Mai te mea e, aita te mau Kerisetiano e riro mai ei mau faatere no te auahi e eiaha e rave i te ohipa no te ootiraa i te Atua, millions of people will be cast into the eternal flaming fire of the lake of fire on the Day of Judgment. If you are born again in Christ and have become a son of God (te mau tane e te mau vahine), you have become a servant of God, te hoê tavini na te Mesia, and ought to be a minister of flaming fire. But what does it mean to be a minister of flaming fire? What does the Bible say about ministers of flaming fire?
Ministers of flaming fire have been made righteous and walk in righteousness
The ministers of Christ are as flames of fire. They have been made righteous by the blood of Jesus Christ and through Faaapîraa in Christ have the Holy Spirit.
Te varua mo'a, O vai te parahi i roto ia ratou, is holy and righteous just like God the Father and God the Son. Therefore they shall walk in holiness and righteousness doing righteous works and bear the te hotu o te Varua.
They don’t belong to the devil and his kingdom anymore and shall not serve sin and death anymore, because they’re dead to sin.
They shall not exalt themselves above God by walking in pride according to their own words, hina'aro, e te mau hinaaro e te mau hinaaro o te tino.
The servants of Christ are no longer servants and workers of sin but servants and workers of righteousness.
Therefore they shall not lie, covet other people’s possessions, ha'ape'e, te haamoriraa idolo, use God’s Name in vain, get involved with (Te viivii ore i te pae no te) Te mau nota, ōhipa, Te mau nota, fa'ata'a, drink and eating excessively, e tē vai atura., Teie râ, e love God with all their heart i ni'a i te mau mea, e their neighbor as themselves.
E mauruuru te Atua, Ua riro outou ei mau tavini no te hara, tera râ, ua haapao maitai outou i te huru o te haapiiraa o tei horoa ia outou. I muri iho ua rave oia i te ohipa ma te tamoni ore, Ua riro mai outou ei mau tavini no te parau-ti'a. Te paraparau nei au i muri a'e i te huru o te mau taata no to outou tino: no te mea ua horo'a outou i to outou mau melo i te mau tavini i ni'a i te ti'aturiraa e te mana'o ino; Noa ' tu te reira, e horoa mai te reira i to outou mau melo i te mau tavini i te parau-ti'a. I to oe mana'o e e hara oe i to oe mana'o, ou. Eaha te mau hua i roto i te mau mea atoa i reira outou i maere ai i teie nei? no te hopea o taua mau mea ra, o te poheraa ïa.
I teie nei râ, ua ravehia te hara, e ei tavini i te Atua, oia, e te hopea o te oraraa hopea. No te feia hara, o te poheraa ïa; tera râ, te horo'araa a te Atua, o te oraraa mure ore ïa na roto ia Iesu Mesia (Roma 6:17-23)
The fire of God is not a feeling, but calls to sanctification and action
E rave rahi taata, who associate the Holy Spirit and the holy fire of God and being on fire for God with an energy and a feeling, instead of a Person and holiness, ha'uti, haamo'araa (te tamâraa), judgment of God, and the call to action.
They want to experience the fire of God and feel and enjoy this so-called fire in their flesh, which they stirrup within them through natural means, fa'a'ōfa'i, e te mau peu, like for example music, te himeneraa, mantras, false meditation, nga auahi, e te tahi atu â.
But the holy fire of God is not a feeling, and therefore it can’t be felt.
The fire is one of the symbols that is used to represent the nature and the character of God the Father, Te Atua; te buka, e te Atua Mo'a. Fire represents the holiness, ha'uti, haamo'araa (te tamâraa), and the judgment of God.
It’s a spiritual holy fire that can’t be felt but can be seen in the natural realm. Aha? By the changes in a person’s life and the righteous walk of a person.
Because the holy fire enlightens the dark inner corners of the heart and exposes the evil works. The holy fire of God cleanses, purifies, refines, and eliminates the impurities in the life of a person, if the person allows the purification of the holy fire, submits to God and His Word and follows His Word, and does His will (A tai'o atoa: ‘Te huru no te haamo'araa’ e ‘A tupohe i te taata paari‘).
Ua riro te Atua ei auahi pupuhi
The Word says that God is a consuming fire. God is a holy and righteous God and can’t have communion with sin and iniquity and hates disobedience and lawlessness.
