How to be Godly in Ungodly Times (The sequel)

Just like I promised here is the sequel.

Good morning once again.

Before I actually begin let me ask, did we work with the last charge of do not conform, renew your mind and prove? I am hoping we did. If you didn’t review the last message here and continue with this sequel.

In my study of bible characters that lived in similar ungodly times like us, four friends  from the bible struck me the most. They are our models for today.

And introducing them in christianese  they are- Bro. Daniel, Bro. Hananiah, Bro Mishael and Bro. Azariah  (giggling), oh yes these were their original names before their names where changed. 

Daniel became Belteshazzar, 

Hananiah became shadrach, 

Mishael became Meshach and 

Azariah became Abed-Nego. 

These four friends were taken as captives from Israel to the Babylon. Babylon was known for paganism and immorality, yet somehow our models where singled out as people who did not conform to the Babylonian practices but proved what was the good and acceptable and perfect will of God. 

So I am not going to tell all the marvellous accounts of their stories  here, I am only going to talk about a few outstanding characters they had.  

Wheew! We go!

1. Knowing how to pick the right set of friends: 

As iron sharpens iron, so a man sharpens the countenance of his friend . 

One way to remain godly in the midst of the pollution of our time is choose godly friends. Simple right?

2. Knowledge, wisdom, understanding, excellence – Problem Solving:

 The king after interviewing the four models found the ten times better than the magicians and astrologers of his realm. We see them also display wisdom in speech and action. Daniel for example never kept his knowledge to himself. He used it to solve problem. Solving problems keeps us in an advantageous position where we call godly shots rather than having to bend to ungodly demand of people. So gain knowledge to solve problems. 

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Wow! This is getting lengthy I do not intend to laden you with so much reading. So we call it a day. Keep fingers crossed for a complementary publication.

Catch Ya!!