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Turning Point with Dr. David Jeremiah

David Jeremiah - The Stand You Can Take Today

June 29, 2025 | 58:20

David Jeremiah - The Stand You Can Take Today
Each of us are to be salt and light in the world and are to stand for Christ in the world.
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Turning Point with Dr. David Jeremiah | David Jeremiah - The Stand You Can Take Today | June 29, 2025
  • Male announcer: through his spoken and written words,
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  • Dr. david jeremiah has spiritually impacted the world.
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  • Now we've gathered some of his most powerful
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  • Faith-filled insights into one book,
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  • "in the words of david jeremiah."
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  • Inside, you'll find over 300 of his most memorable quotes,
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  • Words that challenge, inspire, and encourage.
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  • Request yours for a gift of any amount.
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  • Or for a gift of $100 or more, receive three--
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  • One for yourself and two to share.
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  • Contact turning point today.
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  • Dr. david jeremiah: museums,
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  • Within the walls of these institutions,
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  • The signs of our history are preserved
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  • Through collections of artistic, cultural,
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  • And scientific importance.
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  • Exhibits chronicle the people, places,
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  • And events that have shaped our world.
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  • There is coming a series of events so apocalyptic,
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  • It will put a period behind the world as we know it,
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  • And not one museum will be left standing
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  • To memorialize its destruction.
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  • But what if we could visit such a place,
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  • A museum containing the signs of what is to come,
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  • Exhibits and remnants of the end times,
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  • What could we learn?
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  • How would it change
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  • The way we live today?
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  • Though in truth, a museum of this kind
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  • Will never be built,
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  • Through the lens of god's word,
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  • Our imagination can catch a glimpse
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  • Of not what has happened but will happen.
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  • Come with me on a tour of bible prophecy,
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  • And we will discover the signs god has laid out in scripture,
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  • Signs that assure us god has a plan for the future
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  • And for eternity.
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  • Dr. jeremiah: on today's program,
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  • We follow along the path
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  • Of a great hero and prophet of god.
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  • Just as this prophet discovered in his day,
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  • The end times are not here yet,
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  • But we can see them from where we stand.
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  • God's word shows us the signs of the coming future,
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  • But scripture also instructs us
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  • On how to live during the ever-changing present.
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  • So stay tuned for today's edition of "turning point,"
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  • "the stand you can take today."
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  • Announcer: from denver, colorado,
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  • This is "turning point" with dr. david jeremiah.
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  • ♪ we've waited for this day ♪
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  • ♪ we're gathered in your name ♪
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  • ♪ we're calling out to you ♪
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  • ♪ your glory like a fire ♪
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  • ♪ awakening desire ♪
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  • ♪ will burn our hearts with truth ♪
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  • ♪ you're the reason we're here, oh, yeah ♪
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  • ♪ you're the reason we're singing ♪
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  • ♪ open up the heavens ♪
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  • ♪ we want to see you ♪
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  • ♪ open up the floodgates ♪
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  • ♪ a mighty river ♪
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  • ♪ flowing from your heart ♪
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  • ♪ filling every part of our praise ♪
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  • ♪ yeah ♪
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  • Charles billingsley: oh yeah, come on,
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  • Sing the next verse, "your presence."
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  • ♪ your presence in this place ♪
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  • ♪ your glory on our face ♪
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  • ♪ we're looking to the sky ♪
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  • ♪ descending like a cloud ♪
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  • ♪ you're standing with us now ♪
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  • ♪ lord, unveil our eyes ♪
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  • Charles: "you're the reason," lord.
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  • ♪ you're the reason we're here, oh, yeah ♪
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  • ♪ you're the reason we're singing ♪
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  • ♪ open up the heavens ♪
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  • ♪ we want to see you ♪
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  • ♪ open up the floodgates ♪
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  • ♪ a mighty river ♪
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  • ♪ flowing from your heart ♪
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  • ♪ filling every part of our praise ♪
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  • ♪ yeah ♪
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  • ♪ open up the heavens ♪
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  • ♪ we wanna see you ♪
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  • ♪ yeah, open up the floodgates ♪
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  • ♪ a mighty river ♪
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  • ♪ flowing from your heart ♪
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  • ♪ filling every part of our praise ♪
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  • Charles: all right now, ladies, let me hear you, "show us."
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  • ♪ show us, show us your glory ♪
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  • ♪ show us, show us your power ♪
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  • ♪ show us, show us your glory, lord ♪
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  • ♪ show us, show us your glory ♪
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  • ♪ show us, show us your power ♪
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  • ♪ show us, show us your glory, lord ♪
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  • ♪ hey ♪
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  • ♪♪♪
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  • Charles: he is good, he's so worthy.
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  • Yes, he is.
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  • Come on, lord, we pray you'll open up the heavens
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  • And move the city for you.
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  • Come on, let me hear you sing it.
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  • ♪ open up the heavens ♪
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  • ♪ we want to see you ♪
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  • ♪ open up the floodgates ♪
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  • ♪ a mighty river ♪
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  • ♪ flowing from your heart ♪
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  • ♪ filling every part of our praise ♪
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  • Charles: come on, sing it one more time, everybody.
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  • ♪ open up the heavens ♪
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  • ♪ we want to see you ♪
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  • ♪ open up the floodgates ♪
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  • ♪ a mighty river ♪
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  • ♪ flowing from your heart ♪
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  • ♪ filling every part of our praise, yeah ♪
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  • Charles: oh yeah, can we just give god glory?
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  • He is so worthy of our praise tonight.
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  • Bless his holy name.
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  • Come on, i want to hear you singing, everybody.
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  • Let me hear you.
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  • ♪ show us, show us your glory ♪
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  • ♪ show us, show us your power ♪
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  • ♪ show us, show us your glory, lord ♪
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  • Charles: sing it one more time. make that your prayer tonight.
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  • ♪ show us, show us your glory ♪
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  • ♪ show us, show us your power ♪
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  • ♪ show us, show us your glory, lord ♪♪
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  • Charles: he is good!
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  • [audience applauding]
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  • Announcer: coming up on "turning point."
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  • Dr. jeremiah: sometimes god doesn't want to take us
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  • Away from our problems.
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  • He wants to show us his strength in the midst of our problems.
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  • He wants us to be stand-up people
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  • Who stand up in the secularism of our day
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  • So that we can be a testimony to the world around us.
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  • Announcer: a timeless classic from dr. david jeremiah,
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  • "the book of signs:
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  • 31 undeniable prophecies of the apocalypse."
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  • Drawing from decades of experience
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  • As one of the world's most respected scholars
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  • Of bible prophecy,
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  • Dr. jeremiah brings his signature wisdom,
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  • Depth, and compassion to "the book of signs,"
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  • His masterwork on prophecy.
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  • You'll come to understand the profound implications
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  • Of 31 major signs of the end times,
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  • And most importantly, you will walk away
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  • With hope and confidence for the future,
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  • And a renewed sense of purpose for your faith today.
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  • [audience cheering]
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  • ♪♪♪
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  • ♪ there is none like you ♪
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  • ♪ no one else can touch my heart like you do ♪
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  • ♪ i could search for all eternity long ♪
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  • ♪ and find there is none like you ♪
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  • Michael w. smith: can you sing that out loud?
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  • ♪ there is none like you ♪
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  • ♪ no one else can touch my heart like you do ♪
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  • ♪ i could search for all eternity long ♪
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  • ♪ and find there is none like you ♪
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  • ♪ there is none like you ♪
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  • ♪ no one else can touch my heart like you do ♪
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  • ♪ and i could search for all eternity long ♪
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  • ♪ and find there is none like you ♪
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  • ♪ i could search for all eternity long ♪
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  • ♪ and find there is none like you ♪♪
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  • [audience applauding]
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  • Michael: hallelujah.
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  • ♪♪♪
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  • ♪ above all powers ♪
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  • ♪ above all kings ♪
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  • ♪ above all nature ♪
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  • ♪ and all created things ♪
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  • ♪ above all wisdom ♪
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  • ♪ and all the ways of man ♪
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  • ♪ you were here before the world began ♪
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  • ♪ above all kingdoms ♪
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  • ♪ above all thrones ♪
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  • ♪ above all wonders ♪
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  • ♪ the world has ever known ♪
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  • ♪ above all wealth ♪
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  • ♪ and treasures of the earth ♪
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  • ♪ there's no way ♪
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  • ♪ to measure what you're worth ♪
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  • ♪ crucified, laid behind a stone ♪
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  • ♪ you lived to die, rejected and alone ♪
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  • ♪ like a rose trampled on the ground ♪
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  • ♪ you took the fall and thought of me ♪
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  • ♪ above all ♪
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  • ♪ above all powers ♪
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  • ♪ above all kings ♪
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  • ♪ above all nature ♪
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  • ♪ and all created things ♪
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  • ♪ above all wisdom ♪
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  • ♪ and all the ways of man ♪
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  • ♪ you were here ♪
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  • ♪ before the world began ♪
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  • Michael: "above all kingdoms."
