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Daniel
Contributed by Jason Jones on Feb 25, 2009 (message contributor)
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1. The Everlasting Sovereign God
Contributed on Feb 25, 2009
Exposition of Daniel 1:1-2 about the sovereignty of God’s dealing with the nation of Israel in bringing them into Babylon
Text: Daniel 1:1-2, Title: The Everlasting Sovereign God, Date/Place: NRBC, 2/22/09, PM A. Opening illustration: lyrics from the Matt Papa song No One Else, B. Background to passage: we begin tonight a series through the book of Daniel. Tonight we will take up the first two verses, and really ...read more
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2. Brainwashing Believers
Contributed on Feb 28, 2009
Exposition of Daniel 1:3-7 about the attempts of Nebuchadnezzar to brainwashing the Hebrew youths in their training period and how it parallels satanic strategy in our world
Text: Daniel 1:3-8, Title: Brainwashing Believers, Date/Place: NRBC, 3/1/09, PM A. Opening illustration: 8 Simple Rules to Date my Daughter B. Background to passage: When God sovereignly gave Jehoiakim to Nebuchadnezzar, we must remember that it wasn’t the 586 complete obliteration of the city. ...read more
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3. Determined To Be Faithful
Contributed on Mar 8, 2009
Exposition of Daniel 1:8-21 about Daniel’s commitment, his confidence, and God’s favor in refusing the King’s provisions
Text: Daniel 1:8-21, Title: Determined to be Faithful, Date/Place: NRBC, 3/8/09, PM A. Opening illustration: conversation with a friend at the TCSO, new believer, about struggles in Christian life B. Background to passage: God has given Jerusalem and Jehoiakim over to N, and now N has commanded ...read more
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4. The Dream Giver 1
Contributed on Mar 14, 2009
Exposition of Daniel 2:1-23 about the king’s dream and command to tell dream and interpret it.
Text: Daniel 2:1-23, Title: The Dream Giver 1, Date/Place: NRBC, 3/22/09, AM A. Opening illustration: the sickly man who dreamed about pushing the rock… B. Background to passage: remember that the theme of the entire book is God’s sovereignty in a foreign land, as the children of Israel have ...read more
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5. The Dream Giver 2
Contributed on Apr 19, 2009
Exposition of Daniel 2:24-49 about the resolution to the demand of the king, and God’s deliverance and showing Himself mighty on the Jews behalf
Text: Daniel 2:24-49, Title: The Dream Giver 2, Date/Place: NRBC, 4/19/09, PM A. Opening illustration: He’s the Ruler of Righteousness! Ill file, B. Background to passage: we are picking up in the middle of a story here. God has orchestrated events that made the king dream a dream, be disturbed ...read more
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6. Hebrews Medium Rare
Contributed on May 7, 2009
Exposition of Daniel 3:1-30 about the three Hebrew children.
Text: Daniel 3-1:30, Title: Hebrews Medium Rare, Date/Place: NRBC, 5/3/09, AM A. Opening illustration: officers discussion about hot places B. Background to passage: In 2:47 N proclaims that the God of Daniel the God of gods and the Lord of kings, but then only a short while later, he sets ...read more
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7. Living In A God Hostile World
Contributed on May 18, 2009
Exposition of Daniel 4 about the example of how and how not to live in a world that hates God
Text: Daniel 4:1-37, Title: Living in a God Hostile World, Date/Place: NRBC, 5/17/09, PM A. Opening illustration: talk a little about the hate crimes bill that will potentially make preaching against homosexuality a crime… B. Background to passage: This is a strange way to begin a text, but it ...read more
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8. The Results Of Spiritual Blindness 1
Contributed on May 23, 2009
Exposition of the first half of six results of spiritual blindness from Daniel 5
Text: Daniel 5:1-9, Title: The Results of Spiritual Blindness 1, Date/Place: NRBC, 5/24/09, PM A. Opening illustration: talk about Gordon Dykes, and his ability to see more than we could see… B. Background to passage: After the death of Neb, several kings succeeded him in ruling at Babylon, but ...read more
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9. Results Of Spiritual Blindness 2
Contributed on Jun 13, 2009
Exposition of Belshazzer’s results of spiritual blindness
Text: Daniel 5:10-31, Title: Results of Spiritual Blindness 2, Date/Place: NRBC, 6/7/09, AM A. Opening illustration: tell about Mark Driscoll’s message on idolatry B. Background to passage: Reminder of what has happened up to this point in Daniel. Babylon was on a big downslide, and Belshazzar ...read more
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10. Unassailable
