If it be so, our God whom we serve is able to deliver us from the burning fiery furnace; and he will deliver us out of thy hand, O king.
They stake everything on two points: God's power and providence over them, and the righteousness of their cause, God's glory and true religion. They make open confession that they will not even outwardly consent to idolatry.
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God's ability to preserve us shows how precious our life is in His sight; but true piety means we must always stand ready to offer ourselves as a lawful sacrifice if He chooses to magnify His glory through our death. This readiness of mind is what raises us above all trials.
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Those Chaldeans who accused them bore a grudge, likely because Daniel and his companions had eclipsed them; they requited good with evil for the very prayers that saved their lives. Envy is a bitter master and stands before nothing. Yet Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego would not hide away; they stood in office and bore public testimony against gross idolatry, though it cost them everything.
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Commenting on Daniel 3:8-18