SPIRITUAL DIARY FOR 11/15/2013 8:16 AM
My Worship Time Focus: Sin and
Prayer
Bible Reading & Meditation Reference: Daniel 9
Message of the
verses: It has been a while since we
have been in the book of Daniel, and now we are in one of the most important
chapters in all of the Word of God as far as looking at prophecy, for Daniel
9:24-27 has in it one of the, if not the most important prophecies in all of
the Word of God. Another very important
prophecy comes from the last part of the 52nd chapter of Isaiah
through the 53rd chapter of Isaiah and once we finish with Daniel
chapter nine we will be looking at that section because that is where we are in
our study of Isaiah. I want to make
today’s introduction of Daniel chapter nine a brief one as I want to give you
an outline of what John MacArthur has spoken about in the first part of Daniel
9 when he introduces the topic of intercessory prayer, which is what the first
part of Daniel nine is all about. Next I want to look at the different words
that Daniel uses for sin in his prayer as he not only confesses the sins of the
children of Israel, which was the reason that Daniel and all of Israel were in
captivity, but he also confesses his sins too, and this is something that could
be a bit surprising to one who has studied Daniel, for I don’t believe we have
an account of any sins he committed from his book, and remember it was inspired
by the Holy Spirit of God.
A very brief outline of the 9th chapter of
Daniel is that the first nineteen verses are Daniel’s prayer and then in verses
20-23 we see the beginning of his conversation with the angel Gabriel, and then
in verses 24-27 we see the great prophecy that he is given by the angel Gabriel.
I will make this quotation from John MacArthur very
brief, for it took him three weeks to preach through these eight elements of
intercessory prayer as he went over the first 19 verses in the book of
Daniel. “Prayer is generated by the Word of God, grounded in the
will of God, characterized by fervency, realized in self-denial, identified
with others, strengthened in confession, dependent on God’s character, and
consummated in God’s glory.”
These are the elements that Daniel used in his prayer to God and before
he was even done with his prayer God sent Gabriel to answer that prayer.
The following is the first nineteen verses in the book of Daniel and I will highlight the different words he uses for sin and then give a definition for each of them. “1 In the first year of Darius the son of Ahasuerus, of Median descent, who was made king over the kingdom of the Chaldeans- 2 in the first year of his reign, I, Daniel, observed in the books the number of the years which was revealed as the word of the LORD to Jeremiah the prophet for the completion of the desolations of Jerusalem, namely, seventy years. 3 So I gave my attention to the Lord God to seek Him by prayer and supplications, with fasting, sackcloth and ashes.
“4 I prayed to the LORD my God and confessed and said, "Alas, O Lord, the great and awesome God, who keeps His covenant and lovingkindness for those who love Him and keep His commandments, 5 we have sinned, committed iniquity, acted wickedly and rebelled, even turning aside from Your commandments and ordinances. 6 “Moreover, we have not listened to Your servants the prophets, who spoke in Your name to our kings, our princes, our fathers and all the people of the land. 7 "Righteousness belongs to You, O Lord, but to us open shame, as it is this day-to the men of Judah, the inhabitants of Jerusalem and all Israel, those who are nearby and those who are far away in all the countries to which You have driven them, because of their unfaithful deeds which they have committed against You. 8 “Open shame belongs to us, O Lord, to our kings, our princes and our fathers, because we have sinned against You. 9 “To the Lord our God belong compassion and forgiveness, for we have rebelled against Him; 10 nor have we obeyed the voice of the LORD our God, to walk in His teachings which He set before us through His servants the prophets. 11 "Indeed all Israel has transgressed Your law and turned aside, not obeying Your voice; so the curse has been poured out on us, along with the oath which is written in the law of Moses the servant of God, for we have sinned against Him. 12 “Thus He has confirmed His words which He had spoken against us and against our rulers who ruled us, to bring on us great calamity; for under the whole heaven there has not been done anything like what was done to Jerusalem. 13 "As it is written in the law of Moses, all this calamity has come on us; yet we have not sought the favor of the LORD our God by turning from our iniquity and giving attention to Your truth. 14 "Therefore the LORD has kept the calamity in store and brought it on us; for the LORD our God is righteous with respect to all His deeds which He has done, but we have not obeyed His voice. 15 "And now, O Lord our God, who have brought Your people out of the land of Egypt with a mighty hand and have made a name for Yourself, as it is this day-we have sinned, we have been wicked. 16 "O Lord, in accordance with all Your righteous acts, let now Your anger and Your wrath turn away from Your city Jerusalem, Your holy mountain; for because of our sins and the iniquities of our fathers, Jerusalem and Your people have become a reproach to all those around us. 17 “So now, our God, listen to the prayer of Your servant and to his supplications, and for Your sake, O Lord, let Your face shine on Your desolate sanctuary. 18 “O my God, incline Your ear and hear! Open Your eyes and see our desolations and the city which is called by Your name; for we are not presenting our supplications before You on account of any merits of our own, but on account of Your great compassion. 19 “O Lord, hear! O Lord, forgive! O Lord, listen and take action! For Your own sake, O my God, do not delay, because Your city and Your people are called by Your name.’”
