Lesson 4, October 3
Daniel Chapter One
Now that we've seen
what the situation is with Daniel and his buddies what they faced, we need to
examine now God's provision for them!
1. Vs:9 God granted favor and compassion in all of
his horizontal relationships.
** Prin: When God and His Word is honored, He takes care of
the horizontal relationships, He provides for the rest!
2. The human
response puts added pressure on Daniel; specifically on his faith vs:11-14.
a. Daniel's faith was reasonable. vs:13
b. It was verifiable, vs:12-13;
c. It was also considerate! vs:13
d. In vs:14 we see that Daniel's test was implemented.
3. In vs:15-16 we pick up God's provision for these young men!
4. In
1:17-21 we get a summary of the next 3 years!
** Prin: God will give those who incorporate divine
truth into their mind set, into their
mentality, everything that they need to function in the niche that He has
placed them.
Final exam day!
1:18-19
Their
final grade, the King's evaluation!
Historical note!
- This is a
significant notation giving us insight into the length of Daniel's ministry in
- The first year of Cyrus was 539 B.C.
- Thus Daniel
saw his nation conquered, destroyed and was blessed by God to see the end of the
captivity and the return of the remnant to the land.
** Spiritual lessons from ch-1.
1. These young men demonstrated that the
believer is to obey God, to be faithful to His word, no matter what the
circumstances are and to leave the results in His hands.
2. Even in a time of national judgment for
spiritual idolatry,
disobedience to God; God protects and sustains those who obey Him
and trust him for their provision.
3. Daniel took great care not to sacrifice
eternal values on the
altar of temporal gain.
4. God puts a premium on faithful service, no
matter what your age. Young
or old, teen or senior citizen.
5. Daniel epitomized the man of faith, faith not
in the sense of believing in spite of the evidence but in believing and obeying
in spite of the consequences.