stand 1 - stand out - ptr joven soro - 630pm evening service
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Week 1: Stand out (for God)Week 2: Stand up (for what’s right)Week 3: Stand for (for what matters most)
Week 4: Stand againstWeek 5: Stand with
• Daniel was a teenager taken captivity by Nebuchadnezar during the first siege of Jerusalem in 605 B.C.
• He was a royal blood.• He faithfully served under the
administration of three kings: Nebuchadnezar Belshazzar Darius
• The unusual feature of his book is that Daniel wrote the central portion (2:4 – 7:28) in the Aramaic language.
• He may be compared to Joseph, for both men had the gift of interpreting dreams.
• Daniel’s life may be characterized by: Purpose Prayer Prophecy
3 Then the king orderedAshpenaz, chief of hiscourt officials, to bringinto the king’s servicesome of the Israelitesfrom the royal familyand the nobility
4 young men without anyphysical defect, handsome,showing aptitude for everykind of learning, wellinformed, quick to understand,and qualified to serve in theking’s palace. He was to teachthem the language andliterature of the Babylonians.
5 The king assigned them adaily amount of food and winefrom the king’s table. Theywere to be trained for threeyears, and after that they wereto enter the king’s service.
4 young men without anyphysical defect, handsome,showing aptitude for everykind of learning, wellinformed, quick to understand,and qualified to serve in theking’s palace. He was to teachthem the language andliterature of the Babylonians.
Best young future leaders
intentionally indoctrinate into
Babylonian culture & train
them to become future
governor leaders/advisors.
Do you see a man skillful in his work? He will stand before kings; he will not stand before
obscure men.
5 The king assigned them a daily
amount of food and wine from the
king’s table. They were to be
trained for three years, and after
that they were to enter the king’s
service.
7 The chief official gave them new
names: to Daniel, the name
Belteshazzar; to Hananiah,
Shadrach; to Mishael, Meshach;
and to Azariah, Abednego.
8 But Daniel resolved not to defile
himself with the royal food and
wine, and he asked the chief
official for permission not to
defile himself this way.
4 boys—12-15 years or so—uprooted
from family, over 1000 miles from
home.
Stripped of identity. Crush any sense
of dignity.
Change names—all related to
Yahweh/true God to Babylonian
gods.
Change diet—Eat food prepared for
king meat and wine dedicated pagan
gods.
Didn’t fight when their names were
taken: outward labels—
knew who they were.
Didn’t defend his name—
Took a stand when God’s name
would be defamed.
12 “Please test your servants for
ten days: Give us nothing but
vegetables to eat and water to
drink.
13 Then compare our appearance
with that of the young men who
eat the royal food, and treat your
servants in accordance with what
you see.”
14 So he agreed to this and tested
them for ten days. 15 At the end of
the ten days they looked healthier
and better nourished than any of
the young men who ate the royal
food.
Instead of making a public
protest, Daniel honors authority
& creates a plan. You can stand
out in the right way!
Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us in Christ with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places,
even as he chose us in him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and blameless before him.
In love he predestined us for adoption as sons through Jesus Christ, according to the purpose of his will,
The story goes that the author of
"Glory," Kevin Jarre, was walking
across Boston Common one day when he noticed
something about a Civil War
memorial that he had never noticed
before.