Daniel 3
Dear RTB’ers,
That Nebuchadnezzar would build a 9-story gold image is itself laughable. But then to have everyone in his kingdom worship this “thing” just seems so ridiculous to us.
One of the greatest comeback lines in all of Scripture, “O Nebuchadnezzar, we have no need to answer you in this matter. If this be so, our God whom we serve is able to deliver us from the burning fiery furnace, and he will deliver us out of your hand, O king. But if not, be it known to you, O king, that we will not serve your gods or worship the golden image that you have set up.” (vv. 16b-18) If God will deliver us, great. But even if not, we will continue to worship Him!
Carol and I are delivering the sermon tomorrow at a friend’s church in Bratislava. The topic is “faith and works”, from James 2:18-26. What a great “faith and works” quote above that we can use! Thank you, Lord!
Blessings!
Fred