“Daniel’s Determined Destiny” Daniel 1:1-21

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Date: March 30, 2025 Author: Wayne J. Edwards

Sunday at 6:00 PM, we will introduce a new sermon series from the Book of Daniel entitled “God’s Sovereignty VS Man’s Vanity.” Our children are facing some of the most challenging times in being a Christian. Once they leave our homes, they must survive in a pagan world. Not only are they facing temptations to sin like we’ve never seen before, but they are also facing an anti-God, anti-Christian, anti-parents, and anti-authority philosophy of life. We must prepare them to face that future in faith, not fear. Daniel was a teenager when he was captured in Israel and taken to Babylon to be trained to serve King Nebuchadnezzar. Even though Daniel and his friends were chosen because of their intellect, the Babylonians tried indoctrinating them in the Chaldean ways. Despite the challenges, Daniel and his friends remained faithful to their God and refused to compromise their religious beliefs, even when facing hardship. Eventually, due to their God-given wisdom and understanding, they were promoted to positions of high authority. Because of his ability to reveal God’s plan for the future, Daniel was chosen to govern the province of Babylon. Thanks for spreading the gospel by sharing these sermon study guides with your family and friends.  Pastor Wayne

Sunday at 6:00 PM, we will introduce a new sermon series from the Book of Daniel entitled “God’s Sovereignty VS Man’s Vanity.”

Our children are facing some of the most challenging times in being a Christian. Once they leave our homes, they must survive in a pagan world. Not only are they facing temptations to sin like we’ve never seen before, but they are also facing an anti-God, anti-Christian, anti-parents, and anti-authority philosophy of life. We must prepare them to face that future in faith, not fear.

Daniel was a teenager when he was captured in Israel and taken to Babylon to be trained to serve King Nebuchadnezzar. Even though Daniel and his friends were chosen because of their intellect, the Babylonians tried indoctrinating them in the Chaldean ways.

Despite the challenges, Daniel and his friends remained faithful to their God and refused to compromise their religious beliefs, even when facing hardship. Eventually, due to their God-given wisdom and understanding, they were promoted to positions of high authority. Because of his ability to reveal God’s plan for the future, Daniel was chosen to govern the province of Babylon.

Thanks for spreading the gospel by sharing these sermon study guides with your family and friends.  Pastor Wayne

Download the following translated Sermon guides:

Old Testament Reading: Isaiah 45:1-13 New Testament Reading: Romans 15:1-6

The Book of Daniel is called the spine of biblical prophecy because it provides the chronological timeline necessary to establish biblical prophecy into linear history.

However, what the Book of Revelation is to the New Testament, both prophetically and apocalyptically, the Book of Daniel is to the Old Testament.

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The Book of Daniel is divided into two parts:

Beyond the book’s eschatological treasures, as a man, God chose Daniel to show His people:

Writing about 50-years into his servitude, (540-530 B.C.) Daniel wanted his readers to know, while Judah had been seized by King Nebuchadnezzar, and he was among those who were taken captive, his life circumstances, as well as the nation of Israel, were according to the sovereignty of God.

In 605 B.C., Babylon conquered Jerusalem, captured the people, and took the brightest teenagers back to Babylon, including Daniel and his three friends.

Daniel made a four-fold decision:

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