The Bible contains the life of God. Every written word in the Bible brings forth life in the lives of people. No word of God shall return void. Therefore you would think that Christians spend a lot of time in the Bible and listen to the words of God and obey the words of God and apply them into their lives. Imidlertid, the practice shows something else. This is mainly because God’s Word is confronting and reveals and judges the works of the old man. The Word is clear about Guds tanker og Hans måder and what God likes and dislikes. But the people are proud and rebel and don’t want to submit to the Word and therefore they don’t do what the Word says, because they still love themselves and love the works and life of the old man. Therefore they are not willing to give up their own lives in the world and Sæt den gamle mand af and his works and therefore they avoid the Word. Because God’s Word is a consuming fire that devours the nature and works of the old man. The Word means life to the new man, but death to the old man.
Gud er en fortærende ild
Pas på jer selv, at I ikke glemmer Herren jeres Guds pagt, which He made with you, og gør dig til et udskåret billede, eller lighed med nogen ting, som Herren din Gud har forbudt dig. For Herren din Gud er en fortærende ild, selv en jaloux Gud (Femte Mosebog 4:23-24)
Wherefore we receiving a Kingdom which cannot be moved, lad os have nåde, hvorved vi kan tjene Gud acceptabelt med ærbødighed og gudsfrygt: For vor Gud er en fortærende ild (Hebraisk 12:28-29)
God is a holy and righteous God. The Word says that the Lord God is a consuming fire that deals with the wickedness; the iniquities and sins of man. The fire has many symbolic meanings in the Bible, including the holiness and righteousness of God.
God loved His people and revealed His will and nature to them by giving the law to Moses. His Word set His people apart from the Gentiles, der tilhørte verden.
As long as they kept the law, the people of God restrained themselves from engaging in the works of the Gentiles, which were evil in the eyes of the Lord.
God led His people during the day in a pillar of cloud and during the night in a pillar of fire. God protected His people and went before them as a consuming fire and brought the pagan nations down and delivered them into their hands.
God delivered them into their hands, not because of the righteousness of His people but because of the wickedness of the pagan nations. And so God was a consuming fire for the Gentiles (Åh. Exodus 13:21, Femte Mosebog 9:1-6).
Men desværre, God’s people didn’t always listen to His voice. Many times they deviated from Hans bud and statutes and did all those wicked things, which the Lord God had forbidden His people. And so His people engaged in the evil works, som var en vederstyggelighed for Gud
Since God is a God of His Word, He dealt with the proud and rebels of His people, who had become His adversaries through their works, according to His Word (Åh. Esajas 30:27-30, Jeremiah 4:4).
For the house of Israel and the house of Judah have dealt very treacherously against Me, siger Herren. De har fornægtet Herren, og sagde, It is not He; heller ikke ondt skal komme over os; ej heller skal vi se sværd eller hungersnød: Og profeterne skal blive til vind, og ordet er ikke i dem: saaledes skal det ske med dem. Derfor, så siger Herren, Hærskarers Gud, Fordi I taler dette ord, se, Jeg vil gøre mine ord i din mund til ild, og dette folk træ, og det skal fortære dem (Jeremiah 5:11-14)
Er ikke mit ord som en ild? siger Herren; og som en hammer, der bryder klippen i stykker? (Jeremiah 23:29)
God’s Word is a consuming Fire
But who may abide the day of His coming? and who shall stand when He appears? 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. Then shall the offering of Judah and Jerusalem be pleasant unto the Lord, as in the days of old, and as in former years. (Malachi 3:2-4)
Jesus, Guds søn, is the living Word and the reflection of God, who came in the menneskelignelse til jorden.
As God was a consuming fire, so Jesus was also a consuming fire. Because Jesus preached the truth and righteousness of God.
Jesus spoke the words of God, called the people to anger and manifested the Kingdom of God on earth. Whereby Jesus exposed the lies and the works of the devil in the lives of people and destroyed them.
But not everyone was excited about the coming of Jesus to the earth, since Jesus exposed the lies and the works of the devil and dealt with the iniquities and sins of the gammel kødelig mand.
To them, who had a fear for God and loved His words, Jesus was a living Stone; a Rock, who possessed the living water.
Men til dem, who loved themselves and the world, Jesus was a Stone of stumbling (Læs også: Jesus; a precious Cornerstone or a Stone of stumbling?)
