man that just 16 years ago, saving that there is only one God and he's the God of all bonds. Verse six. Whoever does not fall down and worship will immediately be thrown into a blazing furnace. Therefore, as soon as they heard was music all the people, nations, name of every language fell down and worship the image of gold that King Nebuchadnezzar's about at this time all at this time. Some astrologers known as the Chaldeans came forward and announced the Jews. Excuse me with the same name that because of Daniel. Their lives were spread the wise man who had the threat of execution if they were unable to interpret the dream were not the same ones that were delivered from the executioner's blade and now all of a sudden they are turning along the very hand that help them. Something's going on here folks I'm suspicious at this time and recite some of the astrologers came forward and announced the Jews. They said to King Nebuchadnezzar altering move for you've issued a decree yoking that everyone here is the sum of all this music must fold down and worship the image of gold and that whoever does not fall down and worship will be thrown into a blazing furnace, but there are some Jews now folks, if you don't see a cycle.

A subtle hint of jealousy and the way in which Satan can work in these words listen.

But there are some Jews whom you have sent over the affairs of the province of Babylon, Shadrach me shack and Abednego no attention to. Just thought you needed to know this King they neither serve your gods will worship the image of gold you've set up with rage. Maybe you could maser some of the Shadrach me shack and Abednego so these men were brought before the king and Nebuchadnezzar said to them is true that you do not serve my blogs worship the image of gold. I have set up now when you hear all kinds of music. If you are ready to fall down and worship the image on my jolly good but if you do not worship it, you will be thrown immediately into a blazing furnace then one God. Listen to this, then what God will be able to rescue you from so much for his professional fight son. This God whom he acknowledged as the King of Kings becomes what what will be able to rescue you from my hand and then verse 16, 17, 19 or three of the most powerful verses in Scripture, Shadrach me shack and Abednego replied to the king of King Nebuchadnezzar. We do not need to defend ourselves before you in this matter. Folks watch me if you love the Lord Jesus Christ. He is old sufficient. You don't have to defend yourself cannot encourage you to do something does don't think as a believer that you need to go around trying to prove gone to everybody just live on.

You don't have to prove gone.

I promise you folks will discuss theology and spiritual matters with anyone, but I won't get into a debate with people like us the power of God's word and the truth of that challenge, perhaps you may feel like you have the Nebuchadnezzar's in your life, not to push you into that furnace.

You don't need to go into it alone here for you right now.

Would you open your heart to perhaps the most important question for a pastor the day next Encouraging Word God has spoken you ready to give your heart to Jesus. I'd love to help you write you pray this prayer with me and accept Jesus into your heart and life. Dear God, I know that I miss. I know that Jesus loves me and died for me on the cross. Right now, came to my second face. My son Jesus Christ coming to save and forgive me for my Jesus name a. If you pray that, pray, we'd love to get along same submit picture and I want you. By the way, don't go away. Life changes confident somebody will come alongside every advocate assembling this month. Encouraging Word firing me in dream not easy. Johnson knowledge personal story including her recent cancer diagnosis understand heard her saying of the Trinity, the Holy Spirit, 866899963 to request your copy of Jesus and me today Encouraging Word as a viewer and listener supported ministry hearing God's truth around the world. Thank you for your support. Thank you for listening to that number to call 866-899-WORD 866-899-WORD 9673 or email us at online@tewonline.org large word is such a tremendous blessing to me want to thank all of Encouraging Word the daily devotionals that encourage me and help me my daily life. I think God for the work done and I know you're making such different all around the world thanks to you, and I returned to church and now have a church family