If the God whom we serve exists, then He is able to deliver us from the blazing fiery furnace and from your hand, O king.If it happens, 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.If it be so, our God whom we serve is able to deliver us from the burning fiery furnace, and he will deliver us out of thine hand, O king.If it be so, our God whom we serve is able to deliver us from the burning fiery furnace; and he will deliver us out of thy hand, O king.
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… Oh, Nebuchadnezzar, we have no need to answer you in this matter. if this be so our God who we serve is able to deliver us from the fiery furnace and he will deliver us out of your hand oh king but if he does not be known to you oh king we will not serve your gods or worship the golden image that you have set So we know our God can deliver us, but he may not. Doesn't matter. We're just not bound down. That's a risk, right? God might come through and he might take him to heaven. That's called risk. I'm going to ask you this because most of, I don't know, looking around here, good many older people, so I'm talking about grandchildren now instead of children. I was going to say, we used to read these stories to our kids and want them to be like that. Do you want your kids to be like that? America coddles her kids today. Protects them from every imaginable risk. …
… image which I have made good. But if you do not worship, you shall be cast immediately into the midst of a burning, fiery furnace. And who is the God who will deliver you from my hands? Glad you asked. Glad you asked. You're about to meet him. Shadrach and Meshach and Abednego answered and said to the king, O Nebuchadnezzar, we have no need to answer you in this manner. Oh, Jesus. Oh, just savor the taste of those words. We don't have any need to answer you. they're not going to yield to a political spirit to talk themselves out of a problem. They don't have the need to answer. Where else do we see someone not needing to answer when they're accused? Jesus. As a lamb that is silent, led into slaughter. Wow. Verse 17, if that is the case, our God whom we serve is able to deliver us from the burning fiery furnace. He will deliver us from your hand, O king. But if not, let it be known to you, O king, that we do not serve your gods, nor will we worship the gold image which you have set up. …
… Verse 17, if that is the case, our God whom we serve is able to deliver us from the burning fiery furnace. He will deliver us from your hand, O king. But if not, let it be known to you, O king, that we do not serve your gods, nor will we worship the gold image which you have set up. Then Nebuchadnezzar was very happy. filled with joy full of fury expressionless faith changed towards Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego and he spoke and he commanded that they heat the furnace seven times more than it was usually heated and he commanded certain mighty men of valor who were in his army to bind Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego and to cast them into the burning fiery furnace these men were bound in their coats, their trousers their turbans, their own and their other garments and were cast into the midst of the burning fiery furnace therefore because the king's command was urgent and the furnace exceedingly hot the flame of the fire killed those men who took up Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego Thank you. …
… no need to answer you in this matter. If that is the case, our God whom we serve is able to deliver us from the burning fiery furnace, and He will deliver us from your hand, O king. And if not, let it be known to you, O King, that we do not serve your gods, nor will we worship the gold image which you have set up." This is one of the most heroic responses in all of redemptive history. The first thing these men say to the King, they said, King, our God will deliver us from your fiery furnace. But if He doesn't, we're still not going to bow down to Your image or violate the terms of our covenant with God. If God rescues us, fine, but we're not fair-weather fans of God. We are prepared to lay down our lives to be faithful to Him. Well. That didn't exactly please Nebuchadnezzar, for we read that, Then Nebuchadnezzar was full of fury, and the expression of his face changed toward Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego. …