Daniel in the lions' den

That's what we covered last time.

And now Daniel 6 takes us to a different kingdom and a different test, but it's the same God, right? That's the most important thing here.

So this is after Daniel actually is older now, much older because it's no longer that Babylon is gone, right? And so now you have the Medes and the Persians and then actually a friendly king.

The kingdoms changed, but Daniel's God did not change and neither did Daniel.

So if you really look at this, Daniel 6 is about a man who kept praying when the government made prayer a crime.

So we're kind of in that realm.

You think what the Biden administration was doing and what the Johnson Amendment does.

You can talk about politics and we're getting Bibles out of the school.

First up is integrity and honesty.

The Bible tells us in Daniel 6, verse 4, they amplified that the other two commissioners and the satrax began trying to find a reason to bring a complaint against daniel concerning the administration of the kingdom but they could find no reason talk about integrity they could find no reason for an accusation or evidence of corruption because he was faithful A man of high moral character and personal integrity.

And no negligence or corruption of any kind was found in him.

So we can take that off.

What was the difference between Daniel and the king that night when Daniel was put into the den of lions? Daniel's faith was certain, but the king's faith was experimental.

The king came around the next morning and cried, Daniel, servant of the living God, has your God whom you serve continually been able to deliver you from the lions? Daniel 6 20.

Daniel answered, My God has sent his angel to shut the lion's mouths.

Verse 22.

Hello and welcome to today's daily devotional as we break it today looking at persecution.

Our character today is Daniel, And we are looking at persecution for excellence.

We are reading Daniel chapter 6 from verse 1 up to verse 28.

That will give you a whole package of what we are dealing with today.

The peak verse is Daniel chapter 6 and verse 4.

And I read...

At this, the administration and the satraps tried to find grounds for charges against Daniel in his conduct of government affairs, but they were unable to do so.

They could find no corruption in him because he was trustworthy and neither corrupt nor negligent.

Um.

Yes, so we will be in Daniel chapter 6.

If you guys want to go ahead and turn there.

Really excited about this.

And the Word was God, and he was with God.

And so to love God, we need the whole book entirely through the minor prophets, Psalms, Proverbs, all that.

But I want to talk to you this morning about the God of Daniel.

Pray it would bless you all.