Lessons from the Furnace

Lessons from the Furnace:Key Terms

Smelting extracting a metal from raw ore by the

application of heat and chemicals

Trying or testing refining process by which metals are purified

Dross impurities that rise to the top when a metal is

refined; skimmed off and melted or discarded

Lessons from the Furnace:The Purity of God’s Word

Silver tried seven times (Psalm 12:6) Dross is removed (Proverbs 25:4) Seven represents completeness: Completely

pure Pure, flawless, extremely valuable (Ps. 19:7-10)

Proves true (Psalm 18:30; Proverbs 30:5)

Better than gold and silver(Psalm 119:72; Proverbs 8:10-11)

Lessons from the Furnace:Judgment

God tests hearts (Proverbs 17:3) Judah (Isaiah 1:21-28; Isaiah 48:10) Dross (Ezekiel 22:17-22) The wicked are discarded (Psalm

119:118-120)

Don’t fall away(I Corinthians 3:12-15)

Lessons from the Furnace:The Value of Our Faith

Testing of our faith by trials(I Peter 4:12; 1:6-7)

The final product of tested faith (James 1:2-4, 12)

From suffering to hope (Romans 5:3)

Lessons from the Furnace

1. The Purity of God’s Word2. Judgment3. The Value of Our Faith

“He knows the way that I take; when He has tried me, I shall come out as gold.”

(Job 23:10)