ABIDING UNDER PAGANISM DANIEL: ABIDING UNDER PAGANISM 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1

Daniel Passages Chapter Contextual Theme 1 Pagan Indoctrination 2 Pagan Divination 3 Pagan Tyranny 5 Pagan Irreverence 6 Pagan Intolerance 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2

Posture of Abiding Under Paganism Accepting the Normalcy and Dominance of Paganism Affirming and Applying a Settled and Loyal Trust in God Discerning and Separating from Paganism Submitting to Others Enduring Suffering 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3

Posture of Abiding Under Paganism 1. Accepting the Normalcy and Dominance of Paganism 2. Affirming and Applying a Settled and Loyal Trust in God 3. Discerning and Separating from Paganism 4. Submitting to Others 5. Enduring Suffering 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4

Posture of Abiding Under Paganism 1. Accepting the Normalcy and Dominance of Paganism 2. Affirming and Applying a Settled and Loyal Trust in God 3. Discerning and Separating from Paganism 4. Submitting to Others 5. Enduring Suffering 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5

Posture of Abiding Under Paganism 1. Accepting the Normalcy and Dominance of Paganism 2. Affirming and Applying a Settled and Loyal Trust in God 3. Discerning and Separating from Paganism 4. Submitting to Others 5. Enduring Suffering 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6

1 Peter 1:13-16 “rest your hope fully on the grace to be brought to you” “not conforming yourselves to the former lusts” “because it is written, ‘Be holy, for I am holy.’” 1 Peter 2:11 “as sojourners and pilgrims, abstain from fleshly lusts” 1 Thess 5:21-22 “hold fast what is good” “abstain from every form of evil” 2 Tim 2:22 “flee also youthful lusts” James 1:27 “keep oneself unspotted from the world” Romans 13:14 “put on the Lord Jesus Christ…make no provision for the flesh” Col 4:5-6 “walk in wisdom” “let your speech always be with grace” 1 Cor 15:33-34 “evil company corrupts good habits (morals)” “awake to righteousness”

James 4:13-16 “if the Lord wills, we shall live and do this or that” Heb 12:1-2 “lay aside every weight, and the sin which so easily ensnares us” “run with endurance the race that is set before us” Rom 16:19 “be wise in what is good, and simple concerning evil” Eph 5:8-17 “have no fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness, but rather expose them.” “it is shameful even to speak of those things” “walk circumspectly, not as fools but as wise, … because the days are evil.” “…do not be unwise, but understand what the will of the Lord is.” Titus 2:11-12 “…the grace of God that brings salvation has appeared to all men, teaching us that, denying ungodliness and worldly lusts, we should live soberly, righteously, and godly in the present age.”

Posture of Abiding Under Paganism 1. Accepting the Normalcy and Dominance of Paganism 2. Affirming and Applying a Settled and Loyal Trust in God 3. Discerning and Separating from Paganism 4. Submitting to Others 5. Enduring Suffering 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9

Practical Areas of Separation False Teaching Worldly Associations 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10

Practical Areas of Separation False Teaching Worldly Associations 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11

False Prophets Their Presence Their Message Their Authority Their Character Their Audience 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12

“Tickling” of Christian Divination Biblical Distortion unto Acceptance of Sin Power of Positive Thinking and Promise of Prosperity Intellectual Titillation 13 13 13 13 13 13 13 13 13

Practical Areas of Separation 1. False Teaching 2. Worldly Associations 14 14 14 14 14 14 14 14 14

Posture of Abiding Under Paganism 1. Accepting the Normalcy and Dominance of Paganism 2. Affirming and Applying a Settled and Loyal Trust in God 3. Discerning and Separating from Paganism 4. Submitting to Others 5. Enduring Suffering 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 15