for people who chose not to obey God, look what happened in theirs. for people who chose to obey God, look what happened in their lives. in other words, God gave us stories to help us see “how things would turn out”. He said in Romans 15:4 - “For everything that was written in the past was written to teach us, so that through endurance and the encouragement of the Scriptures we might have hope.” Paul answers that question in I Corinthians 10 when he says, “Now these things happened to them as examples, and they are written for our instruction.” Why is that?.why isn’t it just a set of principles.why so many stories? in other words, God has conveyed much of his truth through life stories.so we can fly over a person’s entire life.and see it start to finish. do you know that that’s one of the reasons so much of the Bible is given to us in narrative form? but next time.you’re determined to do better.wouldn’t it be nice to know how things will turn out when you do? or when you really should have said.I can’t do that anymore, or I can’t say that anymore.when the time came.you didn’t take a stand. or when you really should have stood out.you didn’t.

and when you really should have spoken up for what was right.you didn’t. you might say that too often you blend in with the world around you. for others, its taking a stand publicly in some way. wouldn’t it be nice, though, to know how things would turn out if you took that step. and you know its time to take a stand on that matter.to take a step a step of growth in that area. it might be a stand you need to take personally.where there has been some sort of thought or behavior you’ve been involved in that has not been pleasing to God. We’ve been studying the last several weeks about taking a stand for God. Wouldn’t you like to know how it will all turn out?

Sermons on the book of daniel