World Mandate - Part 9 (Daniel 6)

The Sovereignty of God
Daniel 7:13-14

13 “In my vision at night I looked, and there before me was one like a son of man, coming with the clouds of heaven. He approached the Ancient of Days and was led into his presence.
Daniel 7:13-14

14 He was given authority, glory and sovereign power; all nations and peoples of every language worshiped him. His dominion is an everlasting dominion that will not pass away, and his kingdom is one that will never be destroyed.
weakness

wickedness
Daniel 6

3 Now Daniel so distinguished himself among the administrators and the satraps by his exceptional qualities that the king planned to set him over the whole kingdom.
vocation

Christlikeness
church - leadership

family - leadership
church - purpose

state - purpose
Daniel 6

4 At this, the administrators and the satraps tried to find grounds for charges against Daniel in his conduct of government affairs, but they were unable to do so. They could find no corruption in him, because he was trustworthy and neither corrupt nor negligent.
Daniel 6

5 Finally these men said, “We will never find any basis for charges against this man Daniel unless it has something to do with the law of his God.”
strategize
with authority


prioritize
under authority
Daniel 6

10 Now when Daniel learned that the decree had been published, he went home to his upstairs room where the windows opened toward Jerusalem. Three times a day he got down on his knees and prayed, giving thanks to his God,
just as he had done before.
ultimate authority


limited authority