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"The Spirit of God in a believer is like a forest fire, burning up the old, and restarting with the new."
Once a person believes in the gospel, his heart will soon be on fire for the Lord. By faith being saved he will receive the Holy Spirit, which should in fact, change the believers old lifestyle, to a brand new one.
"For just as the body without the spirit is dead, so also faith without works is dead." - James 2:26 NASB
Don't you remember when you were in your earlier years as a believer, how powerful the fire of God moved in you when you first believed? Most people wonder where did that all go, even though they aren't any less of a believer. Where did that great passion go as time moved on? Some still experience that amazing fire burning up inside them!
It's like a forest fire, when we first believed it caught us on fire in a wide spread. Great works, changed lifestyle and everything happening so quickly through our lives. Though this improvement hasn't really stopped, this feeling when we first believed slowed down. We everyday are improving, removing the fifth in our imperfect life through the Spirit, who gave us life through Christ Jesus. We may not feel it all the time, but we sure believe it and see it through our lives.
The fire hasn't stopped. Not at all. The Spirit of God is the fire in the believer, whether you feel it or not. Some feel it through the gifts they have, by feeling of the Spirit (such as prophecy) which helps validate it so it won't be mistaken as mere head knowledge or assumption.
May the Spirit of God continue to rest on you, burning up the sin and the fifth in your life, as a continuing fire till the day of our Lord Jesus Christ. God bless!!!
"For I am confident of this very thing, that He who began a good work in you will perfect it until the day of Christ Jesus" - Philippians 1:6 NASB
Once a person believes in the gospel, his heart will soon be on fire for the Lord. By faith being saved he will receive the Holy Spirit, which should in fact, change the believers old lifestyle, to a brand new one.
"For just as the body without the spirit is dead, so also faith without works is dead." - James 2:26 NASB
Don't you remember when you were in your earlier years as a believer, how powerful the fire of God moved in you when you first believed? Most people wonder where did that all go, even though they aren't any less of a believer. Where did that great passion go as time moved on? Some still experience that amazing fire burning up inside them!
It's like a forest fire, when we first believed it caught us on fire in a wide spread. Great works, changed lifestyle and everything happening so quickly through our lives. Though this improvement hasn't really stopped, this feeling when we first believed slowed down. We everyday are improving, removing the fifth in our imperfect life through the Spirit, who gave us life through Christ Jesus. We may not feel it all the time, but we sure believe it and see it through our lives.
The fire hasn't stopped. Not at all. The Spirit of God is the fire in the believer, whether you feel it or not. Some feel it through the gifts they have, by feeling of the Spirit (such as prophecy) which helps validate it so it won't be mistaken as mere head knowledge or assumption.
May the Spirit of God continue to rest on you, burning up the sin and the fifth in your life, as a continuing fire till the day of our Lord Jesus Christ. God bless!!!
"For I am confident of this very thing, that He who began a good work in you will perfect it until the day of Christ Jesus" - Philippians 1:6 NASB