This is Namma for Christ with the fortieth inspirational message dated Wednesday, September 25th, 2013. The title of this message is, "GOD'S ABLE: "IF HE DID IT BEFORE" - DANIEL 3:17-18". The title of this message is taken from the below scriptures when the three Hebrew boys (who were friends of Daniel, who also were captives in Babylon) courageously answer king Nebuchadnezzar. The young men: Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego- declare that their "GOD IS ABLE" TO DELIVER THEM OUT OF THE FIERY FURNACE (that Nebuchadnezzar ordered them to be cast into).
Daniel 3:17-18
17 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.
18 But if not, be it known unto thee, O king, that we will not serve thy gods, nor worship the golden image which thou hast set up.
I would encourage all believers to take the time to read this entire bible story found in the first three chapters of Daniel. The message for today is focusing on how GOD IS ABLE!
NO MATTER WHAT YOU ARE GOING THROUGH....GOD IS ABLE TO HELP YOU! HE IS ABLE TO DELIVER YOU! GOD IS ABLE TO PROVIDE FOR YOU! GOD IS "ABLE" TO DO WHATEVER YOU NEED HIM TO DO FOR YOU! YOU MUST BELIEVE IN HIM AND TRUST GOD TO DO WHAT IS BEST FOR YOU!
The beginning of chapter three of Daniel describes how Nebuchadnezzar had made a golden statue ninety feet tall. An announcement was made to everyone to worship the statue "or" be thrown in the furnace. Everyone worshiped the idol, except Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego.
THEY STOOD UP FOR WHAT THEY BELIEVED IN! THEY REFUSED TO BOW DOWN TO A FALSE GOD! THEY STOOD ON THEIR FAITH AND BELIEF IN GOD THAT "HE WAS ABLE" TO "DELIVER" THEM FROM THEIR TROUBLE...FROM DANGER....FROM WHAT WAS "THREATENING" TO THEM!
LOOK AT WHAT THEY SAID IN OUR SCRIPTURE FROM DANIEL 3:17-18 :
17 If it be so, Our God whom we serve is able to deliver us from theburning fiery furnace , and he will deliver us out of thine hand, O king.
18 But if not, be it known unto thee, O king, that we will not serve thy gods, nor worship the golden image which thou hast set up.
THEY HAD FAITH THAT GOD, WHOM THEY SERVED, IS ABLE TO DELIVER THEM FROM THE FIERY FURNACE "AND" FROM OUT OF THE KING'S HAND! ALSO, THEY TRUSTED THAT IF GOD "DID NOT" - THEY "STILL" WOULD "NOT" BOW DOWN TO WORSHIP THE IDOL - NOR SERVE OTHER GODS!
What happens next is found in the following scripture from Daniel 3: 19-25 :
King James
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The below scriptures tell how GOD DELIVERED AND PROMOTED Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego. They walked out of the furnace and were not burned, neither did they smell of fire!
King James
Version (KJV)
Please enjoy the below video and song by Tye Tribbett - "If He Did It Before...Same God" from his new 2013 album entitled, "Greater Than". Please enjoy and....''
(I do not own the rights to this song.)
18 But if not, be it known unto thee, O king, that we will not serve thy gods, nor worship the golden image which thou hast set up.
I would encourage all believers to take the time to read this entire bible story found in the first three chapters of Daniel. The message for today is focusing on how GOD IS ABLE!
NO MATTER WHAT YOU ARE GOING THROUGH....GOD IS ABLE TO HELP YOU! HE IS ABLE TO DELIVER YOU! GOD IS ABLE TO PROVIDE FOR YOU! GOD IS "ABLE" TO DO WHATEVER YOU NEED HIM TO DO FOR YOU! YOU MUST BELIEVE IN HIM AND TRUST GOD TO DO WHAT IS BEST FOR YOU!
The beginning of chapter three of Daniel describes how Nebuchadnezzar had made a golden statue ninety feet tall. An announcement was made to everyone to worship the statue "or" be thrown in the furnace. Everyone worshiped the idol, except Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego.
THEY STOOD UP FOR WHAT THEY BELIEVED IN! THEY REFUSED TO BOW DOWN TO A FALSE GOD! THEY STOOD ON THEIR FAITH AND BELIEF IN GOD THAT "HE WAS ABLE" TO "DELIVER" THEM FROM THEIR TROUBLE...FROM DANGER....FROM WHAT WAS "THREATENING" TO THEM!
LOOK AT WHAT THEY SAID IN OUR SCRIPTURE FROM DANIEL 3:17-18 :
17 If it be so, Our God whom we serve is able to deliver us from the
18 But if not, be it known unto thee, O king, that we will not serve thy gods, nor worship the golden image which thou hast set up.
What happens next is found in the following scripture from Daniel 3: 19-25 :
Daniel 3:19-25
19 Then
was Nebuchadnezzar full of fury, and the form of his visage was changed against
Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego: therefore he spake, and commanded that they
should heat the furnace one seven times more than it was wont to be
heated.