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  • ♪ above all kingdoms ♪
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  • Michael: "above all thrones."
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  • ♪ above all thrones ♪
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  • Michael: "above all wonders."
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  • ♪ above all wonders ♪
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  • ♪ the world has ever known ♪
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  • Michael: "above all wealth."
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  • ♪ above all wealth ♪
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  • ♪ and treasures of the earth ♪
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  • ♪ there's no way ♪
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  • ♪ to measure what you're worth ♪
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  • ♪ crucified, laid behind a stone ♪
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  • ♪ you lived to die, rejected and alone ♪
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  • ♪ like a rose trampled on the ground ♪
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  • ♪ you took the fall and thought of me ♪
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  • ♪ above all ♪
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  • ♪ like a rose trampled on the ground ♪
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  • ♪ you took the fall and thought of me ♪
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  • ♪ above all ♪♪
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  • ♪♪♪
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  • [audience cheering]
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  • Announcer: david jeremiah and turning point are making
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  • A global impact for the kingdom of god,
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  • "the stand you can take today."
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  • Dr. jeremiah: several years ago in a book that i wrote,
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  • I included a story about a man named larry
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  • Who lived in southern california.
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  • While i was on vacation just a few weeks ago,
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  • I read an update on that story
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  • That introduces what i want to say in this message.
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  • It seems that larry went
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  • To an army navy surplus store out in california,
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  • And he bought 75 used weather balloons.
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  • He inflated them with helium, attached them to a lawn chair
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  • He had secured to the back of his pickup truck.
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  • And with several friends watching,
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  • He climbed into the chair, settled in,
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  • Had a friend untie the rope.
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  • He was hoping, according to his friend,
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  • To see the neighborhood from a different angle
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  • And gain a new perspective on his life.
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  • This was before drones.
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  • He took nothing with him but a peanut butter sandwich,
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  • A six-pack of beer, and a fully loaded bb gun.
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  • Two and a half hours later,
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  • The los angeles international airport
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  • Reported an unidentified flying object
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  • Above the skies at lax at nearly 16,000 feet.
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  • Lawnchair larry, the reclining cosmonaut,
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  • Was now 3 miles into the sky
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  • And 100 miles from his original launch site.
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  • The pilot of the 737 who first spotted larry said,
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  • "i see what looks like a perfectly still man
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  • Reclining in a lawn chair,
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  • And i think he's holding a rifle."
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  • So swat teams lassoed larry, and larry,
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  • Of course, by this time had passed out in the chair,
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  • And they ferried him safely back to the ground.
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  • Just in case you're interested, his intentions were
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  • To safely saunter up to the right altitude
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  • And then use his bb gun to shoot out
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  • Some of the balloons to keep him
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  • Where he wanted to be,
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  • And then ultimately shoot them all out one at a time
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  • As he settled back down to earth.
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  • However, when he untied himself from the pickup,
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  • His friend said he shot up into the air
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  • Like he'd been shot out of a cannon.
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  • He panicked and did the only thing he knew how to do
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  • In a stressful situation.
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  • He broke open the six-pack and began to drink.
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  • At 2000 feet, he passed out.
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  • On the ground, after being revived back to consciousness,
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  • Larry was interviewed by a local journalist
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  • Who asked him three questions:
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  • Larry, were you scared?
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  • He said yes.
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  • Actually, he said more than that, but we're
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  • In a religious meeting tonight, and i won't pass that on.
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  • Larry, would you do it again?
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  • And he said no.
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  • At least he's a quick learner.
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  • But most importantly, he said, "larry, why did you do it?"
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  • To which he replied, "i just got tired of always sitting around."
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  • I came here to tell you
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  • That we can no longer sit around.
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  • It's time for us to stand up.
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  • God laid this message on my heart.
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  • I've never preached this before,
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  • And so if i get a little emotional,
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  • You'll have to forgive me.
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  • As i began to study the book of daniel,
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  • I realized that daniel lived out his life
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  • In a very similar situation as our own.
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  • He was a godly man trying to survive in a pagan culture.
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  • And to say that he succeeded is understated.
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  • Ladies and gentlemen, he lived in that culture
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  • From the time he was 14 years old
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  • Until he died in his mid-90s.
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  • When he faced the cultural issues of his day
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  • That were in opposition to his faith,
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  • He didn't stand down.
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  • That would have been cowardice.
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  • He didn't stand aside.
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  • That would have been compromise.
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  • He really didn't even stand against as in contention,
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  • But he stood up with courage and conviction
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  • And dealt with the issues as they came to him.
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  • I realized that this was god's challenge to me
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  • And to all of us: to stand up for what we believe.
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  • We don't have to shout, to make fools of ourselves,
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  • But like this man of god in the old testament,
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  • We do have to stand up for righteousness.
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  • There are many places where we could enter daniel's life
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  • To illustrate what it means to be a stand-up person,
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  • But i've chosen for our time together
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  • In these next few moments
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  • The 6th chapter of daniel's book
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  • And the story of daniel's encounter
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  • With king darius and his lions.
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  • As the story begins, daniel has been out
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  • Of the mainstream of political power
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  • Since babylon was defeated by the medes and the persians.
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  • Now, after almost two years have passed,
  • 00:26:40.680 --> 00:26:44.217
  • At the ripe old age of 83, he is summoned by darius,
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  • The medo-persian king,
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  • And given a very prestigious assignment
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  • In his new administration.
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  • The first thing you learn from the 6th chapter of daniel
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  • And the first 3 verses is this:
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  • Stand-up people get promoted.
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  • Say that with me. "stand-up people get promoted."
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  • Listen to these words from daniel:
  • 00:27:09.308 --> 00:27:11.678
  • "it pleased darius to set over the kingdom
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  • One hundred and twenty satraps,
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  • And over these three governors, of whom daniel was one,
  • 00:27:16.416 --> 00:27:20.453
  • That the satraps might give account to them,
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  • So that the king would suffer no loss.
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  • Then this daniel distinguished himself
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  • Because an excellent spirit was in him;
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  • And the king gave thought to setting him
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  • Over the whole realm."
  • 00:27:33.666 --> 00:27:35.468
  • Now, back in 538 bc, king darius is establishing
  • 00:27:35.468 --> 00:27:40.373
  • The second great world empire following babylon.
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  • But unlike babylon,
  • 00:27:46.012 --> 00:27:47.814
  • Which was a monarchy ruled by nebuchadnezzar,
  • 00:27:47.814 --> 00:27:50.883
  • One man, king darius is setting up an oligarchy,
  • 00:27:50.883 --> 00:27:55.188
  • Which is gonna be ruled by many.
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  • And he determines to reorganize the government and put
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  • 120 men in charge of the conquered provinces
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  • That are a part of his new kingdom.
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  • And apparently, part of their responsibility
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  • Was to collect taxes for the king.
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  • And because there was dishonesty
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  • Among these lower level officials,
  • 00:28:13.106 --> 00:28:15.475
  • Darius selected three men as governors,
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  • And the text actually says,
  • 00:28:18.111 --> 00:28:19.812
  • "so the king would suffer no loss."
  • 00:28:19.812 --> 00:28:22.949
  • He didn't want to get ripped off by his governors.
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  • Of these three governors, darius was most impressed with daniel
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  • And selected him to function as the prime minister
  • 00:28:31.124 --> 00:28:34.360
  • Over the land.
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  • According to the description in daniel 6,
  • 00:28:35.962 --> 00:28:38.831
  • Daniel was preferred above the other governors
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  • Because an excellent spirit was in him.
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  • He was spirit-filled in the old testament.
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  • He had the spirit of god in him.
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  • This means he had a good attitude.
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  • It means he worked hard to fulfill his responsibilities.
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  • And most of all, in this situation,
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  • He was honest.
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  • And daniel continued to honor god with his life,
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  • And now even at the age of 83,
  • 00:29:03.456 --> 00:29:05.758
  • God is once again honoring daniel.
  • 00:29:05.758 --> 00:29:08.594
  • Daniel would become the second in command
  • 00:29:08.594 --> 00:29:11.063
  • Over all the medo-persian empire,
  • 00:29:11.063 --> 00:29:13.466
  • A fact that didn't go unnoticed by his peers.
