Key Thought: In order to impress idolaters with the power and greatness of the living God, His servants must reveal their own reverence to God.
January 25, 2020

1. Have a volunteer read Daniel 3:1-7.

1. Ask class members to share a thought on what the most important point in this text is.
2. What was the probable reason that Nebuchadnezzar made this all gold statue for everyone to worship?
3. Personal Application: How can we keep ourseves from idolizing our own efforts, things, or people that may take our focus away from the Spiritual to the carnal? Share your thoughts.
4. Case Study: One of your relatives states: “That certainly doesn’t apply to us today. There’s no way everyone would bow down to a statue or take a 666 stamp on their forehead. Everyone knows better than that. After all, this world is more spiritual than ever.” How would you respond to your relative?

2. Have a volunteer read Daniel 3:8-15.

1. Ask class members to share a short thought on what the most important point is in this passage.
2. Why were the Chaldeans so quick to accuse the Hebrew youth? Was it due to jealousy and political gain, or due to racial prejudice, or religious prejudice?
3. Personal Application: Where do we get the kind of faith that the threee young Hebrews had during this time? Share your thoughts.
4. Case Study: One of your friends states, “I know a lot of people who have faith in God, but I’m not too sure many people are willing to die because of their beliefs. Most people have a general faith in God, but understanding all the details of what we are to do and not do is probably not very clear to many enough to risk their lives without understanding clearly.” How would you respond to your friend?

3. Have a volunteer read Daniel 3:19-27.

1. Ask class members to share a short thought on what the main idea of this text is.
2.  What happened to the three young Hebrews in the furnace? Who was the fourth that could be seen with them?
3. Personal Application: How confident are you that God will preserve you in your time of trial or face death? What hope do you have even if He didn’t preserve you in face of death? Share your thoughts.
4. Case Study: One of your neighbors states, “When Nebuchadnezzar said, ‘Who is that God who will deliver you out of my hands?’ Was he speaking out of ignorance, not knowing the God of the Hebrews, or was he speaking in a challenging way, knowing who the God of heaven was?” How would you respond to your neighbor?

4. Have a volunteer read Hebrews 11:1-6 .

1. Ask class members to share a short thought on what the main idea of this text is.
2. What does this teach us about what faith is?
3. Personal Application: What are ways we can exercise faith day by day even in little things that can help our faith grow and be ready for greater challenges? Share your thoughts.
4. Case Study: Think of one person who needs to hear a message from this week’s lesson. Tell the class what you plan to do this week to share with them.

(Truth that is not lived, that is not imparted, loses its life-giving power, its healing virtue. Its blessings can be retained only as it is shared.”Ministry of Healing, p. 148).

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