“EVEN IF” or “ONLY IF”

The pastor of my Church has been conducting studies in the book of Daniel. When we got to chapter three where King Nebuchadnezzar made an image of gold and invited his subjects to attend the dedication ceremony. The king also made a decree that every man on hearing the sound of the music “shall fall down and worship the golden image. And whoever does not fall down and worship and be cast into a burning fiery furness.” (Daniels 3:10,11).  Among the so-called worshippers were Daniel’s three Hebrew companions, Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego who bluntly refused to serve the king’s gods or worship […]