  • 00:29:13.466 --> 00:29:17.770
  • Let me stop for just a moment and remind you
  • 00:29:17.770 --> 00:29:21.174
  • That while you may not be popular where you work
  • 00:29:21.174 --> 00:29:24.110
  • Because you're a stand-up person,
  • 00:29:24.110 --> 00:29:26.345
  • When the people you work with get in trouble,
  • 00:29:26.345 --> 00:29:28.948
  • You're the ones they're gonna come and see.
  • 00:29:28.948 --> 00:29:31.484
  • They're not gonna go to the goof-offs
  • 00:29:31.484 --> 00:29:33.152
  • And the partiers and all of that.
  • 00:29:33.152 --> 00:29:34.887
  • They're gonna come to the people that they will look at
  • 00:29:34.887 --> 00:29:36.956
  • And know that person believes in something,
  • 00:29:36.956 --> 00:29:39.258
  • That person stands up for something,
  • 00:29:39.258 --> 00:29:41.127
  • That person's got a moral center.
  • 00:29:41.127 --> 00:29:43.563
  • They're gonna come to you.
  • 00:29:43.563 --> 00:29:44.997
  • They may not like you. they may make fun of you.
  • 00:29:44.997 --> 00:29:47.233
  • They may trash you, but when they are in trouble,
  • 00:29:47.233 --> 00:29:50.369
  • When their marriage is upside down
  • 00:29:50.369 --> 00:29:51.938
  • Or they got a sick child or their mortgage can't be met,
  • 00:29:51.938 --> 00:29:55.508
  • They're gonna find a person they trust,
  • 00:29:55.508 --> 00:29:58.744
  • Just like daniel,
  • 00:29:58.744 --> 00:30:00.379
  • Who was promoted to a high place.
  • 00:30:00.379 --> 00:30:03.182
  • Notice the second thing about stand-up people.
  • 00:30:03.182 --> 00:30:06.018
  • This is a hard one, but it's true, isn't it?
  • 00:30:06.018 --> 00:30:08.254
  • Stand-up people are persecuted.
  • 00:30:08.254 --> 00:30:10.656
  • It says in verses 4 through 9, verse 4 says:
  • 00:30:10.656 --> 00:30:14.627
  • "the governors and the satraps
  • 00:30:14.627 --> 00:30:16.429
  • Sought to find some charge against daniel."
  • 00:30:16.429 --> 00:30:19.999
  • At the core of the hatred of daniel's colleagues
  • 00:30:19.999 --> 00:30:22.735
  • Was the fact that he was being promoted above them.
  • 00:30:22.735 --> 00:30:26.205
  • Now, think about it, the other were babylonians,
  • 00:30:26.205 --> 00:30:28.074
  • And this is jewish being promoted ahead of them.
  • 00:30:28.074 --> 00:30:30.343
  • They don't like it. in fact, they hate it.
  • 00:30:30.343 --> 00:30:32.144
  • They hate daniel.
  • 00:30:32.144 --> 00:30:34.113
  • If darius's appointment was carried out,
  • 00:30:34.113 --> 00:30:36.415
  • Daniel would have power over all the governors
  • 00:30:36.415 --> 00:30:39.151
  • And administrators in medo-persia.
  • 00:30:39.151 --> 00:30:41.854
  • So they decided they would try to get him in trouble.
  • 00:30:41.854 --> 00:30:46.158
  • They would try to find him committing some trespass
  • 00:30:46.158 --> 00:30:49.328
  • So he could be indicted.
  • 00:30:49.328 --> 00:30:50.730
  • But the bible says they
  • 00:30:50.730 --> 00:30:52.331
  • Couldn't find anything against him.
  • 00:30:52.331 --> 00:30:54.367
  • The more they searched
  • 00:30:54.367 --> 00:30:55.935
  • To try to get him caught in some illegal thing
  • 00:30:55.935 --> 00:30:59.238
  • Or some immoral thing, the more they searched,
  • 00:30:59.238 --> 00:31:01.774
  • The angrier they got.
  • 00:31:01.774 --> 00:31:04.176
  • For someone wrote, "envy always hates the excellency
  • 00:31:04.176 --> 00:31:08.114
  • That it cannot reach."
  • 00:31:08.114 --> 00:31:10.416
  • The final conclusion of his adversaries
  • 00:31:10.416 --> 00:31:12.585
  • After their exhaustive scrutiny
  • 00:31:12.585 --> 00:31:14.387
  • Is summarized in daniel chapter 6.
  • 00:31:14.387 --> 00:31:16.856
  • Listen to what the scripture says: "we shall not find
  • 00:31:16.856 --> 00:31:20.326
  • Any charge against this daniel
  • 00:31:20.326 --> 00:31:22.495
  • Unless we find it against him concerning the law of his god."
  • 00:31:22.495 --> 00:31:27.433
  • What a testimony that would be.
  • 00:31:27.433 --> 00:31:28.768
  • We can't find anything against you,
  • 00:31:28.768 --> 00:31:30.102
  • Jeremiah, except your love for god.
  • 00:31:30.102 --> 00:31:34.340
  • Unable to find any legal way to stop him,
  • 00:31:34.340 --> 00:31:38.177
  • You never want to underestimate the enemies of the faith,
  • 00:31:38.177 --> 00:31:41.747
  • They decide to come up with a made-up story.
  • 00:31:41.747 --> 00:31:45.451
  • And we read about it in verse 7.
  • 00:31:45.451 --> 00:31:47.019
  • It says: "all the governors of the kingdom,
  • 00:31:47.019 --> 00:31:48.554
  • The administrators, the satraps, the counselors and the advisors,
  • 00:31:48.554 --> 00:31:52.124
  • Consulted together to establish a royal statue
  • 00:31:52.124 --> 00:31:55.461
  • And make a firm decree that whoever petitions
  • 00:31:55.461 --> 00:31:58.064
  • Any god or man for thirty days, except you, o king,
  • 00:31:58.064 --> 00:32:01.133
  • Shall be cast into the den of lions."
  • 00:32:01.133 --> 00:32:04.637
  • Daniel's enemies assembled, without him present, obviously,
  • 00:32:04.637 --> 00:32:08.708
  • And they came up with this idea
  • 00:32:08.708 --> 00:32:10.776
  • That if you pray to any god but to darius, who was the king,
  • 00:32:10.776 --> 00:32:14.313
  • For a 30-day period,
  • 00:32:14.313 --> 00:32:15.948
  • You would be put to death in the lions' den.
  • 00:32:15.948 --> 00:32:19.185
  • There was a lie in their proposal
  • 00:32:19.185 --> 00:32:20.820
  • Because not all of the officials had consulted.
  • 00:32:20.820 --> 00:32:22.989
  • Daniel wasn't involved in it.
  • 00:32:22.989 --> 00:32:25.091
  • So they go to the king
  • 00:32:25.091 --> 00:32:26.425
  • With this story that they've made up,
  • 00:32:26.425 --> 00:32:28.995
  • And they present it to him
  • 00:32:28.995 --> 00:32:30.329
  • And urge him to sign their document.
  • 00:32:30.329 --> 00:32:32.832
  • "now, o king," verse 8, "establish the decree,
  • 00:32:32.832 --> 00:32:35.568
  • Sign the writing, so that it cannot be changed,
  • 00:32:35.568 --> 00:32:38.471
  • According to the law of the medes and persians,
  • 00:32:38.471 --> 00:32:40.639
  • Which does not alter."
  • 00:32:40.639 --> 00:32:42.942
  • In effect, the proposal
  • 00:32:42.942 --> 00:32:45.044
  • Would make darius god for a month.
  • 00:32:45.044 --> 00:32:49.181
  • These leaders did what they could to get the king
  • 00:32:49.181 --> 00:32:51.217
  • To sign the edict, which, according to law,
  • 00:32:51.217 --> 00:32:53.419
  • Could not be revoked once it was put in place.
  • 00:32:53.419 --> 00:32:55.621
  • Have you ever heard about the law of medes and persians?
  • 00:32:55.621 --> 00:32:57.857
  • That means if you say it, you can't unsay it.
  • 00:32:57.857 --> 00:32:59.792
  • If you promise it, you can't unpromise it.
  • 00:32:59.792 --> 00:33:01.494
  • In medo-persian empire, if the king wrote an edict,
  • 00:33:01.494 --> 00:33:04.964
  • It could never be changed, because if you changed it,
  • 00:33:04.964 --> 00:33:07.299
  • It would look as if the king made a mistake,
  • 00:33:07.299 --> 00:33:08.968
  • And the king didn't make any mistake.
  • 00:33:08.968 --> 00:33:10.503
  • He was infallible, according to the medo-persian culture.
