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Are We Sparks, Flames, Or Fires? Series
Contributed by Allan Kircher on Nov 28, 2017 (message contributor)
Summary: Refinement is a process. My word is like fire declares the Lord. Were are you at in your walk?
AN ORCHESTRA ILLUSTRATION
They then continue throughout the day with their hearts and minds on things from above not earthly temptations.
They begin to arrive at the point to understand that in all things we will get judged while in this body whether good or bad. 1 Cor 5:10.
The flame strives each day in its trails to persevere.
And as we pass the trails in our lives we consider pure joy.
Pure joy that we are perfecting our salvation.
Our perfection marks steps in our obedience through faith in His promises.
Jesus Christ promises us victory in all areas of our earthly life when we humble ourselves at His throne.
Mat 23:12 those who humble themselves will be exalted, and those who exalt themselves will be humble.
Now the devil is going to pay a little more attention to a flame Christian versus a spark Christian.
Satan knows a spark is idle and does not waste his time, he knows you are your own worst enemy.
The idle Christian tempts the devil to tempt Him.
But Satan is couching at your door if you are a flame Christian today.
He knows you are blazing and fired up for the Lord.
He will tempt you with everything in his arsenal.
If you pray for boldness in your day, he will target that specific prayer all day to divert or detour you from the will of God.
He is a deceiver, a liar, and the ruler of this world, he does not want you to be fired up for God. If your that way, others may see that and want it also.
But the flaming blazing Christian takes those trials each day and does not solve them on their own.
They reach into the fire and pull out the sword, and they say as it says in 1 John 4:4, “Greater is the One who is in me, than the one who is in the world”.
And then they praise the Lord in the victory to overcome that trial…by using the Lord’s will and not their own…and their growing in their salvation….their feeding the flames.. their stoking the fire… with each victory of each trial they are producing a bigger fire for the glory of the Lord.
The flame is blazing…it’s raging and soon over time it will be a consuming fire.
POWER POINT POWER POINT POWER POINT
The consuming fire Christian are those today that in every contact you have with them you experience the spirit of the Lord.
Their tone and demeanor are of the character of their Father.
They are poor in spirit, they are meek, they hunger and thirst for righteousness, they are pure in heart, they are peacemakers, they are persecuted for righteousness sake.
They yearn and strive and practice and live the beatitudes in their walk with the Lord.
They have a great earnestness and are spiritually conscience for every action and thought at their life.
They struggle daily to stamp out the darkness of the world as their consuming fire can only glow so far.
They have a true saving faith that in all they do it must come from above.
Not just on Sunday morning, or when their around the Pastor, but in all aspects of their life.
They hold on to the confession of hope without wavering because He who has promised is faithful and they know if they are faithful they will receive the crown of Righteousness.
