16 Behold, I send you as sheep in the midst of the wolves: be ye therefore wise as serpents, and innocent as doves.17 But beware of men, for they will deliver you up to the Councils, and will scourge you in their Synagogues. 18 And ye shall be brought to the governors and kings for my sake, in witness to them, and to the Gentiles.19 But when they deliver you up, take no thought how or what ye shall speak: for it shall be given you in that hour, what ye shall say. Matthew 10:16-19 (1599 Geneva Bible)
If we listen to the common message from the vast majority of “Christian” leaders these days we will not receive one of eternal focus, power, or value. Instead, if we hear a message that tells us that God desires for all of His people to have it their way, to have their best life now, to live any way they choose all the while seeing that the point of Christianity is to be blessed here and now….
Along with that it insinuates that if we suffer then we must have sin in our lives that we have not confessed. Is the point of Christianity the believer’s health, wealth and prosperity? Is the focus of our faith primarily on this life now?
In this post we will focus on Daniel Chapter 3. I have a New Testament I found in the bottom of a box of books I was preparing to sell. When I saw it, I rescued it. It is white with gold page edges. The color isn’t really white anymore. It is more of a dirty tan color and is a bit ragged. On the front cover my name is embossed in gold letters. It says “Michael Ratliff.” On the flyleaf a person with very good handwriting wrote this: <Continue reading post>