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STANDING FIRM IN THE FIRE
Every Christian will go through a
season of testing and trial and faith will
be refined like gold in the fire
1Peter 1:7
So that the tested genuineness of your
faith—more precious than gold that
perishes though it is tested by fire—may
be found to result in praise and glory and
honor at the revelation of Jesus Christ.
A FAITH THAT’S TESTED IS A
FAITH THAT CAN BE TRUSTED.
Faith is a rhema word of God and we need
to have a sense of responsibility as we
receive it to act upon it and obey it.
Review
• Daniel interprets the dream of
Nebuchadnezzar
• DANIEL PROMOTED AS CHIEF WISE
MAN & GOVERNOR
• DANIEL REQUESTED PROMOTION FOR
HIS FRIENDS TO BECOME PROVINCIAL
MAYORS
2 THOUGHTS HERE
• GOD BLESSING US WILL AFFECT
OTHERS – DANIEL & FRIENDS
• NO CROSS NO CROWN PRINCIPLE –
Daniel’s friend got promoted without any
trials
The Golden Statue
• This statue was similar to his first
dream
Daniel 3:1
Some time later, king Nebuchadnezzar
built a golden statue, making it ninety
feet high and nine feet wide. He set it up
in the Dura Valley within the province of
Babylon
The Command to worship the idol
Daniel 3:4-6
4 Then a herald proclaimed aloud:
"People of all nations, and languages
are commanded:
Daniel 3:4-6
5 Whenever you hear the sound of the
trumpet, the flute, the lyre, the four-
stringed lyre, and the harp, playing
together along with various
instruments, you are to fall down and
worship the golden statue that was
set up by King Nebuchadnezzar
Daniel 3:4-6
6 Anyone who does not fall down and
worship is immediately to be thrown into
the blazing fire furnace."
IDOLATRY IN THE HEART OF
NEBUCHADNEZZAR
• PRIDE, GLORY, POWER,
• The root of idolatry is man becoming God.
The road of Power & Glory
may lead to idolatry to self
Therefore as man receives power and
glory, he must go through the fire to
cleanse himself
Satan’s pitfall ; he walked in the aisle of power & glory
Isaiah 14:12-14
12 "How you are fallen from heaven, O
Day Star, son of Dawn! How you are cut
down to the ground, you who laid the
nations low!
Isaiah 14:12-14
13 You said in your heart, 'I will ascend
to heaven; above the stars of God I will
set my throne on high; I will sit on the
mount of assembly in the far reaches of
the north;
Isa 14:14 I will ascend above the heights
of the clouds; I will make myself like the
Most High.'
Isaiah 14:12-14
14 I will ascend above the heights of the
clouds; I will make myself like the Most
High.'
SONGS OF BABYLON WAS ABOUT THE GLORY OF NEBUCHADNEZZAR
Daniel 3:7
7 Therefore, when all of the people "heard
the sound of the trumpet, the flute, the
lyre, the four-stringed lyre, and the harp,
playing together along with various other
instruments," all the "people, nations, and
languages" began to fall down and
worship the golden statue that King
Nebuchadnezzar had set up
Babylon Worship
Today many people boast of their success
like a grandeur worship song , they exalt
themselves like the tower of Babel, the
tower of pride.
DAVID LEAVES AN ANOINTING
FOR DANIEL TO TOUCH AS HE
PRAYS
Psalm 137:1-4
1 By the waters of Babylon, there we
sat down and wept, when we
remembered Zion.
2 On the willows there we hung up our
lyres.
Psalm 137:1-4
3 For there our captors required of us
songs, and our tormentors, mirth,
saying, "Sing us one of the songs of
Zion!"
4 How shall we sing the LORD's song in
a foreign land?
Three Friends Refuses
to worship the Idol Image
Daniel 3: 12-13
12 "Certain influential Jewish men whom
you appointed to manage the city of
Babylon—Shadrach, Meshach, and
Abednego—have neither paid attention to
you, your majesty, nor served your gods.