A ara ia outou iho, ia ore outou ia haamo'e i te fafauraa a te Fatu, to outou Atua, which he made with you, e te faariro ia outou ei tii, e aore râ, te hoho'a o te hoê mea, ta te Fatu, to oe Atua, i opani ia oe. Ua riro hoi te Fatu to oe Atua ei auahi tamau, e tae noa'tu i te Atua haehaa (Deuteronomi 4:23-24)
I reira tatou e farii ai i te hoê basileia, o te ore e nehenehe e afaihia, E'aua, i reira tatou e tavini maitai ai i te Atua ma te faatura e te mata'u i te Atua: No to tatou Atua, o te hoê ïa auahi (Heberia 12:28-29)
God is a God of His Word and acts according to His Word. What God says shall come to pass, despite people’s opinions, findings and sayings.
God’s Word is the truth and stands forever and no one can change that.
Thankfulness, te faatura, and Godly fear for our Almighty God are hard to find these days.
Instead of Christians submitting themselves to God and His Word and are thankful and have reverence and a fear of God aka a great awe for God and therefore walk after His will and His commandments, many Christians treat God like a sugar daddy.
They want God to submit to them and fulfill their wishes and their carnal lusts and desires. They want God to do what they say want and give them what they want.
There is hardly any reverence and fear for God and therefore the wickedness increases and many people become apostate and have become lukewarm for Jesus Christ and His Kingdom and compromise.
But God is a consuming fire and if His holy fire doesn’t take possession of man during this life on earth then after life on earth the fire shall take possession of man. (A tai'o atoa: ‘The baptism in fire‘).
The Word is as fire
Just as God is a consuming fire, His Word is also as fire. The words of God are holy and righteous and are spirit and life and condemn sin and get rid of evil and iniquity.
E riro te mau peropheta ei mata'i, e aita te parau i roto ia ratou: E na reira te reira e ravehia ' i no ratou. No reira, teie te parau nei te Fatu, te Atua o te mau nuu, No te mea ho'i e, te parau nei outou i teie parau, fa'a'ōfa'i, E faariro vau i ta'u mau parau ei auahi i roto i to vaha, e teie nunaa, e e haamou te reira ia ratou (Jeremieh 5:13-14)
E ere anei ta'u parau mai te auahi? i ni'a i te Fatu; e mai te hoê hama o te vavahi i te ofai? (Jeremieh 23:29)
Ua haere mai au no te tuu i te auahi i ni'a i te fenua; e eaha ta'u e rave, mai te peu e ua tutuihia te reira? Tera râ, e bapetizoraa ta'u e ti'a ia'u ia bapetizohia; E mea nahea vau ia faahepohia e tae roa'tu i te taime ua oti te reira! Ia parau outou e, e haere mai au no te horo'a i te hau i ni'a i te fenua? Te parau atu nei au e, Iy; te tahi atu râ i roto i te pǔpǔ (Luka 12:49)
Just like the prophets, who belonged to God, spoke the words of God, which were as fire and condemned sin and confronted and got rid of evil and called to repentance and to return to God, Jesus Christ the Living Word also came to the earth to send fire on the earth by doing the will of God, dealing with evil and calling God’s people to repentance and to sin no more.
The Word of God is a burning fire in the heart
Jeremiah was in derision and the people mocked him. He was persecuted and endured many hardships, because of the word of God, just like all the other prophets of God, who were faithful to Him and spoke His words.
The word of God was in his heart as a burning fire, whereby Jeremiah was weary with forbearing and could not contain. Jeremiah couldn’t do anything else than speak the words of God instead of being silent or speaking words that the people wanted to hear.
I am in derision daily, every one mocketh me. For since I spake, I cried out, I cried violence and spoil; because the word of the Lord was made a reproach unto me, and a derision, i te mau mahana atoa. I muri iho ua parau vau, I will not make mention of Him, nor speak any more in His Name. But His word was in mine heart as a burning fire shut up in my bones, and I was weary with forbearing, and I could not stay (Jeremieh 20:7-9)
Just like the words of God were in Jeremiah’s heart as a burning fire, the words of God were also in the hearts of the other prophets as a burning fire. And the words of God are still a burning fire in the hearts of the sons of God, who are born of Him and belong to God and are His ministers of righteousness.
