The Book of Daniel
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Regard for God - Daniel 11:35-45 - Spencer Fusselman - Sunday April 28, 2024
April 28, 2024 • Pastor Spencer Fusselman • Daniel 11:35–45
Regard for God - Daniel 11:35-45 - Spencer Fusselman - Sunday April 28, 2024 Learn More at https://christianfellowshiploslunas.org Download our Mobile app and stay connected! https://get.theapp.co/vvt6 Give online at : https://christianfellowshiploslunas.org/give
Cultivating a Character Like Daniel
April 14, 2024 • Pastor Spencer Fusselman • Daniel 10:1–11
Cultivating a Character Like Daniel - Daniel 10:1-11 - Pastor Spencer Fusselman Sunday April 14, 2024 Learn More at https://christianfellowshiploslunas.org Download our Mobile app and stay connected! https://get.theapp.co/vvt6 Give online at : https://christianfellowshiploslunas.org/give
The War We Face
April 7, 2024 • Pastor Spencer Fusselman • Daniel 10
The battle lines are drawn! Whether we like it or not, we have been drawn into a war that has been going on since the beginning of our perceived time. Mighty spiritual forces stand in the way of an all-powerful God. It’s a war of power beyond what we can comprehend, with an enemy fixed on taking as many souls from God as possible, but the outcome that has already been foretold. Does that mean the struggle will not come? In Daniel chapter 10 we see a struggle between the Lord and a ‘prince’ of Persia who has the power to delay the word from reaching Daniel for 21 days. This cues us to several facts regarding spiritual warfare. First and foremost, our enemy the devil is more powerful than you could possibly imagine. We don’t have the power to defeat him, only the Lord of Heaven’s Armies can. As such, we are called to stand firm in our faith and in the power of the Lord. Meaning we are not called to attack. We should not arrogantly test God by taking on ( praying against or otherwise) demonic forces and expecting God to protect us. Finally, much of scripture shows that these spiritual forces of darkness have authority in this world, and influence world governments (See Dan 10:20, Psalm 82). In this dark influence over our world governments, we can be sure that times will not simply get better. We are beginning to enter into a time when these dark forces will no longer hide behind their masks. Yet, we can have confidence in this war because we are not alone. As we raise the Shield of faith, with our brothers and sisters in Christ, (rather than against) we stand firm in God’s armor. It’s His war, His victory, and His power alone. So, what is our part in it? As Paul writes in Ephesians 6:12 and in 1 Timothy 6:12, we have a part in this fight of faith. We wrestle against these dark forces, and not our fellow man. Our faith will always be a struggle, but the victory and glory are for Christ. How does understanding that help us ‘fight’ for God’s Glory in everyday life? In Ephesians 6:12 Paul says we ‘wrestle’ (πάλη - palē: to sway; wrestling; fight, contest) against these spiritual forces. What comes to mind when you think of the term ‘Wrestle’? Learn More at https://christianfellowshiploslunas.org Download our Mobile app and stay connected! https://get.theapp.co/vvt6 Give online at : https://christianfellowshiploslunas.org/give
Messiah Is Cut Off, But Not For Himself
March 24, 2024 • Pastor Steve Kerns • Daniel 9:20–27
20 Now while I was speaking, praying, and confessing my sin and the sin of my people Israel, and presenting my supplication before the LORD my God for the holy mountain of my God, 21 yes, while I was speaking in prayer, the man Gabriel, whom I had seen in the vision at the beginning, being caused to fly swiftly, reached me about the time of the evening offering. 22 And he informed me, and talked with me, and said, “O Daniel, I have now come forth to give you skill to understand. 23 At the beginning of your supplications the command went out, and I have come to tell you, for you are greatly beloved; therefore consider the matter, and understand the vision: 24 “Seventy weeks are determined For your people and for your holy city, To finish the transgression, To make an end of sins, To make reconciliation for iniquity, To bring in everlasting righteousness, To seal up vision and prophecy, And to anoint the Most Holy. 25 “Know therefore and understand, That from the going forth of the command To restore and build Jerusalem Until Messiah the Prince, There shall be seven weeks and sixty-two weeks; The street shall be built again, and the wall, Even in troublesome times. 26 “And after the sixty-two weeks Messiah shall be cut off, but not for Himself; And the people of the prince who is to come Shall destroy the city and the sanctuary. The end of it shall be with a flood, And till the end of the war desolations are determined. 27 Then he shall confirm a covenant with many for one week; But in the middle of the week He shall bring an end to sacrifice and offering. And on the wing of abominations shall be one who makes desolate, Even until the consummation, which is determined, Is poured out on the desolate.” The New King James Version (Nashville: Thomas Nelson, 1982), Da 9:20–27. Learn More at https://christianfellowshiploslunas.org Download our Mobile app and stay connected! https://get.theapp.co/vvt6 Give online at : https://christianfellowshiploslunas.org/give
Effective Fervent Prayer - Daniel 9 - Pastor Steve Kerns Sunday March 17, 2024
March 17, 2024 • Pastor Steve Kerns • Daniel 9
