John the baptist came, preaching the kingdom of God.
He said:“As for me, I baptize you with water for repentance, but He who is coming after
me is mightier than I, and I am not fit to remove His sandals; He will baptize you with
the Holy Spirit and fire.
12“His winnowing fork is in His hand, and He will thoroughly clear His threshing floor;
and He will gather His wheat into the barn, but He will burn up the chaff with unquenchable
fire.”
Matthew 3:11,12.
Those who have believed the gospel, repented and been baptized in water are promised the
baptism in the Holy Spirit, Christ dwelling in them, revealing Himself in and through
them.
However, there is another baptism that the born again children of God will experience,
and that is the baptism by FIRE, the Holy Spirit Fire.
The Holy Spirit Fire will burn inside the child of God, to purify him of all unrighteousness.
It is the chastisement and correction of the Holy Spirit, making and molding him into the
perfect instrument for the Master's use.
Like clay in the hands of the potter, so are we in the hand of the Lord.
If we are moldable, He will form and make us into a utensil, suitable for His use.
If we are stubborn and unyielding, He will discard of us.
The process of forming and molding will be painful and uncomfortable, because our form
will be changed from a useless lump of clay to a useful utensil, from a self serving person
to a disciple, dedicated to do the will of God..
We read in Romans 9:20,21 "O man, who answers back to God?
The thing molded will not say to the molder, “Why did you make me like this,” will
it? 21Or does not the potter have a right over the clay, to make from the same lump
one vessel for honorable use and another for common use?"
Every branch that produces fruit will be pruned, so that it can bear more fruit.
The dead wood will be cut out.
The wayward branches will be trimmed to shape the tree so that it can bear more fruit.
This is a work that none of us can do on ourselves.
It is a work that the Holy Spirit does, through FIRE.
If we rebel, moan and complain, stop bearing fruit, we will get cut off and burned.
The purpose of the baptism of FIRE is to change us, to make and mold us into suitable instruments
in the Master's hand.
The FIRE of the Holy Spirit works perfection in those who endure with Jesus and yield to
Him.
You will go through the FIRE, if you have accepted Jesus.
He does not forsake the works of His hands, but we must not shrink back when He works
on us We read in Hebrews 10:39 " But we are not of those who shrink back and are destroyed,
but of those who have faith and preserve their souls."
Will we shrink back, when the fire comes, or will we persevere until the end with Jesus?
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