Question to children:

 

Which servant, along with his three friends, decided not to defile himself by eating the food of the king of Babylon?

 

Answer:   Daniel. “Please test your servants for ten days, and let them give us vegetables to eat and water to drink.” Dan 1:12.

 

Question to intermediates:

 

Why did Daniel and his friends decide not to eat from the king's table?

 

Answer:   Because it was food offered to idols, and they were faithful to the Lord. “But Daniel purposed in his heart that he would not defile himself with the portion of the king’s delicacies, nor with the wine which he drank.” Daniel 1:8a.

 

Question to adolescents:

 

Reading Revelation chapter 2, verse 14, and I Corinthians chapter 8, verse 4, what should we do with respect to what is sacrificed to idols?

 

Answer:  We should stay away from everything that is sacrificed to idols, because we worship only our God. “Therefore concerning the eating of things offered to idols, we know that an idol is nothing in the world…” 1 Cor 8:4.