We Won't Bow to Your Idols

WE WON’T BOW TO YOUR IDOLS NOVEMBER 13, 2022 WE WON’T BOW TO YOUR IDOLS THE KING MAKES A DEFIANT IMAGE Daniel 3:1-3 (NIV) 1 King Nebuchadnezzar made an image of gold, ninety feet high and nine feet wide, and set it up on the plain of Dura in the province of Babylon. 2 He then summoned the satraps, prefects, governors, advisers, treasurers, judges, magistrates and all the other provincial officials to come to the dedication of the image he had set up. 3 So the satraps, prefects, governors, advisers, treasurers, judges, magistrates and all the other provincial officials assembled for the dedication of the image that King Nebuchadnezzar had set up, and they stood before it. WE WON’T BOW TO YOUR IDOLS Exodus 20:3-6 (NIV) 3 "You shall have no other gods before me. 4 "You shall not make for yourself an idol in the form of anything in heaven above or on the earth beneath or in the waters below. 5 You shall not bow down to them or worship them; for I, the LORD your God, am a jealous God, punishing the children for the sin of the fathers to the third and fourth generation of those who hate me, 6 but showing love to a thousand [generations] of those who love me and keep my commandments. WE WON’T BOW TO YOUR IDOLS Lev. 19:4 — “Do not turn to idols or make gods of cast metal” 1 Cor. 10:7 -- “Do not be idolaters” 1 Cor. 10:14 -- … “flee from idolatry” 1 John 5:21 — … “keep yourselves from idols” Jonah 2:8 — “Those who cling to worthless idols forfeit the grace that could be theirs” WE WON’T BOW TO YOUR IDOLS GO ALONG OR ELSE! Daniel 3:4-7 (NIV) 4 Then the herald loudly proclaimed, "This is what you are commanded to do, O peoples, nations and men of every language: 5 As soon as you hear the sound of the horn, flute, zither, lyre, harp, pipes and all kinds of music, you must fall down and worship the image of gold that King Nebuchadnezzar has set up. 6 Whoever does not fall down and worship will immediately be thrown into a blazing furnace." 7 Therefore, as soon as they heard the sound of the horn, flute, zither, lyre, harp and all kinds of music, all the peoples, nations and men of every language fell down and worshiped the image of gold that King Nebuchadnezzar had set up.