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LESSONS FROM THE FIERY FURNACE
GOD'S PEOPLE ARE A PERSECUTED PEOPLE
Nebuchadnezzar reacts in anger to the stand taken by the three Hebrew boys and determines to destroy them in the fiery furnace. He orders them bound up and cast into a furnace heated some seven times hotter than it was normally heated. The fire is so hot that it slays the men who toss them into the fire. Why is there all this anger leveled at these men? The reasons for the king's actions are given in verses 9-18.)
A. v. 8-12 They Are Persecuted Because Of Their Standards -- Ill. The golden image set up by Nebuchadnezzar and the command attached to it in verses 1-7. It would appear that either Nebuchadnezzar has set p an image of his favorite god, or more likely that he has set up an image of himself. Either way, Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego refused to bow to that image. Their faith in God would not allow them to stoop to the same level at the pagans around them. In other words, their standards and manner of life made them different from the others around them that day. (Note: The born again believer should have a different standard of living from the world around him, 2 Cor. 6:17; Col. 3:1-2.)
B. v. 13-15 They Are Persecuted Because Of Their Savior -- Nebuchadnezzar gives them a second chance. He knows why these boys are refusing to bow, and he mocks the God of Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego, v. 15. He implies that he, Nebuchadnezzar, is more powerful than the God they serve. He demands that they bow to his will instead of the will of God. (Note: The believer should walk in total submission to the will of the Lord Jesus Christ. We are to be totally sold out to Him and His will. He is to have first place in our lives. Listen to the Lord's Own standard for us -- Matt. 10:37-38; Luke 14:26-27.)
C. v. 16-18 They Are Persecuted Because Of Their Stand -- Even when threatened with a horrible death, these men refuse to bend or to bow. They take their stand in spite of the personal cost. (Note: The true believer should square his shoulders and take his stand for Jesus. We are to be totally committed to Him, 1 Cor. 15:58; Luke 9:62.)
(Note: Here is what we need to get a hold of today: If we are going to live for Jesus in this world; if we are going to be His alone; if we are going to refuse to let this world squeeze us into its mold; then we are going to suffer persecution. That is what the Bible teaches us, 2 Tim. 3:12; 1 Pet. 4:12. Here is the bottom line my friends, if you and I are going to live "godly"; if we are going to live for Jesus, then we are going to be persecuted. There will be furnaces of criticism, furnaces of intimidation, furnaces of hatred, furnaces of temptation, furnaces of trials like you cannot imagine. That is just the way it is!)
Preacher Paul C. Garrett
Radical, revolutionary, innovative, outspoken and anointed are some of the ways Paul C. Garrett has been described. He is the founder of Preacher Paul Ministries, Inc., studied at Omega Bible Institute and Seminary and Liberty University; and former Pastor of the ever-growing New Prospect Baptist Church, Meridian, MS. Preacher Paul Ministries targets the two hardest groups to attract, young adults between the ages of 18-40 and African-American Men. The ministry is focused on empowering believers spiritually, developing them educationally, exposing them culturally, activating them politically and strengthening them economically.
Pastor Garrett is a man who believes that the entire community should be empowered in every aspect of life with a mission to empower people through the Word.
He is the husband of Melissa Garrett and the proud father of his precious daughter, Sidney Simone Garrett. Paul Garrett, no matter how he is described, is empowering the people of God.
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babygurldee08 4 months ago
hey preach!!!! awesome word! luv ya
babygurldee08 4 months ago