Title Daniel 3:24~30 (2011.1.13)
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Title: God of Immanuel
Text: (Daniel 3:24-30)
Hymns: 301. what has been so far
Date: January 13, 2011 (Thursday) 5:00 am
Venue: Jeonju Yebut Church Small Worship Room
There are times when God's protection seems to be accidental. But God works at the decisive moment. God's protection is a response to those who show an openness to God. Why didn't God stop him from being thrown into the furnace and protect him in the furnace?
1. He showed God Immanuel (verse 25).
When Nebuchadnezzar heard the confessions of his three friends, he was filled with wrath and ordered them to be bound and thrown into a burning furnace. God does not keep them from entering the furnace, but it is He who protects them in the furnace. We want to leave the environment of the furnace. We may seek refuge, but God keeps us in our suffering and turns our suffering into joy. Just as God was with the three suffering friends in Babylon, He is with us in the hardships of our lives. Satan's temptations and the sufferings of the world are tools for the glory of God. We are both glorified and suffering with the Lord. But the sufferings of the present are not worthy to be compared with the glory to be received.
2. To make them realize that it is a spiritual warfare (verse 27).
When the three friends were thrown into the furnace, to their surprise, another man was there. His appearance was like the son of the gods. Bible scholars say that this fourth person is the Christ who appeared briefly in Old Testament times. If so, it means that the Lord was with you in the end. Nebuchadnezzar found the Son of God with his three friends in the furnace. The three friends came out of the furnace without a single hair being tan, the color of their coats not changing, and there was no smell of fire. This is a spiritual warfare. In spiritual warfare, what believers must do is not to fight the enemy, but to stand on the side of God. Please give me the sovereignty of life by obeying God.
3. Because we have to be on God's side (verse 29).
The three friends boldly rejected Satan's strategy of idolatry and won the spiritual warfare with the determination to be martyred. Even in a foreign land, God protects the people who worship Him and obey His Word. Today, there are times when the authority and word of God are undermined. But we must be on God's side. Like Samson, if you lose your devotion, you will lose your ability, and if you lose your faith, you will lose the presence of God. Whose side are we on now?
Persecution and temptation are tools that Satan uses to overthrow the saints. Satan rejoices in the frustration and discouragement of the saints. We must boldly reject these things. Saints should not seek to live. I hope you decide to devote yourself to the Lord's kingdom, imitating Christ who gave life for us.
<Prayer>
1. May you always walk with the Lord!
2. For the regular general meeting of the Jeonbuk Presbytery of the Southern Shinto Association
3. Please heal the sick! (Elder Eul-su Kim, Deacon Park Jong-rok, Deacon Kim Young-sik, Deacon Kim Wan-jin, Butler Jeong Mi-ra, Brother Kim Dong-il, Hoon-yong Choi, Tae-bong Seong-do (Protagonist of Yangcheon Soon Butler, Jesus Hospital intensive care unit), Jeon Won-won (Deacon Lee Wan-seon’s family) Father, terminal biliary tract cancer)......)