Daniel 1:8-20

"For of Him, and through Him, and to Him, are all things: to whom be the glory for ever. Amen" (Romans 11:36). Has God foredained everything that comes to pass? Has He decreed that what is, was to have been? In the final analysis this is only another way of asking, Is God now governing the world and... Read More

Summary of sermon by Erlo Stegen, 16 Mar 2014 (David Kid gave his testimony before the service, how he came back after 18 years of going astray like the prodigal son (Luke 15:11-32), and what God taught him these days from Philippians 3:7-8 ) Hebrews 9 27 And as it is appointed unto men once to die,... Read More

Read: Daniel 1:8-16; Acts 6:15; 7:56 "When Moses came down from Mount Sinai with the two tables of Testimony in his hand, he did not know that the skin of his face shone and sent forth beams by reason of his speaking with the Lord. When Aaron and all the Israelites saw Moses, behold the skin of his ... Read More

“But Daniel made up his mind [as did Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah] that he would not defile himself with the king’s choice food or with the wine which he drank; so he sought permission from the commander of the officials that he might not defile himself. …. At the end of the ten days their appeara... Read More

"But when you fast, anoint your head and wash your face, so that your fasting is not evident to others, but is evident to your Father who sees everything which is done secretly; and your Father, who sees what you do secretly, will reward you openly (Matthew 6:18)." We have sensed a need for some cle... Read More

Sin is in the flesh and as long as we are in the flesh we cannot please God. This is a re-statement in modern form of the old Manichaean heresy, which flourished in the second half of the Third century. The morality of Manichaeism, according to Dr, Schaff, was "based on the fundamental error of the ... Read More

Rom. XI. 7 What then? Israel has not obtained that, which he seeks for; but the election has obtained it and the rest were blinded. He had said that God did not cast off His people; and to show in what sense He had not cast them off, he takes refuge in the Prophets again. And having shown by them th... Read More

10. But do you wish to take vengeance on those who have annoyed you? This, as I was saying just now, is the very reason why wealth ought specially to be avoided. For it prepares you to thrust the sword against yourself, and renders you liable to a heavier account in the future day of reckoning, and ... Read More

While Jeremiah was left at Jerusalem to witness the course of moral corruption there, and to warn of coming judgment, and while Ezekiel was among the remnant in the place of discipline or of righteousness on the river Chebar, Daniel is set among the Gentiles, even at Babylon, to learn the history an... Read More

A.THE NEED OF AN OPEN HEAVEN 1. Point out the results of Ezekiel’s vision as seen in: (1) Ezek. 1:1 – He saw (visions of God) (2) Ezek. 1:28 – He fell (at His feet) (3) Ezek. 1:28 – He heard (a voice that spoke) (4) Ezek. 2:1-2 – He stood (upon his feet) (5) Ezek. 3:3 – He ate (what he found) (6) Ez... Read More