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If you become a follower of God then expect to be
tested!

• One of the great mistakes some make is thinking
  that only leaders have to pay a price
  for their faith.

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If you become a follower of God then expect to be
tested!

• One of the great mistakes some make is thinking
  that only leaders have to pay a price
  for their faith.
• Jesus made it plain to His disciples that what
  happened to Him would happen to them! (Jn
  1518-23)

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If you become a follower of God then expect to be
tested!

• John 1518-23 (NKJV) - If the world hates you,
  you know that it hated Me before it hated you. 19
  If you were of the world, the world would love
  its own. Yet because you are not of the world,
  but I chose you out of the world, therefore the
  world hates you.

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If you become a follower of God then expect to be
tested!

• 20 Remember the word that I said to you, A
  servant is not greater than his master. If they
  persecuted Me, they will also persecute you. If
  they kept My word, they will keep yours also. 21
  But all these things they will do to you for My
  names sake, because they do not know Him who
  sent Me.

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If you become a follower of God then expect to be
tested!

• 22 If I had not come and spoken to them, they
  would have no sin, but now they have no excuse
  for their sin. 23 He who hates Me hates My Father
  also.

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If you become a follower of God then expect to be
tested!

• The truth is that one cannot have a saving faith
  without paying a high price. (2 Tim 312 Mt
  1037-38)

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If you become a follower of God then expect to be
tested!

• 2 Timothy 312 (NKJV) - Yes, and all who desire
  to live godly in Christ Jesus will suffer
  persecution.

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If you become a follower of God then expect to be
tested!

• Matthew 1037-38 (NKJV) - He who loves father or
  mother more than Me is not worthy of Me. And he
  who loves son or daughter more than Me is not
  worthy of Me. 38 And he who does not take his
  cross and follow after Me is not worthy of Me.

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If you become a follower of God then expect to be
tested!

• Those who have come to know God realize that
  these times of testing are for their
  good.

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If you become a follower of God then expect to be
tested!

• Those who have come to know God realize that
  these times of testing are for their
  good.
• What gift does God give in addition to faith?
  (Phil 127-30)

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If you become a follower of God then expect to be
tested!

• Philippians 127-30 (NKJV) - Only let your
  conduct be worthy of the gospel of Christ, so
  that whether I come and see you or am absent, I
  may hear of your affairs, that you stand fast in
  one spirit, with one mind striving together for
  the faith of the gospel,

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If you become a follower of God then expect to be
tested!

• 28 and not in any way terrified by your
  adversaries, which is to them a proof of
  perdition, but to you of salvation, and that from
  God. 29 For to you it has been granted on behalf
  of Christ, not only to believe in Him, but also
  to suffer for His sake, 30 having the same
  conflict which you saw in me and now hear is in
  me.

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If you become a follower of God then expect to be
tested!

• When we are emptied of self then the times of
  trial brings rejoicing. (Heb 1032-34 1 Pt
  17-9)

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If you become a follower of God then expect to be
tested!

• Hebrews 1032-34 (NKJV) - But recall the former
  days in which, after you were illuminated, you
  endured a great struggle with sufferings 33
  partly while you were made a spectacle both by
  reproaches and tribulations, and partly while you
  became companions of those who were so treated

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If you become a follower of God then expect to be
tested!

• 34 for you had compassion on me in my chains, and
  joyfully accepted the plundering of your goods,
  knowing that you have a better and an enduring
  possession for yourselves in heaven.

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If you become a follower of God then expect to be
tested!

• 1 Peter 17-9 (NKJV) - that the genuineness of
  your faith, being much more precious than gold
  that perishes, though it is tested by fire, may
  be found to praise, honor, and glory at the
  revelation of Jesus Christ, 8 whom having not
  seen you love. Though now you do not see Him, yet
  believing, you rejoice with joy inexpressible and
  full of glory, 9 receiving the end of your
  faiththe salvation of your souls.

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If you become a follower of God then expect to be
tested!

• Remember, this testing is essential so that we
  might know we are in Christ. (2 Cor 135-6)

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If you become a follower of God then expect to be
tested!

• 2 Corinthians 135-6 (NKJV) - Examine yourselves
  as to whether you are in the faith. Test
  yourselves. Do you not know yourselves, that
  Jesus Christ is in you?unless indeed you are
  disqualified. 6 But I trust that you will know
  that we are not disqualified.

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Nebuchadnezzars Monument to Himself (31-7)

• Daniel 31-7 (NKJV) - Nebuchadnezzar the king
  made an image of gold, whose height was sixty
  cubits and its width six cubits. He set it up in
  the plain of Dura, in the province of Babylon.