  • 00:33:10.503 --> 00:33:13.906
  • So once the king signed an edict,
  • 00:33:13.906 --> 00:33:16.142
  • Even if he didn't like what he had signed,
  • 00:33:16.142 --> 00:33:17.877
  • He couldn't undo it.
  • 00:33:17.877 --> 00:33:19.478
  • And along with that, the edict had to be carried out
  • 00:33:19.478 --> 00:33:22.114
  • On the day that the offense was committed.
  • 00:33:22.114 --> 00:33:26.585
  • Stand-up people are promoted, and they're persistent,
  • 00:33:26.585 --> 00:33:30.756
  • Number three.
  • 00:33:30.756 --> 00:33:32.324
  • Notice verses 10 and 11 in our text:
  • 00:33:32.324 --> 00:33:35.661
  • "when daniel knew that the writing was signed,"
  • 00:33:35.661 --> 00:33:39.698
  • The writing that if you prayed to any other god but darius,
  • 00:33:39.698 --> 00:33:43.035
  • You'd be put into the lions' den.
  • 00:33:43.035 --> 00:33:44.670
  • When he heard this, the bible says: "he went home.
  • 00:33:44.670 --> 00:33:48.274
  • And in his upper room,
  • 00:33:48.274 --> 00:33:49.642
  • With his windows open toward jerusalem,
  • 00:33:49.642 --> 00:33:52.111
  • He knelt down on his knees three times that day
  • 00:33:52.111 --> 00:33:54.947
  • And prayed and gave thanks before god."
  • 00:33:54.947 --> 00:33:57.516
  • Now, i've heard some preachers say,
  • 00:33:57.516 --> 00:33:59.051
  • When this happened,
  • 00:33:59.051 --> 00:34:00.386
  • What daniel did was he said, "i'll show you."
  • 00:34:00.386 --> 00:34:02.521
  • So he went home, he threw his windows open,
  • 00:34:02.521 --> 00:34:05.057
  • Half hung out the window, shouting his prayer before god
  • 00:34:05.057 --> 00:34:07.860
  • So the whole kingdom could hear him.
  • 00:34:07.860 --> 00:34:10.362
  • Not.
  • 00:34:10.362 --> 00:34:12.465
  • What he did, the bible says, was he went home,
  • 00:34:12.465 --> 00:34:16.035
  • He knelt down on his knees, he did it three times that day,
  • 00:34:16.035 --> 00:34:19.972
  • And prayed and gave thanks before his god.
  • 00:34:19.972 --> 00:34:22.241
  • Listen to the last phrase: "as was his custom to do."
  • 00:34:22.241 --> 00:34:28.180
  • When the king said he couldn't pray to his god,
  • 00:34:28.180 --> 00:34:31.884
  • Daniel said, "i'm sorry," and he went home and prayed to his god.
  • 00:34:31.884 --> 00:34:36.155
  • When daniel discovered
  • 00:34:36.155 --> 00:34:37.490
  • That the law had been signed by darius,
  • 00:34:37.490 --> 00:34:39.358
  • He did nothing out of the ordinary.
  • 00:34:39.358 --> 00:34:41.494
  • His daily habit for years
  • 00:34:41.494 --> 00:34:43.028
  • Had been to pray to god toward jerusalem
  • 00:34:43.028 --> 00:34:45.064
  • Three times every day,
  • 00:34:45.064 --> 00:34:46.765
  • And that's exactly what he did
  • 00:34:46.765 --> 00:34:48.667
  • The day he learned of the new law.
  • 00:34:48.667 --> 00:34:51.370
  • Daniel was faithful and fearless
  • 00:34:51.370 --> 00:34:53.439
  • Without regard to the consequences,
  • 00:34:53.439 --> 00:34:55.841
  • And he was consistent.
  • 00:34:55.841 --> 00:34:57.643
  • He was consistent in his professional life.
  • 00:34:57.643 --> 00:34:59.979
  • That's why they couldn't find anything against him.
  • 00:34:59.979 --> 00:35:02.248
  • He was recognized by the king.
  • 00:35:02.248 --> 00:35:04.049
  • He was consistent in his personal life.
  • 00:35:04.049 --> 00:35:06.519
  • He didn't go around behind doors
  • 00:35:06.519 --> 00:35:08.154
  • Doing something that he said he wouldn't do,
  • 00:35:08.154 --> 00:35:10.222
  • And he was consistent in his prayer life.
  • 00:35:10.222 --> 00:35:13.392
  • Stand-up people are often promoted,
  • 00:35:13.392 --> 00:35:16.629
  • They're always persecuted,
  • 00:35:16.629 --> 00:35:19.165
  • And they're usually very persistent in what they do.
  • 00:35:19.165 --> 00:35:22.768
  • I want you to notice that what daniel did
  • 00:35:22.768 --> 00:35:25.738
  • When he found out what the deal was, was this.
  • 00:35:25.738 --> 00:35:29.375
  • He didn't stand down.
  • 00:35:29.375 --> 00:35:31.911
  • That would have been cowardice.
  • 00:35:31.911 --> 00:35:34.180
  • He didn't stand aside.
  • 00:35:34.180 --> 00:35:35.514
  • That would have been compromise.
  • 00:35:35.514 --> 00:35:36.849
  • He really didn't even stand against.
  • 00:35:36.849 --> 00:35:38.918
  • He didn't rail against the king.
  • 00:35:38.918 --> 00:35:41.587
  • What did he do? he stood up.
  • 00:35:41.587 --> 00:35:44.490
  • He stood up for his courage and his conviction,
  • 00:35:44.490 --> 00:35:46.926
  • And that's what i believe god is calling us to do.
  • 00:35:46.926 --> 00:35:49.528
  • We can stand up for what we believe.
  • 00:35:49.528 --> 00:35:51.363
  • We can stand up and be counted,
  • 00:35:51.363 --> 00:35:53.165
  • And if we just do what we should do,
  • 00:35:53.165 --> 00:35:54.800
  • We should be standing up all the time, amen?
  • 00:35:54.800 --> 00:35:57.069
  • [audience applauding]
  • 00:35:57.069 --> 00:36:04.310
  • Dr. jeremiah: we come to the conclusion of this story
  • 00:36:04.310 --> 00:36:06.445
  • And we learn, number four,
  • 00:36:06.445 --> 00:36:08.280
  • That stand-up people are protected.
  • 00:36:08.280 --> 00:36:10.349
  • How many of you know that the god you and i serve
  • 00:36:10.349 --> 00:36:12.351
  • Has promised to be with us?
  • 00:36:12.351 --> 00:36:14.086
  • He says, listen to this, he says, "go into all the world
  • 00:36:14.086 --> 00:36:16.055
  • And preach the gospel,
  • 00:36:16.055 --> 00:36:17.389
  • And lo, i am with you wherever you go."
  • 00:36:17.389 --> 00:36:20.359
  • When we're serving the lord,
  • 00:36:20.359 --> 00:36:21.794
  • When we're in his will,
  • 00:36:21.794 --> 00:36:23.262
  • When we're doing what god has called us to do,
  • 00:36:23.262 --> 00:36:25.030
  • God is with us and he takes care of us.
  • 00:36:25.030 --> 00:36:27.066
  • That doesn't mean he won't let any trouble come to us,
  • 00:36:27.066 --> 00:36:29.001
  • But it means he'll always be with us when it comes.
  • 00:36:29.001 --> 00:36:31.837
  • I have in my bible a little motto
  • 00:36:31.837 --> 00:36:33.706
  • That i started to follow years ago
  • 00:36:33.706 --> 00:36:36.275
  • When i got a little bit afraid of flying,
  • 00:36:36.275 --> 00:36:39.245
  • And this is what the motto says:
  • 00:36:39.245 --> 00:36:41.213
  • "god's man in the center of god's will
  • 00:36:41.213 --> 00:36:44.016
  • Is immortal until god is finished with him."
  • 00:36:44.016 --> 00:36:47.419
  • Daniel didn't worry. we shouldn't worry.
  • 00:36:47.419 --> 00:36:49.755
  • If we're doing the will of god, he's gonna protect us.
  • 00:36:49.755 --> 00:36:52.258
  • Watch how god took care of this courageous old man.
  • 00:36:52.258 --> 00:36:56.362
  • First of all, he was protected from the law.
  • 00:36:56.362 --> 00:36:58.931
  • Verses 13 through 15 in daniel 6 record how this
  • 00:36:58.931 --> 00:37:03.068
  • Was going to work if god didn't get involved.
  • 00:37:03.068 --> 00:37:05.671
  • I mean, this is a pretty serious time in the kingdom.
