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You And Paul In The Lion’s Den
Please read Dan 6:1-28 (Entire chapter) (Chapter about Daniel in the Lions’ den)
The title for this message will become clearer as we proceed today! I referred to the Apostle Paul, and read the account of Daniel.
Romans’ key chapters, 6, 7 and 8, have been very complicated and hard for people to understand adequately.
Daniel was an innocent man and righteous in the kingdom’s ways and the personal life he lived.
(4) Then the presidents and princes sought to find occasion against Daniel concerning the kingdom; but they could find none occasion nor fault; forasmuch as he was faithful, neither was there any error or fault found in him. The Apostle Paul’s words in Romans 7 similarly describe himself as sincere and willing to do God’s will.
How many have tried to do good, and find that you blow it every time, after a little while?
The princes of Darius actually deceived Darius into writing a law which forbade anyone from praying to any God besides Darius for thirty days.
SIMILARLY, Paul said that he sought God’s will.
Rom 7:7-11 Just like the princes forcing Darius to decree a law that forbade anyone from seeking God’s will by engaging in prayer.
But sin rose up to slay Paul and Paul wound up inside what he called a body of sin!
This other damnable law simply caused Paul to be destroyed! Daniel 6:(5) Then said these men, We shall not find any occasion against this Daniel, except we find it against him concerning the law of his God. Rom 7:10 Daniel’s efforts to obey God’s law caused him to be put to death!
Rom 7:11 Those princes took advantage of the law of God for Daniel to pray, and deceived Darius and caused Daniel to be sentenced to death. Rom 7:12 Daniel’s prayer was not wrong.
Rom 7:13 But was Daniel’s obedience to God’s law intended to kill Daniel?
Rom 7:18 And like Daniel in the Lion’s den, Paul was in a body of sin where sin inside, like lions, sought to kill him. Think of Daniel obeying God’s law, but another law is set up to slay him! Rom 7:22-23 I SEE ANOTHER LAW!
IT HAS TO BE OVERRIDDEN! There has to be a greater law rise up! Rom 7:24 Who is going to deliver Daniel from the Lion’s den??? Who is going to set Paul free from this body of sin like a den of lions? You are like Daniel, believer, when you want to do good and evil rises up everytime! Rom 7:21 The deceiving princes and presidents of sin have caused a law to be decreed. There are people who strive to live for God and try to do good, but only find themselves messing up in other areas!
HOLD ON. Do not give up! You did nothing wrong in desiring to do God’s will! After Paul asked who would deliver him, who does the next verse say He thanked, for deliverance? Rom 7:24-25 And what does the next verse say was the means through which God would deliver Him? ….through Jesus Christ our Lord. So then with the mind I myself serve the law of God; but with the flesh the law of sin. THROUGH CHRIST JESUS! Let me pause and say that SIN wants to hound you like a hound from hell, right down to the place of DEATH!
But sin can only take you as far as death!
Rom 7:1 Rom 7:4 WATCH THIS: Did you know that Christ Jesus was in a tomb, also?
Dan 6:17 Mat 27:60-66 And it is AT THE POINT OF JESUS’ BURIAL THAT God UNITES us together with Jesus Christ to set us free. Rom 6:3-4 Deliverance from the body, or den, of death THROUGH CHRIST JESUS means that CHRIST’S DEATH IS BECOME OUR DEATH SO THAT WE ARE BURIED WITH HIM BY BAPTISM INTO DEATH SO THAT WE CAN BE SET FREE FROM SIN BY RESURRECTING WITH JESUS TO WALK IN NEWNESS OF “LIFE”! What did Paul say is a law that overrides the other law?
Rom 8:2 WALKING IN NEWNESS OF LIFE IS LIVING UNDER A NEW LAW OF THE SPIRIT OF “LIFE” IN CHRIST JESUS. “IN CHRIST JESUS” means that Jesus’ death, burial and resurrection becomes your own!
The only way you can get another NEW life, is by dying to your old one and RESURRECTING! I FOUND A NEW LIFE! I found it by uniting with Jesus Christ in His death.
People think they give themselves a new life by taking on new resolutions and making changes in their friends, or hairdos, or home locations.
It’s like my pastor used to say, “You can take a pig out of the mud and wash it all up shiny and new, and place a pink ribbon around its head, but its going to run right back into the mud as soon as you let it go!” You do not need a makeup job on the same old life!
When you believe God for it, He will give you the baptism of the Holy Ghost! And that Spirit will quicken your mortal body so that you can do things that ARE GOOD, instead of trying to do good and seeing evil rise up and cause you to do the bad. Rom 8:11-12 You do not have to live a fleshly life full of sins!
