While peter yet spake these words, the HolyGhost fell on all them, which heard the word.
I want to draw your attention to one word in this verse (fell) that word has captured my attention.
The HolyGhost fell on all them, which heard the word
First of all it tells me that what is happening is the work of the Holy Spirit
It tells me that the HolyGhost is the initiator
It doesn’t say they jumped up and grabbed it, or they reached out and took hold of the HolyGhost, It says (The HolyGhost fell on them)
Secondly: That word “fell”means, to fall upon, rush or press upon, come suddenly upon, to come forcibly, to seize or take possession of.
One definition even says: to strike, to hit.
In other words
The HolyGhost came in an undeniable, indisputable manner) It was a tangible, heavy, manifestation of the power of God.
They were visibly and physically affected, (They felt it, and anyone present could see the effects of the Spirit upon them)
As I read this scripture my mind went to other places in the bible where the power of God fell.
1 Ch 21:26 David made an altar to the Lord and called upon the Lord and God answered him from heaven by fire upon the altar of burnt offering.
2 Ch 7:1 Solomon had made a great sacrifice to the Lord, When he had made an end of praying the fire came down from heaven and consumed the burnt offering and the sacrifices.
These were also undeniable indisputable, irrefutable visible tangible manifestations of the power of God.
Then the one that really stands out was when Elijah squared off with Ahab and the false prophets of Baal upon Mt Carmel.
The false prophets and the true prophet the Man of God Elijah came to an agreement.
They would both build an altar and offer a sacrifice but put no fire under it, and they would call on their respective gods, and the God that answered by fire he would be recognized as the one true God.
The story goes that the false prophets built their altar and laid the sacrifice on the altar and called upon baal from morning till noon with no answer.
Elijah began to mock them, then they became violent and went into a frenzy and began to jump on the altar and cut themselves with knives and lancets until the blood gushed out upon them.
They continued from noon till the evening sacrifice
Then Elijah took over
He repaired the altar of the Lord that was broken down, he put the wood in order, and put the sacrifice on the wood then he had them pour 12 barrels of water on the sacrifice (then he prayed, a short prayer)
And the bible says: Then the fire of the Lord “fell” and consumed the burnt sacrifice and the wood and the stones and the dust and licked up the water that was in the trench.
And when the people saw it, they fell on their faces, and they said: The Lord he is the God, The Lord he is the God.
The fact is: What happened upon that mountain was so powerful and so undeniable that it turned a nation back to God.
They experienced a visible tangible manifestation of the power of God.
They had a God Encounter
The Fire of God: The Power of God fell upon that Mountain on that Altar and that Sacrifice.
Then my mind goes to Acts 2:1-4
1 And when the day of Pentecost was fully come, they were all with one accord in one place.
2 And suddenly there came a sound from heaven as of a rushing mighty wind, and it filled all the house where they were sitting.
3 And there appeared unto them cloven tongues like as of fire, and it sat upon each of them.
4 And they were all filled with the Holy Ghost, and began to speak with other tongues, as the Spirit gave them utterance.
The fire of God Fell on Davids altar and burnt offerings
The Fire of God fell on Solomons offering and sacrifices
The HolyGhost Fire of God, The power of God fell on Mt Carmel
The HolyGhost Fire fell on the day of Pentecost
The HolyGhost Fire fell on the gentiles in Cornelius house.
In every case old and New Testament: It was a visible tangible, undeniable manifestation of the Power of God.
What really concerns me today is: we are raising a generation of Christians who have never had a God encounter.
They have never experienced a tangible undeniable manifestation of the power of God.
They know God in theory
They know God religiously
They know God mentally, intellectually
They know about God
But they have never had a Mt Carmel, Day of Pentecost, House of Cornelius Encounter with the Fire of God falling on them.
They have never had a burning bush experience
They have never experienced the power of the HolyGhost seizing them and taking possession of them, They have never experienced the supernatural fire of God burning in their hands and their feet.
To so many people in this generation today the fire of God is just a concept, it’s just an idea.
But I came on assignment tonight to tell you; the fire of God is not just a concept or an idea or theory or philosophy to be studied.
It’s not the figment of an over active imagination
It’s not just religious ramblings
The fire of God is the Mighty HolyGhost, he is the third person of the godhead, he is God and he is the might and the power of God.
He is
The same fire that fell on Mt Carmel
The same fire that fell on the day of Pentecost
The same fire that fell in Cornelius House.
