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Three Hebrews Display The Power Of God, March 15
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.
Daniel 3:28
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In their wonderful deliverance were displayed, before that vast assembly, the
power and majesty of God. Jesus placed Himself by their side in the fiery furnace,
and by the glory of His presence convinced the proud king of Babylon that it could
be no other than the Son of God. The light of Heaven had been shining forth from
Daniel and his companions, until all their associates understood the faith which
ennobled their lives and beautified their characters. By the deliverance of His
faithful servants, the Lord declares that He will take His stand with the oppressed
and overthrow all earthly powers that would trample upon the authority of the God
of heaven.
What a lesson is here given to the fainthearted, the vacillating, the cowardly in
the cause of God! What encouragement to those who will not be turned aside from
duty by threats or peril! These faithful, steadfast characters exemplify sanctifica-
tion, while they have no thought of claiming the high honor. The amount of good
which may be accomplished by comparatively obscure but devoted Christians
cannot be estimated until the life records shall be made known, when the judgment
shall sit and the books be opened.
Christ identifies His interest with this class; He is not ashamed to call them
brethren. There should be hundreds where there is now one among us, so closely
allied to God, their lives in such close conformity to His will, that they would be
bright and shining lights, sanctified wholly, in soul, body, and spirit.
The conflict still goes on between the children of light and the children of
darkness. Those who name the name of Christ should shake off the lethargy
that enfeebles their efforts, and should meet the momentous responsibilities that
devolve upon them. All who do this may expect the power of God to be revealed
in them. The Son of God, the world’s Redeemer, will be represented in their words
and in their works, and God’s name will be glorified.—
The Sanctified Life, 40-41
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As in the days of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, so in the closing period of
earth’s history the Lord will work mightily in behalf of those who stand steadfastly
for the right. He who walked with the Hebrew worthies in the fiery furnace will
be with His followers wherever they are.... His chosen ones will stand unmoved.—
Prophets and Kings, 513
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