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BAPTISM
OF FIRE
Background:
1) Fire and the Tabernacle! (Exodus 40:34-38)
2)
Fire and the Temple! (II
Chronicles 7:1-3)
3)
Fire and Pentecost! (Acts 2:1-4)
4)
Fire and Believers! (Matthew
3:11-12)
1.
Matthew 3:11-12(Luke 3:16)
“I indeed baptize you with water unto repentance: but he that cometh after me
is mightier than I, whose shoes I am not worthy to bear: he shall baptize you
with the Holy ghost, and with fire: Whose fan is in his hand,
and he will thoroughly purge his floor, and gather his wheat into
the garner; but he will burn up the chaff with unquenchable fire.”
2.
Matthew 16:24-25
“Then Jesus said unto his disciples, If any man will come after me, let him
deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow me.
For whosoever will save his life shall lose it: and whosoever will
lose his life for my sake shall find it.”
3.
Matthew 20:22-23
“But Jesus answered and said, Ye know not what ye ask.
Are ye able to drink of the cup that I shall drink of, and to be baptized
with the baptism that I am baptized with?
They say unto him, We are able. And
he saith unto them, Ye shall drink indeed of my cup, and be baptized
with the baptism that I am baptized with:”
4.
Acts 2:3 “And there appeared unto them cloven tongues like as of fire,
and it sat upon each of them.”
5.
I Corinthians 3:13
“Every man’s work shall be made manifest: for the day shall declare
it, because it shall be revealed by fire; and the fire shall try every
man’s work of what sort it is.”
6.
Philippians 1:29-30 “For
unto you it is given in the behalf of Christ, not only to believe on him, but
also to suffer for his sake: Having the same conflict which ye saw in me,
and now hear to be in me.”
7.
Philippians 3:10
“That I may know him, and the power of his resurrection, and the fellowship
of his sufferings, being made comformable unto his death;”
8.
I Thessalonians 2:4
“But as we were allowed of God to be put in trust with the gospel, even so we
speak; not as pleasing men, but God, which trieth the hearts.”
9.
James 1:2-4 “My brethren, count it all joy when ye fall into divers temptations;
Knowing this, that the trying of your faith worketh patience.
But let patience have her perfect work, that ye may be perfect and
entire, wanting nothing.”
10. I Peter 1:7”That
the trial of your faith, being much more precious than of gold that
perisheth, though it be tried with fire, might be found unto praise and
honor and glory at the appearing of Jesus Christ:”
11. I Peter 4:12
“Beloved, think it not strange concerning the fiery trial which is to try
you, as though some strange thing happened unto you:
But rejoice, inasmuch as ye are partakers of Christ’s sufferings;
that, when his glory shall be revealed, ye may be glad also with exceeding
joy.”
12. Galatians 2:20 “I
am crucified with Christ: nevertheless I live; yet not I, but Christ
liveth in me: and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by
the faith of the son of God, who loved me, and gave himself for
me.”
13. Revelation 3:18 “I
counsel thee to buy of me gold tried in the fire, that thou mayest be
rich; and white raiment, that thou mayest be clothed, and that the shame of thy
nakedness does not appear; and anoint thine eyes with eyesalve, that thou mayest
see. As many as I love I rebuke and
chasten: be zealous therefore, and repent.”
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