THE NECESSITY OF GODS FIRE

WRITTEN BY DR. JOEL DABBAS

TOPIC: THE NECCESITY OF THE FIRE OF GOD

SCRIPTURE: Then the king sent unto him a captain of fifty with his fifty. And he went up to him:… And Elijah answered and said to the captain of fifty, If I be a man of God, then let fire come down from heaven, and consume thee and thy fifty. And there came down fire from heaven, and consumed him and his fifty | 2 Kings 1:9-10

FIRE DEMATERIALIZES THINGS

"He must increase, but I must decrease" John 3:30. The more fire increases the more materials gives way. The materials of self and sin are eliminated by the fire of God.

FIRE COOKS

"Then said I, Woe is me! for I am undone; because I am a man of unclean lips, and I dwell in the midst of a people of unclean lips: for mine eyes have seen the King, the Lord of hosts." Isaiah 6:5
Let me state what Isaiah said in a more literal way or in my own language. I feel he was saying "Lord i am not cooked." Then God sent down coals of fire to touch his lips. The meaning of this is that God needs to convert you from your raw state to a cooked state to become useful to the Kingdom and it will take only His fire to do that.

FIRE PURIFIES

"But who may abide the day of his coming? and who shall stand when he appeareth? for he is like a refiner's fire, and like fullers' soap:
And he shall sit as a refiner and purifier of silver: and he shall purify the sons of Levi, and purge them as gold and silver, that they may offer unto the Lord an offering in righteousness." Malachi 3:2-3
One proof of encounter with the fire of God is purity. Gold will never be valuable if it does not pass through fire. The quality of your Christian life is in your purity. You are not for God if defilement exists in you. Inpurity repels God from men.


THE FIRE OF GOD IS AN ATTRACTANT

Nothing captures attention like fire
It gives urgency
Moses was attracted by Gods fire.
Firelessness breeds spiritual carelessness and broods uselessness. Moses was born to deliver Isreal, he was the one ordained to bring to pass the prophecy apoken over 400 years before he was born, but he was wasting in the desert of Ethiopia until he encountered fire. There are people who are engaged with the wrong things that is outrightly out of divine course for their lives, an encounter with Gods fire will correct it.

THE FIRE OF GOD ENERGIZES FOR UNCOMMON RESULTS

First crusade after Christ left to heaven had no poster, no advert, no jingle. It all started with fire landing and certain prepared vessels. Nations gathered that day and God harvested 3,000 souls. Unprecedented result and feat was achieved.
Won't you want this fire? It is my daily prayer to keep experiencing and been baptized in Gods fire.

TO SILENT INTIMIDATION AND HARASSMENT
From our anchor text we observe that the fire of God is a stamp your authority and audacity. It is a signature of who we are in God. Elijah said "If i be a man of God, let fire descend." There are satanic kings who are constantly sending their emissaries to intimidate and capture those who are standing as voice for God in territories and generations. It will only take having the fire of God silent their intimidation and harassment.

REMEMBER, makes us useful to God, and turn you into a force.

WHAT TO DO: Recognise the need fire

QUOTE: Fire is the identity of a believer saturated with God - Dr. Joel Dabbas

PROPHETIC PRAYER: O LORD, set me on fire with Your Fire. Empower me to be a Kingdom voice in my generation, in Jesus’ Name.

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