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The First
Lesson
Daniel 3:19-30
19 Then was Nebuchadnezzar full of fury, and the form of his
visage was changed against Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego:
therefore he spake, and commanded that they should heat the furnace
one seven times more than it was wont to be heated.
20 And he commanded the most mighty men that were in his army
to bind Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego, and to cast them into
the burning fiery furnace.
21 Then these men were bound in their coats, their hosen, and
their hats, and their other garments, and were cast into the
midst of the burning fiery furnace.
22 Therefore because the king's commandment was urgent, and the
furnace exceeding hot, the flame of the fire slew those men that
took up Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego.
23 And these three men, Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego, fell
down bound into the midst of the burning fiery furnace.
24 Then Nebuchadnezzar the king was astonied, and rose up in
haste, and spake, and said unto his counsellors, Did not we cast
three men bound into the midst of the fire? They answered and
said unto the king, True, O king.
25 He
answered and said, Lo, I see four men loose, walking in the midst
of the fire, and they have no hurt; and the form of the fourth
is like the Son of God.
26 Then Nebuchadnezzar came near to the mouth of the burning
fiery furnace, and spake, and said, Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego,
ye servants of the most high God, come forth, and come hither.
Then Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego, came forth of the midst
of the fire.
27 And the princes, governors, and captains, and the king's counsellors,
being gathered together, saw these men, upon whose bodies the
fire had no power, nor was an hair of their head singed, neither
were their coats changed, nor the smell of fire had passed on
them.
28 Then Nebuchadnezzar spake, and said, Blessed be the God of
Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego, who hath sent his angel, and
delivered his servants that trusted in him, and have changed
the king's word, and yielded their bodies, that they might not
serve nor worship any god, except their own God.
29 Therefore I make a decree, That every people, nation, and
language, which speak any thing amiss against the God of Shadrach,
Meshach, and Abed-nego, shall be cut in pieces, and their houses
shall be made a dunghill: because there is no other God that
can deliver after this sort.
30 Then the king promoted Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego, in
the province of Babylon.
1st Lesson Questions -
Who was the fourth man? (V. 25) What fire have I endured, for the sake of the gospel of Jesus Christ? RESOLVE.
The Second
Lesson
Acts 22:17-29
17 And it came to pass, that, when I was come again to Jerusalem,
even while I prayed in the temple, I was in a trance;
18 And saw him saying unto me, Make haste, and get thee quickly
out of Jerusalem: for they will not receive thy testimony concerning
me.
19 And I said, Lord, they know that I imprisoned and beat in
every synagogue them that believed on thee:
20 And when the blood of thy martyr Stephen was shed, I also
was standing by, and consenting unto his death, and kept the
raiment of them that slew him.
21 And he said unto me, Depart: for I will send thee far hence
unto the Gentiles.
22 And they gave him audience unto this word, and then lifted
up their voices, and said, Away with such a fellow from the earth:
for it is not fit that he should live.
23 And as they cried out, and cast off their clothes, and threw
dust into the air,
24 The chief captain commanded him to be brought into the castle,
and bade that he should be examined by scourging; that he might
know wherefore they cried so against him.
25 And as they bound him with thongs, Paul said unto the centurion
that stood by, Is it lawful for you to scourge a man that is
a Roman, and uncondemned?
26 When the centurion heard that, he went and told the chief
captain, saying, Take heed what thou doest: for this man is a
Roman.
27 Then the chief captain came, and said unto him, Tell me, art
thou a Roman? He said, Yea.
28 And the chief captain answered, With a great sum obtained
I this freedom. And Paul said, But I was free born.
29 Then straightway they departed from him which should have
examined him: and the chief captain also was afraid, after he
knew that he was a Roman, and because he had bound him.
2nd Lesson Questions -
Saul stood by as Stephen was martyred. Have I done likewise, with someone? Have I ever chosen non-action, when I should have stood up and made a wrong right? RESOLVE.