This passage teaches that the fulfillment of the promise to bring Israel from captivity back to the promised land would eventually include release from the bondage of sin through the life and death of our Lord Jesus Christ.
Read Daniel 9:20-27
Made Righteous by Faith in Jesus
This passage is a key passage in the biblical teaching on justification by faith. The concepts discussed in the sermon are “a righteousness from God,” “redemption,” “propitiation,” “the justice of God,” and “by faith apart from the law.”
Read Romans 3:21-31
Daniel’s Prayer
This passage provides us with instruction about prayer. The fact that Daniel prays for something that God had promised gives us insight into the relationship between prayer and the plan of God. Daniel’s prayer shows us the importance of having a Biblical understanding of the God to whom we pray, confession of sin and asking for forgiveness and praying for the glory of God.
Read Daniel 9:1-19
Made Alive in Christ
This sermon examines the teaching of this passage that believers have been made alive with Christ. In the light of the biblical story of redemption this granting of new life must be seen as part of the beginning of the renewal of the cosmos. The reason that believers are made alive with Christ is that they are united to Christ. Other passages show that this union with Christ happens through the indwelling of the Holy Spirit.
Read Ephesians 2:4-7
A Vision of Persecution
This vision centers on a period of extreme persecution of God’s people that would take place in the future. The point of this vision is that God is in control even when his people must go through persecution. It also teaches that the persecution will last only as long as God permits and that in the end the persecutors of God’s people will be punished. Daniel’s response to the vision reminds us that we are called to show concern for brothers and sisters who are being persecuted today.
Read Daniel 8:1-27
You Were Dead in Sin
This second sermon of the series consider a another part of the biblical teaching about human sin and that is the fact that apart from salvation humans have a sinful nature. In this passage the key point is that apart from God’s saving grace, everyone is dead in transgressions and sins. This condition is described with reference to the world, the devil and our own sinful nature. The verses that follow this text show how God brings dead sinners to life with Christ.
Read Ephesians 2:1-3
Beast, Horns and the Kingdom of God
This is the first chapter in Daniel of what is called apocalyptic literature. The purpose of this kind of writing in the Bible is to describe the struggle between God and his enemies using very colourful imagery. In this chapter the beasts, and the horns stand for evil kingdoms which seek to harm and destroy the people of God. The message of the chapter is that God will judge the evil kingdoms and that the son of man will have an everlasting dominion.
Read Daniel 7:1-28
No One Is Righteous
To understand the gospel we must understand what we are saved from. This passage teaches that apart from salvation all of mankind is unrighteous before God. It shows us a number of the characteristics of our sinfulness and confronts us with the truth that we are all accountable to God. The passage makes it clear that there is no hope of salvation from man’s side. We need to be rescued. The verses and chapters that follow describe how God does this in Christ.
Read Romans 3:9-20
Daniel in the Lion’s Den
To understand the gospel we must understand what we are saved from. This passage teaches that apart from salvation all of mankind is unrighteous before God. It shows us a number of the characteristics of our sinfulness and confronts us with the truth that we are all accountable to God. The passage makes it clear that there is no hope of salvation from man’s side. We need to be rescued. The verses and chapters that follow describe how God does this in Christ.
Read Daniel 6:1-28
Encouragement in Christ
The Thessalonians were facing persecution and questions concerning the return of Christ. These difficulties were discouraging for them. In this text Paul prays that they will be encouraged and strengthened. He also mention truths which were designed to be an encouragement for them.