Intro: Men of Honor
Point 1: Haters (v.8-15)
1. Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah
2. Daniel 2, the third deportation and the translation of the Old Testament into Greek, Septuagint
3. Sometimes you have stand
4. Sometimes you do it without words
5. Listen out for the signal…bagpipes
6. This was a great picture of civil disobedience
7. Honor those in authority over you, except when they lead you away from the Lord
Point 2: No Sweat
1. “We have no need to answer you in this matter.”
2. Have faith, trust God with the results. If you don’t trust, it ain’t faith.
3. V.18, “But if not…”
Point 3: Boom
1. Overheated the Furnace
2. Burned up his own men
3. 4th Man in the Fire
4. God is glorified
5. Limb from Limb
6. Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego promoted
7. Nate Saint, “The Way I see it, we ought to be willing to die. In the military, we were taught that to obtain our objectives we had to be willing to be expendable. Missionaries must face that same expendability.”
Conclusion
Discussion Questions:
1. Do you live with an expendable mindset? If yes, how’d you get there? If no, what’s stopping you?
Rate your faith/faithfulness to the gospel on a scale of 1-10. 1 = not at all faithful, 10 = the most faithful.
Why did you choose that rating?
Does anything in your life need to change for you to be more faithful in the small things? If so, what? Be specific.