Class 3: Class 3 Trials

Ian Macfarlane shows how faithful returning Israelites faced opposition that halted temple rebuilding, paralleling modern humanistic pressures against gospel principles. The class warns that compromise with worldly ideologies—through social media and interfaith partnerships—threatens spiritual work just as Samaritan opposition did in ancient times.

Passages: Ezra 3:6-12, Ezra 4:1-24, Deuteronomy 8:2, 2 Corinthians 6:14-17, Matthew 6:24