The Fire of God is real
The Fire of God is Tangible
The Fire of God is Alive
The Fire of God is Contagious
The Fire of God is the Power of God.
The Power of God is the only power that can heal (doctors can cut out diseased parts, but doctors can’t heal).
Doctors can administer radiation and chemo but even then the body suffers from their harmful side affects.
But the fire of God can burn cancer out of your body and never leave a trace, or a scar and no harmful side affects.
The fire of God can burn drugs out of your system and take the desire all at the same time
The fire of God can restore missing body parts
The fire of God can deliver from alcohol, pornography, lust, perversion.
The fire of god will burn up jealousy, pride, criticism, bitterness, and unforgiveness.
The fire of God will heal your broken heart, it will restore joy and peace.
The fire of God will heal your marriage
The fire of God will heal your mind.
My prayer is: God do it again
Let the fire fall
That same fire that fell on the day of Pentecost and that same fire that fell on the gentiles in Cornelius house
Do it again.
Let the fire fall
Let it fall on us
Come suddenly
Come forcibly
Come powerfully
Rush in on us
Seize us
Take possession of us
We’re not satisfied just to read about it and sing about it (we want to experience it for ourselves).
Jesus said: Ye shall receive power after that the HolyGhost is come upon you,
He said: Tarry ye in Jerusalem until ye be endued with power from on high
This power is not a theory or a concept: This power is the same power that caused the sun and moon to stand still, it’s the same power that divided the red sea, caused water to flow out of a rock like a river.
It’s the same power that made the three Hebrew children fire proof
That gave Daniels lions lock jaw
That shook Paul and Silas’s prison off it’s foundations
This is the same power that was upon Jesus life: That opened blind eyes, unstopped deaf ears, made the lame to walk and the dumb to talk.
This is the same power that raised Jesus from the dead
It is this same Fire this same Anointing, this same Power that God wants to send on your life right now.
He fell on all them that heard the word
He wants to fall on every person that is hearing this word
The word made a way for the fire.
God is wanting to fall on your life with a tangible undeniable, irrefutable, indisputable manifestation of the fire and power of the HolyGhost.
Mt 5:6 Blessed are they that hunger and thirst after righteousness for they shall be filled.
Mt 7:7 Ask and ye shall receive
Seek and ye shall find
Knock and the door shall be opened unto you
Jer 33:3 Call unto me and I will answer you and show you great and mighty things which thou knowest not.
Hunger is a magnet
Hunger will draw the anointing
Hunger will open the door for the manifestation of the Power of God
Am I talking to anybody who is hungry for the presence and the power of God?
Am I talking to anyone who wants the reality of the tangible manifestation of the anointing and the power of God?
Am I talking to anybody who is not satisfied with religion and tradition?
Not satisfied with concepts and theories and philosophies?
Am I talking to anyone who wants the power of Pentecost in your life?
The great Apostle of Faith (Smith Wigglesworth) said: Every Soul touched by Pentecost should be a live wire)
I believer there are some hungry and thirsty people listening to me right now, who refuse to be satisfied or pacified with anything less than a personal encounter with the true fire of God.
Somebody is going to catch on fire tonight
Somebody is going to get hit by the power of God tonight
The power of God is going to seize your life, take hold on your life and set your life on fire.
Our God is a consuming Fire
There is a consuming Anointing in this house right now.
Just as the fire of God fell on Mt Carmel and consumed everything, the sacrifice, the wood, the stones, the dirt and the water in the trench, so also is the consuming fire of God falling on your life.
I feel something happening right now.
I feel an anointing falling in this house
I feel the fire of God falling in this house
Yes the God we serve still answers by fire
Wherever there is an altar
Wherever there is a sacrifice
Wherever there is prevailing prayer
Wherever there are hungry hearts
Wherever there is a desperation for him
The God who answers by fire is here right now
He is here to save you
To heal you
To deliver you
To restore your marriage
To heal your broken heart
He is here to revive you
Resurrect you
Put his fire back in you
He is here to give you a fresh anointing
To set your heart, and your life on fire
Come on all over this House: Lift your hands and ask him to fall on you (ask him to send the fire)
Fire of God: Fall on us tonight
Fall on our hearts, our lives, fall on our marriages, fall on our ministries, fall on our visions and dreams, fall on our attitudes, fall on our families, our finances, fall on our minds, fall on our bodies.
Fire of God fall on us.
Consume us: Burn up dead religion, burn up carnality, burn up dead traditions, burn up everything that is not of you and set us on fire.
