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AUGUST 31
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. 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—
Dan. 3:17,
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The answer of the Hebrews to Nebuchadnezzar,
“Our God whom we serve,” is worthy of note. They not
only acknowledged God and worshiped Him, but they additionally
served Him, according as they had opportunity.... Let
us resolve, dear brethren, as did the three Hebrews,
that we will worship and serve only the Lord our God,
that we will neither worship nor serve sectarianism, in
any of its many forms, nor mammon, with its enticements
and rewards, nor fame, nor friends, nor self. God
“seeketh such to worship him as worship him in spirit and
in truth,” is the declaration of our Lord and
Head. |
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Parallel passages: Gen. 32:11; 50:20; Num.
20:16; Deut. 23:4, 5; 2.Kings 19:16, 19; 1.Chron. 5:20;
2.Chron. 14:11; Esth. 7:10; Psa. 31:1-4, 9,14-17; 50:15;
105:14, 15; 146:8, 9; Prov. 16:7, 9; Rom. 8:28; Phil.
1:12. |
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