Your Word is a lamp to my feet, and a light to my path.
Fire is the ensign of the gospel, the sign of the Son of Man.
When we see fire, it is evidence that Jesus, and nobody else, is at work. It is the identifying hallmark of His activity, the true outburst of Christian faith. Elijah made the same point:
“The God who answers by fire, He is God” (1 Kings 18:24)!
What does your spiritual thermometer read? Does it even register?
There are theologies and teachings as fireproof as asbestos, religious books that provide heat only if put in a bonfire.
Such faith-chilling items have nothing to do with the Christ of Pentecost.
Whatever He touches catches fire. Church efforts to whip up enthusiasm are, spiritually, as pitiful as rubbing two sticks together.
Only the fire of God was allowed on the altar of Moses, not fire produced by human means. Nadab and Abihu made fire themselves and lit their incense with it. It was labeled “profane fire”: then divine fire gushed from the tabernacle, swallowing up the false fire, and bringing death to the rebel priests.
Today, we have profane fire being offered: strange gospels that are not a gospel at all, but theologies of unbelief, the thoughts of men and their philosophies, criticisms, and theories.
They bear no trace of the glory-heat from heaven. Nothing in them produces any combustion except controversy. What lies behind all this is what Jesus said:
“Get behind Me, Satan! You are an offense to Me, for you are not mindful of the things of God, but the things of men” (Matthew 16:23).
Taken from Daily Fire Devotional: 365 Days in God’s Word by Reinhard Bonnke. Copyright © 2016 by Reinhard Bonnke. Use by permission of Whitaker House. www.whitakerhouse.com
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