Title: Facing the Fire (5 of 6)
Series: Bold As A Lion
Author: Jeff Schreve
Text: Daniel 3:1-30
A wealthy family in New York bought a ranch in West Texas, a cattle ranch. A friend came to visit, and he was asking the owner, his friend, "Does your ranch have a name?" And he said, "Well, it's kind of interesting about that." He said, "My family and I couldn't agree on a name." He said, "Well, what do you mean?" He said, "Well, I wanted to call it the Bar-J Ranch, but my wife wanted to call it the Susie Q Ranch. My son wanted to call it the Flying W Ranch. And my daughter wanted to call it, the Lazy Y Ranch, and we couldn't come to an agreement, so we compromised, and we called it the Bar-J, Susie Q, Flying W, Lazy Y Ranch." And the guy said, "Well, it's a cattle ranch. Where are all the cattle?" He said, "The cattle all died during the branding process." Compromise is a killer.
We're in a series, "Bold as a Lion." And today's message is on the three Hebrew boys, Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah. We know them better by their Babylonian names, Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego. They were three young men who refused to compromise. And they made such a difference for the LORD because they would not bow even in the midst of immense pressure put upon them. They were men of conviction and not men of compromise. Somebody has well said, you know, "Beliefs are something you hold, but convictions are something that hold you." Do you have convictions in life? Are you a person of conviction, or a person of compromise? Will you stand for the truth when the pressure comes, or will you bow to get along and to save your hide?
Well, Daniel chapter 3 is a very well-known chapter in Scripture. The Book of Daniel, especially the first six chapters, are well known to many of us. We like the accounts in Daniel - Daniel and the lions' den, the three Hebrew boys in the fiery furnace - we know about those. Daniel 7 to the end is prophetic, and that can be more di ...
Series: Bold As A Lion
Author: Jeff Schreve
Text: Daniel 3:1-30
A wealthy family in New York bought a ranch in West Texas, a cattle ranch. A friend came to visit, and he was asking the owner, his friend, "Does your ranch have a name?" And he said, "Well, it's kind of interesting about that." He said, "My family and I couldn't agree on a name." He said, "Well, what do you mean?" He said, "Well, I wanted to call it the Bar-J Ranch, but my wife wanted to call it the Susie Q Ranch. My son wanted to call it the Flying W Ranch. And my daughter wanted to call it, the Lazy Y Ranch, and we couldn't come to an agreement, so we compromised, and we called it the Bar-J, Susie Q, Flying W, Lazy Y Ranch." And the guy said, "Well, it's a cattle ranch. Where are all the cattle?" He said, "The cattle all died during the branding process." Compromise is a killer.
We're in a series, "Bold as a Lion." And today's message is on the three Hebrew boys, Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah. We know them better by their Babylonian names, Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego. They were three young men who refused to compromise. And they made such a difference for the LORD because they would not bow even in the midst of immense pressure put upon them. They were men of conviction and not men of compromise. Somebody has well said, you know, "Beliefs are something you hold, but convictions are something that hold you." Do you have convictions in life? Are you a person of conviction, or a person of compromise? Will you stand for the truth when the pressure comes, or will you bow to get along and to save your hide?
Well, Daniel chapter 3 is a very well-known chapter in Scripture. The Book of Daniel, especially the first six chapters, are well known to many of us. We like the accounts in Daniel - Daniel and the lions' den, the three Hebrew boys in the fiery furnace - we know about those. Daniel 7 to the end is prophetic, and that can be more di ...
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