And they won't worship the golden statue
that you set up.“
Daniel 3: 12-13
13 Nebuchadnezzar flew into a rage and
furiously ordered that Shadrach,
Meshach, and Abednego be brought
before him.
THREE QUALITIES OF STANDING
IN FAITH
Faith obeys God instead of
following man.
Daniel 3:16
16 The three men replied, "Your Majesty,
we don't need to defend ourselves
• The three knew how to answer the
King in humility.
• Most Christians will engage in verbal
fight just to defend the faith.
Faith believes in spite of what it
sees.
Daniel 3:17
17 If we are thrown into the blazing
furnace, the God whom we serve is able
to save us. He will rescue us from your
power, Your Majesty. NLT
The eyes of Faith is more powerful than
a natural eyes because it sees what
God is going to do.
Jesus has His eyes focused on God the Father
John 5:19
18 But even if [God] doesn’t, we want to
make it clear to you, Your Majesty, that we
will never serve your gods or worship the
gold statue you have set up.”
Faithful obedience is our responsibility.
The outcome is God’s .
Daniel 3:18
18 But even if [God] doesn’t, we want to
make it clear to you, Your Majesty, that we
will never serve your gods or worship the
gold statue you have set up.”
Angry King
Daniel 3:19
19 Then Nebuchadnezzar was filled with
fury, and the expression of his face was
changed against Shadrach, Meshach, and
Abednego. He ordered the furnace heated
seven times more than it was usually
heated
GOD is in the fire.
Dan 3:24-25
24 Then King Nebuchadnezzar was
astonished; and he rose in haste and
spoke, saying to his counselors, "Did we
not cast three men bound into the midst of
the fire?" They answered and said to the
king, "True, O king.“
Dan 3:24-25
25 "Look!" he answered, "I see four men
loose, walking in the midst of the fire;
and they are not hurt, and the form of
the fourth is like the Son of God."
3 FRIENDS –buys gold refined in fire
• 3 FRIENDS – buys gold to Jesus to avoid
being lukewarm in Babylon
Laodicea: Lukewarm Church
18 I counsel you to buy from me gold
refined by fire, so that you may be rich,
and white garments so that you may
clothe yourself and the shame of your
nakedness may not be seen, and salve to
anoint your eyes, so that you may see.
Revelation 3:18
TODAY: MANY WILL GROW COLD IN THEIR FAITH
12 And because lawlessness will be
increased, the love of many will grow cold.
Matthew 24:12
REFINED BY FIRE
• Gold are first taken from soil and needed to
be refined in the fire to remove the dross
• Low grade gold usually melt
• High grade are ones who passed the test of
fire 7x and are kept in the Central Bank
treasury.
JESUS IS THE STANDARD OF EVERY TEST
• HE IS THE FIRE
Heb 12:29 for our God is a
consuming fire.
• HE IS THE LION OF JUDAH –
He is the Lion with Daniel
Coming out of the test
27 And the satraps, the prefects, the
governors, and the king's counselors
gathered together and saw that the fire had
not had any power over the bodies of those
men. The hair of their heads was not
singed, their cloaks were not harmed, and
no smell of fire had come upon them.
Daniel 3:27
Nebuchadnezzar exalts God
29 Therefore I make a decree: Any
people, nation, or language that speaks
anything against the God of Shadrach,
Meshach, and Abednego shall be torn
limb from limb, and their houses laid in
ruins, for there is no other god who is able
to rescue in this way."
Daniel 3:29-30
30 Then the king promoted Shadrach,
Meshach, and Abednego in the province
of Babylon.
Daniel 3:29-30
CONCLUSION
FAITHWORKS CHRISTIAN CHURCH
GLOBAL
Presented By:
Pastor Alan EsporasFCC Main, San Mateo Rizal
4:00PM Afternoon Service
October 30,2016Website: faithworkschristianchurch.com
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