Word of Salvation – Vol. 21 No. 31 - April 1975   The God Who Triumphs   Sermon by Rev. J. Postma, B.A., B.D. on Dan.3:16-18; 3:25; 3:28,9 Scripture Reading: Daniel 3 Psalter Hymnal: 317; 129 (Law); 37:3 (Creed); 84; 444; 493   It would seem that Nebuchadnezzar had quickly forgotten the trouble he felt because of his dream as recorded in ch.2.  As well as Daniel's words that Nebuchadnezzar only ruled as the head of gold by the appointment of Israel's God, whose people he had taken captive. True worldling that he was, he also quickly forgot the confession of...

Word of Salvation – Vol. 50 No.33 – September 2005   The Answer to Daniel's Prayer Sermon by Rev J De Hoog on Daniel 9:20-27 Scripture Reading: Daniel 9:1-19 Suggested Hymns:  BoW 133; 134; 247; 20; 390   Congregation of our Lord Jesus Christ. Let's turn today to the answer to Daniel's prayer as recorded in Daniel 9. Last Sunday we considered Daniel's prayer itself, and we saw it as a very good model of how to pray. Now let's consider the answer that God gives. We understood last time that Daniel's great concern in this prayer is with God's honour....

Word of Salvation – Vol.50 No.29 – August 2005   Secrets of True Prayer   Sermon by Rev. J. De Hoog on Daniel 9:1-19 (part 2) Scripture Reading:  Psalm 106 Suggested Hymns:  BoW 91; 37; 170; 424; 454   Congregation of our Lord Jesus Christ. We come to this magnificent passage a second time today. Remember the picture that it evokes. An old man, an important official in the empire of the Medes and the Persians, is bowed to the ground. Daniel has put off the fine robes of his position and is wearing sackcloth. He has poked around in the...

Word of Salvation – Vol.50 No.25 – July 2005   How Can Daniel Pray As He Does? (The Covenant Background of His Prayer)   Sermon by Rev J De Hoog on Daniel 9:1-19 (part 1)  Scripture Reading: Jeremiah 29:1-14 Suggested Hymns: BoW 32; 130; 467; 302; 388   Congregation of our Lord Jesus Christ. Take some time now, turn on your imagination, and get ready to see an image in your mind's eye. A man is kneeling, bowed down to the ground, a picture of sorrow and anguish... and, paradoxically, also a picture of hope! Sorrow and hope together! He is...

Word of Salvation – Vol.50 No.17 – May 2005   Horns Broken, for God Rules   Sermon by Rev J De Hoog on Daniel 8  Scripture Reading:  2 Thessalonians 2 Suggested Hymns:  BoW 135b; 395; 72a; 388   Congregation of our Lord Jesus Christ... Daniel 8 is full of great encouragement and great warning. It is also quite mysterious. In order to do some justice to this chapter, I would like to devote two sermons to it. This morning [or substitute a date] I would like to give you the general meaning and an overview of this chapter. Then this evening...

Word of Salvation – Vol. 50 No.21 – June 2005   Do Not Fear the Seeming Success of Evil...for its Apparent Success is Part of its Inevitable Downfall   Sermon by Rev J De Hoog on Daniel 8 (part 2) Scripture Reading:  Romans 1:18-32 Suggested Hymns:  BoW 18:1,5,8; 14; 489   Congregation of our Lord Jesus Christ. The vision in this Chapter comes to Daniel to give him some knowledge of the future. We studied this chapter last time, and we saw that it points to at least three specific futures. Remember the circumstances. Daniel receives this vision in the third...

Word of Salvation – Vol.50 No.13 – April 2005   The Colour Picture Book of World History Sermon by Rev J De Hoog on Daniel 7   Scripture Reading:  Revelation 5 Suggested Hymns:  BoW 155; 163; 527; 425   Congregation of our Lord Jesus Christ. The second half of the book of Daniel is very different to the first half. The first half consists of stories, narratives. And they are some of the best-known stories in the Bible. We have Daniel and his friends refusing the king's food, Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego surviving the fiery furnace, Nebuchadnezzar's insanity and change of...

Word of Salvation – Vol.50 No.9 – March 2005   The Lion's Den   Sermon by Rev J De Hoog on Daniel 6 Scripture Reading:  Hebrews 11:32- 12:3 Suggested Hymns:  BoW 159; 86:1,2,3,5; 478; 510   Congregation of our Lord Jesus Christ... Is this the most well-known story in the Bible? It probably is. It is probably one of the first stories we tell our children. Say the name "Daniel" and what comes to mind? "Lions' den"? Well, perhaps for some of us at least! It's a classic story, and one that can teach us a great deal. Daniel is now...

Word of Salvation – Vol.50 No.5 – February 2005   The Writing's on the Wall   Sermon by Rev J De Hoog on Daniel 5 Scripture Reading:  Psalm 75 Suggested Hymns:  BoW 72A; Rej 440; BoW 332; 247; 163   Congregation of our Lord Jesus Christ... Belshazzar is the rich fool of the Old Testament. The rich fool of Jesus' story accumulated wealth for himself until his barns were full, and then he sat back and said to himself, "'You have plenty of good things laid up for many years. Take life easy; eat, drink and be merry.' But God said...

Word of Salvation - October 2015   A Divine Audit Text: Daniel 5
A - By Rev. Pieter Tuit   Have you ever been audited by the Australian Tax office? I have not had that experience so I don’t know what it is like. Of course, an honest tax payer would have nothing to worry about. In our text tonight we also hear about an audit. A divine audit to be precise. It was an audit that did not turn out very good for the one audited. We continue this evening our series of messages coming from the Book of Daniel. The...

