Reading – Acts 28:1-6
“Now when they had escaped, they then found out that the island was called Malta. And the natives showed us unusual kindness; for they kindled a fire and made us all welcome, because of the rain that was falling and because of the cold.
But when Paul had gathered a bundle of sticks and laid them on the fire, a viper came out because of the heat, and fastened on his hand.
So when the natives saw the creature hanging from his hand, they said to one another, “No doubt this man is a murderer, whom, though he has escaped the sea, yet justice does not allow to live.” But he shook off the creature into the fire and suffered no harm.

So when the natives saw the creature hanging from his hand, they said to one another, “No doubt this man is a murderer, whom, though he has escaped the sea, yet justice does not allow to live.” But he shook off the creature into the fire and suffered no harm.
However, they were expecting that he would swell up or suddenly fall down dead. But after they had looked for a long time and saw no harm come to him, they changed their minds and said that he was a god”

WHAT IS FIRE
– Science describes FIRE as a process in which substance combine chemically with oxygen from air and typically give out bright light, heat and smoke.
– Fire consumes, warms, and illuminates, but can also bring pain and death thus, its symbolic meaning varies wildly, depending upon the context of its use. It is often the symbol of inspiration, and yet it is also the predominant symbol of hell.

Most of the time when we speak about fire, it comes to us what kind of fire we are talking about;
Is it a grass fire that starts faster, spread rapidly and die quickly or electric fire that starts spread and sustain itself.
– Spiritually, fire is viewed by christians as being a symbol of divinity, religious zeal and martyrdom.

WHAT FIRE DOES
1. FIRE ATTRACTS – (Exodus 3:1-2) Moses was tending the flock of Jethro his father-in-law, and he led the flock to the back of the desert, and came to Horeb, the mountain of God. And the Angel of the Lord appeared to him in a flame of fire from the midst of a bush. So he looked, and behold, the bush was burning with FIRE, but the bush was not consumed.
– When he drew closer, God spoke to him.
– You don’t have to tell people how powerful, rich or strong you are, they will see the fire within you and they will be drawn near and be attracted to you.
– People need to see the fire in you to be attracted so as the Kingdom of God can grow.

Most of the time when we speak about fire, it comes to us what kind of fire we are talking about;
Is it a grass fire that starts faster, spread rapidly and die quickly or electric fire that starts spread and sustain itself.
– Spiritually, fire is viewed by christians as being a symbol of divinity, religious zeal and martyrdom.

WHAT FIRE DOES
1. FIRE ATTRACTS – (Exodus 3:1-2) Moses was tending the flock of Jethro his father-in-law, and he led the flock to the back of the desert, and came to Horeb, the mountain of God. And the Angel of the Lord appeared to him in a flame of fire from the midst of a bush. So he looked, and behold, the bush was burning with FIRE, but the bush was not consumed.
– When he drew closer, God spoke to him.
– You don’t have to tell people how powerful, rich or strong you are, they will see the fire within you and they will be drawn near and be attracted to you.
– People need to see the fire in you to be attracted so as the Kingdom of God can grow.

2. FIRE BRINGS REALIZATION – (Isaiah 6:6)
– When you encounter Holy Ghost fire, no one needs to tell you who you are. Isaiah asked God to cleans his lips with fire after which people realized He was sent by God.

3. FIRE SANCTIFIES – (1Peter 1:7, ps 97-1-7)
– Pure gold put in the fire comes out of it proved pure; genuine faith put through this suffering comes out proved genuine. When Jesus wraps this all up, it’s your faith, not your gold, that God will have on display as evidence of his victory
– For you to be pure, you must pass through fire.

4. FIRE PROTECTS – (Ps 34:7)
– The angel of the Lord will encamp around you and deliver you from your adversaries with a edge of fire.
– The same fire of the Lord walked with Moses at night and offered him protection throughout his journey to liberate the Israelite’s

– In Job 1:9 satan asked God if there was anything he feared because God encamped him with a edge of fire that the devil could not touch him.
– When you have the presence of God within you, you have fire that no enemy can penetrate.

5. FIRE DESTROYS – (Numbers 11:1- , 16:35).
– Ordinarily, fire causes destruction on property and death when it occurs accidentally.
– The Bible uses vivid, horrible, and fearsome language in descriptions of the punishment people will suffer in hell. Prominent are statements about fire and burning, with the associated anguish and torment that we can imagine would go along with being burned continually.
– However, if you have the Power of the Holy Spirit in you, you can destroy the powers of the enemy.

WHAT YOU NEED TO DO TO HAVE THIS POWER

1. PURE HEART – (Lev 6:11-12)
– Our hearts are the altar of God, we do not need to put the fire inside our hearts off. It needs to be there continually.

2. FUEL – (Mat 25:10)
– You need fuel to keep the fire burning each and every day.
– However, you need Holy Spirit of God to understand and fuel you.

3. FELLOWSHIP. (Acts 2)
– You need to be in one accord in the fellowship with your breathren.
– Fellowships make the fire to continue burning.
– You should not neglect fellowship of one another.

4. THE MOUTH OF GOD – (Acts1:8)
– You shall receive power and you shall be witnesses of the Mighty works of the Lord.
– You can not be a mouth of God if you don’t have His POWER.
– Men of God make us prosper all round. When they say you are healed, you are.

REMEMBER: For you to go to the next LEVEL, you need FIRE. But before you receive this power, you need to receive Jesus Christ first in your life.

– God is gracious enough, He’s made us to have this fire.
– May this FIRE of the Lord be a live in you for His own Glory. AMEN!

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