If Christians don’t become ministers of flaming fire and not be cast into the field of God’s harvest, millions of people will be cast into the eternal flaming fire of the lake of fire on the Day of Judgment. If you have become born again in Christ and have become a son of God (мужчины и женщины), you have become a servant of God, раб Христов, 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
Но слава Богу, что вы были рабами греха, но вы от всего сердца повиновались тому виду учения, которое было вам передано. Будучи тогда освобожденным от греха, вы стали рабами правды. Я говорю по-человечески из-за немощи вашей плоти: ибо, как вы отдали члены ваши в рабы нечистоте и беззаконию, беззаконию; так и ныне отдайте члены ваши в рабы праведности и святости. Ибо когда вы были рабами греха, вы были свободны от праведности. Какой плод вы имели тогда в том, чего теперь стыдитесь?? ибо конец всему этому смерть.
Но теперь, освободившись от греха, и стать слугами Бога, вы имеете плоды святости, и конец вечной жизни. Ибо плата за грех – смерть; но дар Божий – жизнь вечная через Иисуса Христа, Господа нашего. (римляне 6:17-23)
The ministers of Christ are as flames of fire. They have been made righteous by the blood of Jesus Christ and through регенерация in Christ have the Holy Spirit.
Святой Дух, Who abides in them, is holy and righteous just like God the Father and God the Son and therefore they shall walk in holiness and righteousness doing righteous works and bear the плод Духа.
They don’t belong to the devil and his kingdom anymore and shall not serve sin and death anymore, because they are dead to sin. Therefore they shall not exalt themselves and put themselves above God by walking in pride according to their own words, воля, и похоти и желания плоти.
They are workers of righteousness and therefore they shall not lie, covet other people’s possessions, воровать, совершать идолопоклонство, use God’s Name in vain, get involved with (сексуальный) нечистота, совершить супружескую измену, блуд, развод, excessive drinking, и еда, и т. д., but they shall love God above all and their neighbor as themselves (Читайте также: 'Любите ли вы Бога превыше всего?' и 'Что значит любить ближнего, как самого себя?')
The fire of God is not a feeling, but calls to sanctification and action
Есть много людей, 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, праведность, освящение (очищение), 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, методы, и ритуалы, like for example music, пение, mantras, false meditation, пожарные туннели, и т. д..
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, Бог Сын; Живое Слово, and God the Holy Spirit and represents the holiness, праведность, освящение (очищение), and the judgment of God.
It’s a spiritual holy fire that can’t be felt but can be seen in the natural realm 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 (Читайте также: ‘Процесс освящения’ и ‘Отложи старика').
God is a consuming fire
Take heed unto yourselves, lest ye forget the covenant of the Lord your God, which he made with you, and make you a graven image, or the likeness of any thing, which the Lord thy God hath forbidden thee. For the Lord thy God is a consuming fire, even a jealous God (Второзаконие 4:23-24)
Посему мы получаем царство, которое невозможно сдвинуть с места., дай нам благодать, посредством чего мы можем служить Богу приемлемо с благоговением и благочестивым страхом: Ибо наш Бог есть огонь поядающий (иврит 12:28-29)
Слово говорит, 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.
God is a God of His Word and acts according to His Word. What God says, shall come to pass, despite people’s opinions and findings.
God’s Word is the truth and stands forever and no one can change that.
Thankfulness, reverence, and Godly fear for our Almighty God are hard to find these days.
Instead of believers 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 believers treat God like a sugar daddy, who must submit to them and fulfill their wishes and will and the lusts and desires of their flesh and therefore do and give what they say and 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 (Читайте также: ‘The baptism in fire').
The Word is as fire
И пророки станут ветром, и слова нет в них: так будет с ними. Посему так говорит Господь Бог Саваоф, Потому что ты говоришь это слово, вот, I will make My words in thy mouth fire, и это люди из дерева, и оно поглотит их (Иеремия 5:13-14)
Is not My word like as a fire? говорит Господь; and like a hammer that breaketh the rock in pieces? (Иеремия 23:29)
I am come to send fire on the earth; and what will I, if it be already kindled? But I have a baptism to be baptized with; и как я стеснен, пока это не свершится! Предположим, что я пришёл дать мир на земле.? Я говорю вам, Нет; а скорее разделение (Люк 12:49)
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.
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
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, ежедневный. Then I said, 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 (Иеремия 20:7-9)
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.
Just like in Jeremiah the words of God were in his 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 belong to God and are His ministers of righteousness.
Ministers of flaming fire don’t compromise but speak the truth of God
Поэтому я заклинаю тебя перед Богом, и Господь Иисус Христос, который будет судить живых и мертвых в явление Его и Царство Его; Проповедуйте слово; быть мгновенным в сезон, вне сезона; порицать, упрекать, увещевай со всяким долготерпением и назиданием. Ибо придет время, когда они не будут терпеть здравого учения; но по своим прихотям будут избирать себе учителей, уши чешутся; И они отвратят уши свои от истины, и обратятся к басням. But watch thou in all things, endure afflictions, do the work of an evangelist, make full proof of thy ministry (2 Тимоти 4:1-5)
Ministers of flaming fire have the Word in them and 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, confronting, unpleasant, uncomfortable and may come across as judgmental and considered as unloving.
