Oakwood Church
The Fourth Man - Daniel 3:13-30
Locations & Times
Oakwood Community Church
11209 Casey Rd, Tampa, FL 33618, USA
Sunday 8:00 AM
“I am asking God to forgive our attackers, and for them to enter the Kingdom of God and not to die in their sins.”
∼ Pastor Zachariah, Nigeria (Open Doors Booklet)
∼ Pastor Zachariah, Nigeria (Open Doors Booklet)
“If we sit at home and do nothing, we would be safe. But what kind of Christians would we be if we weren’t risking our lives for others to know life?”
∼ Saleh, Yemen (Open Doors Booklet)
∼ Saleh, Yemen (Open Doors Booklet)
How Jesus Saves:
1. By Faith Alone
“Our God whom we serve is able to deliver us from the burning fiery furnace, and he will deliver us out of your hand, O king.”
Daniel 3:17
1. By Faith Alone
“Our God whom we serve is able to deliver us from the burning fiery furnace, and he will deliver us out of your hand, O king.”
Daniel 3:17
How Jesus Saves:
1. By Faith Alone
o That chooses God and His kingdom over this world
“But if not, be it known to you, O king, that we will not serve your gods or worship the golden image that you have set up.”
Daniel 3:18
1. By Faith Alone
o That chooses God and His kingdom over this world
“But if not, be it known to you, O king, that we will not serve your gods or worship the golden image that you have set up.”
Daniel 3:18
How Jesus Saves:
2. By being With us in the fire
“Then Nebuchadnezzar was filled with fury… He ordered the furnace heated seven times more than it was usually heated.”
Daniel 3:19
2. By being With us in the fire
“Then Nebuchadnezzar was filled with fury… He ordered the furnace heated seven times more than it was usually heated.”
Daniel 3:19
How Jesus Saves:
2. By being With us in the fire
“Because the king’s order was urgent and the furnace overheated, the flame of the fire killed those men who took up Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego.”
Daniel 3:22
2. By being With us in the fire
“Because the king’s order was urgent and the furnace overheated, the flame of the fire killed those men who took up Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego.”
Daniel 3:22
How Jesus Saves:
2. By being With us in the fire
“Did we not cast three men bound into the fire? … But I see four men unbound, walking… and they are not hurt…”
Daniel 3:25
2. By being With us in the fire
“Did we not cast three men bound into the fire? … But I see four men unbound, walking… and they are not hurt…”
Daniel 3:25
How Jesus Saves:
2. By being With us in the fire
○ Enduring the punishment we Deserve
“But I see four men unbound, walking… and they are not hurt, and the appearance of the fourth is like a son of the gods.”
Daniel 3:25
2. By being With us in the fire
○ Enduring the punishment we Deserve
“But I see four men unbound, walking… and they are not hurt, and the appearance of the fourth is like a son of the gods.”
Daniel 3:25
How Jesus Saves:
2. By being With us in the fire
○ Enduring the punishment we Deserve
“For our sake he made him to be sin who knew no sin, so that in him we might become the righteousness of God.”
2 Corinthians 5:21
2. By being With us in the fire
○ Enduring the punishment we Deserve
“For our sake he made him to be sin who knew no sin, so that in him we might become the righteousness of God.”
2 Corinthians 5:21
How Jesus Saves:
2. By being With us in the fire
○ Enduring the punishment we Deserve
“But he was pierced for our transgressions; he was crushed for our iniquities; upon him was the chastisement that brought us peace, and with his wounds we are healed.”
Isaiah 53:5
2. By being With us in the fire
○ Enduring the punishment we Deserve
“But he was pierced for our transgressions; he was crushed for our iniquities; upon him was the chastisement that brought us peace, and with his wounds we are healed.”
Isaiah 53:5
How Jesus Saves:
3. By Raising us to new life in Him
“Servants of the Most High God, come out, and come here!”
Daniel 3:26
3. By Raising us to new life in Him
“Servants of the Most High God, come out, and come here!”
Daniel 3:26
How Jesus Saves:
3. By Raising us to new life in Him
“Then Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego came out from the fire.”
Daniel 3:26
3. By Raising us to new life in Him
“Then Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego came out from the fire.”
Daniel 3:26
How Jesus Saves:
3. By Raising us to new life in Him
“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…”
Daniel 3:27
3. By Raising us to new life in Him
“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…”
Daniel 3:27
How Jesus Saves:
3. By Raising us to new life in Him
“The fire had not had any power over the bodies of those men… And no smell of fire had come upon them.”
Daniel 3:27
3. By Raising us to new life in Him
“The fire had not had any power over the bodies of those men… And no smell of fire had come upon them.”
Daniel 3:27
How Jesus Saves:
3. By Raising us to new life in Him
“Blessed be the God of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, who has sent his angel and delivered his servants, who trusted in him.”
Daniel 3:28
3. By Raising us to new life in Him
“Blessed be the God of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, who has sent his angel and delivered his servants, who trusted in him.”
Daniel 3:28
How Jesus Saves:
3. By Raising us to new life in Him
○ Giving us Spiritual life now and Physical resurrection when He comes back
“For there is no other god who is able to rescue in this way.”
Daniel 3:29
3. By Raising us to new life in Him
○ Giving us Spiritual life now and Physical resurrection when He comes back
“For there is no other god who is able to rescue in this way.”
Daniel 3:29
How Jesus Saves:
1. By Faith Alone
o That chooses God and His kingdom over this world
2. By being With us in the fire
○ Enduring the punishment we Deserve
3. By Raising us to new life in Him
○ Giving us Spiritual life now and Physical resurrection when He comes back
1. By Faith Alone
o That chooses God and His kingdom over this world
2. By being With us in the fire
○ Enduring the punishment we Deserve
3. By Raising us to new life in Him
○ Giving us Spiritual life now and Physical resurrection when He comes back