PART 2 DANIEL'S DECISION

TEXT- DANIEL 1:8-21

INTRODUCTION

WITHIN THESE LAST VERSES WE FIND THE DECISION THAT DANIEL AND HIS FRIENDS MADE CONCERNING THE EATING OF THE KINGS FOOD.

TRULY THIS DECISION WAS POSSIBLY ONE OF THE HARDEST ONES THEY HAD EVER BEEN FACED WITH AS TEENAGERS.

THEY WERE NOT IN JERUSALEM WITH FAMILY AND FRIENDS, BUT THEY WERE IN BABYLON SURROUNDED BY UNGODLY HEATHENS.

IT IS EASY TO MAKE A DECISION FOR THE LORD WHEN YOU ARE WITH FRIENDS OR LOVED ONES, BUT WHEN YOU ARE ALL ALONE SURROUNDED BY UNGODLY PEOPLE IT IS MUCH HARDER TO MAKE THE RIGHT DECISION.

THE SAME IS TRUE WITH TEENAGERS AND ADULTS TODAY.

TODAY OUR CHILDREN ARE CONSTANTLY BEING PRESSURED BY THEIR PEERS IN SCHOOL TO DRINK ALCOHOL, CURSE, COMMIT FORNICATION, SMOKE DOPE, USE DRUGS AND DO LITERALLY HUNDREDS OF OTHER THINGS THAT ARE CONTRARY TO GOD'S WORD.

EACH DAY OF A TEENAGER'S LIFE IS FILED WITH DECISIONS TO BE MADE CONCERNING THE LORD (IF HE IS SAVED).

TODAY, WE AS ADULTS ARE LIKEWISE FACED WITH DECISIONS THAT NEED TO BE MADE ON THE JOB AND AT HOME AND IN EVERY WALK OF LIFE.

WE TOO ARE PRESURED BY THOSE AROUND US (THE WORLD) TO LIVE LIKE THEM AND DO THINGS THAT ARE CONTRARY TO GOD'S WORD.

WHAT WILL OUR DECISIONS BE CONCERNING THESE THINGS?

ALSO WITHIN THESE VERSES WE FIND HOW GOD DELT WITH THESE YOUNG BOYS BECAUSE OF THE DECISION THEY HAD MADE.

THE WAY WE WANT GOD TO DEAL WITH US IS BASED UPON WHAT WE DECIDE TO DO WITH GOD IN OUR LIVES.

ALL OF US SHOULD KEEP THESE THINGS IN MIND AS WE STUDY THESE VERSES.