An Excellent example for All Young people to Follow
Author: Tonny John
Category: Popular Read
Publish Date: Dec 25, 2010
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1 Timothy 4:12 Let no one look down on your youthfulness, but {rather} in speech, conduct, love, faith {and} purity, show yourself an example of those who believe.
Daniel was a righteous young man. When God wanted to point out the three most righteous men that ever lived, He mentioned the names of Noah, Daniel and Job - and Daniel was a young man, when God said that!! (Ezekiel.14:14, 20). Daniel had been faithful from his youth and had passed every test with flying colours. As a young teenager in Babylon, he took a firm stand for the Lord. "He determined in his heart that he would not defile himself" (Daniel.1:8) - a good verse for all young people to remember. Whereas all the other young Jews readily ate the food served on the king's table for fear of the king (food that God had forbidden in Leviticus), Daniel alone refused to eat it. There were three other young men at that table that day, who saw Daniel take a stand, and joined him. Daniel and those three men then became a powerful influence for God in Babylon. 70 years later, when Daniel was nearly 90 years old, his prayers triggered the movement of the Jews from Babylon back to Jerusalem.
Today also there is a movement of God's people from spiritual Babylon (the false church) towards spiritual Jerusalem (the Body of Christ). And for such a movement too God needs men. There are many today, who are like Daniel's three friends, Hananiah, Mishael and Azariah (Daniel.1:11). They are eager to stand for the Lord, but they don't have the courage to do so on their own. They are waiting for a Daniel to lead them. And so God is again looking for Daniels.
Daniel was the wisest of all men who had lived up until his time - even wiser than Solomon. When God wanted to point out the cleverness of Satan, He compared Satan's wisdom with Daniel's, and not Solomon's and Daniel was a young man living in Babylon when God said that (Ezekiel.28:3, 14)
But when Daniel read what God had promised, He didn't use his clever mind and conclude that God's Word would be fulfilled automatically, He mourned and fasted and prayed earnestly that God's Word would be fulfilled. (Daniel.9:2, 3). And that was how God's Word was fulfilled. There we see how the wisest man who ever lived, did not lean on his own wisdom or sense of logic, when reading God's Word and praying.
God needs a pure testimony for His Name in EVERY generation. Will you pay the price to be a wholehearted young disciple of Jesus Christ?
Daniel was a righteous young man. When God wanted to point out the three most righteous men that ever lived, He mentioned the names of Noah, Daniel and Job - and Daniel was a young man, when God said that!! (Ezekiel.14:14, 20). Daniel had been faithful from his youth and had passed every test with flying colours. As a young teenager in Babylon, he took a firm stand for the Lord. "He determined in his heart that he would not defile himself" (Daniel.1:8) - a good verse for all young people to remember. Whereas all the other young Jews readily ate the food served on the king's table for fear of the king (food that God had forbidden in Leviticus), Daniel alone refused to eat it. There were three other young men at that table that day, who saw Daniel take a stand, and joined him. Daniel and those three men then became a powerful influence for God in Babylon. 70 years later, when Daniel was nearly 90 years old, his prayers triggered the movement of the Jews from Babylon back to Jerusalem.
Today also there is a movement of God's people from spiritual Babylon (the false church) towards spiritual Jerusalem (the Body of Christ). And for such a movement too God needs men. There are many today, who are like Daniel's three friends, Hananiah, Mishael and Azariah (Daniel.1:11). They are eager to stand for the Lord, but they don't have the courage to do so on their own. They are waiting for a Daniel to lead them. And so God is again looking for Daniels.
Daniel was the wisest of all men who had lived up until his time - even wiser than Solomon. When God wanted to point out the cleverness of Satan, He compared Satan's wisdom with Daniel's, and not Solomon's and Daniel was a young man living in Babylon when God said that (Ezekiel.28:3, 14)
But when Daniel read what God had promised, He didn't use his clever mind and conclude that God's Word would be fulfilled automatically, He mourned and fasted and prayed earnestly that God's Word would be fulfilled. (Daniel.9:2, 3). And that was how God's Word was fulfilled. There we see how the wisest man who ever lived, did not lean on his own wisdom or sense of logic, when reading God's Word and praying.
God needs a pure testimony for His Name in EVERY generation. Will you pay the price to be a wholehearted young disciple of Jesus Christ?
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joy chembakasseril, usa. (December 3, 2011)
The wisest man who ever lived, did not lean on to their own wisdom or sense of logic,when reading and applying God's word -- but leaned on to God in prayers for wisdom, -- humans beings, -- their BRAINS, has limitations, -- we all think based on our limited knowledge and preferences! Now, think of the rituals and traditions some of us has built up over the years on our worship to God, based on their own interpretation and mis-interpretation of the word-of-God, 'The-BIBLE'! The article is good one, and if we can apply,the application of it,it can be even be more better! Keep up the good work Tonny John, God Bless you!
The wisest man who ever lived, did not lean on to their own wisdom or sense of logic,when reading and applying God's word -- but leaned on to God in prayers for wisdom, -- humans beings, -- their BRAINS, has limitations, -- we all think based on our limited knowledge and preferences! Now, think of the rituals and traditions some of us has built up over the years on our worship to God, based on their own interpretation and mis-interpretation of the word-of-God, 'The-BIBLE'! The article is good one, and if we can apply,the application of it,it can be even be more better! Keep up the good work Tonny John, God Bless you!
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ravi (December 1, 2011)
Good article
Good article
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Encouraging article brother Tonny