My God and My Country

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Man does not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceedeth from the mouth of God

Matthew 4:4

 The Book of Daniel 3:15-18 

15 Now therefore are ye ready when ye hear the sound of the cornet, trumpet, harp, sackbut, psaltery, and dulcimer, and all instruments of music, to fall down, and worship the image which I have made? for if ye worship it not, ye shall be cast immediately into the midst of an hot fiery furnace: for who is that God, that can deliver you out of mine hands? 16 Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego answered and said to the King, O Nebuchadnezzar, we are not careful to answer thee in this matter. 17 Behold, our God whom we serve, is able to deliver us from the hot fiery furnace, and he will deliver us out of thine hand, O king. 18 But if not, be it known to thee, O king, that we will not serve thy gods, nor worship the golden image which thou hast set up.

Brethren:

If it be so that we must be cast into the fiery furnace, as thou hast threatened,  our God whom we serve; for though they did not serve the gods of the Babylonians, they did not live without God in the world.  They believed in the one true God, the God of Israel, their covenant God and Father, whom they worshiped, had an interest in, and who had and would have a regard for them. He, say they, is able to deliver(See Psalm 91:) us from the burning fiery furnace that is to say either to prevent their being cast into it, or to preserve them unhurt in it, and to bring them safe out of it  Instances of his power in other cases, such as the passage of the Israelites through the Red sea safe, when their enemies were drowned (See Exodus 14:13-14, 28), with others, confirmed their faith in this: and he will deliver us out of thine hand, O king; they might have a well grounded hope and persuasion of deliverance (See Proverbs 21:31), arising partly from former instances of the divine power and goodness in such like cases, and  also partly from the consideration of the glory of God, which would be greatly conspicuous herein. But more so chiefly because of the king's defiance of God, and blasphemy against him, which they had reason to believe would be taken notice of, for it does not appear that they had any foresight of certain deliverance, or any secret intimation of it to them, or a full assurance of it, as is evident by what follows 

But if not if our God does not think fit to exert his power, and deliver us, which we are well assured he is able to do; if it is not his will, we are content, we are resigned unto it. Be it known  unto thee, O king, that we will not serve thy gods, be it as it will, whether we are delivered or not; we are not sure of the one, but we are at a point as to the other. Nor [shall we] worship the golden image which thou hast set up (See Genesis 19:2-5). Come life, or come death, we are ready. We had rather die than sin:. They were all of one mind, and agreed in this matter; a noble instance of spiritual fortitude and courage!