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Nebuchadnezzars Monument to Himself (31-7)

• 2 And King Nebuchadnezzar sent word to gather
  together the satraps, the administrators, the
  governors, the counselors, the treasurers, the
  judges, the magistrates, and all the officials of
  the provinces, to come to the dedication of the
  image which King Nebuchadnezzar had set up.

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Nebuchadnezzars Monument to Himself (31-7)

• 3 So the satraps, the administrators, the
  governors, the counselors, the treasurers, the
  judges, the magistrates, and all the officials of
  the provinces gathered together for the
  dedication of the image that King Nebuchadnezzar
  had set up and they stood before the image that
  Nebuchadnezzar had set up.

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Nebuchadnezzars Monument to Himself (31-7)

• 4 Then a herald cried aloud To you it is
  commanded, O peoples, nations, and languages,
  5that at the time you hear the sound of the horn,
  flute, harp, lyre, and psaltery, in symphony with
  all kinds of music, you shall fall down and
  worship the gold image that King Nebuchadnezzar
  has set up

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Nebuchadnezzars Monument to Himself (31-7)

• 6 and whoever does not fall down and worship
  shall be cast immediately into the midst of a
  burning fiery furnace. 7 So at that time, when
  all the people heard the sound of the horn,
  flute, harp, and lyre, in symphony with all kinds
  of music, all the people, nations, and languages
  fell down and worshiped the gold image which King
  Nebuchadnezzar had set up.

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Nebuchadnezzars Monument to Himself (31-7)

• All the power and glitter the world could muster
  was put into this event. (1 Jn 215-17)

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Nebuchadnezzars Monument to Himself (31-7)

• 1 John 215-17 (NKJV) - Do not love the world or
  the things in the world. If anyone loves the
  world, the love of the Father is not in him. 16
  For all that is in the worldthe lust of the
  flesh, the lust of the eyes, and the pride of
  lifeis not of the Father but is of the world. 17
  And the world is passing away, and the lust of
  it but he who does the will of God abides
  forever.

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Nebuchadnezzars Monument to Himself (31-7)

• The image was made of the most expensive
  material, gold.

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Nebuchadnezzars Monument to Himself (31-7)

• The image was made of the most expensive
  material, gold.
• The image was huge suggesting great wealth and
  power. It was 90 ft. by 9 ft. approximately
  8 stories tall!

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Nebuchadnezzars Monument to Himself (31-7)

• The image was made of the most expensive
  material, gold.
• The image was huge suggesting great wealth and
  power. It was 90 ft. by 9 ft. approximately
  8 stories tall!
• Anyone who was anybody was at this event! A
  real whos who in the Babylonian kingdom.

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Nebuchadnezzars Monument to Himself (31-7)

• The most modern instruments and the most talented
  musicians were to perform.

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Nebuchadnezzars Monument to Himself (31-7)

• The most modern instruments and the most talented
  musicians were to perform.
• It was to represent the god who was behind this
  great kingdom.

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Nebuchadnezzars Monument to Himself (31-7)

• The most modern instruments and the most talented
  musicians were to perform.
• It was to represent the god who was behind this
  great kingdom.
• It had support of the vast majority. It had the
  numbers!

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Nebuchadnezzars Monument to Himself (31-7)

• The most modern instruments and the most talented
  musicians were to perform.
• It was to represent the god who was behind this
  great kingdom.
• It had support of the vast majority. It had the
  numbers!
• Worldly religions always appeal to the flesh. It
  was non-traditional!

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Nebuchadnezzars Monument to Himself (31-7)

• Some suggest that Nebuchadnezzar had just
  finished conquered Jerusalem.

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Nebuchadnezzars Monument to Himself (31-7)

• Some suggest that Nebuchadnezzar had just
  finished conquered Jerusalem.
• While this differs from our suggested time line,
  the Septuagint version says this occurred in
  the 18th year of his reign some 16 years after
  Daniels interpretation of Nebuchadnezzars
  dream.

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Nebuchadnezzars Monument to Himself (31-7)

• Some suggest that Nebuchadnezzar had just
  finished conquered Jerusalem.
• While this differs from our suggested time line,
  the Septuagint version says this occurred in
  the 18th year of his reign some 16 years after
  Daniels interpretation of Nebuchadnezzars
  dream.
• In either case Nebuchadnezzar is full of himself.

