Daniel Chapter 6 Verse 5

5 Then these men said, “We shall not find any ground for complaint against this Daniel unless we find it in connection with the law of his God.”

What a compliment! Do people see us this way? If people wanted something bad to say about us, would they find it? We need to make sure that our accusers are not true accusers!

These accusers knew that to succeed they would have to put Daniel in a position where he would have to choose between obedience to God and obedience to the government.

While this may be true of us, does the world know that it is true? Daniel’s life was such that these men knew he would choose God when forced to make a choice. Are our lives such that the world knows that we too will choose God when forced to make a choice? Do we choose God when we are forced to make a choice between God and the world?

Problem: Persia had no law against monotheism.

Solution: They would come up with a law that would look merely political to Darius, but would pose a religious issue for Daniel.