Stupid things 'Christians' do
- Thread starter HeRoseFromTheDead
- Start date
-
Christian Chat is a moderated online Christian community allowing Christians around the world to fellowship with each other in real time chat via webcam, voice, and text, with the Christian Chat app. You can also start or participate in a Bible-based discussion here in the Christian Chat Forums, where members can also share with each other their own videos, pictures, or favorite Christian music.
If you are a Christian and need encouragement and fellowship, we're here for you! If you are not a Christian but interested in knowing more about Jesus our Lord, you're also welcome! Want to know what the Bible says, and how you can apply it to your life? Join us!
To make new Christian friends now around the world, click here to join Christian Chat.
You're not getting the point. Fire is for the ungodly. It represents judgment, not blessing.
I have come to bring fire on the earth, and how I wish that it had been kindled already! But I have a baptism to be baptized with [i.e., the cross, death], and how I am distressed until it is accomplished! Luke 12:49-50
That really won't be difficult to find, for broad is the way of the many congregations where you can just sit in a pew, and never be concerned that the Holy Spirit will bother you, even a little bit.
But, consider what you may be throwing away. David, in the Psalms, actually begged and pleaded for God to show Himself to him in these ways. He even danced like a wild man in those times He did.
But, consider what you may be throwing away. David, in the Psalms, actually begged and pleaded for God to show Himself to him in these ways. He even danced like a wild man in those times He did.
C
as of fire:
When the Day of Pentecost had fully come, they were all with one accord[a]*in one place.*2*And suddenly there came a sound from heaven, as of a rushing mighty wind, and it filled the whole house where they were sitting.*3*Then there appeared to them divided tongues, as of fire, and*one*sat upon each of them.*4*And they were all filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak with other tongues, as the Spirit gave them utterance.
When the Day of Pentecost had fully come, they were all with one accord[a]*in one place.*2*And suddenly there came a sound from heaven, as of a rushing mighty wind, and it filled the whole house where they were sitting.*3*Then there appeared to them divided tongues, as of fire, and*one*sat upon each of them.*4*And they were all filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak with other tongues, as the Spirit gave them utterance.
That fire and speaking in tongues was a sign of judgment to the unbelieving Jews. The fire in Matthew 3 and Luke 3 is judgment. The context makes this more than clear.
Isaiah 28
For by people of strange lips
and with a foreign tongue
the Lord will speak to this people,
[SUP]12 [/SUP] to whom he has said,
“This is rest;
give rest to the weary;
and this is repose”;
yet they would not hear.
[SUP]13 [/SUP]And the word of the Lord will be to them
precept upon precept, precept upon precept,
line upon line, line upon line,
here a little, there a little,
that they may go, and fall backward,
and be broken, and snared, and taken.
Isaiah 28
For by people of strange lips
and with a foreign tongue
the Lord will speak to this people,
[SUP]12 [/SUP] to whom he has said,
“This is rest;
give rest to the weary;
and this is repose”;
yet they would not hear.
[SUP]13 [/SUP]And the word of the Lord will be to them
precept upon precept, precept upon precept,
line upon line, line upon line,
here a little, there a little,
that they may go, and fall backward,
and be broken, and snared, and taken.
The spirit separates the wheat from the chaff and tares; then the fire consumes the chaff and tares.
It can be said that we have fiery trials, but that's not the same thing that those who glory in fire are talking about. In fact, it's the exact opposite.
It can be said that we have fiery trials, but that's not the same thing that those who glory in fire are talking about. In fact, it's the exact opposite.
Dear friends, do not be surprised at the fiery ordeal among you, [when it] takes place to test you, as [if something] strange were happening to you. But to the degree that you share in the sufferings of Christ, rejoice, so that also at the revelation of his glory you may rejoice [and] be glad. 1 Peter 4:12-13