Jesus sent fire on the earth
Jeg er kommet for at sende ild på jorden; og hvad vil jeg, hvis den allerede er tændt? Men jeg har en dåb, jeg skal døbes med; og hvor er jeg trængt, indtil det er fuldført! Antag, at jeg er kommet for at give fred på jorden? Jeg fortæller dig, Nej; men derimod splittelse: For fra nu af skal der være fem i ét hus delt, tre mod to, og to mod tre. (Luke 12:49-52)
Although Jesus didn’t come to the earth to judge the world, because it was not HIs time to judge, Jesus testified that their works were evil.
Therefore the sons of the devil (the workers of iniquity) wanted to get rid of Jesus and extinguish the Light, so that they could continue their evil works and their lives in darkness, without any interference and condemnation.
The same thing happens today. Der er mange, who belong to the world and want to extinguish the lights, that shine in the darkness. And so they wrap a lie into a half-truth, so that the darkness can enter unnoticed in the lives of believers. As soon as the darkness enters, it will proliferate. First in the life of the believer, then in the lives of other believers, causing the Church to be affected and the Light to be extinguished.
The Holy Spirit is a consuming fire
Og da pinsedagen var kommet helt, de var alle samlet på ét sted. Og pludselig kom der en lyd fra himlen som af en brusende mægtig vind, og det fyldte hele huset, hvor de sad. Og der viste sig for dem spaltede tunger som af ild, og den satte sig på hver af dem. Og de blev alle fyldt med Helligånden, og begyndte at tale med andre tunger, som Ånden gav dem at udtale (Handlinger 2:1-4)
Just like God and Jesus are a consuming fire, the Holy Spirit is also a consuming fire. Because on the day of Pentecost, the Holy Spirit descended from heaven and filled the house, where all the disciples of Jesus were gathered together and there appeared unto them cloven tongues like as of fire, that sat upon each of them. I det øjeblik, all the disciples, who were present in the upper room were filled with the Holy Spirit of God.
The Holy Spirit took His place in the lives of the new creation and gave them tongues like as of fire, that preached the truth and righteousness of God.
The disciples had become servants of righteousness; flaming fires, who preached the wonderful works of God and His righteousness and called the people, som tilhørte Guds folk, til anger.
Because of the tongues of fire, the people were pricked in their hearts and 3000 souls repented and were baptized and received the Holy Spirit of God on the day of Pentecost
Dem, who have the Holy Spirit and yield themselves to God’s Word and obey His commandments, shall become just like Jesus.
They shall be just like Jesus, who sent fire on the earth, bring the truth and righteousness of God to the earth. Because of their righteousness in Christ and their righteous walk, they will expose the wickedness of the world and testify that her works are evil.
Helligånden, sandhedens Ånd, som bor i dem, shall testify of Jesus Christ and reprove the world of sin, om retfærdighed, and of judgment because of the perfekt arbejde af Jesus Kristus.
The new man shall call sinners to repentance and the removal of sin, so that they will no longer be bound to the kingdom of darkness and the death, but shall live in freedom in Christ in the Kingdom of God.
God’s Word devours the old man
Thi enhver skal saltes med Ild, og ethvert Offer skal saltes med Salt. Salt is good: but if the salt have lost his saltness, wherewith will ye season it? Have salt in yourselves, and have peace one with another (Mærke 9:49-50)
The Holy Spirit speaks the same words of God, which Jesus spoke to the people and are written in the Bible. Dem, who belong to Jesus and listen to His words, shall obey His words and speak His words shall remain in His love.
God’s Word is a Spejl to them and shows them, hvem de er i Jesus Kristus.
Although God’s Word is a Mirror for the new man, at the same time God’s. Word is a spiritual Sword, that divides spirit and soul and a consuming fire that devours the old man.
Because although man has become a new creation in Jesus Christ in the spiritual realm and has received His nature, this transformation must become visible in the natural realm.
Therefore the new man shall go through the process of sanctification and shall be purified and refined by the words of God, so that the works and remnants of the old man will be devoured by the words of God and only the new man remains.
God’s Word is clear and reveals the Åndens frugt and the works of the flesh and confronts the old man with his works. I det øjeblik, a person has a choice to obey the Word and remove these carnal works, so that the person will be cleansed and sanctified or a person can disobey the Word and reject the Word and obey the flesh and keep doing these carnal works (Læs også: A reprobate mind).
Ved I ikke, at de uretfærdige ikke skal arve Guds rige? Lad dig ikke snyde: hverken utugtige, heller ikke afgudsdyrkere, heller ikke ægteskabsbrydere, heller ikke feminin, heller ikke misbrugere af sig selv med menneskeheden (homosexual practices), Heller ikke tyve, heller ikke begærlig, heller ikke drukkenbolte, heller ikke skænderier, heller ikke afpressere, skal arve Guds rige (1 Korinterne 6:9-10).