  • 00:37:05.671 --> 00:37:08.440
  • It's a pretty serious time for daniel.
  • 00:37:08.440 --> 00:37:10.442
  • Daniel 6 says: "they answered and said before the king,"
  • 00:37:10.442 --> 00:37:14.013
  • Daniel's colleagues
  • 00:37:14.013 --> 00:37:15.681
  • Who were trying to get him in trouble,
  • 00:37:15.681 --> 00:37:17.549
  • "'daniel does not show due regard for you, king,
  • 00:37:17.549 --> 00:37:20.352
  • Or for the decree that you have signed,
  • 00:37:20.352 --> 00:37:21.987
  • But makes his petition three times a day.'
  • 00:37:21.987 --> 00:37:24.790
  • And the king, when he heard these words,
  • 00:37:24.790 --> 00:37:26.225
  • Was greatly displeased with himself."
  • 00:37:26.225 --> 00:37:28.894
  • Not with daniel; he was displeased with himself
  • 00:37:28.894 --> 00:37:31.063
  • Because he'd gotten himself in a really tough spot.
  • 00:37:31.063 --> 00:37:34.066
  • He didn't want to hurt daniel. he promoted daniel.
  • 00:37:34.066 --> 00:37:36.602
  • Daniel was running his whole deal.
  • 00:37:36.602 --> 00:37:39.038
  • But he got undermined by the people who came,
  • 00:37:39.038 --> 00:37:42.308
  • And it says: "after he heard these words,
  • 00:37:42.308 --> 00:37:44.510
  • He set his heart on daniel to deliver him;
  • 00:37:44.510 --> 00:37:46.845
  • And he labored until the going down of the sun
  • 00:37:46.845 --> 00:37:49.114
  • To deliver him.
  • 00:37:49.114 --> 00:37:50.449
  • And these men approached the king and said to the king,
  • 00:37:50.449 --> 00:37:52.384
  • "now know, o king,
  • 00:37:52.384 --> 00:37:54.019
  • That it is the law of the medes and persians
  • 00:37:54.019 --> 00:37:55.621
  • That no decree or statute which the king establishes
  • 00:37:55.621 --> 00:37:57.690
  • May be changed."
  • 00:37:57.690 --> 00:38:00.459
  • Darius's conscience was tormenting him.
  • 00:38:00.459 --> 00:38:03.228
  • He knew the danger he had put daniel in by signing into law
  • 00:38:03.228 --> 00:38:06.165
  • The preposterous 30-day prayer ban.
  • 00:38:06.165 --> 00:38:09.168
  • He worked all day trying to find a loophole in the law.
  • 00:38:09.168 --> 00:38:12.204
  • He knew if he couldn't find one,
  • 00:38:12.204 --> 00:38:13.739
  • He'd have to sentence daniel to death.
  • 00:38:13.739 --> 00:38:15.841
  • Persian law dictated, as i mentioned,
  • 00:38:15.841 --> 00:38:18.210
  • That sentences for crimes were to be carried out
  • 00:38:18.210 --> 00:38:20.646
  • On the day the crime was committed.
  • 00:38:20.646 --> 00:38:23.182
  • The lower the sun set in the horizon, the louder
  • 00:38:23.182 --> 00:38:26.385
  • Darius's conscience became,
  • 00:38:26.385 --> 00:38:28.721
  • Screaming in him to find a solution
  • 00:38:28.721 --> 00:38:30.989
  • That would save the man
  • 00:38:30.989 --> 00:38:32.891
  • Who was the most important man in his kingdom.
  • 00:38:32.891 --> 00:38:36.962
  • And then daniel was protected from the lions.
  • 00:38:36.962 --> 00:38:41.166
  • Verse 16 says: "the king gave the command,
  • 00:38:41.166 --> 00:38:43.135
  • And they brought daniel,
  • 00:38:43.135 --> 00:38:44.470
  • And cast him into the den of lions.
  • 00:38:44.470 --> 00:38:46.538
  • But the king spoke, saying to daniel,
  • 00:38:46.538 --> 00:38:48.173
  • 'your god, whom you serve continually,
  • 00:38:48.173 --> 00:38:50.209
  • He will deliver you.'
  • 00:38:50.209 --> 00:38:51.543
  • And a stone was brought
  • 00:38:51.543 --> 00:38:52.878
  • And laid on the mouth of the den,
  • 00:38:52.878 --> 00:38:54.546
  • And the king sealed it with his own signet ring
  • 00:38:54.546 --> 00:38:56.682
  • And with the signets of his lords,
  • 00:38:56.682 --> 00:38:58.350
  • That the purpose concerning daniel might not be changed."
  • 00:38:58.350 --> 00:39:03.222
  • One writer that i read on this story has theorized
  • 00:39:03.222 --> 00:39:06.725
  • What daniel's experience might have been like
  • 00:39:06.725 --> 00:39:08.727
  • During the night that he spent in the lions' den.
  • 00:39:08.727 --> 00:39:12.331
  • Humor me.
  • 00:39:12.331 --> 00:39:14.299
  • "as the guards closed the aperture
  • 00:39:14.299 --> 00:39:16.168
  • And went their way,
  • 00:39:16.168 --> 00:39:17.536
  • Daniel slid gradually to the floor of the den.
  • 00:39:17.536 --> 00:39:20.973
  • The big lions that had come bounding
  • 00:39:20.973 --> 00:39:22.674
  • From their caverns at the inflow of light
  • 00:39:22.674 --> 00:39:24.877
  • All stopped suddenly short,
  • 00:39:24.877 --> 00:39:26.578
  • Like a steed reigned up
  • 00:39:26.578 --> 00:39:28.514
  • By a powerful hand on the bridle.
  • 00:39:28.514 --> 00:39:30.783
  • The initial roars died away as they formed a solid phalanx
  • 00:39:30.783 --> 00:39:34.486
  • And looked toward this man
  • 00:39:34.486 --> 00:39:35.821
  • Who stood in their den in easy reach.
  • 00:39:35.821 --> 00:39:38.657
  • There was some snorting and a little whining,
  • 00:39:38.657 --> 00:39:40.826
  • And some of them turned around and went back to their caverns.
  • 00:39:40.826 --> 00:39:43.962
  • Others of the great beast yawned and lay down on the floor,
  • 00:39:43.962 --> 00:39:47.332
  • But not one made a move to advance toward their visitor.
  • 00:39:47.332 --> 00:39:50.969
  • 'thanks be unto jehovah,' breathed daniel.
  • 00:39:50.969 --> 00:39:53.305
  • 'he has stopped the mouths of these fierce beasts,
  • 00:39:53.305 --> 00:39:56.141
  • And they will do me no harm.'
  • 00:39:56.141 --> 00:39:58.343
  • He sat down on the floor of the den
  • 00:39:58.343 --> 00:40:00.078
  • And leaned his back against the wall
  • 00:40:00.078 --> 00:40:01.613
  • To make himself comfortable for the night.
  • 00:40:01.613 --> 00:40:04.016
  • Soon, two cub lions moved in his direction,
  • 00:40:04.016 --> 00:40:06.952
  • Not stealthily or crouching as though to make an attack,
  • 00:40:06.952 --> 00:40:10.355
  • But in obvious friendliness,
  • 00:40:10.355 --> 00:40:12.024
  • And one lay on each side of daniel
  • 00:40:12.024 --> 00:40:14.126
  • As though to give him warmth and protection
  • 00:40:14.126 --> 00:40:15.961
  • In the chilly dungeon.
  • 00:40:15.961 --> 00:40:17.996
  • Their mother, an old lioness,
  • 00:40:17.996 --> 00:40:19.631
  • Crept over and lay in front of the prophet.
  • 00:40:19.631 --> 00:40:21.600
  • He gently stroked their backs as they each turned their heads
  • 00:40:21.600 --> 00:40:24.736
  • And licked his hand.
  • 00:40:24.736 --> 00:40:26.605
  • Enclosed by the lioness and her cubs,
  • 00:40:26.605 --> 00:40:28.874
  • The head of the patriarch
  • 00:40:28.874 --> 00:40:30.209
  • Was gradually pillowed on the back of one of the cubs
  • 00:40:30.209 --> 00:40:32.778
  • As the four slept soundly
  • 00:40:32.778 --> 00:40:34.580
  • In perfect peace and tranquility."
  • 00:40:34.580 --> 00:40:37.082
  • Now, that isn't exactly in the bible,
  • 00:40:37.082 --> 00:40:39.718
  • But that's kind of the way i think it happened.
