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    Daniel, Man of God: Being a Man of Character in a Babylon World
    Daniel, Man of God: Being a Man of Character in a Babylon World
    Daniel, Man of God: Being a Man of Character in a Babylon World
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    Daniel, Man of God: Being a Man of Character in a Babylon World

    By Dwight L. Moody

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    Original Title: Daniel the Prophet. New, updated edition.

    Riches and honour and life are the remuneration of humility and of the fear of the LORD. – Proverbs 22:4

    God will exalt us when the time is right. We needn't try to promote ourselves; we needn't struggle for position. Let God put us where He wants us and let us be true to God. It is better for a man to be right with God, even if he holds no great earthly position. It is honest and humble men whom God will promote, if He so desires.

    This study illustrates what Daniel did, and also what Daniel didn't do, which caught the attention of God and kings alike. Few are the men in history of Daniel's caliber, even though the principles he followed can be implemented by all. Are you ready to be a truly great man, one that will cause God and men to take notice?

    About the Author
    Dwight L. Moody, determined to make a fortune, arrived in Chicago and started selling shoes. But Christ found him and his energies were redirected into full-time ministry. And what a ministry it was. Today, Moody's name still graces a church, a mission, a college, and more. Moody loved God and men, and the power of a love like that impacts generations.

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    PublisherAneko Press
    Release dateSep 1, 2018
    ISBN9781622455850
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    Dwight L. Moody

    Dwight L. Moody, determined to make a fortune, arrived in Chicago and started selling shoes. But Christ found him and his energies were redirected into full-time ministry. And what a ministry it was. Today, Moody's name still graces a church, a mission, a college, and more. Moody loved God and men, and the power of a love like that impacts generations.

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      Daniel Man of God

      Being a Man of Character in a Babylon World

      Original Title: Daniel the Prophet. New, updated edition.

      Contents

      Ch. 1: Captives in Babylon

      Ch. 2: Hearing from God

      Ch. 3: Abstaining from Idol Worship

      Ch. 4: Pride Goes Before Destruction

      Ch. 5: Don’t Be Found Wanting

      Ch. 6: Fearing God More than the Lions

      Ch. 7: Godliness Wins in the End

      Dwight L. Moody – A Brief Biography

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      Daniel’s Band

      Standing by a purpose true,

      Heeding God’s command,

      Honor them, the faithful few,

      All hail to Daniel’s Band!

      Dare to be a Daniel,

      Dare to stand alone,

      Dare to have a purpose firm,

      Dare to make it known.

      Many mighty men are lost,

      Daring not to stand,

      Who for God had been a host,

      By joining Daniel’s Band.

      Many giants, great and tall,

      Stalking through the land,

      Headlong to the earth would fall,

      If met by Daniel’s Band.

      Hold the gospel banner high,

      On to vict’ry grand!

      Satan and his host defy,

      And shout for Daniel’s Band!

      – Philip. P. Bliss (1873)

      Chapter 1

      Captives in Babylon

      But Daniel made up his mind 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. – Daniel 1:8

      I always delight to study the life of Daniel the prophet. The name Daniel means God is my judge. God is my judge; the public is not my judge nor my fellow men, but God. So Daniel held himself responsible to God. Some may ask who Daniel was. About six hundred years before the time of Christ, the sins of the kings of Judah had brought the judgments of God upon them and upon the people. Jehoiakim had succeeded Jehoahaz, and Jehoiachin had succeeded Jehoiakim, and he was succeeded by Zedekiah. The record of each of these kings runs the same: He did evil in the sight of the LORD (1 Kings 15:26).

      It is no wonder that in the days of Jehoiakim, about six hundred years before the time of Christ, Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babylon, was permitted by God to come up against Jerusalem and to lay siege against it and overcome it. It was probably at this time that Daniel, with some of the young princes, was carried away as a captive. A few years later, when Jehoiachin was king, Nebuchadnezzar came up against Jerusalem again and carried away many of the temple vessels and took several thousand captives.

      And even later, when Zedekiah was king, Nebuchadnezzar came a third time against Jerusalem to besiege it. This time he burned the city with fire, broke down its walls, slaughtered many of the people, and probably carried away another batch of captives to the banks of the Euphrates (2 Kings 25:1-11).

      Among the earlier captives taken by the king of Babylon in the days of Jehoiakim were four young men. Like Timothy in later times, they may have had godly mothers who taught them the law of the Lord. Or they may perhaps have been touched by the words of Jeremiah, the Weeping Prophet, whom God had sent to the people of Judah. So, even though the nation rejected the God of Israel, the God of Abraham, of Isaac, and of Moses, these young men took Him as their God; they received Him into their hearts.

      Many may have mocked Jeremiah when he warned them and lifted up his voice against the sins of the people. They may have laughed at his tears and told him to his face that he was causing undue excitement, just as people say of earnest preachers today. But these four young men seemed to have listened to the prophet’s voice, and they had the strength to stand for God.

      In spite of their faithfulness, they were captives in Babylon. Nebuchadnezzar the king commanded that a certain number of the most promising of the young Jewish captives be chosen to be taught the Chaldean tongue and instructed in the learning of Babylon. The king further ordered that there should be portions of meat from his table set before them daily with a supply of the same wine as he himself drank; this was to continue for three years (Daniel 1:5).

      At the end of three years these young men were to stand before the great monarch, the ruler over the whole world at that time. Daniel and his three young friends were among those thus selected. But Daniel made up his mind 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 (Daniel 1:8).

      No young man ever goes from a country home to a large city or a great metropolis without serious temptations crossing his path on his entrance. And just at this turning point in a young man’s life, as in Daniel’s, must lie the secret of his success or his failure. The cause of many of the failures that we see in life is that men do not start right. Daniel, however, started right. He took his character with him to Babylon and was not ashamed of the religion of his father and his mother. He was not ashamed of the God of the Bible.

      Among those heathen idolaters in Babylon, he was not

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