No Need to Answer
16 Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego answered and said to the king, “O Nebuchadnezzar, we have no need to answer you in this matter. 17 If this be so, 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. 18 But if not, be it known to you, O king, that we will not serve your gods or worship the golden image that you have set up.”
Daniel 3:16-18
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No Need to Answer
The living God does not need to answer to any king. His people have no need to answer an absurd request like this. God bids his people have no other gods. He tells them not to make a graven image to worship and bow down before. It matters not if the king of Babylon makes decree or if it is your neighbor. God is jealous for you and will not share you with anyone else. He claims you as his own. He puts his name on you in Baptism and washes you in the blood of Jesus Christ. This is the God that can save you from any king or power or authority. This is the God that gives bold faith to stand up against commands to sin. This is the God that loves you and keeps you as his own.
Daniel 3:16-18
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No Need to Answer
The living God does not need to answer to any king. His people have no need to answer an absurd request like this. God bids his people have no other gods. He tells them not to make a graven image to worship and bow down before. It matters not if the king of Babylon makes decree or if it is your neighbor. God is jealous for you and will not share you with anyone else. He claims you as his own. He puts his name on you in Baptism and washes you in the blood of Jesus Christ. This is the God that can save you from any king or power or authority. This is the God that gives bold faith to stand up against commands to sin. This is the God that loves you and keeps you as his own.
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