Tue Sep 16

Last week had this reading and topic, keys, and questions, but the wrong notes.

Listen up, little ones

Especially for the littles in your household.

Listen for the word persecutions.

Reading

2 Timothy 3:10–17—Rescued by the Lord

Optional Reading

Daniel 3:19-30

Keys for kids

Also for the littles. Young households might choose, after Keys for Kids, to go directly to praise and prayer.

Questions

(some read the ?s before notes, then ask them after)
  1. How were Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego rescued?
  2. How was Paul rescued?
  3. Can we be sure God will always rescue us? Explain.

Notes

(See Saturday for authors.)

Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego said Our God is able to deliver us. And, as we saw in Daniel 3, he did. Here in our text today, Paul speaks of being delivered by God from his persecutions and sufferings. Hughes tells of when Timothy was in Lystra when Paul was stoned. Rocks crashed against Paul’s skull, and he fell blood-spattered and broken beneath the rubble. He was dead, they all thought, and his murderers departed, leaving his body to his followers. How the believers mourned. What would they do without him? Suddenly Paul popped one eye open, then the other. “It’s all right, brothers! No funeral today! Let’s get out of here!” And “he got up and went back into the city” (Acts 14:20).

Paul was left for dead, beaten and bloodied. He lived—he was rescued—but we would prefer the deliverance Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego received! They didn’t even smell like smoke after being thrown into the fiery furnace.

God will deliver his people always—by completely removing the affliction, by helping us endure it, or by taking us to heaven. If we long to live a godly life in Jesus, it should not surprise us that we will face opposition from others—even persecution. But God, who rescued Jesus from the grave after he suffered the cruel death of the cross and the just judgment of God for all the sins he bore for all his people, will rescue us too.

Swedish Method questions

See the Sunday notes for meaning of the symbols.

Praise

Psalm 10a, 119t

Prayer

  1. Ask God for help in always trusting him for deliverance.
  2. Give thanks for something from last Lord’s Day’s sermons.
  3. Pray for a member of our church, for your family, and for a non-Christian friend/family member.
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