Word of Salvation - October 2015   Who's in Charge? Text: Daniel 4 - By Rev. Pieter Tuit   Was God teaching Nubuchadnezzar a lesson in humility here in this chapter as many sermons from this passage seem to think? Or, was God comforting and encouraging the exiles in Babylon that God and not Nebuchadnezzar is sovereign over all? And is this Scripture’s encouragement to us this evening? Well, I am not going to deny that the need for humility is evident in this chapter. Let’s face it, the mighty ruler of that awesome empire Babylon had a lot to learn...

Word of Salvation – Vol.44 No.4 - February 1999   The Most High   Sermon by Rev M.P. Geluk on Daniel 4:32b Scripture Readings: Revelation 6; Daniel 4:28-37   Congregation of our Lord Jesus Christ. We need to be frequently reminded that God is the Most High and rules over the kingdoms of men.  It kind of puts things into perspective.  We see, hear and read about a lot of things that go on in the world.  But we don't hear about everything that goes on in the world and some of the things that we do hear are usually decided...

Word of Salvation – Vol.50 No.1 – January 2005   The Moment of Truth   Sermon by Rev J De Hoog on Daniel 4 Scripture Readings:  Daniel 4 Suggested Hymns:  BoW 93a; 450; 441; 528; Rej 326   Congregation of our Lord Jesus Christ... Why should we read the Book of Daniel? Yes, it contains exciting stories like Daniel in the lion's den and Shadrach, Meschach and Abednego in the fiery furnace. But we don't read this book only for its exciting stories. We read this book because it is part of God's Word, because it contains the words of life,...

Word of Salvation – Vol. 49 No.45 – December 2004   What To Do When the Heat's Turned Up   Sermon by Rev J. De Hoog on Daniel 3 Scripture Readings:  2Corinthians 4 Suggested Hymns:  BoW 9:1,4,5; 371:1,3,6; 161; 359; 365:1,4   Congregation of our Lord Jesus Christ. In Daniel Chapter 3, Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego face a pretty stark question: 'Give up your faith or die!' They handle that question in a very faithful way. We are going to read through this chapter section by section. What can we learn from this account for ourselves? Let's set the context. Let's...

Word of Salvation - October 2015   Speaking Truth To Power Text: Daniel 2 - By Rev. Pieter Tuit   Eating vegies is always a good thing to do. However, as we heard last time, it is not the application that we should take home from Daniel chapter one. The so-called Daniel diet may be the best thing you can do for your physical health and well-being. However, Daniel was not written to teach us, living in the 21st Century, that we can thrive on the Daniel diet. What made Daniel and his friends thrive was by being obedient to God’s...

Word of Salvation – Vol.49 No.41 – November 2004   Dreaming of the End of Human Kingdoms   Sermon by Rev J De Hoog on Daniel 2  Scripture Readings: Daniel 2 Suggested Hymns: BoW 93a; 510; 72a; 515:1,4   Congregation of our Lord Jesus Christ... Daniel Chapter 2 is a long chapter with just the one message. There is one central reason why God has put this chapter into his Word. There is one great statement about God that He wants us to hear. What is it? What is the message of Daniel 2? Now I don't want to tell you...

Word of Salvation – Vol. 25 No. 25 – April 1979   The Faithfulness Of God   Sermon by Rev. P. J. Berghouse, Th. Grad. on Daniel 1:8-9 Scripture reading: Daniel 1:1-17 Psalter Hymnal: 414; 235:6,10; 235:4,7; 440; 408; 222:1,2,3,6; 282:3   Congregation of our Lord Jesus Christ, Young People, Boys and Girls, Whenever it is announced that we are going to have a sermon on DANIEL, the likely reaction is: "Ah, now we're going to have an exciting sermon! We're going to hear the lions roar, but the ending is going to be good because Daniel is going to come...

Word of Salvation – Vol. 26 No. 04 – October 1979   He Comes - As He Came   Sermon by Rev. W. J. Van Schie on Daniel 7:9-14   Congregation in our Lord Jesus Christ, When was the last time that you thought about Jesus' return? When was the last time that you prayed, quite sincerely and quite meaningfully, "Lord Jesus, come quickly". When was the last time you really had this burning longing for Jesus to come back, very soon, as soon as possible. You know, when we look into the Bible, in the Old Testament and in the...

Word of Salvation – Vol. 33 No. 02 – Jan 1988   Who Is The King?   Sermon: Rev. M. C. De Graaf on Daniel 3 Reading: Acts 16:16-40 & Daniel 3   Brothers and Sisters in Our Lord Jesus Christ, Perhaps one of the saddest outworkings of sin in the world is intolerance toward those who are different.  Just think of RACISM, that ridiculing or persecution of someone purely because of skin colour, or accent.  We see it on a large scale in many countries around this world.  But we also see it on a smaller scale in nearly every...

Word of Salvation – Vol. 37 No. 07 – February 1992   In The Lion’s Den   Sermon by Rev. D. J. van Garderen on Daniel 6:27 Reading: Psalm 91; Daniel 6:16-28   Dear congregation, For the prophet Daniel there was no greater and more urgent priority in life than regular, three-times-a-day prayer.  He accepted and held to this priority because that is what God calls for in His Word.  This is what is called for in the prayer of Solomon at the dedication of the temple (2Chron.6:38,39) and the Psalms of David (5:7, 28:2, 55:17).  God's children, if they are...