Wouldn’t you like to commit acts of goodness instead of messing up with acts of sin all the time you want to do Good? CONTRAST: Rom 6:12 Rom 8:11 Psa 19:13 I would rather have God’s Spirit quicken my mortal body to do good, than to have sin reign in my mortal body to do bad. How is this all done? Romans 6 says you have to KNOW SOMETHING. Rom 6:3-8 In other words: Rom 6:10-11 And then here is the kicker.. here is what you do: Rom 6:13 Say, “GOD, HERE I AM! I believe that Jesus died as my representative in death.” (And for those not yet repented and baptized, you need to then say…) “…I am like Daniel in the lion’s den! I want to do good, but sin took hold of me and threw me into this lion’s den of my own body of sin! Sin is alive in me like a pride of lions! I identify myself with the death and burial of Jesus Christ by submitting to water baptism in Jesus’ name! Give me your Holy Ghost to quicken my mortal body to do good, instead of having sin reigning in my mortal body!” (And for those already repented and baptized…) “..I am like Daniel in the lions’ den! I try to do good, but sin rises up and it’s like I am in prison! Sin is like lions ready to devour me! I CLAIM MY IDENTITY WITH CHRIST’S DEATH AND BURIAL AND BELIEVE FOR YOU TO quicken me by the power of the Holy Ghost that is in me right now! I BELIEVE for you to set me free from the bite of sin” Sin will be stopped dead short of snapping you, like mouths of lions right there all the while, but whose mouths are shut. You must know that SIN IS IN YOUR FLESH even after you are saved. Sins are forgiven from your former life, but SIN is a force that is still in your mortal flesh. Otherwise people would not commit sins after salvation. As born again believers, you can still live fleshly and not by faith, not allowing God’s Spirit to quicken you, since you are simply not relying upon Him in your everyday life by faith for Him to empower you. And THAT is how you wind up in the lions’ den. Rom 8:2 Let’s hear about the NEW LAW that overrides the OLD ONE. Dan 6:26-28 Note this:
And, hey! GOD DELIVERS! Who shall deliver me from the body of death?
(27) He delivereth and rescueth, and he worketh signs and wonders in heaven and in earth, who hath delivered Daniel from the power of the lions. He delivered me from the POWER OF SIN. Rom 6:14 And you will prosper! Dan 6:(28) So this Daniel prospered in the reign of Darius, and in the reign of Cyrus the Persian. Rom 8:1 |
YOU AND PAUL IN THE LIONS’ DEN
MF Blume
Please read Dan 6:1-28 (Entire chapter) (Chapter about Daniel in the Lions’ den)
The title for this message will become clearer as we proceed today! I referred to the Apostle Paul, and read the account of Daniel.
Romans’ key chapters, 6, 7 and 8, have been very complicated and hard for people to understand adequately.
Daniel was an innocent man and righteous in the kingdom’s ways and the personal life he lived.
(4) Then the presidents and princes sought to find occasion against Daniel concerning the kingdom; but they could find none occasion nor fault; forasmuch as he was faithful, neither was there any error or fault found in him. The Apostle Paul’s words in Romans 7 similarly describe himself as sincere and willing to do God’s will.
How many have tried to do good, and find that you blow it every time, after a little while?
The princes of Darius actually deceived Darius into writing a law which forbade anyone from praying to any God besides Darius for thirty days.
SIMILARLY, Paul said that he sought God’s will.
Rom 7:7-11 Just like the princes forcing Darius to decree a law that forbade anyone from seeking God’s will by engaging in prayer.
But sin rose up to slay Paul and Paul wound up inside what he called a body of sin!
This other damnable law simply caused Paul to be destroyed! Daniel 6:(5) Then said these men, We shall not find any occasion against this Daniel, except we find it against him concerning the law of his God. Rom 7:10 Daniel’s efforts to obey God’s law caused him to be put to death!
Rom 7:11 Those princes took advantage of the law of God for Daniel to pray, and deceived Darius and caused Daniel to be sentenced to death. Rom 7:12 Daniel’s prayer was not wrong.
Rom 7:13 But was Daniel’s obedience to God’s law intended to kill Daniel?
Rom 7:18 And like Daniel in the Lion’s den, Paul was in a body of sin where sin inside, like lions, sought to kill him. Think of Daniel obeying God’s law, but another law is set up to slay him! Rom 7:22-23 I SEE ANOTHER LAW!
IT HAS TO BE OVERRIDDEN! There has to be a greater law rise up! Rom 7:24 Who is going to deliver Daniel from the Lion’s den??? Who is going to set Paul free from this body of sin like a den of lions? You are like Daniel, believer, when you want to do good and evil rises up everytime! Rom 7:21 The deceiving princes and presidents of sin have caused a law to be decreed. There are people who strive to live for God and try to do good, but only find themselves messing up in other areas!