  • 00:40:39.718 --> 00:40:48.894
  • And while daniel was sleeping in the lions' den,
  • 00:40:48.894 --> 00:40:52.264
  • Darius, the king, was in his palatial bedroom,
  • 00:40:52.264 --> 00:40:56.502
  • And he couldn't sleep.
  • 00:40:56.502 --> 00:40:59.371
  • Verse 18: "the king went to his palace
  • 00:40:59.371 --> 00:41:01.340
  • And spent the night fasting;
  • 00:41:01.340 --> 00:41:02.774
  • And no musicians were brought before him,
  • 00:41:02.774 --> 00:41:05.110
  • And his sleep went from him."
  • 00:41:05.110 --> 00:41:08.080
  • While daniel slept like a lamb,
  • 00:41:08.080 --> 00:41:09.715
  • Even though he was being watched over by the lions,
  • 00:41:09.715 --> 00:41:12.384
  • Darius tossed and turned.
  • 00:41:12.384 --> 00:41:13.919
  • He couldn't eat, he couldn't sleep.
  • 00:41:13.919 --> 00:41:15.354
  • He was counting the minutes until sunrise
  • 00:41:15.354 --> 00:41:17.489
  • When he would discover daniel's fate.
  • 00:41:17.489 --> 00:41:19.625
  • He was probably asking himself over and over,
  • 00:41:19.625 --> 00:41:21.793
  • Why did i agree to play the role of god for 30 days?
  • 00:41:21.793 --> 00:41:24.763
  • What was i thinking?
  • 00:41:24.763 --> 00:41:26.598
  • His vanity and will cost him his supper and his sleep.
  • 00:41:26.598 --> 00:41:30.836
  • Listen to this, the lions wanted to eat, but couldn't.
  • 00:41:30.836 --> 00:41:33.839
  • The king could eat, but wouldn't.
  • 00:41:33.839 --> 00:41:35.707
  • And it was a unique night in persia.
  • 00:41:35.707 --> 00:41:41.313
  • He was protected from the law.
  • 00:41:41.313 --> 00:41:42.814
  • He was protected from the lions.
  • 00:41:42.814 --> 00:41:45.350
  • And finally, he was protected by the lord.
  • 00:41:45.350 --> 00:41:47.653
  • Watch this, verse 19: "the king arose very early in the morning,
  • 00:41:47.653 --> 00:41:51.256
  • Went in haste to the den of lions.
  • 00:41:51.256 --> 00:41:53.325
  • And when he came to the den, he cried out
  • 00:41:53.325 --> 00:41:54.826
  • With a lamenting voice to daniel,
  • 00:41:54.826 --> 00:41:57.129
  • 'daniel, servant of the living god,
  • 00:41:57.129 --> 00:41:59.498
  • Has your god, whom you serve continually,
  • 00:41:59.498 --> 00:42:01.600
  • Been able to deliver you from the lions?'
  • 00:42:01.600 --> 00:42:05.604
  • When darius cast daniel into the lions' den,
  • 00:42:05.604 --> 00:42:07.973
  • He expressed faith that daniel would survive.
  • 00:42:07.973 --> 00:42:09.908
  • Remember, he said, "your god, whom you serve,
  • 00:42:09.908 --> 00:42:12.544
  • He will deliver you."
  • 00:42:12.544 --> 00:42:13.912
  • But his faith wasn't very strong,
  • 00:42:13.912 --> 00:42:16.381
  • As is evidenced by his anxiety through the whole night
  • 00:42:16.381 --> 00:42:18.850
  • And by the first words out of his mouth
  • 00:42:18.850 --> 00:42:20.552
  • The next morning: "has your god been able to deliver you?"
  • 00:42:20.552 --> 00:42:24.957
  • Not only was the king uncertain of god's will,
  • 00:42:24.957 --> 00:42:27.726
  • He wasn't even sure god could save daniel.
  • 00:42:27.726 --> 00:42:30.228
  • He was no saint, this king of persia.
  • 00:42:30.228 --> 00:42:34.266
  • And daniel said to the king, "o king, live forever!
  • 00:42:34.266 --> 00:42:38.537
  • My god has sent his angel and shut the lions' mouths,
  • 00:42:38.537 --> 00:42:42.274
  • So that they have not hurt me,
  • 00:42:42.274 --> 00:42:43.976
  • Because i was found innocent before him;
  • 00:42:43.976 --> 00:42:46.645
  • And also, o king, i have done no wrong before you," amen.
  • 00:42:46.645 --> 00:42:52.517
  • [audience applauding]
  • 00:42:52.517 --> 00:42:56.922
  • Dr. jeremiah: the famed london preacher charles spurgeon
  • 00:42:56.922 --> 00:42:59.358
  • Observed that it was a good thing
  • 00:42:59.358 --> 00:43:00.892
  • The lions didn't try to eat daniel.
  • 00:43:00.892 --> 00:43:02.861
  • They wouldn't have enjoyed him since he was half grit
  • 00:43:02.861 --> 00:43:05.364
  • And the other half backbone.
  • 00:43:05.364 --> 00:43:10.736
  • The bible says god sent his angel
  • 00:43:10.736 --> 00:43:12.337
  • And shut the lions' mouth so that they didn't hurt him
  • 00:43:12.337 --> 00:43:15.874
  • Because he was innocent and he did no wrong before the king.
  • 00:43:15.874 --> 00:43:20.178
  • And the bible says: "the king was exceedingly glad for him,
  • 00:43:20.178 --> 00:43:23.382
  • And commanded that they
  • 00:43:23.382 --> 00:43:24.716
  • Should take daniel up out of the den.
  • 00:43:24.716 --> 00:43:26.251
  • So daniel was taken up out of the den
  • 00:43:26.251 --> 00:43:28.320
  • And no injury whatever was found on him."
  • 00:43:28.320 --> 00:43:31.223
  • And the bible vividly portrays the king's delight
  • 00:43:31.223 --> 00:43:34.326
  • In daniel's survival.
  • 00:43:34.326 --> 00:43:35.761
  • He checked him over carefully to be sure he was unharmed.
  • 00:43:35.761 --> 00:43:38.363
  • Just like daniel's friends
  • 00:43:38.363 --> 00:43:39.798
  • Who escaped the furnace unscathed,
  • 00:43:39.798 --> 00:43:42.501
  • Daniel came out completely uninjured.
  • 00:43:42.501 --> 00:43:45.070
  • When we see how ferocious the lions were
  • 00:43:45.070 --> 00:43:47.339
  • With the people who were thrown
  • 00:43:47.339 --> 00:43:48.774
  • Into the den the next day,
  • 00:43:48.774 --> 00:43:50.175
  • It's obvious that daniel was able to escape
  • 00:43:50.175 --> 00:43:52.978
  • Without a scratch
  • 00:43:52.978 --> 00:43:54.312
  • Because god intervened in his behalf.
  • 00:43:54.312 --> 00:43:57.649
  • My friends, have you ever had god intervene in your behalf?
  • 00:43:57.649 --> 00:44:02.254
  • Here's my experience.
  • 00:44:02.254 --> 00:44:05.190
  • God usually intervenes in our behalf
  • 00:44:05.190 --> 00:44:08.026
  • When with all of our hearts we're standing up
  • 00:44:08.026 --> 00:44:10.562
  • For what we know to be right and true.
  • 00:44:10.562 --> 00:44:12.631
  • We can almost expect god
  • 00:44:12.631 --> 00:44:14.733
  • To do that when we stand for him, and that's why we
  • 00:44:14.733 --> 00:44:18.103
  • Should never be afraid to stand for god.
  • 00:44:18.103 --> 00:44:21.373
  • I know that sometime this week,
  • 00:44:21.373 --> 00:44:23.642
  • Having heard this message, something's gonna happen.
  • 00:44:23.642 --> 00:44:26.578
  • You're gonna be in a place where you're gonna have to do
  • 00:44:26.578 --> 00:44:28.280
  • The right thing or the wrong thing,
  • 00:44:28.280 --> 00:44:29.614
  • And the right thing is gonna be hard.
  • 00:44:29.614 --> 00:44:31.983
  • Just remember daniel.
  • 00:44:31.983 --> 00:44:34.352
  • He stood up when everything was against him,
  • 00:44:34.352 --> 00:44:36.621
  • And in the midst of his standing up,
  • 00:44:36.621 --> 00:44:38.223
  • Not only did he feel the blessing of god on his life,
  • 00:44:38.223 --> 00:44:40.826
  • But almighty god intervened in his behalf
  • 00:44:40.826 --> 00:44:43.762
  • And helped him come through it with his hands up high.
  • 00:44:43.762 --> 00:44:48.433
  • The last phrase of verse 23 gives us
  • 00:44:48.433 --> 00:44:50.569
  • The underlying reason
  • 00:44:50.569 --> 00:44:52.037
  • For god's intervention in daniel's life.
