Becoming A Weapon of Warfare
in The Hands of The Master
Malachi 3:2-3
But who can endure the day of his coming, and who can stand when he appears? For he is like a refiner’s fire and like fullers’ soap.
And he shall sit as a refiner and purifier of silver: and he shall purify the sons of Levi, and purge them as gold and silver, that they may offer unto the LORD an offering in righteousness.
in The Hands of The Master
But who can endure the day of his coming, and who can stand when he appears? For he is like a refiner’s fire and like fullers’ soap.
And he shall sit as a refiner and purifier of silver: and he shall purify the sons of Levi, and purge them as gold and silver, that they may offer unto the LORD an offering in righteousness.
The Fire
What Fire Is:
Fire is God’s presence and power--Lev. 6:13 Fire is God’s judgment and consumes everything that is not of God--Deut. 4:24; Heb 12:29
What Fire Does:
Fire guides and leads--Ex. 3:2-12; Ex. 13:21
Fire purges, illuminates God’s Word, purifies and empowers--Acts 2:3-4
Trial by Fire: A test of one’s abilities to perform well under pressure
Baptism by Fire: (1) In Christianity, the penetration of the Holy Ghost into the human spirit to purify, consecrate and strengthen it. (2) Any initiating ordeal or experience. (3) A soldier’s first experience of battle.
Holiness imparted through baptism of fire of the Holy Ghost.
Dan. 3:16, 24-27 Holy Fire only burns up what is not of God.
