Noah, Daniel, and Job—Patterns of Living an Overcoming Life On the Line of Life to Fulfill the Economy of God
Message Three
The Victory of the Overcomers Seen with Daniel and His Companions
THE EXTRACT OF THE OUTLINES
Scripture reading:
Dan. 1:8 But Daniel set his heart not to defile himself with the king’s choice provision and with the wine that the king drank, so he requested of the leader of the eunuchs that he might not defile himself.
I. The principle of the Lord’s recovery is seen in Daniel and his companions, who were overcomers, being absolutely one with God to overcome the schemes of Satan; Nebuchadnezzar changed their names, which originally indicated that they belonged to God, to names that made them one with the idols—Dan. 1:6-7; 2:13, 17; Rev. 17:14. (Monday)
II. Daniel and his companions overcame the demonic diet—Dan. 1:
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A. If Daniel and his companions had eaten that food, they would have accepted defilement and idols and thus would have become one with Satan—Dan. 1:8-16; cf. 1 Cor. 10:19-21. (Tuesday)
B. When Daniel and his companions rejected the unclean food and chose to eat vegetables, in principle, they were rejecting the tree of the knowledge of good and evil and receiving the tree of life to make them one with God; the Lord’s recovery is the recovery of eating Jesus for the building up of the church—Rev. 2:7, 17; 3:20.
III. Daniel and his companions overcame the demonic blinding that hinders people from seeing the great image and the smiting stone—Dan. 2.
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IV. Daniel and his companions overcame the temptation to worship idols; they had a real spirit of martyrdom; Christ as the Son of Man came to be with the suffering overcomers, making the fire a pleasant place—Dan. 3; Heb. 4:15-16; Matt. 4:9-10. (Wednesday)
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V. Daniel and his companions overcame the covering that hindered people from seeing the heavenly authority of the God of the heavens; in order that Christ may have the first place, we were chosen by God to be under God’s heavenly authority—Dan. 4; Col. 1:18; Rom. 8:28-29. (Thursday)
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VI. Daniel and his companions overcame the ignorance concerning the consequences of being loose and wild before God and blaspheming God’s holiness; Belshazzar suffered loss as a result of taking the vessels of the temple to worship idols—Dan. 5; 5:18, 20. (Friday)
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VII. Daniel and his companions overcame the scheme that forbade the overcomers from worshipping God faithfully; the intrinsic secret of this chapter is man’s prayer to carry out God’s economy—Dan. 6: (Saturday)
A. The center of Daniel 6 is man’s prayer to carry out God’s economy; apart from prayer, there is no other way to bring God’s economy to its fullness and consummation—Dan. 6:10.
B. Daniel opened his windows toward Jerusalem and prayed three times a day; when our prayer is toward Christ, toward the kingdom of God, and toward the house of God, God will surely hear our prayer—1 Kings 8:48-49.
OPENING WORD OF THE PROPHESYING MEETING
Reading the verses in each day.
Reading the main points in the outlines.
Pray-reading the verses:
Word of Appetizer
Spiritual Burden
Concluding Word of the Prophesying Meeting
The Revelation of the Truth
The Experience of Life
Practice and Application
PROPHESYING TOPICS—TWELVE TOPICS PER WEEK
Day 1
Day 2
Day 3
Day 4
Day 5
Day 6
