DANIEL-THE MAN WHO LIVES FOREVER BECAUSE HE SAID NO (13 OF 15)
Scripture: DANIEL 1:8
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Daniel-The Man Who Lives Forever Because He Said No (13 of 15)
Series: The Greatest Men of the Bible
Clarence E. Macartney
Daniel 1:8
An oriental king once summoned into his presence his three sons and set before them three sealed urns: one of gold, one of amber, and the third of clay. The king bade his eldest son to choose among these three urns that which appeared to him to contain the greatest treasures. The eldest son chose the vessel of gold on which was written the word, ''Empire.'' He opened it and found it full of blood. The second chose the vase of amber whereon was written the word, ''Glory,'' and when he opened it he found it full of the ashes of men who had made a great name in the world. The third chose the vessel of clay, and on the bottom of this vessel was inscribed the name of God. The wise men at the king's court voted that the third vessel weighed the most because a single letter of the name of God weighed more than all the rest of the universe.
Daniel is one of those men who chose God above all else in the world. He lives forever because he said ''No.'' Many of the greatest men of the Bible teach us and guide us not only by their virtues but by their transgressions. Noah, Abraham, David, and Peter were all great men, but men who had serious blemishes in their characters and dark chapters of unworthy conduct. But Daniel is one of those men in the Bible whose whole life, so far as we know their life, spoke on the side of righteousness and of truth. He is spoken of by the angel as ''a man greatly beloved,'' and no doubt one of the reasons was that his long life was one of unbroken obedience to God and loyalty to the truth.
The different states of our country every year select young men from the universities of strong physique, superior intellect, and high character to be sent to Oxford University as Rhodes' scholars and drink at that fountain of culture and wisdom. The potentate of ancient Babylon, Nebuchadnezzar, was not indiffere ...
Series: The Greatest Men of the Bible
Clarence E. Macartney
Daniel 1:8
An oriental king once summoned into his presence his three sons and set before them three sealed urns: one of gold, one of amber, and the third of clay. The king bade his eldest son to choose among these three urns that which appeared to him to contain the greatest treasures. The eldest son chose the vessel of gold on which was written the word, ''Empire.'' He opened it and found it full of blood. The second chose the vase of amber whereon was written the word, ''Glory,'' and when he opened it he found it full of the ashes of men who had made a great name in the world. The third chose the vessel of clay, and on the bottom of this vessel was inscribed the name of God. The wise men at the king's court voted that the third vessel weighed the most because a single letter of the name of God weighed more than all the rest of the universe.
Daniel is one of those men who chose God above all else in the world. He lives forever because he said ''No.'' Many of the greatest men of the Bible teach us and guide us not only by their virtues but by their transgressions. Noah, Abraham, David, and Peter were all great men, but men who had serious blemishes in their characters and dark chapters of unworthy conduct. But Daniel is one of those men in the Bible whose whole life, so far as we know their life, spoke on the side of righteousness and of truth. He is spoken of by the angel as ''a man greatly beloved,'' and no doubt one of the reasons was that his long life was one of unbroken obedience to God and loyalty to the truth.
The different states of our country every year select young men from the universities of strong physique, superior intellect, and high character to be sent to Oxford University as Rhodes' scholars and drink at that fountain of culture and wisdom. The potentate of ancient Babylon, Nebuchadnezzar, was not indiffere ...
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