Because of this, they had to suffer the consequences. They were thrown into the fiery furnace. It would have been so easy to just do whatever they were told to do. It would have saved them much pain and anguish if they had just complied with the king's executive command. But this is not what they did.
They didn't slide when their love and devotion to the Lord came into question. Daniel and his friends had some backbone and stood up for what they believed.
We would do well if we would do the same. All too often we tend to give in to peer pressure rather than stand up and be counted for doing the right thing. God had promised to bless and give us the strength when we do what is right and pleasing to Him. Remember the time when they brought the woman to Jesus because she was caught in the terrible act of adultery? Under the Mosaic Law such an act carried with it the penalty of death. But the Lord Jesus Christ did not say, "Carry her away and stone her.
Indulging in Trumpism and political extremism is like building a house over a sinkhole. We know this story. The house may seem wonderful, but it will crumble. Because the call to unity comes from Christ himself, we ardently seek it. May it be so. The Latest. Anyone who has sided with treason over truth and refuses to put the constitution and the American people first must be voted out.
Joining together to celebrate is fundamental and essential to the full expression of our faith in the community. Yet, we seem to have just surrendered. Worse still, our church leaders have surrendered. Across the country they seem more interested in appeasing Caesar than they do in serving God. Christ stood up to the Pharisees. He stood up to Herod. He stood up to Pilate. He sacrificed everything. Where is our willingness to embrace His strength? I am tired of seeing the American Christian serving themselves up like paschal lambs.
When the stone was rolled away, Daniel emerged, unscathed, because he had refused to renounce his belief in God; our God. Hawaii Debt Clock. Hawaii Defense Foundation. Hawaii Family Forum. Hawaii Farmers and Ranchers United. Hawaii Farmer's Daughter. Hawaii Federalist Society.
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