And the princes, governors, and captains, and the king’s counsellors, being gathered together, saw these men, upon whose bodies the fire had no power, nor was an hair of their head singed, neither were their coats changed, nor the smell of fire had passed on them. – Daniel 3:27
Christian, if you be truly a child of God, your trials cannot destroy you, and what is better still, you can lose nothing by them. You may seem to lose for today, but when the account comes to be settled, you shall not be found to be a farthing the loser by all the temptations of the world, of all the attacks of Satan which you have endured. Nay, more, you shall be wondrously the gainer. Your trials having worked patience and experience, shall make you rich. Your temptations have taught you your weakness, and shown you where your strength lieth, they shall make you strong.
From your first trouble, till the last enemy shall be destroyed, you shall not lose a fraction, jot, or tittle, by any thing or every thing which God in His providence, or the world in its fury, of Satan in his craftiness, shall ever be able to lay upon you. Upon you, not the smell of fire shall have passed. You shall not be burned, neither shall your hosen, nor your hats, but like the men that you read of in Daniel, you shall be wholly preserved intact from the flame.
I certainly have appreciated this particular series of messages on Fire, Fire, Fire; and I do agree in principle with Spurgeon’s point expressed here; yet in my understanding of current events, as they are unfolding we can’t overlook the fact that at times in Church History men have died in the Fire for Christ even as these three men were willing to do. And I think that my point is, that, we must also be willing to do so; because it is already happening.
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It has always been happening with the Church and as brothers and sisters in Christ we share in their sufferings, praying for their faith to be strong and that our Beloved would help them in every way to endure it, granting their soon relief from it. And when our time comes, if we are granted the privilege to share in Christ’s sufferings, He will give us grace then to endure it for His glory.
Have a blessed day, Jerry, amen! 🤗
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