Although the world and ‘believers’ who belong to the world consider their words as hard, confronting, нелюбящий, осуждающий, расистский, и т. д.. they speak after the will of God the truth of God in love. 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 will go to after their lives on earth and after the Day of Judgment, which is hell. And they don’t want anyone to be lost 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 Тимоти 2:4-6, 2 Питер 3:9).
Поэтому, they will speak the truth of God to sinners and call them to repentance in order to save them, несмотря на последствия.
Many churches don’t preach the judgment of God and hell anymore, because it makes the people uncomfortable and frightens them. The people rather listen to fables, which please their flesh and cause pleasant feelings, than 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 exists and the Day of Judgment is a reality and shall come regardless of what people believe and say and regardless of the false doctrines and fables of man that are preached. No one is able to escape the Day of Judgment.
И времена этого невежества Бог подмигнул; но ныне повелевает всем людям всюду покаяться: Потому что Он назначил день, in the which he will judge the world in righteousness by that Man whom He hath ordained; в чем Он уверял всех людей, в том, что Он воскресил Его из мертвых (Действия 17:30-31).
Seeing it is a righteous thing with God to recompense tribulation to them that trouble you; And to you who are troubled rest with us, when the Lord Jesus shall be revealed from heaven with His mighty angels, В пылающем огне мстит тем, кто не знает Бога, и которые не повинуются Евангелию Господа нашего Иисуса Христа: Кто будет наказан вечным истреблением от лица Господня, and from the glory of His power (2 Салоники 1:6-9)
The ministers of Christ have a responsibility and are obligated to preach the whole gospel and the whole truth of God, instead of preaching a partial truth and a man-made gospel, что не является Евангелием.
People find it normal and don’t mind watching terrifying horror movies, 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
Тогда Иисус ответил и сказал им, Воистину, воистину, Я говорю тебе, Сын ничего не может сделать от Себя, но что Он видит, что Отец делает: за все, что бы Он ни делал, то же делает и Сын. Ибо Отец любит Сына, и показывает Ему все, что Сам творит: и покажет Ему дела большие, чем эти, чтобы вы дивились. For as the Father raiseth up the dead, and quickeneth them; even so the Son quickeneth whom He will (Джон 5:19-21)
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 and speak and act according to what the Word and the Holy Spirit tell them. Точно так же, как Иисус, Who was yielded to the Father and spoke the words of the Father and did what He had seen His Father do.
Ministers of flaming fire shall suffer and be persecuted for the Kingdom of God
Тогда Иисус снова обратился к ним, говоря, Я свет миру: he that followeth me shall not walk in darkness, но будет иметь свет жизни (Джон 8:12)
Ye are the light of the world. A city that is set on an hill cannot be hid. Neither do men light a candle, and put it under a bushel, but on a candlestick; and it giveth light unto all that are in the house. Пусть твой свет так сияет перед людьми, чтобы они увидели ваши добрые дела, и прославь Отца твоего Небесного (Мэтью 5:14-16)
Если мир тебя ненавидит, вы знаете, что он возненавидел Меня прежде, чем возненавидел вас. Если бы вы были от мира, мир бы полюбил свою собственную: но потому что вы не от мира, но я выбрал тебя из мира, Поэтому мир ненавидит вас. Помните слово, которое я сказал вам, Раб не больше господина своего. Если они преследовали Меня, они также будут преследовать тебя; если бы они сохранили Мое слово, они сохранят и твое (Джон 15:18-20)
Те, who belong to God and are His sons shall be the light of the world, точно так же, как Иисус, and shall walk holy and righteous after the will of God and shall be persecuted for Jesus Christ’s sake and their walk and righteous works.
Мир не может ненавидеть тебя; но меня оно ненавидит, потому что я свидетельствую об этом, что дела его злы (Джон 7:7)
И когда Он придет, Он обличит мир за грех, и праведности, и суждения: Греха, потому что они верят не в Меня; Праведности, потому что Я иду к Моему Отцу, и вы больше не увидите Меня; Суда, потому что князь мира сего судим (Джон 16:8-11)
Святой Дух, Дух истины, abides in them and shall reprove the world of sin, праведность, и суждения.
Из-за этого, they shall be abandoned, ненавистный, and persecuted by the people who belong to the world and are not willing to repent and can’t be in their presence, because they are confronted with their sinful nature and their sins.
But there will also be people, кто принадлежит миру, but through the conviction of their sinful nature and sin by the Holy Spirit will repent and give their lives to Jesus.
Therefore it’s important to continue and keep standing on the Word and keep walking by faith in the truth after the will of God in holiness and righteousness despite the wickedness, ненависть, false accusation, искушения, сопротивление, and persecutions of the world.
Let the sons of God be (духовный) flames of fire, so that many people will be saved from the flames of fire.
«Будь солью земли’