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Nebuchadnezzars Monument to Himself (31-7)

• His whole statue is of gold, not just the head!

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Nebuchadnezzars Monument to Himself (31-7)

• His whole statue is of gold, not just the head!
• He is referred to as king seven times in this
  chapter as compared to nine times in the entire
  book.

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Nebuchadnezzars Monument to Himself (31-7)

• His whole statue is of gold, not just the head!
• He is referred to as king seven times in this
  chapter as compared to nine times in the entire
  book.
• Nebuchadnezzar has forgotten what he learned from
  Daniel.

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Nebuchadnezzars Monument to Himself (31-7)

• His whole statue is of gold, not just the head!
• He is referred to as king seven times in this
  chapter as compared to nine times in the entire
  book.
• Nebuchadnezzar has forgotten what he learned from
  Daniel.
• While we may be humbled at a given time, it is
  hard to stay humble.

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Nebuchadnezzars Monument to Himself (31-7)

• Remember!

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Nebuchadnezzars Monument to Himself (31-7)

• Remember!
• The intolerance of worldly religion (34-6)

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Nebuchadnezzars Monument to Himself (31-7)

• Remember!
• The intolerance of worldly religion (34-6)
• Worldly religion will let you do what you wish as
  long as you also go along with them.

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Nebuchadnezzars Monument to Himself (31-7)

• Remember!
• The intolerance of worldly religion (34-6)
• Worldly religion will let you do what you wish as
  long as you also go along with them.
• Nebuchadnezzar did not care if they continued in
  the church of their choice, he wanted them to
  also approve his!

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Nebuchadnezzars Monument to Himself (31-7)

• Remember!
• The intolerance of worldly religion (34-6)
• Worldly religion will let you do what you wish as
  long as you also go along with them.
• Nebuchadnezzar did not care if they continued in
  the church of their choice, he wanted them to
  also approve his!
• Would that be a compromise?

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Nebuchadnezzars Monument to Himself (31-7)

• Strangely, the expounders of many of the great
  new ideas of history were frequently considered
  on the lunatic fringe for some or all of their
  lives. If one stands up and is counted, from time
  to time one may get knocked down. But remember
  this a man flattened by an opponent can get up
  again. A man flattened by conformity stays down
  for good. -- Thomas J. Watson, Jr., Chairman of
  Board, IBM

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Nebuchadnezzars Monument to Himself (31-7)

• When you refuse to participate, even when you do
  not say a word, you become a threat to them. (1
  Pt 44 Heb 117)

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Nebuchadnezzars Monument to Himself (31-7)

• 1 Peter 44 (NKJV) - In regard to these, they
  think it strange that you do not run with them in
  the same flood of dissipation, speaking evil of
  you.

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Nebuchadnezzars Monument to Himself (31-7)

• Hebrews 117 (NKJV) - By faith Noah, being
  divinely warned of things not yet seen, moved
  with godly fear, prepared an ark for the saving
  of his household, by which he condemned the world
  and became heir of the righteousness which is
  according to faith.

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Nebuchadnezzars Monument to Himself (31-7)

• Sometimes worldliness will use the terms grace,
  peace, sweetness, positive religion.

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Nebuchadnezzars Monument to Himself (31-7)

• The worst abuse I have received has come from
  those who talk much about these things!

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Nebuchadnezzars Monument to Himself (31-7)

• The worst abuse I have received has come from
  those who talk much about these things!
• Does that grace remain when they are challenged
  by Gods word?

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Nebuchadnezzars Monument to Himself (31-7)

• Years ago, an older preacher told me of a
  warning he had received years before from Cled
  Wallace. He said, "Watch out for the real sweet
  men. They will rip you to pieces when they get a
  chance." I have received more unkind and unjust
  treatment over the years from those who had the
  most to say about love, kindness, gentleness and
  such nobler qualities, but who could not tolerate
  any criticism about what they were teaching. --
  Connie Adams

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Nebuchadnezzars Monument to Himself (31-7)

• Class Discussion

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Nebuchadnezzars Monument to Himself (31-7)

• Class Discussion
• 1. Why does the world in fact hate Christ? Will
  we be treated any differently?

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Nebuchadnezzars Monument to Himself (31-7)

• Class Discussion
• 1. Why does the world in fact hate Christ? Will
  we be treated any differently?
• 2. Why does a godly example anger many?

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Nebuchadnezzars Monument to Himself (31-7)

• Class Discussion
• 1. Why does the world in fact hate Christ? Will
  we be treated any differently?
• 2. Why does a godly example anger many?
• 3. Does worldly religion use Bible words and
  speak well about some Bible attributes of
  character? What then makes them (us) different?

