Daniel Part V | Pastor Chris Searcy | 8.30.26

   Daniel V - Faith unto Faithfulness

   Is your faith producing faithfulness?

In chapter three we see two different responses:

Nebuchadnezzar = Idolatry

Shadrach Meshack Abednego = Faithfulness

 

Daniel 3:

 

23 And these three men, Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, fell bound into the burning fiery furnace.

 

24 Then King Nebuchadnezzar was astonished and rose up in haste…….

 

24……. He declared to his counselors, “Did we not cast three men bound into the fire?” They answered and said to the king, “True, O king.”

 

25 He answered and said, “But I see four men unbound, walking in the midst of the fire, and they are not hurt; 

 

25…….and the appearance of the fourth is like a son of the gods.”

 

26 Then Nebuchadnezzar came near to the door of the burning fiery furnace; he declared, “Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, servants of the Most High God, come out, and come here!” Then Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego came out from the fire.

 

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.

 

28 Nebuchadnezzar answered and said, “Blessed be the God of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, who has sent his angel and delivered his servants, who trusted in him, and set aside the king's command, and yielded up their bodies rather than serve and worship any god except their own 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.” 

 

30 Then the king promoted Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego in the province of Babylon.

 

*28 Nebuchadnezzar answered and said, “Blessed be the God of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, who has sent his angel and delivered his servants, who trusted in him, and set aside the king's command, and yielded up their bodies rather than serve and worship any god except their own God.

Take away question:

Is our faith producing faithfulness?

Faith unto Faithfulness questionnaire:

1. Do you fear God more than you fear men?

2. Has your identity survived Babylon?

3. Are you practicing courage in your daily life?

4. Is your faith dependent on your deliverance?

5. Are you willing to die faithful or would you live compromised?