PART 9 LESSONS FROM THE DEN

TEXT- DANIEL 6:1-15

INTRODUCTION

HERE IN THIS CHAPTER WE WILL STUDY A STORY THAT IS PROBABLY ONE OF THE BEST KNOWN STORIES IN THE BIBLE.

WITHIN THIS STORY WE WILL FIND THAT THERE ARE MANY PRACTICAL LESSONS THAT WE CAN LEARN AND APPLY TO OUR LIVES TODAY.

HAVING KNOWLEDGE ABOUT THE BIBLE IS GOOD, YET IF THAT IS ALL WE ARE STRIVING FOR THAT IS NOT GOOD. THERE ARE MANY PEOPLE WHO KNOW WHAT THE BIBLE SAYS YET THEY DO NOT TRY TO MAKE ANY APPLICATION TO THEIR DAILY LIVES.

THIS STORY ABOUT DANIEL AND THE LION'S DEN MIGHT BE THE BEST KNOWN STORY IN THE BIBLE. YET IF WE DO NOT APPLY THE LESSONS THAT WE FIND IN THIS CHAPTER TO OUR LIVES, THEN THIS STORY HAS BEEN USELESS TO US.

THE TIME ELEMENT OF THIS CHAPTER IS HARD TO PINPOINT, YET WE CAN HAVE A GENERAL IDEA WHEN THIS EVENT TOOK PLACE.

DAIRUS THE KING TOOK THE THRONE AROUND THE YEAR 559 BC AND TWO YEARS LATTER CYRUS TOOK THE THRONE.

BECAUSE OF THIS WE CAN ASSUME THAT DANIEL WAS THROWN INTO THE LION'S DEN BETWEEN THE YEARS 539 BC AND 537 BC.

TODAY WE ARE GOING TO LOOK AT TWO LESSONS WE CAN LEARN FROM THIS STORY ABOUT THE LION’S DEN.