Ministers of flaming fire don’t compromise but speak the truth of God
Ministers of flaming fire have the Word in them. They don’t speak according to what people want to hear and don’t please the itching ears of the hearers. But they speak the words and the truth of God, which can be hard, te faarururaa, unpleasant, uncomfortable and may come across as judgmental and considered as unloving.
No reira, te pari nei au ia outou i te Atua, e te Fatu o Iesu Mesia, Na'na, e haava oioi e e pohe te feia pohe i to'na ti'araa mai e to'na basileia; A tape'a i te parau; Ia, i roto i te matahiti; ha'api'ira'a, ti'a, Te oaoa nei au i te mau mea atoa. E tae mai te taime e ore ai ratou e faaoromai i te haapiiraa tumu; tera râ, i muri a'e i to ratou iho mau hinaaro, e haapao ratou i te mau orometua haapii, mā'u; E e fariu ê ratou i to ratou tari'a i te parau mau, e e fariuhia ïa i ni'a i te mau rave'a. But watch thou in all things, endure afflictions, do the work of an evangelist, make full proof of thy ministry (2 E hō'ē 4:1-5)
Although the world and ‘believers’ who belong to the world consider their words as hard, te faarururaa, aita e here, haavaraa, te iri, e te tahi atu â. they speak after the will of God the truth of God in love.
That’s because they know what will happen with sinners, who won’t repent of their sin and are disobedient to the will of God.
They know where sinners go to after their lives on earth and after the Day of Judgment, which is hell. And they don’t want anyone to perish and be cast into the eternal lake of fire and burn forever.
Just like their Father, Who doesn’t want anyone to perish but that everyone be saved. (1 E hō'ē 2:4-6, 2 Peter 3:9)
No reira, they speak the truth of God to sinners and call them to repentance to save them, noa ' tu te mau faahopearaa.
Why many churches don’t preach the Judgment of God and hell?
Many churches don’t preach the judgment of God and hell anymore. Nō te aha? Because it makes the people uncomfortable and it frightens them. The people in the church rather listen to fables, which please their flesh and cause pleasant feelings, then listen to the truth of God. They only want to experience God in their flesh and feel ‘God’s presence’ and have a good time in church.
But hell is real and the Day of Judgment is a reality. The Judgment of God shall come regardless of what people believe and say and regardless of the Te mau peu and fables of man that are preached. No one is able to escape the Day of Judgment.
E ua haafifi te Atua i te mau taime o teie ite ore; i teie nei râ, te faaue nei oia i te mau taata atoa ia tatarahapa: No te mea ua faataa Oia i te hoê mahana, in the which he will judge the world in righteousness by that Man whom He hath ordained; ua horo'a Oia i te haapapûraa i te mau taata atoa, no te mea ua faati'a Oia Ia'na mai te pohe mai (Ā'ati'a 17:30-31).
No te mea ho'i e, e ohipa parau-ti'a te Atua ia faaho'i atu i te ati i te feia e faatupu nei i te ati ia outou; E no outou o te roohia ra i te hepohepo, a faaea i pihai iho ia matou, ia faaitehia mai te Fatu o Iesu mai te ra'i mai e to'na mau melahi puai, Te faautua ra i te feia o te ore i ite i te Atua i roto i te auahi ura, e aita ratou e haapa'o i te evanelia a to tatou Fatu o Iesu Mesia: E faautuahia ratou i te haamouraa mure ore i mua i te aro o te Fatu, e no roto mai i te hanahana o To'na mana (2 Te mau mea 1:6-9)
The ministers of Christ have a responsibility
The ministers of Christ have a responsibility. They’re obligated to preach the whole gospel and the whole truth of God, instead of preaching a partial truth and a man-made gospel, e ere te reira i te evanelia.
People find it normal and don’t mind watching terrifying horror movies, and horrible, cruel and violent crimes and murder series and movies, and all that other junk on television in which sin and death play the lead. But they don’t consider it normal and do mind when you speak about hell and the Day of Judgment, because that makes them uncomfortable and scares them?