  • 00:44:52.037 --> 00:44:54.573
  • It says in verse 23: "because he believed in his god."
  • 00:44:54.573 --> 00:45:00.679
  • Daniel believed in his god.
  • 00:45:00.679 --> 00:45:02.180
  • Let me ask you this. do we believe in our god?
  • 00:45:02.180 --> 00:45:04.916
  • Do we believe that god can help us?
  • 00:45:04.916 --> 00:45:12.090
  • People throw things at you
  • 00:45:12.090 --> 00:45:13.425
  • That are so unfair and unrighteous.
  • 00:45:13.425 --> 00:45:16.595
  • But if we don't start standing up,
  • 00:45:16.595 --> 00:45:18.663
  • Friend, we're gonna lose everything.
  • 00:45:18.663 --> 00:45:20.966
  • We don't have many more years
  • 00:45:20.966 --> 00:45:22.601
  • To be floating in reverse.
  • 00:45:22.601 --> 00:45:24.269
  • We're floating downstream about as fast as you can go.
  • 00:45:24.269 --> 00:45:28.473
  • A few more years of the cultural losses we've sustained
  • 00:45:28.473 --> 00:45:31.510
  • And america as you and i know it will be just like europe.
  • 00:45:31.510 --> 00:45:35.814
  • And one of the things you do when you go to europe
  • 00:45:35.814 --> 00:45:37.616
  • Is you visit the churches.
  • 00:45:37.616 --> 00:45:39.718
  • Some of the most beautiful church buildings in the world
  • 00:45:39.718 --> 00:45:43.522
  • Are in europe,
  • 00:45:43.522 --> 00:45:45.223
  • And almost all of them are empty,
  • 00:45:45.223 --> 00:45:48.160
  • Except for as a tourist stop or a museum
  • 00:45:48.160 --> 00:45:52.097
  • Or a place for people to walk through.
  • 00:45:52.097 --> 00:45:54.332
  • Some of those churches are more beautiful than you can describe.
  • 00:45:54.332 --> 00:45:58.637
  • One of the churches we visited in vienna was under construction
  • 00:45:58.637 --> 00:46:01.339
  • For 500 years and finally completed.
  • 00:46:01.339 --> 00:46:07.412
  • But on the lord's day, hardly a handful of people come.
  • 00:46:07.412 --> 00:46:13.385
  • What has happened in europe has happened over a long,
  • 00:46:13.385 --> 00:46:16.087
  • Slow period of time as,
  • 00:46:16.087 --> 00:46:17.489
  • One by one, they gave up their standards,
  • 00:46:17.489 --> 00:46:21.193
  • They gave up their values, they gave up their faith.
  • 00:46:21.193 --> 00:46:25.330
  • And as i walked through europe with my wife
  • 00:46:25.330 --> 00:46:28.266
  • And saw what secularism has done to that country,
  • 00:46:28.266 --> 00:46:32.003
  • I realized i was looking at america in just a few years
  • 00:46:32.003 --> 00:46:36.708
  • If something doesn't change.
  • 00:46:36.708 --> 00:46:38.610
  • If we don't start to stand up for what's important to us,
  • 00:46:38.610 --> 00:46:42.013
  • We will end up just like europe.
  • 00:46:42.013 --> 00:46:44.950
  • Here is a statistic that astounds me.
  • 00:46:44.950 --> 00:46:47.886
  • I can tell you we have verified it.
  • 00:46:47.886 --> 00:46:49.955
  • It is true.
  • 00:46:49.955 --> 00:46:51.489
  • In the next seven years in the united states of america,
  • 00:46:51.489 --> 00:46:54.893
  • 55,000 churches will close their doors.
  • 00:46:54.893 --> 00:46:59.798
  • We are europe in the making if god doesn't intervene.
  • 00:46:59.798 --> 00:47:04.302
  • The bible says in verses 24 and following
  • 00:47:04.302 --> 00:47:06.972
  • That "the king gave the command,
  • 00:47:06.972 --> 00:47:08.473
  • And they brought those men who had accused daniel,
  • 00:47:08.473 --> 00:47:10.976
  • And they cast them into the den of lions--
  • 00:47:10.976 --> 00:47:13.378
  • Them, their children, and their wives;
  • 00:47:13.378 --> 00:47:15.947
  • And the lions overpowered them,
  • 00:47:15.947 --> 00:47:18.049
  • Broke all their bones in pieces before they ever came
  • 00:47:18.049 --> 00:47:21.353
  • To the bottom of the den."
  • 00:47:21.353 --> 00:47:24.356
  • I guess you could say you don't want to mess with god.
  • 00:47:24.356 --> 00:47:29.527
  • If you watch our television program,
  • 00:47:29.527 --> 00:47:32.264
  • You know that we always have
  • 00:47:32.264 --> 00:47:33.598
  • A little dramatic beginning for each program.
  • 00:47:33.598 --> 00:47:36.167
  • These introductions are shot
  • 00:47:36.167 --> 00:47:37.502
  • At our headquarters in lakeside, california,
  • 00:47:37.502 --> 00:47:39.804
  • And we have some of the most creative people there
  • 00:47:39.804 --> 00:47:42.440
  • That you have ever met in your life.
  • 00:47:42.440 --> 00:47:44.809
  • I'm never surprised at what they produce.
  • 00:47:44.809 --> 00:47:47.178
  • We were preparing to introduce
  • 00:47:47.178 --> 00:47:48.546
  • The episode we have called, "the lion king,"
  • 00:47:48.546 --> 00:47:51.449
  • Which is what we have been talking about tonight,
  • 00:47:51.449 --> 00:47:54.085
  • And one of the guys told me, "hey, dr. j,
  • 00:47:54.085 --> 00:47:56.121
  • Did you know we're gonna shoot this thing in a week,
  • 00:47:56.121 --> 00:47:58.890
  • And we're gonna have two live lions in the building,"
  • 00:47:58.890 --> 00:48:02.994
  • In the turning point building, in the studio.
  • 00:48:02.994 --> 00:48:07.632
  • "a big ol' mama lion and a big ol' papa lion,
  • 00:48:07.632 --> 00:48:12.570
  • And they're coming to be shooting
  • 00:48:12.570 --> 00:48:14.973
  • For this particular show."
  • 00:48:14.973 --> 00:48:18.443
  • Then it dawned on me, that's not gonna work.
  • 00:48:18.443 --> 00:48:23.848
  • I read this part of the story to our guys,
  • 00:48:23.848 --> 00:48:25.984
  • And i told them that according to the scripture,
  • 00:48:25.984 --> 00:48:28.219
  • When the lions consumed the men and families
  • 00:48:28.219 --> 00:48:30.822
  • Of those who had thrown daniel to the lions, they consumed them
  • 00:48:30.822 --> 00:48:34.326
  • Before they hit the floor of the lions' den.
  • 00:48:34.326 --> 00:48:36.728
  • We figured out there were about 120 of those people,
  • 00:48:36.728 --> 00:48:39.531
  • And i know lions are ferocious,
  • 00:48:39.531 --> 00:48:40.966
  • But two lions can't get that done.
  • 00:48:40.966 --> 00:48:44.936
  • And then i said, "you've got to have more than two lions
  • 00:48:44.936 --> 00:48:47.605
  • Or this story isn't real."
  • 00:48:47.605 --> 00:48:48.940
  • "oh," they said, "pastor, not to worry.
  • 00:48:48.940 --> 00:48:51.142
  • We've got all of this multiple-shooting
  • 00:48:51.142 --> 00:48:53.144
  • Electronic voodoo.
  • 00:48:53.144 --> 00:48:54.479
  • We'll make those two lions into 30
  • 00:48:54.479 --> 00:48:56.314
  • And you'll never know the difference."
  • 00:48:56.314 --> 00:49:00.452
  • Someone said that the lions got their reward.
  • 00:49:00.452 --> 00:49:03.254
  • Instead of one tough old jew, they devoured for breakfast
  • 00:49:03.254 --> 00:49:06.825
  • The spineless men who had accused daniel,
  • 00:49:06.825 --> 00:49:08.793
  • And they devoured them before they hit the ground.
  • 00:49:08.793 --> 00:49:12.430
  • So if you look back over this story,
  • 00:49:12.430 --> 00:49:15.000
  • You see the picture of a man
  • 00:49:15.000 --> 00:49:17.569
  • Who walked into a culture of babylon,
  • 00:49:17.569 --> 00:49:20.338
  • Probably far more difficult culture
  • 00:49:20.338 --> 00:49:23.041
  • Than we will ever know.
