REFINING FIRE...

WITH A REFINING FIRE…
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MATT 3:11
I INDEED BAPTIZE YOU WITH WATER UNTO REPENTANCE: BUT HE THAT COMETH AFTER ME IS MIGHTIER THAN I, WHOSE SHOES I AM NOT WORTHY TO BEAR: HE SHALL BAPTIZE YOU WITH THE HOLY GHOST, AND WITH FIRE.
WHOSE FAN IS IN HIS HAND, AND HE WILL THROUGHLY PURGE HIS FLOOR, AND GATHER HIS WHEAT INTO THE GARNER; BUT HE WILL BURN UP THE CHAFF WITH UNQUENCHABLE FIRE.

The Lord Jesus Christ is the only consuming fire He has blessed us with many gifts and talents. We speak of the Holy Ghost often but nearly as often about the fire that comes with the Holy Spirit. The consuming fire that comes with the Holy Spirit is a refining fire. It brings to the surface everything that isn’t pure and it purifies from the inside out. The true Spirit of God cleanses as you continue to be filled and renews you in Christ as you continue to decrease and allow the Spirit of Christ to increase.
Many people of God question the Lord as if he failed to redeem those He said He would. The work has already been done in the Spirit of truth. However, we must surrender completely. When you have found the real thing it doesn’t involve the world as if you’re missing something. The royal priesthood is sanctified and set apart unto God. When you’ve had enough of the world, the world is not something you ever desire to go back to. Whom the son sets free is truly free indeed. We’re in the world but not of it. The refining fire purifies thoughts and desires for righteousness and the Kingdome of Christ. The refining helps give clean hands and a pure heart. There’s no guilt or shame because Christ said your sins I will remember no more. The Holy Spirit must be the guide. We cannot quench the spirit or grieve the spirit and still expect to grow in Christ and be complete in who God called us to be. You must let the refining fire shed the old man and make things truly new. It is then that you are able to be pleasing to God. If you allow the fire to do His job then we eliminate the excuses and the often repetitive prayers as if the Lord is not doing what He promised. God is a jealous God and yet still gentle. You must make the choice to overcome the flesh and walk in the Spirit of truth. Let the Lord do His job by His Holy Spirit and with fire…His will...His way.

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