Ministers of flaming fire act according to the Word
The ministers of Christ are flames of fire and speak and act according to the Word. They speak the holy and righteous words of God. They speak and act according to what the Word and the Holy Spirit tell them. Mai ia Iesu ana'e, Who was yielded to the Father and spoke the words of the Father and did what He had seen His Father do.
Na pahono maira Iesu, na ô atura ia ratou, ōtahi, Ma te hoê, Te parau atu nei au e, Eita ta te Tamaiti e nehenehe e rave i te hoê mea, tera râ, te mea ta'na e ite ra i te Metua e rave ra: no te mau mea atoa ta'na e rave, e rave atoa te Tamaiti i teie mau mea. No te mea ho'i e, te here nei te Metua i te Tamaiti, e faaite atu Ia'na i te mau mea atoa ta'na iho e rave ra: e e faaite Oia Ia'na i te mau ohipa rahi a'e i teie mau ohipa, ia maere outou. A paari mai ai te Metua i te pohe, e mea ha'avi'i atoa ia ratou; e tae noa'tu i te Tamaiti, e na'na e (John 5:19-21)
Ministers of flaming fire shall suffer persecution for the Kingdom of God
Te feia e farii nei, a faaite, who belong to God and are His sons are the light of the world, Mai ia Iesu. They walk holy and righteous according to the word and will of God. Christians shall be persecuted for Jesus Christ’s sake and their holy walk and righteous works.
I muri iho, a faaino ia Iesu ia ratou, ma'ohi'ohi, O vau te maramarama o te ao nei: aita vau e haere i roto i te pouri, e mea ti'a râ ia'na te maramarama o te ora (John 8:12)
O outou te maramarama o te ao nei. Eita te hoê oire aita e itehia i nia i te hoê mou'a. Eita te mau tane e tâpû i te hoê mori hinu, e ua tuu i raro a'e i te hoê ahu taoto, i nia i te; e te horo'a nei te reira i te maramarama i te mau mea atoa i roto i te fare. A vaiiho i to outou maramarama ia anaana roa hou te mau tane, e nehenehe ta ratou e ite i ta outou mau ohipa maitai, e a faahanahana i to outou Metua i te ra'i (Mataio 5:14-16)
Mai te mea e, e'a 'oe te ao nei, ua ite oe e ua riri roa vau ia ' u na mua ' ' e a riri ai outou. Ahiri oe i rave i te ao nei, E here te ao nei i to'na iho: te tahi râ, tera râ, ua ma'iti au ia outou i rapae i te ao nei, no reira, te riri nei te ao nei ia outou. A haamana'o i te parau ta'u i parau atu ia outou, E ere te tavini i te mea rahi a'e i to te arii. Mai te mea e, ua tamau noa ratou i te, E faaino atoa ratou ia outou; Ua tamau noa ratou i te faaite i to ratou mana'o e,, E tamau noa â ratou i te tapea i te reira (John 15:18-20)
Eita te ao; au mau, no te mea e faaite au i te reira, o te ohipa ïa e manuïa, e mea ino (John 7:7)
E ia tae mai Oia, E faahapa oia i te ao nei i te hara, e te parau-ti'a, e te haavaraa: Te hara, no te mea aita ratou e ti'aturi ia'u; Te parau-ti'a, no te mea e haere vau i to'u Metua, e aita outou e ite faahou ia'u; No te haavaraa, no te mea ua haavahia te arii o teie nei ao (John 16:8-11)
Let the sons of God be (ōtahi) flames of fire, to save people from the flames of fire
Te varua mo'a, te Varua o te parau mau, abides in them. He shall reprove the world of sin, ha'uti, e te haavaraa.
No reira, they shall be abandoned, te riri, and persecuted by the people who belong to the world and refuse to repent. They can’t be in their presence, because they’re confronted with their sinful nature and their sins.
But there will also be people, no te ao nei, but through the conviction of their sinful nature and sin by the Holy Spirit will repent and give their lives to Jesus Christ.
Therefore it’s important to continue and keep standing on the Word and keep walking by faith in the truth according to the will of God in holiness and righteousness, despite the wickedness, āmui, false accusation, Te mau faahemaraa, Vaiuru, and persecutions of the world.
Let the sons of God be (ōtahi) flames of fire, so that many people will be saved from the flames of fire.
'Ia riro ei miti no te fenua’