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Satans Work of Accusation (38-12)

• Daniel 38-12 (NKJV) - Therefore at that time
  certain Chaldeans came forward and accused the
  Jews. 9 They spoke and said to King
  Nebuchadnezzar, O king, live forever! 10 You, O
  king, have made a decree that everyone who hears
  the sound of the horn, flute, harp, lyre, and
  psaltery, in symphony with all kinds of music,
  shall fall down and worship the gold image

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Satans Work of Accusation (38-12)

• 11 and whoever does not fall down and worship
  shall be cast into the midst of a burning fiery
  furnace. 12 There are certain Jews whom you have
  set over the affairs of the province of Babylon
  Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-Nego these men, O
  king, have not paid due regard to you. They do
  not serve your gods or worship the gold image
  which you have set up.

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Satans Work of Accusation (38-12)

• The charge against certain Jews.

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Satans Work of Accusation (38-12)

• The charge against certain Jews.
• It was made as a personal affront to
  Nebuchadnezzar these men, O king, have
  not paid due regard to you.

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Satans Work of Accusation (38-12)

• The charge against certain Jews.
• It was made as a personal affront to
  Nebuchadnezzar these men, O king, have
  not paid due regard to you.
• It is made to appear that these men in pride do
  not serve your gods or worship the gold
  image which you have set up.

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Satans Work of Accusation (38-12)

• When the issue is made personal then it becomes a
  matter of comparison! Who is smarter than the
  king?

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Satans Work of Accusation (38-12)

• Why was it not all the Jews?

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Satans Work of Accusation (38-12)

• Why was it not all the Jews?
• Sadly there are few that are willing to stand up
  and be counted when it might cost them something.
  Many will gladly take a stand when the battle is
  already fought and won. (Gal 511 612)

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Satans Work of Accusation (38-12)

• Galatians 511 (NKJV) - And I, brethren, if I
  still preach circumcision, why do I still suffer
  persecution? Then the offense of the cross has
  ceased.

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Satans Work of Accusation (38-12)

• Galatians 612 (NKJV) - As many as desire to
  make a good showing in the flesh, these would
  compel you to be circumcised, only that they may
  not suffer persecution for the cross of Christ.

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Satans Work of Accusation (38-12)

• "Liberty means responsibility. That is why most
  men dread it.

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Satans Work of Accusation (38-12)

• "Liberty means responsibility. That is why most
  men dread it.
• Those who really know God will not take the easy
  way out! (Heb 1135-36)

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Satans Work of Accusation (38-12)

• Hebrews 1135-36 (NKJV) - Women received their
  dead raised to life again. Others were tortured,
  not accepting deliverance, that they might obtain
  a better resurrection. 36 Still others had trial
  of mockings and scourgings, yes, and of chains
  and imprisonment.

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Satans Work of Accusation (38-12)

• Please be careful when you quickly write off
  someone as a watchdog or trouble-maker. Many
  refuse not only to fight the battle but actually
  oppose those who do.

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Satans Work of Accusation (38-12)

• Please be careful when you quickly write off
  someone as a watchdog or trouble-maker. Many
  refuse not only to fight the battle but actually
  oppose those who do.
• While Daniel is not present there are those who
  have the same kind of faith and will stand! Will
  you dare to be a Daniel?

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Satans Work of Accusation (38-12)

• Please be careful when you quickly write off
  someone as a watchdog or trouble-maker. Many
  refuse not only to fight the battle but actually
  oppose those who do.
• While Daniel is not present there are those who
  have the same kind of faith and will stand! Will
  you dare to be a Daniel?
• The motivation of the charges.

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Satans Work of Accusation (38-12)

• It appears that these religious people envied
  the position of these men.

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Satans Work of Accusation (38-12)

• It appears that these religious people envied
  the position of these men.
• Often charges are made from hearts with evil
  motives. (Mk 1510)

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Satans Work of Accusation (38-12)

• Mark 1510 (NKJV) - For he knew that the chief
  priests had handed Him over because of envy.

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Satans Work of Accusation (38-12)

• Some use what they can call contending for the
  faith as a mask to conceal these motives!

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Satans Work of Accusation (38-12)

• What did the religious leaders accuse Jesus of?