20 And he commanded the most mighty men that were in his army to bind Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, and to cast them into the burning fiery furnace.
21 Then these men were bound in their coats, their hosen, and their hats, and their other garments, and were cast into the midst of the burning fiery furnace.
22 Therefore because the king's commandment was urgent, and the furnace exceeding hot, the flames of the fire slew those men that took up Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego.
23 And these three men, Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, fell down bound into the midst of the burning fiery furnace.
24 Then Nebuchadnezzar the king was astonished, and rose up in haste, and spake, and said unto hiscounselors , Did not we cast three men bound into the midst
of the fire? They answered and said unto the king, True, O king.
25 He answered and said, Lo, I see four men loose, walking in the midst of the fire, and they have no hurt; and the form of the fourth is like the Son of God.
GOD NEVER LEFT Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego! HE WAS WITH THEM! THE SAME GOD THAT "DELIVERED" THEM "IS" THE SAME GOD - WHO IS WITH US!
IF WE ARE THE LORD'S - HE WILL BE WITH US AND HELP US...NO MATTER WHAT WE ARE GOING THROUGH!
King Nebuchadnezzar, who threw them in the fire, later praised their God for "delivering" them (see below) from Daniel 3: 28 :
Nebuchadnezzar spake, and said, "Blessed be the God of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, who hath sent his angel, and delivered his servants that trusted in him, and have changed the king's
word, and yielded their bodies, that they might not serve nor worship any god, except their own God."
20 And he commanded the most mighty men that were in his army to bind Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, and to cast them into the burning fiery furnace.
21 Then these men were bound in their coats, their hosen, and their hats, and their other garments, and were cast into the midst of the burning fiery furnace.
22 Therefore because the king's commandment was urgent, and the furnace exceeding hot, the flames of the fire slew those men that took up Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego.
23 And these three men, Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, fell down bound into the midst of the burning fiery furnace.
24 Then Nebuchadnezzar the king was astonished, and rose up in haste, and spake, and said unto his
25 He answered and said, Lo, I see four men loose, walking in the midst of the fire, and they have no hurt; and the form of the fourth is like the Son of God.
GOD NEVER LEFT Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego! HE WAS WITH THEM! THE SAME GOD THAT "DELIVERED" THEM "IS" THE SAME GOD - WHO IS WITH US!
IF WE ARE THE LORD'S - HE WILL BE WITH US AND HELP US...NO MATTER WHAT WE ARE GOING THROUGH!
King Nebuchadnezzar, who threw them in the fire, later praised their God for "delivering" them (see below) from Daniel 3: 28 :
Nebuchadnezzar spake, and said, "Blessed be the God of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, who hath sent his angel, and delivered his servants that trusted in him, and have changed the king's
word, and yielded their bodies, that they might not serve nor worship any god, except their own God."
The below scriptures tell how GOD DELIVERED AND PROMOTED Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego. They walked out of the furnace and were not burned, neither did they smell of fire!
26 Then
Nebuchadnezzar came near to the mouth of the burning fiery furnace , and spake, and said,
Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, ye servants of the most high God, come forth,
and come hither. Then Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, came forth of the midst
of the fire.
27 And the princes, governors, and captains, and the king'scounselors , being gathered together, saw these
men, upon whose bodies the fire had no power, nor was an hair of their head
singed, neither were their coats changed, nor the smell of fire had passed on
them.
28 Then Nebuchadnezzar spake, and said, Blessed be the God of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, who hath sent his angel, and delivered his servants that trusted in him, and have changed the king's word, and yielded their bodies, that they might not serve nor worship any god, except their own God.
29 Therefore I make a decree, That every people, nation, and language, which speak any thing amiss against the God of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, shall be cut in pieces, and their houses shall be made a dunghill: because there is no other God that can deliver after this sort.
30 Then the king promoted Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, in the province of Babylon.
NEVER FORGET - GOD IS WITH YOU...HE IS ABLE TO DO ALL THINGS, BUT FAIL!
27 And the princes, governors, and captains, and the king's
28 Then Nebuchadnezzar spake, and said, Blessed be the God of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, who hath sent his angel, and delivered his servants that trusted in him, and have changed the king's word, and yielded their bodies, that they might not serve nor worship any god, except their own God.
29 Therefore I make a decree, That every people, nation, and language, which speak any thing amiss against the God of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, shall be cut in pieces, and their houses shall be made a dunghill: because there is no other God that can deliver after this sort.
30 Then the king promoted Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, in the province of Babylon.
NEVER FORGET - GOD IS WITH YOU...HE IS ABLE TO DO ALL THINGS, BUT FAIL!
Please enjoy the below video and song by Tye Tribbett - "If He Did It Before...Same God" from his new 2013 album entitled, "Greater Than". Please enjoy and....''
(I do not own the rights to this song.)
BE BLESSED!
Amazing!
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