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When you look at the image, it’s just an image. In other words, it’s
a statue. It’s not alive. Gold glitters but it’s dead. Silver sparkles
but it’s dead. You can shine brass but it’s dead. Iron is strong but
there is no life in it. When you are wrestling the flesh you forget
that it’s not real. It’s a kingdom of stone. That’s all it is. As you
look more and more you see the value decreases as you get to the
foundation. This image of man has a fading glory. Gold is more
valuable than silver and silver is more valuable than brass and brass
is more valuable than iron and iron is more valuable than clay mixed
with iron. With these eyes it looks so big and it looks so scary; but
it’s dead! Jesus took you to the cross and there is no value in it at
all. As you look at the image of man you say, “How can we deal
with that image? It’s too big for me.”

One time I was studying with a friend and he finds principles
everywhere. I asked my friend, “Why does God tell us that Goliath
had six toes on each foot?” And his answer was, “To teach us that
we cannot stand toe to toe with the enemy!” When we see the flesh
we can’t handle it. You can’t fight Satan. That’s why Jesus did it
for you. He didn’t do it once as your example. He did it as your
substitute, so that you don’t have to do it. The war is over.

Daniel 2:34, “You continued looking until a stone was cut out
without hands, and it struck the statue on its feet of iron and clay,
and crushed them.” God showed Daniel a little stone coming out of
heaven, a stone not made with hands.

Daniel 2:35, “Then the iron, the clay, the bronze, the silver and the
gold were crushed all at the summer threshing floors; and the wind
carried them away so that not a trace of them was found. But the
stone that struck the statue became a great mountain and filled the
whole earth.” The stone hit the feet of the image of man and the
stone began to grow and it continued to grow until it filled the whole
world.

What do you call a stone that grows? You call it a “living stone”.
As it grows, it’s alive. It’s a picture of the Lord Jesus and the Lord