SERMON NUMBER THREE FOUR IN A FIERY FURNACE Text: Daniel 3 INTRODUCTION I. Chapter S TWO AND THREE ARE CONNECTED A. Second chapter showed final outcome of growth and success of WORLD-POWERthe world-power must eventually crumble B. Yet, while its power lasts, must it not be feared by God's o... [ Continue Reading ]
CHAPTER THREE I. DIVINE DELIVERANCEDaniel 3:1-30 a. PAGAN DEITY TEXT: Daniel 3:1-7 1 Nebuchadnezzar the king made an image of gold, whose height was threescore cubits, and the breadth thereof six cubits: he set it up in the plain of Dura, in the province of Babylon. 2 Then Nebuchadnezzar the... [ Continue Reading ]
b. PERNICIOUS DENOUNCEMENT TEXT: Daniel 3:8-12 8 Wherefore at that time certain Chaldeans came near, and brought accusation against the Jews. 9 They answered and said to Nebuchadnezzar the king, O king, live for ever. 10 Thou, O king, hast made a decree, that every man that shall hear the sou... [ Continue Reading ]
c. PROFESSION OF DEDICATION TEXT: Daniel 3:13-18 13 Then Nebuchadnezzar in his rage and fury commanded to bring Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego. Then they brought these men before the king. 14 Nebuchadnezzar answered and said unto them, Is it of purpose, O Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego, tha... [ Continue Reading ]
d. PERFECT DELIVERANCE TEXT: Daniel 3:19-25 19 Then was Nebuchadnezzar full of fury, and the form of his visage was changed against Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego: therefore he spake, and commanded that they should heat the furnace seven times more than it was wont to be heated. 20 And he com... [ Continue Reading ]
e. PHILANTHROPIC DECREE TEXT: Daniel 3:26-30 26 Then Nebuchadnezzar came near to the mouth of the burning fiery furnace: he spake and said, Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego, ye servants of the Most High God, come forth, and come hither. Then Shadrach, Meshach and Abed-nego came forth out of the... [ Continue Reading ]