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Satans Work of Accusation (38-12)

• What did the religious leaders accuse Jesus of?
• Even when we may suspect bad motives we have an
  obligation to hear and seek the truth. They may
  be right! (Phil 115-18)

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Satans Work of Accusation (38-12)

• Philippians 115-18 (NKJV) - Some indeed preach
  Christ even from envy and strife, and some also
  from goodwill 16 The former preach Christ from
  selfish ambition, not sincerely, supposing to add
  affliction to my chains 17 but the latter out of
  love, knowing that I am appointed for the defense
  of the gospel.

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Satans Work of Accusation (38-12)

• 18 What then? Only that in every way, whether in
  pretense or in truth, Christ is preached and in
  this I rejoice, yes, and will rejoice.

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Satans Work of Accusation (38-12)

• There are some accusations we should readily plea
  guilty to.

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Satans Work of Accusation (38-12)

• There are some accusations we should readily plea
  guilty to.
• These men were following their father, the Devil!
  (Jn 844)

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Satans Work of Accusation (38-12)

• John 844 (NKJV) - You are of your father the
  devil, and the desires of your father you want to
  do. He was a murderer from the beginning, and
  does not stand in the truth, because there is no
  truth in him. When he speaks a lie, he speaks
  from his own resources, for he is a liar and the
  father of it.

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Satans Work of Accusation (38-12)

• Satan is known as the great accuser.

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Satans Work of Accusation (38-12)

• Satan does not play fair! But we must never use
  his tactics or he will win. (2 Cor 103-5)

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Satans Work of Accusation (38-12)

• 2 Corinthians 103-5 (NKJV) - For though we walk
  in the flesh, we do not war according to the
  flesh. 4 For the weapons of our warfare are not
  carnal but mighty in God for pulling down
  strongholds, 5 casting down arguments and every
  high thing that exalts itself against the
  knowledge of God, bringing every thought into
  captivity to the obedience of Christ,

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Satans Work of Accusation (38-12)

• We can accuse others of unfair accusations while
  carrying on a whispering campaign against them
  every bit as unfair. Who wins?

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Satans Work of Accusation (38-12)

• We can accuse others of unfair accusations while
  carrying on a whispering campaign against them
  every bit as unfair. Who wins?
• Satans work of accusation is thorough, if he
  fails in one place he returns in another!

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Satans Work of Accusation (38-12)

• We can accuse others of unfair accusations while
  carrying on a whispering campaign against them
  every bit as unfair. Who wins?
• Satans work of accusation is thorough, if he
  fails in one place he returns in another!
• He tries to make in personal and appeal to the
  worldliness in Nebuchadnezzar. He finds a ready
  participant.

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Satans Work of Accusation (38-12)

• Class Discussion

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Satans Work of Accusation (38-12)

• Class Discussion
• 1. What is the major work of Satan?

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Satans Work of Accusation (38-12)

• Class Discussion
• 1. What is the major work of Satan?
• 2. How should we respond to a false accusation?

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Satans Work of Accusation (38-12)

• Class Discussion
• 1. What is the major work of Satan?
• 2. How should we respond to a false accusation?
• 3. Should we fight fire with fire? Why is this
  difficult to avoid? (Rom 1221)

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Satans Work of Accusation (38-12)

• Romans 1221 (NKJV) - Do not be overcome by
  evil, but overcome evil with good.

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The Folly of Nebuchadnezzars Anger (313-23)

• Daniel 313-23 (NKJV) - Then Nebuchadnezzar, in
  rage and fury, gave the command to bring
  Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-Nego. So they brought
  these men before the king. 14 Nebuchadnezzar
  spoke, saying to them, Is it true, Shadrach,
  Meshach, and Abed-Nego, that you do not serve my
  gods or worship the gold image which I have set
  up?

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The Folly of Nebuchadnezzars Anger (313-23)

• 15 Now if you are ready at the time you hear the
  sound of the horn, flute, harp, lyre, and
  psaltery, in symphony with all kinds of music,
  and you fall down and worship the image which I
  have made, good! But if you do not worship, you
  shall be cast immediately into the midst of a
  burning fiery furnace. And who is the god who
  will deliver you from my hands?

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The Folly of Nebuchadnezzars Anger (313-23)

• 16 Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-Nego answered and
  said to the king, O Nebuchadnezzar, we have no
  need to answer you in this matter. 17 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.

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The Folly of Nebuchadnezzars Anger (313-23)

• 18 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. 19
  Then Nebuchadnezzar was full of fury, and the
  expression on his face changed toward Shadrach,
  Meshach, and Abed-Nego. He spoke and commanded
  that they heat the furnace seven times more than
  it was usually heated.