Contributed on Aug 26, 2009
Exposition of the unassailability of Daniel and his God from Daniel 6
Text: Daniel 6:1-28, Title: Unassailable, Date/Place: NRBC, 8/31/09, AM A. Opening illustration: define Unassailable: immune to attack; incapable of being tampered with; "an impregnable fortress," without flaws or loopholes, secure against attack; impregnable; undeniable, incontestable or ...read more
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11. The Real King Maker
Contributed on Mar 29, 2010
Exposition on perspective from Daniel 7:1-28
Text: Daniel 7:1-28, Title: The Real King-Maker, Date/Place: NRBC, 2/14/10, PM A. Opening illustration: tell the joke about the rabbi and the Pope—perspective B. Background to passage: Daniel 7 is the first of several visions and prophecies that complete the balance of the book. It is ...read more
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12. A Vision Of Suffering
Contributed on Apr 19, 2010
Exposition of Daniel 8 about the suffering that God would ordain for Israel
Text: Daniel 8:1-27, Title: A Vision of Suffering, Date/Place: NRBC, 4/11/10, AM A. Opening illustration: talk about Obama’s presidential election as a chastisement from God upon a sleepy lethargic church in America deep in self-centeredness and failure in the kingdom agenda B. Background ...read more
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13. Intense Prayer 101
Contributed on Apr 19, 2010
Exposition of the first three verses of Daniel 9 about his approach to prayer
Text: Daniel 9:1-3, Title: Intense Prayer 101 (Pink Elephants), Date/Place: NRBC, 4/18/10, AM A. Opening illustration: tell about a pastor’s email for prayer, “You know how sometimes you ask someone to pray and they say they will, but never really do? If you are one of the ones on this ...read more
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14. Intense Prayer 201
Contributed on May 11, 2010
Exposition of Daniel's prayer in Daniel 9
Text: Daniel 9:4-19, Title: Intense Prayer 201, Date/Place: NRBC, 4/25/10, AM A. Opening illustration: Praying Hyde story, p. 205-206 The Pleasures of God, Piper B. Background to passage: In response to his vision of suffering in chapter eight, in addition to the reading of Jeremiah, Daniel is ...read more
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15. Extraordinary Answers To Prayer
Contributed on May 11, 2010
Exposition of the answer to Daniel's prayer in Daniel 9, and the 70 weeks prophecy
Text: Daniel 9:20-27, Title: Extraordinary Answers to Prayer, Date/Place: NRBC, 5/2/10, AM A. Opening illustration: Tell the story of Brother Yun in the isolation box, praying for a bible B. Background to passage: this is another one of those instances where prayer is answered in a mighty way. ...read more
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16. You Better Be Skeered 1
Contributed on May 11, 2010
Exposition of Daniel 10:1-9 about the fear of the Lord that Daniel expressed as he saw Jesus
Text: Daniel 10:1-21, Title: You Better Be Skeered, Date/Place: NRBC, 5/9/10, AM A. Opening illustration: tell about Lt. Dan (in the movie Forest Gump) shouts at God in the storm… B. Background to passage: about two years after the huge prayer of repentance and the 70 weeks promise of the ...read more
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17. You Better Be Skeered 2
Contributed on May 18, 2010
Second in a series of messages about fear, dealing with fear of angels and demons, territorial spirits and warfare
A. Fear of Angelic Hosts (v. 10-14) 1. As I mentioned, from these verses on, it is an angel speaks. And yet Daniel was still afraid. This is the most common reaction to angelic beings in the bible. These beings reflect in a powerful way the glory of Christ. And many think that the first part ...read more
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18. In Light Of All Of This
Contributed on Jun 7, 2010
Exposition of the conclusion of the book of Daniel regarding how we should live in light of the truths of prophecy and suffering presented
Text: Daniel 12:1-13, Title: In Light of All of This, Date/Place: NRBC, 6/6/10, AM A. Opening illustration: “Therefore, since all these things will be dissolved, what manner of persons ought you to be in holy conduct and godliness, looking for and hastening the coming of the day of God, ...read more
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19. Double Vision
Contributed on Jun 7, 2010
Exposition/conclusions from Daniel 11 about the truths that we can draw from God's oversight and prophecy of coming kingdoms
Text: Daniel 11:2-12:4, Title: Double Vision, Date/Place: NRBC, 5/30/10, AM A. Opening illustration: Speak about the writer of Ecclesiastes and his view from under the sun and the discouragement that followed. B. Background to passage: Daniel’s writing in the book has been somewhat ...read more