The following are some of the words that I want to
identify and give meaning to.
1.
Sin 02398 ^אטח^ chata’ \@khaw-taw’\@
a primitive root; v; {See TWOT on 638}
AV-sin 188, purify 11, cleanse 8, sinner 8,
committed 6, offended 4,
blame 2, done 2, fault 1, harm 1, loss
1, miss 1, offender 1,
purge 1, reconciliation 1, sinful 1,
trespass 1; 238
1) to sin, miss, miss the way, go wrong, incur
guilt, forfeit, purify
from uncleanness
1a) (Qal)
1a1) to miss
1a2) to sin, miss the goal or path of
right and duty
1a3) to incur guilt, incur penalty by
sin, forfeit
1b) (Piel)
1b1) to bear loss
1b2) to make a sin-offering
1b3) to purify from sin
1b4) to purify from uncleanness
1c) (Hiphil)
1c1) to miss the mark
1c2) to induce to sin, cause to sin
1c3) to bring into guilt or
condemnation or punishment
1d) (Hithpael)
1d1) to miss oneself, lose oneself,
wander from the way
1d2) to purify oneself from
uncleanness
2.
Iniquity 05753 ^הוע^ ‘avah \@aw-vaw’\@
3.
4.
a primitive root; v; {See TWOT on 1577}
5.
6.
AV-iniquity 4, perverse 2, perversely 2,
perverted 2, amiss 1, turn 1,
7.
crooked 1, bowed down 1, troubled 1,
wickedly 1, wrong 1; 17
8.
9.
1) to bend, twist, distort
10. 1a) (Niphal)
to be bent, be bowed down, be twisted, be perverted
11. 1b) (Piel)
to twist, distort
12. 1c)
(Hiphil) to do perversely
13. 2) to commit
iniquity, do wrong, pervert
14. 2a) (Qal)
to do wrong, commit iniquity
15. 2b)
(Hiphil) to commit iniquity
3. Wickedly 07561 ^עשׁר^ rasha‘ \@raw-shah’\@
a primitive root; v; {See TWOT on 2222}
AV-condemn 15, wickedly 10, wicked 4, departed
2, trouble 1,
vexed 1, wickedness 1; 34
1) to be wicked, act wickedly
1a) (Qal)
1a1) to be wicked, act wickedly
1a2) to be guilty, be condemned
1b) (Hiphil)
1b1) to condemn as guilty (in civil
relations)
1b2) to condemn as guilty (in ethical
or religious relations)
1b3) to act wickedly (in ethics and
religion)
4.
Rebelled 04775 ^דרמ^ marad \@maw-rad’\@
a primitive root; v; {See TWOT on 1240}
AV-rebel 23, rebellious 1, rebels 1; 25
1) to rebel, revolt, be rebellious
1a) (Qal) to rebel, revolt
1a1) against human king
1a2) against God
1a3) against light (poetic)
Spiritual meaning
for my life today: I realize that my
prayer life is not as good as it can be, and so I pray that as I go over these
eight elements of intercessory prayer that the Lord will teach me to pray in a
way that will bring glory to the Lord.
My Steps of Faith for Today: Improve my prayer life.
Memory verse for the week: 1 John 5:13a
These things I have written….. so that you may know that
you have eternal life.
Answer to yesterday’s Bible
Question: “Matthew.”
Today’s Bible
Question: “What was the seventh plague
that God placed on Egypt?”
Answer in our next SD.
11/15/2013 9:03 AM
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