HOLD ON. Do not give up! You did nothing wrong in desiring to do God’s will! After Paul asked who would deliver him, who does the next verse say He thanked, for deliverance? Rom 7:24-25 And what does the next verse say was the means through which God would deliver Him? ….through Jesus Christ our Lord. So then with the mind I myself serve the law of God; but with the flesh the law of sin. THROUGH CHRIST JESUS! Let me pause and say that SIN wants to hound you like a hound from hell, right down to the place of DEATH!
But sin can only take you as far as death!
Rom 7:1 Rom 7:4 WATCH THIS: Did you know that Christ Jesus was in a tomb, also?
Dan 6:17 Mat 27:60-66 And it is AT THE POINT OF JESUS’ BURIAL THAT God UNITES us together with Jesus Christ to set us free. Rom 6:3-4 Deliverance from the body, or den, of death THROUGH CHRIST JESUS means that CHRIST’S DEATH IS BECOME OUR DEATH SO THAT WE ARE BURIED WITH HIM BY BAPTISM INTO DEATH SO THAT WE CAN BE SET FREE FROM SIN BY RESURRECTING WITH JESUS TO WALK IN NEWNESS OF “LIFE”! What did Paul say is a law that overrides the other law?
Rom 8:2 WALKING IN NEWNESS OF LIFE IS LIVING UNDER A NEW LAW OF THE SPIRIT OF “LIFE” IN CHRIST JESUS. “IN CHRIST JESUS” means that Jesus’ death, burial and resurrection becomes your own!
The only way you can get another NEW life, is by dying to your old one and RESURRECTING! I FOUND A NEW LIFE! I found it by uniting with Jesus Christ in His death.
People think they give themselves a new life by taking on new resolutions and making changes in their friends, or hairdos, or home locations.
It’s like my pastor used to say, “You can take a pig out of the mud and wash it all up shiny and new, and place a pink ribbon around its head, but its going to run right back into the mud as soon as you let it go!” You do not need a makeup job on the same old life!
When you believe God for it, He will give you the baptism of the Holy Ghost! And that Spirit will quicken your mortal body so that you can do things that ARE GOOD, instead of trying to do good and seeing evil rise up and cause you to do the bad. Rom 8:11-12 You do not have to live a fleshly life full of sins!
Wouldn’t you like to commit acts of goodness instead of messing up with acts of sin all the time you want to do Good? CONTRAST: Rom 6:12 Rom 8:11 Psa 19:13 I would rather have God’s Spirit quicken my mortal body to do good, than to have sin reign in my mortal body to do bad. How is this all done? Romans 6 says you have to KNOW SOMETHING. Rom 6:3-8 In other words: Rom 6:10-11 And then here is the kicker.. here is what you do: Rom 6:13 Say, “GOD, HERE I AM! I believe that Jesus died as my representative in death.” (And for those not yet repented and baptized, you need to then say…) “…I am like Daniel in the lion’s den! I want to do good, but sin took hold of me and threw me into this lion’s den of my own body of sin! Sin is alive in me like a pride of lions! I identify myself with the death and burial of Jesus Christ by submitting to water baptism in Jesus’ name! Give me your Holy Ghost to quicken my mortal body to do good, instead of having sin reigning in my mortal body!” (And for those already repented and baptized…) “..I am like Daniel in the lions’ den! I try to do good, but sin rises up and it’s like I am in prison! Sin is like lions ready to devour me! I CLAIM MY IDENTITY WITH CHRIST’S DEATH AND BURIAL AND BELIEVE FOR YOU TO quicken me by the power of the Holy Ghost that is in me right now! I BELIEVE for you to set me free from the bite of sin” Sin will be stopped dead short of snapping you, like mouths of lions right there all the while, but whose mouths are shut. You must know that SIN IS IN YOUR FLESH even after you are saved. Sins are forgiven from your former life, but SIN is a force that is still in your mortal flesh. Otherwise people would not commit sins after salvation. As born again believers, you can still live fleshly and not by faith, not allowing God’s Spirit to quicken you, since you are simply not relying upon Him in your everyday life by faith for Him to empower you. And THAT is how you wind up in the lions’ den. Rom 8:2 Let’s hear about the NEW LAW that overrides the OLD ONE. Dan 6:26-28 Note this:
And, hey! GOD DELIVERS! Who shall deliver me from the body of death?
(27) He delivereth and rescueth, and he worketh signs and wonders in heaven and in earth, who hath delivered Daniel from the power of the lions. He delivered me from the POWER OF SIN. Rom 6:14 And you will prosper! Dan 6:(28) So this Daniel prospered in the reign of Darius, and in the reign of Cyrus the Persian. Rom 8:1 |