Nu er kødets værker åbenbar, som er disse; Ægteskabsbrud, utugt, urenhed, liderlighed, Afgudsdyrkelse, hekseri, had, varians, emuleringer, vrede, Strid, Seditions, kætterier, Misundelser, mord, fuldskab, Revellings, Og sådan lignende: Af det, jeg fortæller dig før, Som jeg også har fortalt dig i tiden tidligere, At de, der gør sådanne ting, ikke skal arve Guds rige (Galaterne 5:19-21)
Dæb derfor dine lemmer, som er på jorden; utugt, urenhed, overdreven hengivenhed, Ond concupiscence, og eftertrædelse, hvilket er afgudsdyrkelse: Til hvilke ting’ Sake Guds vrede kommer på børnene af ulydighed: I hvilket du også gik nogen tid, Da I boede i dem. Men nu udsætter I også alle disse; vrede, vrede, ondskab, blasfemi, beskidt kommunikation ud af din mund. Ligger ikke den ene til den anden, Ser du, at I har udsat den gamle mand med sine gerninger (Kolosserne 3:5-10)
Men vi ved, at loven er god, hvis en mand bruger det lovligt; At vide dette, at loven ikke er lavet for en retfærdig mand, men for de lovløse og ulydige, for de ugudelige og for syndere, for vanhellige og vanhellige, for mordere af fædre og mordere af mødre, for manddrabere, For horerister, for dem, der besmitter sig med mennesker (homosexual practices), for menstealers, for løgnere, for mened, og hvis der er noget andet, der er i modstrid med den sunde lære; Ifølge den velsignede Guds herlige evangelium, som var forpligtet til min tillid (1 Timothy 1:8-11)
The words of the devil devour the new man
Since the devil knows how powerful God’s Word is and what the words of God do in people’s lives, and he doesn’t want to lose his power in the lives of people and don’t want his kingdom to be robbed, he steals and kills the words of God in the lives of believers.
The devil will do anything to keep believers far away from the Bible; the Word of God as possible. Because God’s Word reveals the truth of God and exposes the lies of the devil.
Therefore the devil keeps them busy and creates all kinds of distractions and underholdning, which ensures that a person spends all his/her precious time on the things of this world; his kingdom, instead of the Word and the things of the Kingdom of God.
He feeds them with his entertainment, (social)media and education, and via the senses, he takes possession of the minds of people.
He dominates their mind with his words, which are spoken by his servants, but contradict the words of God, and cause believers to doubt the words of God and destroy the seed of God in the lives of people
The devil sows corrupt seed; lies in the lives of people and brings forth destruction in the lives of people. And so the devil destroys and devours many lives on earth and leads them to the afgrunden.
If you don’t listen to God’s Word and don’t obey the words of God and don’t udskyde den gamle mand (kød) and devour his works, but instead listen to the words of the devil and obey them, the devil shall devour the new man through your life as the old man.
If you don’t devour your flesh through God’s Word, but sow in your flesh, then eventually you flesh shall devour you. Siden Ordet siger, that if you sow in your flesh, you will reap corruption (Galaterne 6:7-8)
Therefore it is necessary to dethrone the devil as head in your life. How to do that? By not listening to him and by not doing his will and not obeying his words. Don’t give in to your carnal lusts and desires, but take authority over them and reign over your flesh.
Jesus shall baptize every person
Jeg døber jer sandelig med vand til omvendelse: men den, der kommer efter mig, er mægtigere end jeg, hvis sko jeg ikke er værdig til at bære: han skal døbe dig med Helligånden, og med ild: Hvis fan er i hans hånd, og han vil grundigt rense sit gulv, og saml hans hvede i garnet; men han vil brænde avnerne op med uudslukkelig ild (Matthew 3:11-12, Lu 3:16-17).
Every born again believer shall go through the process of sanctification and will be purified with the holy fire through the Word and His Spirit during his/her life on earth. So that the new man arises and becomes visible and the old man dies.
Jesus; the Word shall baptize every person with fire and the people may decide themselves when this happens; during life on earth or on the Day of Judgment.
A person can choose to believe and yield to Jesus Christ and repent, become born again and receive the baptism with the Holy Spirit, Who will purify the person with His holy fire (the truth and righteousness of God) which shall devour the old man, or a person can choose to reject Jesus Christ and stay the old man and be baptist on the Day of Judgment by Jesus; the Word with fire in the eternal lake of fire.
'Vær jordens salt’
