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Daniel’s Faith and Friendship

Daniel’s Faith and Friendship. Daniel 2:1-23. Welcome. Summer series – discipleship relationships Last week – discipleship makes us useful to God Today – Daniel and his friends. Kings and Kingdoms.

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Daniel’s Faith and Friendship

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  1. Daniel’s Faith and Friendship Daniel 2:1-23

  2. Welcome Summer series – discipleship relationships Last week – discipleship makes us useful to God Today – Daniel and his friends

  3. Kings and Kingdoms Israel – became a nation under Moses (Exodus), God warned them, eventually a divided kingdom Northern kingdom of Israel – overtaken by the Assyrians in 722 B.C.

  4. Southern kingdom of Judah – spared, but living under threat of domination, would not repent Josiah – a good king of Judah, attempted to reform, could not turn away coming destruction, and died in 609 B.C.

  5. Egyptians – controlling Judahite politics, replaced Jehoahaz with Jehoiakim (another son of Josiah) Babylonians – able to push Egyptian control out of Palestine and exert their influence as recorded in Daniel 1 and 2 Kings 24

  6. Welcome to Babylon! Exile – neo-Babylonian period, 6th Century B.C., 12 tribes of Israel taken captive to Babylon, 900km from Jerusalem!

  7. Babylon – between Tigris and Euphrates, ruled by king Nebuchadnezzar, famed hanging gardens Israelites – spoke Hebrew, worshipped YAHWEH Babylonians – spoke Aramaic, worshipped other gods (Marduk, Nebo)

  8. Nobles – young men from royal family and nobility of Israel, summoned to the king’s court, trained for 3 years before entering the king’s service Daniel, Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah– faced near death experiences because of their strong beliefs, God rescued them

  9. Daniel and Friends Book of Daniel – Old Testament, Major Prophet, court narrative (experience under various kings), apocalyptic prophecy (visions of future kingdoms)

  10. Chapter 1 – young men, handsome, aptitude for every kind of learning, quick to understand, qualified to serve in the king’s palace God – gave them knowledge and understanding of all kinds of literature and learning

  11. Daniels Faith and Friendship Discipleship relationships: PRAYER PATIENCE PRAISE

  12. Prayer as discipleship: Daniel is quick to act with tact and boldness (v.14) He urges his friends to pray to God for mercy (v.18) Praying for someone is an act of discipleship, but so is asking them to pray for you.

  13. Patience as discipleship: “I wait for the LORD, my whole being waits, and in his word I put my hope. I wait for the LORD more than watchmen wait for the morning, more than watchmen wait for the morning. Israel, put your hope in the LORD, for with the LORD is unfailing love and with him is full redemption.” (Psalm 130:5-7)

  14. Patience as discipleship: “I remain confident of this: I will see the goodness of the LORD in the land of the living. Wait for the LORD; be strong and take heart and waitfor the LORD.” (Psalm 27:13-14)

  15. Patience as discipleship: “Wait on the Lord. Wait at his door with prayer; wait at his foot with humility; wait at his table with service; and wait at his window with expectancy.” - Charles H. Spurgeon, Treasury of David

  16. Patience as discipleship: “During the night the mystery was revealed to Daniel in a vision.” (Daniel 2:20)

  17. Praise as discipleship: Praise God because he is the source of all wisdom. Praise God because of his providence. Praise God because he is generous. Praise God because he is light.

  18. Praise as discipleship: “You have made known to me what we asked of you, you have made known to us the dream of the king.” (Daniel 2:23) * Daniel includes his friends in his prayer of praise.

  19. Jesus, the Rock of Ages Nebuchadnezzar’s dream – a large statue, head of gold, chest and arms of silver, belly and thighs of bronze, legs and feet of iron and baked clay Four kingdoms – Babylon, Medo-Persia, Greece, and Rome

  20. The Rock – the kingdom of God, ushered in by God’s one and only son, Jesus The kingdom of God – will bring about peace and all things good

  21. Conclusion “At Daniels request the king appointed Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah administrators over the province of Babylon, while Daniel himself remained at the royal court.” (Daniel 2:49)

  22. Conclusion Faith and Friendship – as we grow in faith, our prayer lives grow, as does our patience and our desire to praise God

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