august14

UNCOMPROMISING FAITH:  UNCOMPROMISING FAITH CENTRAL TRUTH: BY FAITH, A CHRISTIAN CAN STAND FIRM IN THE FACE OF COMPROMISE. FOCUS: TO RECOGNIZE THAT OUR FAITH IN GOD WILL BE CHALLENGED AND SERVE HIM WITHOUT COMPROMISE GOLDEN TEXT: DANIEL 3:17,18 2. PRESSURE TO COMPROMISE:  2. PRESSURE TO COMPROMISE THEY WERE ASKED TO DO SOMETHING AGAINST WHAT THEY BELIEVED LOOK AT THE IMAGE THEY WERE ASKED TO BOW TO THIS MAN MADE STATUE IT WAS A VIOLATION OF THE 2ND. COMMANDMENT 3. THEIR NAMES WERE CHANGED BUT NOT THEIR HEARTS:  3. THEIR NAMES WERE CHANGED BUT NOT THEIR HEARTS DANIEL WAS CALLED BELTESHAZZER HANANIAH WAS CALLED SHADRACH MISHAEL WAS CALLED MESHACH AZARIAH WAS CALLED ABEDNEGO EACH NAME HAD A MEANING 4.NAMES:  4.NAMES HANANIAH “JEHOVAH HAS BEEN GRACIOUS” SHADRACH “SERVANT OF THE MOON” MISHAEL “WHO IS EQUAL TO GOD” MESHACH “THE SHADOW OF THE PRINCE” AZARIAH “JEHOVAH HAS HELPED” ABEDNEGO “SERVANT OF NEGO” 5. SECOND GREAT TEST:  5. SECOND GREAT TEST ORDERS FROM THE GOVERNMENT THEIR ANSWER REMINDS US OF PETER IN ACTS 5:29 “WE OUGHT TO OBEY GOD RATHER THAN MAN” REALLY, GOD IS THE HIGHEST POWER AS WE WILL SEE, GOD HONORED THEIR STAND 6. DO WE HAVE IDOL WORSHIP TODAY?:  6. DO WE HAVE IDOL WORSHIP TODAY? MATERIALISM SUCCESS (WORLDLY) FAME. SELF INDULGENCE AND PROMISCUITY 7. WHEN IT SEEMS EVERY-BODY IS DOING IT, WHY DO SOME CHRISTIANS CONFORM TO WORLDLY STANDARDS?:  7. WHEN IT SEEMS EVERY-BODY IS DOING IT, WHY DO SOME CHRISTIANS CONFORM TO WORLDLY STANDARDS? IT IS EASY TO GO THE ROUTE OF LEAST RESISTANCE IT IS IMPORTANT THAT WE HAVE A GRASP OF GOD’S WORD WE MUST ENDEAVOR TO WALK IN THE SPIRIT 8. HOW DOES THE OVERALL RESPONSE OF THE THREE HEBREW MEN SHOW THE EXTENT OF THEIR FAITH? :  8. HOW DOES THE OVERALL RESPONSE OF THE THREE HEBREW MEN SHOW THE EXTENT OF THEIR FAITH? JOB 13:15 “THOUGH HE SLAY ME YET WILL I TRUST IN HIM” THEY WOULD EITHER BE SPARED, OR THEY WOULD BE DELIVERED INTO HIS PRESENCE 9. WRATH OF A KING:  9. WRATH OF A KING WAS THE KING JUSTIFIED IN BEING ANGRY? HE WAS ACCUSTOMED TO PEOPLE DOING WHAT HE SAID MANY CANNOT USE POWER CORRECTLY 10.TESTED:  10.TESTED WHY DID GOD NOT DELIVER THE THREE BEFORE THEY WERE THROWN INTO THE FIRE THIS IS WHERE FAITH COMES IN, THOUGH THEY WERE SEVERALLY TRIED, THEY CAME OUT VICTORIOUSLY 11. OTHERS WHO WERE TESTED:  11. OTHERS WHO WERE TESTED ACTS 7:54-60– STEPHEN ACTS 14:19-26– PAUL ACTS 12:1—16 ACTS 16:16-31 2 TIMOTHY 4:16-18 HEBREWS 11 12. FAITH IS REWARDED:  12. FAITH IS REWARDED LOOK WHAT THE KING SAW HE COULD NOT BELIEVE HIS OWN EYES GOD HONORED THESE THREE MEN’S FAITH WE ARE ALL TESTED AT TIMES 1 CORINTHIANS 10:13 1 PETER 4:12 13. THE KING’S DECREE:  13. THE KING’S DECREE THE KING CHANGED HIS WORDS FROM “WHO IS THAT GOD?” TO “BLESSED BE THE GOD OF SHADRACH, MESHACH AND ABEDNEGO”. THOUGHT FOR THE DAY:  THOUGHT FOR THE DAY JAMES 1:12 “BLESSED IS THE MAN THAT ENDURETH TEMPTATION:FOR WHEN HE IS TRIED, HE SHALL RECEIVE THE CROWN OF LIFE”. Slide15:  BOY AM I TIRED !!