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The Folly of Nebuchadnezzars Anger (313-23)

• 20 And he commanded certain mighty men of valor
  who were in his army to bind Shadrach, Meshach,
  and Abed-Nego, and cast them into the burning
  fiery furnace. 21 Then these men were bound in
  their coats, their trousers, their turbans, and
  their other garments, and were cast into the
  midst of the burning fiery furnace.

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The Folly of Nebuchadnezzars Anger (313-23)

• 22 Therefore, because the kings command was
  urgent, and the furnace exceedingly hot, the
  flame of the fire killed those men who took up
  Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-Nego. 23 And these
  three men, Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-Nego, fell
  down bound into the midst of the burning fiery
  furnace.

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The Folly of Nebuchadnezzars Anger (313-23)

• Satans goal is to block you from reason and make
  you his blind slave. (2 Tim 225-26)

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The Folly of Nebuchadnezzars Anger (313-23)

• 2 Timothy 225-26 (NKJV) - in humility
  correcting those who are in opposition, if God
  perhaps will grant them repentance, so that they
  may know the truth, 26 and that they may come to
  their senses and escape the snare of the devil,
  having been taken captive by him to do his will.

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The Folly of Nebuchadnezzars Anger (313-23)

• One of the best weapons Satan uses is
  uncontrolled anger. (Eph 426-27)

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• Ephesians 426-27 (NKJV) -Be angry, and do not
  sin do not let the sun go down on your wrath,
  27 nor give place to the devil.

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• In anger we can do things that make us appear
  crazy. (Jas 119-20 Prov 1417,29)

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• James 119-20 (NKJV) - So then, my beloved
  brethren, let every man be swift to hear, slow to
  speak, slow to wrath 20 for the wrath of man
  does not produce the righteousness of God.

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• Proverbs 1417 (NKJV) - A quick-tempered man acts
  foolishly, And a man of wicked intentions is
  hated.

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• Proverbs 1429 (NKJV) - He who is slow to wrath
  has great understanding, But he who is impulsive
  exalts folly.

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• Nebuchadnezzars anger makes him blind to men of
  principle. (413-18)

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• Nebuchadnezzars anger makes him blind to men of
  principle. (413-18)
• Force will never bend men and women who stand
  upon truth. (416)

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• Nebuchadnezzars anger makes him blind to men of
  principle. (413-18)
• Force will never bend men and women who stand
  upon truth. (416)
• When we think truth can be negotiated then we
  have surrendered. (Jn 832)

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• John 832 (NKJV) - And you shall know the truth,
  and the truth shall make you free.

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• When compromise is made in your loyalty to God,
  He calls it adultery.

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• When compromise is made in your loyalty to God,
  He calls it adultery.
• How would you like to share your mate with
  another?

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• When compromise is made in your loyalty to God,
  He calls it adultery.
• How would you like to share your mate with
  another?
• This is how God views our loyalty to Him. (2 Cor
  112-4)

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• 2 Corinthians 112-4 (NKJV) - For I am jealous
  for you with godly jealousy. For I have betrothed
  you to one husband, that I may present you as a
  chaste virgin to Christ. 3 But I fear, lest
  somehow, as the serpent deceived Eve by his
  craftiness, so your minds may be corrupted from
  the simplicity that is in Christ.

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• 4 For if he who comes preaches another Jesus whom
  we have not preached, or if you receive a
  different spirit which you have not received, or
  a different gospel which you have not
  acceptedyou may well put up with it!

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• The nation of Israel heard their adultery
  described. (Jer 36-10)

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• Jeremiah 36-10 (NKJV) - The LORD said also to
  me in the days of Josiah the king Have you seen
  what backsliding Israel has done? She has gone up
  on every high mountain and under every green
  tree, and there played the harlot. 7 And I said,
  after she had done all these things, Return to
  Me. But she did not return. And her treacherous
  sister Judah saw it.

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• 8 Then I saw that for all the causes for which
  backsliding Israel had committed adultery, I had
  put her away and given her a certificate of
  divorce yet her treacherous sister Judah did not
  fear, but went and played the harlot also. 9 So
  it came to pass, through her casual harlotry,
  that she defiled the land and committed adultery
  with stones and trees.

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• 10 And yet for all this her treacherous sister
  Judah has not turned to Me with her whole heart,
  but in pretense, says the LORD.

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• Fellowship in time will determine practice. (1
  Cor 55-6)

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• 1 Corinthians 55-6 (NKJV) - deliver such a one
  to Satan for the destruction of the flesh, that
  his spirit may be saved in the day of the Lord
  Jesus. 6 Your glorying is not good. Do you not
  know that a little leaven leavens the whole lump?