Effective Fervent Prayer - Daniel 9 - Pastor Steve Kerns Sunday March 17, 2024 Learn More at https://christianfellowshiploslunas.org Download our Mobile app and stay connected! https://get.theapp.co/vvt6 Give online at : https://christianfellowshiploslunas.org/give
Kings and Kingdoms
March 10, 2024 • Pastor Steve Kerns • Daniel 7
Kings and Kingdoms - Daniel 7:1-28 Pastor Steve Kerns Sunday March 10, 2024 Learn More at https://christianfellowshiploslunas.org Download our Mobile app and stay connected! https://get.theapp.co/vvt6 Give online at : https://christianfellowshiploslunas.org/give
Prophesy Confirms The Authenticity of God's Word
March 3, 2024 • Pastor Spencer Fusselman • Daniel 8
Prophesy Confirms The Authenticity of God's Word - Daniel 8:1-27 - Pastor Spencer Fusselman Sunday March 3, 2024 Learn More at https://christianfellowshiploslunas.org Download our Mobile app and stay connected! https://get.theapp.co/vvt6 Give online at : https://christianfellowshiploslunas.org/give
My God
February 25, 2024 • Pastor Steve Kerns • Daniel 6
My God - Daniel 6:1-28 Pastor Steve Kerns Sunday, February 25, 2024 Learn More at https://christianfellowshiploslunas.org Download our Mobile app and stay connected! https://get.theapp.co/vvt6 Give online at : https://christianfellowshiploslunas.org/give
The Writing On The Wall
February 18, 2024 • Pastor Steve Kerns • Daniel 5
The Writing On The Wall - Daniel 5:1-31 Pastor Steve Kerns Sunday February 18, 2024 Learn More at https://christianfellowshiploslunas.org Download our Mobile app and stay connected! https://get.theapp.co/vvt6 Give online at : https://christianfellowshiploslunas.org/give
Faithful Through It All
February 11, 2024 • Pastor Steve Kerns • Daniel 4
God is Sovereign overall! Perhaps no other book of the Bible sums up this truth with more clarity than Daniel Chapter 4. It’s an obscure writing, not from Daniel, but a confession and conversion of King Nebuchadnezzar. In it, we find the power of God to humble the proud. Time after time King Nebuchadnezzar had opportunities to see the glorious wonders of God and repent of his pride and Idol worship, (and the worship of himself) but he always just added the “most high” to the top of his stack of gods. When, yet again, earthy wisdom and sorcery alike failed to explain another dream, God, by way of Daniel, stepped in with a warning to repent. Instead, he went straight back to his pride, puffed up with his accomplishments, and the word of God was fulfilled. He was sentenced to 7 years of a ‘mindless prison’ until he recognized the sovereignty of God. Read Daniel 4. It is the mercy of God to humble the proud. How is this severe ‘punishment’ for the benefit of Nebuchadnezzar? How has God humbled you? Learn More at https://christianfellowshiploslunas.org Download our Mobile app and stay connected! https://get.theapp.co/vvt6 Give online at : https://christianfellowshiploslunas.org/give
Test Your Allegiance
February 4, 2024 • Pastor Spencer Fusselman • Daniel 3:16–30
Test Your Allegiance Daniel 3:16-30 - Pastor Spencer Fusselman Sunday February 4, 2024 Learn More at https://christianfellowshiploslunas.org Download our Mobile app and stay connected! https://get.theapp.co/vvt6 Give online at : https://christianfellowshiploslunas.org/give
The Immortal Kingdom
January 28, 2024 • Pastor Spencer Fusselman • Daniel 3:1–18
King Nebuchadnezzar set up a 90-foot-tall Gold statue to be worshiped by his subjects just after hearing the dream interpretation that he was the gold head on a statue doomed to collapse. Also, that God’s kingdom would reign forever. I can’t help but think that this is the king’s attempt to signify that his own kingdom should reign forever or that he is the ‘whole statue’. Either way, it begs the question, What kingdom are we trying to immortalize, our own or God’s? Idol worship isn’t always about a golden calf, but it is ALWAYS about desiring something more than God or letting something get in the way of or misrepresent God. When Christians replace God with a tangible item or icon of God it is the same result. No matter how pure our intentions were we are still ‘cheating’ on God. Our study this week revealed that our intentions are irrelevant when worshiping a sovereign God. The only thing that matters is an obedient heart. Obedient even to death? Well, yes. Jesus told his followers (us) “If anyone desires to come after Me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross [a]daily, and follow Me.” (Lk 9:23) Jesus literally commands us to put our human feelings, wants and desires to death daily in order to follow him. And Him has a lot more to do with faith than belief. The belief that there is a God is different from the faith it takes to trust him, and his plan completely in every aspect of life. Even trusting that if God would not rescue us from certain doom, he is still good and sovereign over all. Learn More at https://christianfellowshiploslunas.org Download our Mobile app and stay connected! https://get.theapp.co/vvt6 Give online at : https://christianfellowshiploslunas.org/give
No Greater God
January 21, 2024 • Pastor Steve Kerns • Daniel 2
No Greater God Daniel 2:1-49 Pastor Steve Kerns Sunday January 21, 2024 Learn More at https://christianfellowshiploslunas.org Download our Mobile app and stay connected! https://get.theapp.co/vvt6 Give online at : https://christianfellowshiploslunas.org/give
God Rules and Overrules
January 14, 2024 • Pastor Steve Kerns • Daniel 1
God Rules and Overrules Daniel 1 Pastor Steve Kerns Sunday January 14, 2023 Learn More at https://christianfellowshiploslunas.org Download our Mobile app and stay connected! https://get.theapp.co/vvt6 Give online at : https://christianfellowshiploslunas.org/give