"Then I saw in my dream that the Interpreter took Christian by the hand, and led him into a place where was a fire burning against a wall, and one standing by it, continually casting large amounts of water upon it, trying to quench it; yet it had the opposite effect. The fire burned higher and hotter.
Then said Christian, What does this mean?
The Interpreter answered, This fire is the work of grace that was started by Holy Spirit in the heart of the believer; the one trying to extinguish the fire, is the Devil. He fails to realize there is a man with a vessel of oil in his hand, of the which he continually feeds into the fire.
Then said Christian, What does this mean?
The Interpreter answered, This is Christ, who continually, with the oil of his grace, maintains the work already begun in the heart.
"Make these into a sacred anointing oil, a fragrant blend, the work of a perfumer. It will be the sacred anointing oil. Then use it to anoint the tent of meeting, the ark of the covenant law, the table and all its articles, the lampstand and its accessories, the altar of incense, the altar of burnt offering and all its utensils, and the basin with its stand. You shall consecrate them so they will be most holy, and whatever touches them will be holy." Exodus 30:25-29
Christ called you to Himself. There is no need to bless the tabernacle anymore. We are now His temple. He woke you up from your deep slumber and set your feet on solid ground He has been directing your path. Now the enemy is trying to put out your fire. This will not happen!
"In all my prayers for all of you, I always pray with joy because of your partnership in the gospel from the first day until now, being confident of this, that he who began a good work in you will carry it on to completion until the day of Christ Jesus." Philippians 1:4-6
"And we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love him, who have been called according to his purpose. For those God foreknew he also predestined to be conformed to the image of his Son, that he might be the firstborn among many brothers and sisters. And those he predestined, he also called; those he called, he also justified; those he justified, he also glorified. What, then, shall we say in response to these things? If God is for us, who can be against us?" Romans 8:28-31
God is a God of Fire! You know Him, because His word consumed you as it did the sacrifice in I Kings 18. False shepherds have no such force in their words. They may pretend to, with careful chosen words and cadences, but they have no fire. They speak very pleasingly and very flatteringly to their vain congregations. They tell them that nothing will happen bad to them.
When the Lord spoke through His prophet, Jeremiah, His Word was “like fire.”
The people were consumed. They felt God's force and power! When the false prophets spoke, like our false shepherds, they would say all manner of kind and pleasing things. But when Jeremiah spoke, in the name of Jehovah, it was like the rock breakers with their sledgehammers. He brought it down with tremendous force. Like the stone that shatters in a thousand pieces,the message of Jeremiah broke their wicked hearts.
“Is not my word like fire,” declares the LORD, “and like a hammer that breaks a rock in pieces? Jeremiah 23:29
Then said Christian, What does this mean?
The Interpreter answered, This fire is the work of grace that was started by Holy Spirit in the heart of the believer; the one trying to extinguish the fire, is the Devil. He fails to realize there is a man with a vessel of oil in his hand, of the which he continually feeds into the fire.
Then said Christian, What does this mean?
The Interpreter answered, This is Christ, who continually, with the oil of his grace, maintains the work already begun in the heart.
"Make these into a sacred anointing oil, a fragrant blend, the work of a perfumer. It will be the sacred anointing oil. Then use it to anoint the tent of meeting, the ark of the covenant law, the table and all its articles, the lampstand and its accessories, the altar of incense, the altar of burnt offering and all its utensils, and the basin with its stand. You shall consecrate them so they will be most holy, and whatever touches them will be holy." Exodus 30:25-29
Christ called you to Himself. There is no need to bless the tabernacle anymore. We are now His temple. He woke you up from your deep slumber and set your feet on solid ground He has been directing your path. Now the enemy is trying to put out your fire. This will not happen!
"In all my prayers for all of you, I always pray with joy because of your partnership in the gospel from the first day until now, being confident of this, that he who began a good work in you will carry it on to completion until the day of Christ Jesus." Philippians 1:4-6
"And we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love him, who have been called according to his purpose. For those God foreknew he also predestined to be conformed to the image of his Son, that he might be the firstborn among many brothers and sisters. And those he predestined, he also called; those he called, he also justified; those he justified, he also glorified. What, then, shall we say in response to these things? If God is for us, who can be against us?" Romans 8:28-31
God is a God of Fire! You know Him, because His word consumed you as it did the sacrifice in I Kings 18. False shepherds have no such force in their words. They may pretend to, with careful chosen words and cadences, but they have no fire. They speak very pleasingly and very flatteringly to their vain congregations. They tell them that nothing will happen bad to them.
When the Lord spoke through His prophet, Jeremiah, His Word was “like fire.”
The people were consumed. They felt God's force and power! When the false prophets spoke, like our false shepherds, they would say all manner of kind and pleasing things. But when Jeremiah spoke, in the name of Jehovah, it was like the rock breakers with their sledgehammers. He brought it down with tremendous force. Like the stone that shatters in a thousand pieces,the message of Jeremiah broke their wicked hearts.
“Is not my word like fire,” declares the LORD, “and like a hammer that breaks a rock in pieces? Jeremiah 23:29
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