The Consuming Fire
Everything has nature, and nothing can escape its nature.
Fire has nature. The nature of Fire is that it burns-- no, it consumes. Hold a dead and dry leaf in your hand, toss it into the Fire, and moments later it is gone; all that remains is ash.
The Fire has no choice but to consume the leaf, and without some form of protection the leaf has no hope of surviving the flames. It is not the Fire's fault, for the Fire cannot escape its nature. The Fire cannot say, "I will not consume this leaf, but those others over there, those I will utterly consume."
The same is true of God, "For our God is a consuming fire." --Hebrews 12:29
Sin is as dead a leaf as any leaf on any dead tree. There is protection available to every leaf of sin on every dead and fruitless tree. And that protection lies in the very blood of Fire-- for Fire cannot consume itself --which is the blood of our God. --Acts 20:28 Without that blood, every dead tree and every leaf on every dead limb will perish in the fires of God. And it is not Fire's fault. It is His nature... He cannot lie... "hath he said, and shall he not do it? or hath he spoken, and shall he not make it good?" --Numbers 23:19
Everyone who has heard the Gospel, and having heard, rejects it... Such a one will have no excuse before the consuming fire of God. And it will not be the Fire's fault.
It doesn't matter if one does not believe in Fire. Unbelief is quickly converted the moment the Fire begins to burn tender flesh. But it is then too late to decide not to test the flames, and all would choose repentance were it then possible.
Everyone will make this choice in their lifetime-- That Fire is either all-consuming, or it is not. Considering the nature of Fire, what chance has Sin of surviving such an encounter?
Fire has nature. The nature of Fire is that it burns-- no, it consumes. Hold a dead and dry leaf in your hand, toss it into the Fire, and moments later it is gone; all that remains is ash.
The Fire has no choice but to consume the leaf, and without some form of protection the leaf has no hope of surviving the flames. It is not the Fire's fault, for the Fire cannot escape its nature. The Fire cannot say, "I will not consume this leaf, but those others over there, those I will utterly consume."
The same is true of God, "For our God is a consuming fire." --Hebrews 12:29
Sin is as dead a leaf as any leaf on any dead tree. There is protection available to every leaf of sin on every dead and fruitless tree. And that protection lies in the very blood of Fire-- for Fire cannot consume itself --which is the blood of our God. --Acts 20:28 Without that blood, every dead tree and every leaf on every dead limb will perish in the fires of God. And it is not Fire's fault. It is His nature... He cannot lie... "hath he said, and shall he not do it? or hath he spoken, and shall he not make it good?" --Numbers 23:19
Everyone who has heard the Gospel, and having heard, rejects it... Such a one will have no excuse before the consuming fire of God. And it will not be the Fire's fault.
It doesn't matter if one does not believe in Fire. Unbelief is quickly converted the moment the Fire begins to burn tender flesh. But it is then too late to decide not to test the flames, and all would choose repentance were it then possible.
Everyone will make this choice in their lifetime-- That Fire is either all-consuming, or it is not. Considering the nature of Fire, what chance has Sin of surviving such an encounter?
from the mind of... Eric | 1:27 AM
1 Comments:
Fire is a translator of matters. It could never bring about an end. Burning is merely a conversion of forms. Sin, too, would mould itself under it. Not too sure what form it would take though. Smile.
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