Even If...
by
Pastor Cornelius R. Stam
When the Babylonian multitudes prostrated themselves in worship before
the golden god which Nebuchadnezzar had erected, three young Hebrews
refused to bow and remained standing, erect and alone.
When called before Nebuchadnezzar to answer for their impudence and
threatened with death in a fiery furnace, they answered:
“Our God whom we serve is able to deliver us…But if not, be it known unto thee, O king, that we will not serve thy gods, nor worship the golden image which thou hast set up” (Dan. 3:17,18).
This is the stand every believer should take for God and His truth. He
is able to deliver us from persecution if we stand true, but even if He
doesn’t see fit to do this, we should still stand alone if necessary, for
the light He has given us on His Word.
Many have suffered temporary loss of standing for their convictions.
Hebrews 11 lists among the heroes of faith some who were “tortured, not
accepting deliverance,” and others who suffered “trial of cruel
mockings and scourgings…bonds and imprisonment: They were stoned,
they were sawn asunder, were tempted, were slain with the sword: they
wandered about in sheepskins and goatskins; being destitute, afflicted,
tormented” (Heb. 11:35-37).
But we read that these all “obtained a good report” before God and
looked forward to “a better resurrection” (vv. 35,39).
As the apostasy rises all about us and those who stand for God’s truth
are often ridiculed and despised, may God give us the grace to stand true
regardless of the cost, remembering that any sufferings for Christ are only
temporal while the rewards will be eternal.
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