The Fire (Part 7)

The Fire (Part 7)

The fire of God quenches the enemy's fire.

Psalm 118:12 "They compassed me about like bees; they are quenched as the fire of thorns; for in the name of the Lord I will destroy them."

Psalm 140:10 "Let the burning coals fall upon them; let them be cast into the fire; into deep pits, that they rise not up again."

Proverbs 25:22 "For thou shalt heap coals of fire upon his head, and the Lord shall reward thee."

Psalm 97:3 "A fire goeth before him and burneth up His enemies round about."

Psalm 106:18 "And a fire was kindled in their company; the flame burned up the wicked."

Even as Paul the Apostle did in the natural world, we must spiritually shake off the attack of the enemy into the fire of God. This is what he did with the snake in Acts 28:3"

"And he shook off the beast into the fire and felt no harm."

It was said of the men and women of faith in Hebrews 11:34 that they "Quenched the violence of fire..." 

Here is how you can experience and continuously maintain the fire of God in your life:

-Because the fire of God is a spiritual fire, you must experience it with your spiritual being.  This means you must first be born again by repenting of your sins and accepting Jesus Christ as your personal Savior.

-The fire of God is related to the Pentecostal experience of baptism in the Holy Spirit.  The Word will guide you in how to experience this Holy Spirit baptism with the evidence of speaking in tongues as God gives the utterance. 

 

-Just as natural fire burns out impurities in gold and silver, the fire of God will consume the impurities in your spiritual life.  In order to continually experience the fire of God's power, you must permit the fire of God to do this cleansing work.  When you resist the fire that burns out these impurities it is like pouring water on a natural fire.  The flame is extinguished.

-In the natural world, a fire grows in scope and intensity as it kindles other fires around it.  The same is true in the spiritual world.  If you want to continue to experience the fire of God, you must be active in igniting others around you.  You do this by fulfilling the Great Commission and sharing the Gospel with others.  Fire attracts people, which is evident from the crowd that always gathers when something is set ablaze.  Let the fire of God within you kindle attract and kindle the spiritual flame of others.

-In the natural world it is the tendency of fire to go out if it is not continuously fueled.  The same is true in the spiritual world.  You must continuously fuel spiritual fire by prayer and study of God's World.  A flickering flame that is almost out can be fanned again into a brilliant fire.