The Furnace (Audio)

The Furnace (Daniel 3:19-29) Yearly Theme:  “Kindness is… Amazing” Series Title:  “KING of kings” August 20th, 2023   Follow along in the Bible App: http://bible.com/events/49124588   Today, as we continue our series on the Old Testament book of Daniel, we come to a very famous passage that involves three men and a fiery furnace.  Yahweh would rescue the three Jewish exiles from the fire, and humble Nebuchadnezzar by showing him the error of his ways.    Humility is a virtue not easily acquired and difficult to keep.  It’s difficult to know when you have it, and hard to know when you’ve lost it.  Its antithesis, pride, often masquerades as humility, but the difference is in the focus of the individual.  False humility is demonstrated when a person is more concerned about how they are perceived by others than they are about serving others.  Pride can convince us that we’re humble by showing us how good we think we are rather than the truth of who we really are compared to the goodness of GOD.  Let’s pick up the story today in Daniel chapter three: