Jesus lit a fire when he came to this world, a fire to destroy the works of the enemy. When he died that fire started to burn bigger and brighter with truth as the fuel. Satan tried in vain to put the fire out by trying to blow the flames out with the wind of persecution. Instead of the fire going out however, his actions only spread the fire to different parts of the world. When Satan realized that he was contributing to the spread of the fire, he logically tried a different tactic, but how sucessful was he? We know that the true Church is indestructible according to Jesus Christ: “Upon this rock I will build my Church and the Gates of Hell shall not prevail against it.” But Satan can still cause much harm and persecution to the Church and he embarked on a strategy that was much more successful than any persecution and genocide he created in the past. Instead of trying to wipe Christians off the map, he instead decided to remove the fuel from the fire (so to speak). In the place of truth, the enemy introduced creeds, so that men now trusted in the words of men even above the pure Word of God. The first creeds needed to fairly accurate or close to the truth in order to allow men to accept them. Upon acceptance it was just matter of time before changes to creeds or new creeds were introduced which ultimately lead men astray and even into idol worship. One step at a time however, so as to not sound an alarm. This plan eventually led to the day where scripture became banned leading to a lack of revealed truth resulting in the fire dying down to a level where Satan could contain and control the fire with ease. Satan then started building walls so that the fire would be contained into sections called denominations. Now it was even easier for him to control the fire because while the walls are there, the fire cannot burn as one fire like before. This means that each small fire cannot benefit from the heat and light of the other fires. Most fires in the sections are now embers and some are ashes, but where the embers are, Satan knows that they could easily erupt back into a fire. It was still possible that the flames could burn higher than the walls and ignite other fires if left unchecked. The result could be one big fire again. In the last days, God promises that he will pour out his Spirit, and this out pouring would lead to a bright and hot burning fire that would be bigger than the fire has ever burned before. In fact it would become the perfect fire and eventually consume all the works of the enemy. What does this mean for the Church. Surely we need to repent of our divisions which are based on the pride and wisdom of man. We need … Continue reading The Fire