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• What if they had done it just this one time? (Eph
  53 KJV)

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• Ephesians 53 (KJV) - But fornication, and all
  uncleanness, or covetousness, let it not be once
  named among you, as becometh saints

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• Maybe they should have made this a Romans 14
  issue, and proclaim themselves loyal to God
  while fellowshipping the idolaters!

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• While how God would deliver these men is in
  doubt, they knew God would act! It may
  have been they become examples as martyrs!
  (417-18)

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• While how God would deliver these men is in
  doubt, they knew God would act! It may
  have been they become examples as martyrs!
  (417-18)
• Abraham even knew of some possible things God
  might do. (Heb 1117-19)

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• Hebrews 1117-19 (NKJV) - By faith Abraham, when
  he was tested, offered up Isaac, and he who had
  received the promises offered up his only
  begotten son, 18 of whom it was said, In Isaac
  your seed shall be called, 19 concluding that
  God was able to raise him up, even from the dead,
  from which he also received him in a figurative
  sense.

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• Abraham learned this and so did Mordecai. (Esther
  414)

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• Esther 414 (NKJV) - "For if you remain
  completely silent at this time, relief and
  deliverance will arise for the Jews from another
  place, but you and your father's house will
  perish. Yet who knows whether you have come to
  the kingdom for such a time as this?

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• Trustfulness is based on confidence in God,
  whose ways I do not understand. If I did, there
  would be no need for trust. - Oswald Chambers

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• Trustfulness is based on confidence in God,
  whose ways I do not understand. If I did, there
  would be no need for trust. - Oswald Chambers
• Paul would also grant the possibility of Gods
  actions in meeting Onesimus. (Philemon 115)

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• Philemon 15 (NKJV) - For perhaps he departed for
  a while for this purpose, that you might receive
  him forever,

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• Please be careful in attributing things to God.
  We could be wrong.

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• Please be careful in attributing things to God.
  We could be wrong.
• The consequences of Nebuchadnezzars anger.

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• Please be careful in attributing things to God.
  We could be wrong.
• The consequences of Nebuchadnezzars anger.
• What is the use in heating up the fire seven
  times? Rather than increase the punishment to
  would do the opposite! He is not thinking. (419)

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• Some mighty men of valor lost their lives.
  (420,22)

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• His foolishness was very public! How often has
  anger made wise men fools?

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• Class Discussion

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• Class Discussion
• 1. What does uncontrolled anger do to us?

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• Class Discussion
• 1. What does uncontrolled anger do to us?
• 2. Why is a study of fellowship important?

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• Class Discussion
• 1. What does uncontrolled anger do to us?
• 2. Why is a study of fellowship important?
• 3. What do we know and what do we not know about
  Gods providence?

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• Daniel 324-30 (NKJV) - Then King Nebuchadnezzar
  was astonished and he rose in haste and spoke,
  saying to his counselors, Did we not cast three
  men bound into the midst of the fire? They
  answered and said to the king, True, O king. 25
  Look! he answered, I see four men loose,
  walking in the midst of the fire and they are
  not hurt, and the form of the fourth is like the
  Son of God.

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• 26 Then Nebuchadnezzar went near the mouth of the
  burning fiery furnace and spoke, saying,
  Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-Nego, servants of
  the Most High God, come out, and come here. Then
  Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-Nego came from the
  midst of the fire.

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• 27 And the satraps, administrators, governors,
  and the kings counselors gathered together, and
  they saw these men on whose bodies the fire had
  no power the hair of their head was not singed
  nor were their garments affected, and the smell
  of fire was not on them.

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• 28 Nebuchadnezzar spoke, saying, Blessed be the
  God of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-Nego, who sent
  His Angel and delivered His servants who trusted
  in Him, and they have frustrated the kings word,
  and yielded their bodies, that they should not
  serve nor worship any god except their own God!

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• 29 Therefore I make a decree that any people,
  nation, or language which speaks anything amiss
  against the God of Shadrach, Meshach, and
  Abed-Nego shall be cut in pieces, and their
  houses shall be made an ash heap because there
  is no other God who can deliver like this. 30
  Then the king promoted Shadrach, Meshach, and
  Abed-Nego in the province of Babylon.

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• What started out as a great party to worldly
  religion turns into a great lesson in the
  difference between false Gods and the one true
  God.