  • 00:49:23.041 --> 00:49:25.243
  • And he lived in that culture from the time he was 14
  • 00:49:25.243 --> 00:49:28.747
  • Until he died in his mid-90s.
  • 00:49:28.747 --> 00:49:31.416
  • Interestingly enough, god never took him out of babylon.
  • 00:49:31.416 --> 00:49:36.654
  • I hear people say all the time, "well, i just wish
  • 00:49:36.654 --> 00:49:38.423
  • I could get away from," and they talk about their problem.
  • 00:49:38.423 --> 00:49:41.593
  • How many of you know that sometimes god
  • 00:49:41.593 --> 00:49:42.994
  • Doesn't want to take us away from our problems?
  • 00:49:42.994 --> 00:49:45.697
  • He wants to show us his strength in the midst of our problems.
  • 00:49:45.697 --> 00:49:49.134
  • He wants us to be stand-up people
  • 00:49:49.134 --> 00:49:51.069
  • Who stand up in the secularism of our day
  • 00:49:51.069 --> 00:49:53.538
  • So that we can be a testimony to the world around us.
  • 00:49:53.538 --> 00:49:58.977
  • Dr. c.i. scofield, who is editor
  • 00:49:58.977 --> 00:50:00.745
  • Of the first study bible i ever got in my life,
  • 00:50:00.745 --> 00:50:03.448
  • The scofield reference bible,
  • 00:50:03.448 --> 00:50:06.117
  • Was a brilliant lawyer whose career
  • 00:50:06.117 --> 00:50:11.222
  • Was marred by alcoholism until his conversion to christ
  • 00:50:11.222 --> 00:50:15.493
  • When he was 36 years old.
  • 00:50:15.493 --> 00:50:18.296
  • He went on to become
  • 00:50:18.296 --> 00:50:19.631
  • A tremendously revered bible student,
  • 00:50:19.631 --> 00:50:22.734
  • Pastor, evangelist, missionary, advocate,
  • 00:50:22.734 --> 00:50:26.004
  • And the scofield reference bible for many, many years
  • 00:50:26.004 --> 00:50:28.940
  • Was the standard study bible
  • 00:50:28.940 --> 00:50:31.042
  • For all evangelicals across the nation.
  • 00:50:31.042 --> 00:50:35.013
  • One time, c.i. scofield gave this testimony
  • 00:50:35.013 --> 00:50:38.983
  • Based on the story of daniel in the lions' den.
  • 00:50:38.983 --> 00:50:41.953
  • Here's what he said: "shortly after i was saved,
  • 00:50:41.953 --> 00:50:45.824
  • I passed the window of a store in st. louis,
  • 00:50:45.824 --> 00:50:48.993
  • Where i saw a painting of daniel in the lions' den.
  • 00:50:48.993 --> 00:50:53.231
  • That great man of faith with his hands behind his back
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  • And those beasts circling him were looking up.
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  • As i stood there, great hope flooded my heart.
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  • Only a few days had passed since i,
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  • A drunken lawyer, had been converted,
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  • And no one had yet told me anything
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  • About the keeping power of jesus christ.
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  • I thought to myself,
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  • There are lions all around me too,
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  • Such as my old habits and sins.
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  • But the same one who shut the lions' mouths for daniel
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  • Can also shut them for me.
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  • And i knew that i could not win the battle in my own strength.
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  • The painting," said scofield, "made me realize
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  • That while i was weak and helpless,
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  • My god was strong and able.
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  • He had saved me, and now he would deliver me
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  • From the beasts in my life.
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  • Oh, what a restive spirit that truth brought me."
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  • I don't know what you came here with tonight,
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  • What kind of lions you're fighting,
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  • What kind of challenges you have.
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  • I want to encourage you, men and women,
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  • That the same god who delivered daniel from the lions' den
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  • Is ready to deliver you if you will trust him,
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  • If you will believe in his god as he believed in his god.
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  • Only one truth saves.
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  • Only one gospel brings eternal life.
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  • There is only one escape from hell.
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  • We need to go to men and women and children
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  • With the precious gospel of jesus christ
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  • And declare his love for them.
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  • The same gospel that worked
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  • In your grandparents' generation,
  • 00:52:25.490 --> 00:52:27.258
  • That worked in your parents' generation,
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  • Is the gospel that is working today,
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  • It is the power of god unto salvation.
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  • It is relevant forever.
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  • It still changes lives,
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  • And that's a message every one of us need to share.
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  • Don't let the gospel be changed.
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  • Don't let the gospel be rendered ineffective by taking away
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  • The message of the exclusivity of christ.
  • 00:52:52.884 --> 00:52:56.421
  • C.s. lewis once said, "every saved person
  • 00:52:56.421 --> 00:53:00.225
  • This side of heaven owes the gospel
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  • To every unsaved person this side of hell."
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  • There isn't any way for people to get to heaven
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  • Except through jesus christ.
  • 00:53:08.466 --> 00:53:09.901
  • You say, "dr. jeremiah, are you sure about that?"
  • 00:53:09.901 --> 00:53:12.070
  • Absolutely certain.
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  • Jesus christ said it this way: "i am the way,
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  • The truth, and the life.
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  • No man comes to the father except through me."
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  • He didn't give us any options.
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  • He didn't say, "i am one of the ways."
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  • That's the message we're hearing today:
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  • There are many ways to god.
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  • No, there are not many ways to god.
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  • There's one way, and he is that way.
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  • We need to be unashamedly declaring that.
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  • Pastors, if you're here tonight
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  • And you've been wavering on that message,
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  • I urge you to go home, get on your knees,
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  • And ask god to give you the strength
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  • To stand up for the gospel.
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  • [audience cheering]
  • 00:53:47.238 --> 00:53:54.846
  • Dr. jeremiah: and friend, i told you
  • 00:53:54.846 --> 00:53:56.481
  • That the most important thing you can stand up for
  • 00:53:56.481 --> 00:53:58.549
  • In your own life is your own eternal destiny.
  • 00:53:58.549 --> 00:54:01.719
  • One of these days,
  • 00:54:01.719 --> 00:54:03.054
  • The lord jesus christ is going to come back.
  • 00:54:03.054 --> 00:54:04.689
  • I believe it could be very soon.
  • 00:54:04.689 --> 00:54:06.724
  • One of the reasons i've written all these books on the future
  • 00:54:06.724 --> 00:54:09.994
  • Is to help people get ready for his return.
  • 00:54:09.994 --> 00:54:13.564
  • And i want to tell you that if you don't know jesus,
  • 00:54:13.564 --> 00:54:15.933
  • You will not go to heaven.
  • 00:54:15.933 --> 00:54:17.802
  • If you don't know jesus christ when he comes back,
  • 00:54:17.802 --> 00:54:19.837
  • You will be left behind.
  • 00:54:19.837 --> 00:54:21.739
  • Ask yourself in your heart,
  • 00:54:21.739 --> 00:54:23.408
  • Have i ever personally accepted
  • 00:54:23.408 --> 00:54:26.010
  • Jesus christ as my savior?
  • 00:54:26.010 --> 00:54:27.445
  • Has there ever been a time in my life
  • 00:54:27.445 --> 00:54:29.547
  • When i asked him to be the savior of my life,
  • 00:54:29.547 --> 00:54:32.950
  • Not be the savior of the world, not join the church?
  • 00:54:32.950 --> 00:54:36.754
  • He is alive.
  • 00:54:36.754 --> 00:54:38.122
  • He is waiting.
  • 00:54:38.122 --> 00:54:39.624
  • He is opening his arms to receive you,
  • 00:54:39.624 --> 00:54:43.127
  • And he will receive you if you will just trust him.
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  • Announcer: dr. jeremiah will return
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  • Dr. jeremiah: sometimes you and i might feel intimidated
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  • Or fearful about taking a stand for god
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  • In our secular culture.
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  • But if daniel could stand up to the king of persia
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  • Without fear, at the risk of being eaten alive by lions,
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  • Then maybe we should reconsider our stand.
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  • And why shouldn't we?
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  • Like daniel, we serve the same god,
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  • Supported by the same unfailing promises.
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  • Daniel's faith began
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  • Long before his faith was tested.
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  • Likewise, we must begin by making commitment
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  • To jesus christ today and every day.
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  • Dr. jeremiah: the bible says: "all things work together
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  • For good to those who love god,
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  • Who are the called according to his purpose."
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  • God is working in your life.
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  • He's working in my life.
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  • And he's working toward a good end,
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  • Not a difficult or bad one.
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  • God has a purpose for you.
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  • And he's preparing you providentially for that purpose.
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