“SURVIVING THE LION’S DEN”
August 3, 2008
New Life Bible Church
Allen McLauchlin, Pastor
Be self-controlled and alert. Your enemy the devil prowls around like a roaring
lion looking for someone to devour.
1 Peter 5:8
But the Lord stood at my side and gave me strength, and I was delivered from the
lion's mouth.
2 Timothy 4:17
Lion’s Den: A place (financial, physical, emotional, spiritual etc) where the
possibility of overcoming appears
totally hopeless.
1. Living
in such a way that God will
FILL
you with the Holy Spirit.
Daniel distinguished himself among the commissioners and officials because he
possessed an
extraordinary spirit,
Daniel 6:3
For he will be great in the sight of the Lord, and he will drink no wine or
liquor; and he will be filled with the Holy Spirit, while yet in his mother's
womb.
Luke 1:15
And when they had prayed, the place where they had gathered together was shaken,
and they were all filled with the Holy Spirit, and began to speak the word of
God with boldness.
Acts 4:31
And do not get drunk with wine, for that is dissipation, but be filled with the
Spirit.
Ephesians 5:18
HOW TO BE FILLED: Completely surrendering your will to God’s will.
( Therefore do not be foolish, but understand what the Lord's will is)
Ephesians 5:17
2. Living
in such a way, that your faithfulness to God is
VISIBLE
to the world.
but they could find no ground of accusation or evidence of corruption, inasmuch
as he was faithful, and no negligence or corruption was to be found in him.
Daniel 6:4
Daniel went home to his upstairs
room where the windows opened toward Jerusalem. Three times a day he got down on
his knees and prayed, giving thanks to his God, just as he had done before.
Daniel 6:10
When he came near the den, he called to Daniel in an anguished voice, "Daniel,
servant of the living God, has your God, whom you serve continually, been able
to rescue you from the lions?
Daniel 6:20
But about midnight Paul and Silas were praying and singing hymns of praise to
God, and the prisoners were listening to them.
Acts 16:25
He said, "Look! I see four men walking around in the fire, unbound and unharmed,
and the fourth looks like a son of the gods.
Daniel 3:25
3. Living in such a way, that your
___CONSCIENCE________
is clear.
My God sent his angel, and he shut the mouths of the lions. They have not hurt
me, because I was found innocent in his sight. Nor have I ever done any wrong
before you, O king.
Daniel 6:22
Paul looked straight at the Sanhedrin and said, "My brothers, I have fulfilled
my duty to God in all good conscience to this day.
Our conscience testifies that we have conducted ourselves in the world,
and especially in our relations with you, in the holiness and sincerity that are
from God.
Acts 23:1;2 Corinthians 1:12
This is the way of an adulteress:
She eats and wipes her mouth and
says, `I've done nothing wrong.
Proverbs 30:20 (believing ones own lies)
How much more, will the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered
himself unblemished to God, cleanse our conscience.
Hebrews 9:14
Concluding Scripture:
"For he is the living God and he
endures forever; his kingdom will
not be destroyed, his dominion will
never end. He rescues and he saves;
he performs signs and wonders
in the heavens and on the earth.
He has rescued Daniel from
the power of the lions.
Daniel 6:26,27
Concluding thought:
He can rescue us also!