Dr. David Shin takes a look at the relationship between emotional intelligence and diet in the life of Daniel the prophet and its relevance for end time living.

<p>Dr. David Shin takes a look at the relationship between emotional intelligence and diet in the life of Daniel the prophet and its relevance for end time living.</p>

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Weimar University

David Shin

Daniel’s Diet: Cultivating Emotional Intelligence through the Gut-Brain Connection

This message was presented by a faculty member of Weimar University.

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Our Father in Heaven, we thank you for this Sabbath, this reminder of creation and our recreation back to the image of God.

And Lord, on this Sabbath, your people have gathered together to seek your face.

And Lord, you know that my feet are made of clay.

And I pray that you would use these frail, feeble endeavors this morning through your Holy Spirit to touch our hearts.

We pray that Christ would be uplifted and that Jesus would be seen in his glory.

For we ask these things in his precious name and for his sake.

I want to go ahead to this book recommendation in Matthew chapter 24 verse 15.

Jesus said, therefore when you see the abomination of desolation spoken of by Daniel the prophet, whoever reads, let him understand.

This is the most important book recommendation in all of scripture.

And Jesus says to those that are living in the end of time, there's 1 book in particular that we should read.

Now we should read the entire Bible, but this is the 1 book that he points out to God's believers living in the end of time to read, and what book is it?

Now I want you to notice 3 embedded lessons within the endorsement by Jesus of the book of Daniel.

Number 1, Jesus stated that Daniel was an inspired prophet who had written a trustworthy book.

There's many people out there, liberal, historical, critical scholars that believe that the book of Daniel is not reliable.

They believe that it was not written, it wasn't written by Daniel.

They believe that it was written much later because they can't explain prophecies like Daniel 2.

So they say it was written at a later time.

But if you believe in Jesus, you can believe in Daniel, because Jesus calls Daniel a prophet.

The other thing is that the book of Daniel should be read and studied.

Our evangelical brothers and sisters say that the book of Daniel is obscure, it can't be read, or it shouldn't be read, it can't be understood.

But according to Jesus, he implies that it should be and could be understood, and it should be read, especially by God's people living in the end of time.

And number 3, the book of Daniel's messages are relevant and practical for end-time living.

It's not irrelevant, it's not impractical, but it's something that has a very relevant message for God's people living in the end.

Now Daniel, the last part of his name El, where we get Elohim or El Shaddai, means God is my judge.

It's interesting because Laodicea, some people believe or think that Laodicea means lukewarm, that's a characteristic, but Laodicea literally means a people judged.

So God's people living in a time of judgment, and Daniel is a type of God's people that are living in the end.

In other words, the characteristics that Daniel had, we are to emulate as well.

Now, there are 2 genres in the book of Daniel.

6 of the stories are characteristics that we are to emulate as the prophecies are being fulfilled.

2 of the stories are characteristics that we are to avoid as the prophecies are being fulfilled.

So in the genre of prophecies that are throughout the book of Daniel, interwoven within them are narratives.

And there are 8 stories, and 6 of them we are to seek to try to be like by the grace of God, and 2 of them, Belshazzar and Nebuchadnezzar, namely the characteristic of pride, we are to seek to avoid.

Now, it's evident when you look at the book of Daniel that Daniel had high intelligence, a high IQ.

In Daniel 1, verse 20, the Bible says, In every manner of wisdom and understanding about which the king questioned them, he found them 10 times better than all the magicians and enchanters in his whole kingdom.

He goes to Harvard, Babylonian University, and he graduates at the top of his class.

The other thing is that Daniel had high spiritual intelligence as well.

Daniel had understanding in all visions and dreams, Daniel 1, verse 17.

But I want to point out this morning that Daniel had also high emotional intelligence, high EQ.

Nedley, who holds an annual EQ summit every year, he indicates that if you're to pick between IQ and EQ, he said you should pick EQ, because emotional intelligence will get you farther in life.

Now, by God's grace, if you have both, praise God.

But the beautiful thing about EQ is that it can be learned and developed.

So all of us, by God's grace, for His glory, can have high emotional intelligence.

Now, there's 5 components of emotional intelligence according to Daniel Goleman, and I'm gonna go over them very quickly.

Number 1, knowing our own emotions, known as self-awareness.

Number 2, the ability to imagine, manage your emotions, self-control.

Number 3, the ability to recognize emotion in others, empathy, and number 4, managing relationships with others, social intelligence, and last but not least, motivating ourselves to reach goals and motivation.

Now I want to give you 5 evidences that Daniel had not only high IQ, not only high spiritual intelligence, but also high EQ as well.

Evidence number 1 can be found in Daniel chapter 1 in verse 19.

Now Daniel, now God had given the chief of staff both respect and affection for Daniel.

This is the chief of the eunuchs, and the Bible says that God had given him respect and affection for Daniel.

This was a non-vegetarian That likes this plant-based eating Daniel.

Now Daniel's going in in Daniel chapter 1 to go on a plant-based diet.

And the Bible indicates that this Babylonian pagan camel sandwich eating, escargot dining, pork S cargo dining pork chomping chief of the eunuchs likes Daniel now I've met individuals that have very high standards sometimes of lifestyle and diet that don't have high EQ.

I remember I'm going through my own journey and I didn't grow up vegetarian so I'm figuring things out and you go to potluck and You do the best you can and I don't ask for the ingredients list all the time When I'm going through I just pick it up and eat it and I sat with somebody that had very high standards and I'm about to eat my food and he says David you're about to get mad chicken disease and I looked at him I said come on man and he goes to his whole lecture because it had eggs in it I didn't know, about all the hormones they pump into chickens, Frankenstein chickens, I'm going to get E.

Coli, salmonella, and I was like, I'm getting indigestion.

You know, We can't go around like we're baptized in lemon juice.

And here is this plant-based eater that is likable.

The Bible says that God had given the chaff, the chief of the staff, both respect and affection for Daniel.

But he responded, I'm afraid of my lord, the king, who has ordered you that you eat this food and wine if you become pale and thin compared to the other youths your age, I'm afraid that the king will have me beheaded." In other words, the chief of the eunuchs says, if you go on this plant-based diet, it has far-reaching implications.

But he says, you know what, Daniel, I like you so much.

And you can go on your weird vegetarian diet and let's see what happens.

He was an individual that was upstanding so that these guys that are totally different worldview, a Babylonian, says, Daniel, I like you and I'm willing to put my head on the chopping block because you're a loving and lovable Christian.

You see, it's not only important to preach the truth, You got to live the truth.

It's not only important to proclaim it, but to be it by God's grace.

And here Daniel exemplified being sociable for the Lord Jesus.

The honey, the sweetness of Christian character lived out in the life.

So evidence number 1, Daniel had social skills.

Number 2, Daniel 2 and verse 13, so the decree went out, and they began killing the wise men, and they sought Daniel and his companions to kill them.

Notice that the Bible says that they began killing the wise men.

Remember Nebuchadnezzar has this dream, can't remember the dream, and the wise men are unable to fulfill his commands, and so he puts out this degree, and the executions are already taking place.

There's already these other wise men that are being killed, and they come to Daniel's door.

And I want you to notice what happens Daniel chapter 2 in verse 14 then with counsel and wisdom Daniel answered Ariok counsel and wisdom Ariok's there my sanctified imagination there for us today.

And notice how he's able to regulate his emotions.

He's not on these medications trying to deal with his anxiety.

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