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• What started out as a great party to worldly
  religion turns into a great lesson in the
  difference between false Gods and the one true
  God.
• Gods glory is best seen in times of conflict and
  difficulty.

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• What started out as a great party to worldly
  religion turns into a great lesson in the
  difference between false Gods and the one true
  God.
• Gods glory is best seen in times of conflict and
  difficulty.
• Let us never be ashamed of contending for the
  faith. (Jude 3)

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• Jude 3 (NKJV) - Beloved, while I was very
  diligent to write to you concerning our common
  salvation, I found it necessary to write to you
  exhorting you to contend earnestly for the faith
  which was once for all delivered to the saints.

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• What some people think will make the church grow
  is a recipe for apostasy.

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• What some people think will make the church grow
  is a recipe for apostasy.
• Look again at the men God is using to rebuild His
  people.

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• God sends an angel to protect Shadrach, Meshach,
  and Abed-Nego. (324-25)

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• God sends an angel to protect Shadrach, Meshach,
  and Abed-Nego. (324-25)
• The NASV is the correct translation were it
  describes a son of the gods.

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• Daniel 325 (NASB) - He said, Look! I see four
  men loosed and walking about in the midst of the
  fire without harm, and the appearance of the
  fourth is like a son of the gods!

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• Nebuchadnezzars statue seems to have lost its
  luster!

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• Nebuchadnezzars statue seems to have lost its
  luster!
• Three observations of Nebuchadnezzar. (328-30)

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• Nebuchadnezzars statue seems to have lost its
  luster!
• Three observations of Nebuchadnezzar. (328-30)
• Real faith is to be admired.

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• No worldly power or king can stand against such a
  faith.

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• No worldly power or king can stand against such a
  faith.
• It is better to yield your bodies than to
  yield your faith!

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• No worldly power or king can stand against such a
  faith.
• It is better to yield your bodies than to
  yield your faith!
• Because of the stand of Shadrach, Meshach, and
  Abed-Nego Gods people are protected.

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• No worldly power or king can stand against such a
  faith.
• It is better to yield your bodies than to
  yield your faith!
• Because of the stand of Shadrach, Meshach, and
  Abed-Nego Gods people are protected.
• If only we had the faith to know where real power
  comes from!

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• God further exalted these men.

166
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• God further exalted these men.
• There will be future parties God will crash.

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• God further exalted these men.
• There will be future parties God will crash.
• Who do I really want to have fellowship with?

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• God further exalted these men.
• There will be future parties God will crash.
• Who do I really want to have fellowship with?
• While some say they want to be right with God,
  they in fact want to please men. (Gal
  110)

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• Galatians 110 (NKJV) - For do I now persuade
  men, or God? Or do I seek to please men? For if I
  still pleased men, I would not be a bondservant
  of Christ.

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• While we may fool men, God knows our heart!

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• While we may fool men, God knows our heart!
• I have talked with men about what was right and
  what they needed to do. Even though they have
  agreed with me, I have often heard the refusal to
  stand rationalized like this It is hard to do
  what is right!

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• While we may fool men, God knows our heart!
• I have talked with men about what was right and
  what they needed to do. Even though they have
  agreed with me, I have often heard the refusal to
  stand rationalized like this It is hard to do
  what is right!
• What will heaven be like?

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• It will be filled with men of faith who at times
  had to stand alone. (Heb 1132-38)

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• Hebrews 1132-38 (NKJV) - And what more shall I
  say? For the time would fail me to tell of Gideon
  and Barak and Samson and Jephthah, also of David
  and Samuel and the prophets 33 who through faith
  subdued kingdoms, worked righteousness, obtained
  promises, stopped the mouths of lions,

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• 34 quenched the violence of fire, escaped the
  edge of the sword, out of weakness were made
  strong, became valiant in battle, turned to
  flight the armies of the aliens. 35 Women
  received their dead raised to life again. Others
  were tortured, not accepting deliverance, that
  they might obtain a better resurrection.

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• 36 Still others had trial of mockings and
  scourgings, yes, and of chains and imprisonment.
  37 They were stoned, they were sawn in two, were
  tempted, were slain with the sword. They wandered
  about in sheepskins and goatskins, being
  destitute, afflicted, tormented38 of whom the
  world was not worthy. They wandered in deserts
  and mountains, in dens and caves of the earth.

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• When you have no helpers, see all your helpers
  in God. When you have many helpers, see God in
  all your helpers. When you have nothing but God,
  see all in God. When you have everything, see God
  in everything. Under all conditions, stay thy
  heart only on the Lord.