Rev 13:15
He was granted power to give breath to the image of the beast, that the image of the beast should both speak and cause as many as would not worship the image of the beast to be killed.
We’ve been studying Daniel in Sunday morning discipleship. Daniel 3 tells what happened to Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-Nego. Because they would not bow to a statue of the king, they were thrown into a furnace. Look at what they told the king when they were faced with bowing and breaking their allegiance to God or standing true to God and possible death…
Dan 3:16-18
Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-Nego answered and said to the king, "O Nebuchadnezzar, we have 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. 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."
When faced with the choice, they chose to follow God. They wouldn’t bow. Even if it meant that they faced death.
Someday, there will be a real man possessed by Satan. He will have an image of himself that he wants everyone to worship. We will be faced with a decision. Do we break our allegiance with the true God, bow to an image, and spend an eternity without God? Or do we stand strong, serving God no matter the cost, even if it costs us our lives, knowing that eternity is more important than this present time?
We will all have to choose. If we don’t make it to actual test with the Antichrist, we will still have to choose in our every day to day lives to put Christ first. Not to bow to anything else but Him. Don’t wait until then. Make the choice now. If you aren’t making the daily choice now, when you are faced with death, you will have no foundation to stand.
He was granted power to give breath to the image of the beast, that the image of the beast should both speak and cause as many as would not worship the image of the beast to be killed.
We’ve been studying Daniel in Sunday morning discipleship. Daniel 3 tells what happened to Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-Nego. Because they would not bow to a statue of the king, they were thrown into a furnace. Look at what they told the king when they were faced with bowing and breaking their allegiance to God or standing true to God and possible death…
Dan 3:16-18
Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-Nego answered and said to the king, "O Nebuchadnezzar, we have 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. 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."
When faced with the choice, they chose to follow God. They wouldn’t bow. Even if it meant that they faced death.
Someday, there will be a real man possessed by Satan. He will have an image of himself that he wants everyone to worship. We will be faced with a decision. Do we break our allegiance with the true God, bow to an image, and spend an eternity without God? Or do we stand strong, serving God no matter the cost, even if it costs us our lives, knowing that eternity is more important than this present time?
We will all have to choose. If we don’t make it to actual test with the Antichrist, we will still have to choose in our every day to day lives to put Christ first. Not to bow to anything else but Him. Don’t wait until then. Make the choice now. If you aren’t making the daily choice now, when you are faced with death, you will have no foundation to stand.
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