PART 5 HOW TO TAKE A STAND FOR GOD

TEXT- DANIEL 3:1-30

INTRODUCTION

HERE IN THIS CHAPTER THERE IS NO MENTION OF DANIEL AT ALL.

THIS WILL BE BROUGHT OUT LATER IN OUR STUDY AND IT IS IMPORTANT THAT WE KEEP THIS IN MIND.

THIS CHAPTER IS CENTERED AROUND DANIEL'S THREE HEBREW FRIENDS, SHADRACH, MESHACH AND ABED-NEGO.

THERE ARE MANY GOOD APPLICATIONS FOR US IN THIS CHAPTER.

WE MUST ALSO KEEP IN MIND THAT THE BOOK OF DANIEL IS A BOOK OF PROPHECY.

WITHIN THIS CHAPTER IT SHOULD BE NO DIFFERENT.

I BELIEVE THAT WE WILL SEE MANY SIMILARITIES BETWEEN THIS CHAPTER AND OUR STUDIES IN REVELATION.

BEYOND THE PROPHETIC AND HISTORICAL COMPARISONS WITH REVELATION WE FIND IN THIS CHAPTER A BEAUTIFUL EXAMPLE OF HOW WE AS GOD’S PEOPLE CAN CONTINUE TO STAND FOR HIM WHILE EVERYONE ELSE BOWS TO THE WORLD.

THIS IS AN IMPORTANT LESSON FOR ALL OF US TODAY BECAUSE COMPROMISE IS SO PREVELANT WITHIN THE CHRISTIAN COMMUNITY.

SO, HOW CAN WE STAND FOR GOD WHILE EVERYONE ELSE IS BOWING TO THE WORLD?

HERE IN THIS PASSAGE WE ARE GOING TO LOOK AT FOUR NECESSARY ELEMENTS.