NOT Series #1 The Fire Must Not Go Out

Series – “NOT”  Sermon #1 – “The Fire Must Not Go Out.”

Picture of the “Fire Fall,”  Began inadvertently in 1872 James McCailey pushed remnants of campfire over the hill … 3200 feet … waterfall of fire. People began to ask for it nightly.

Developed a whole program for people to engage: Camp Curry would bellow out the following exchange with a firemaster at Glacier Point… “Hello, Glacier Point!”  “Hello, Camp Curry!” “Is the fire ready?”  “The fire is ready!”  “Let the Fire Fall!”  “The Fire Falls!”

stopped the practice  Jan 28, 1968 … it was a manmade spectacle in a Natural park.

Fellow went back to visit Yosemite Park. Went as a child and he remembered the “Fire Fall”.

He asked park Ranger: “When does the Fire Fall.” The Ranger responded: “The fire doesn’t fall here anymore.”

Very sad when people visit the house of God to see the fire fall, only to find out, “the fire doesn’t fall here anymore.”

The only thing that distinguishes the people of God is the FIRE FALL!!!

D.L. Moody said: “You might as well try to hear without ears, or breathe without lungs, as try to live a Christian life without the Spirit of God in your heart.”

“Put fire in the sermon or put the sermon in the fire!!”   Charles Spurgeon 

Acts 1:4  “And being assembled together with them, He commanded them not to depart from Jerusalem, but to wait for the Promise of the Father, ‘which,’ He said, ‘you have heard from Me;’”

1 Thessalonians 5:19  “Do not put out the Spirit’s fire;” (GW)  “Do not quench the Spirit.” (NKJV)

quench (sbennymi) :— to extinguish, of fire or things on fire, to stifle Divine influence

2 Timothy 1:6  “This is why I remind you to fan into flames the spiritual gift God gave you when I laid my hands on you.”

Zechariah 4:6 “So he answered and said to me: This is the word of the Lord to Zerubbabel: ‘Not by might nor by power, but by My Spirit,’ Says the Lord of hosts.”

Leveiticus 6:13  “The fire must be kept burning on the altar continuously; it must not go out.”

Leviticus 9:10, 21 “Then Moses said, ‘This is the thing which the Lord commanded you to do, and the glory of the Lord will appear to you.’ … Aaron waved as a wave offering before the Lord, as Moses had commanded.”

Leviticus 9:23-24 “Then the glory of the Lord appeared to all the people, and fire came out from before the Lord and consumed the burnt offering and the fat on the altar. When all the people saw it, they shouted and fell on their faces.”

Leviticus 10:1-2 “Then Nadab and Abihu, the sons of Aaron, each took his censer and put fire in it, put incense on it, and offered profane fire before the Lord, which He had not commanded them. So fire went out from the Lord and devoured them, and they died before the Lord.”

“Using carnal means to kindle devotion and praise.”  C.I. Schofield

 “All not done in worship and service, in dependence upon the Holy Spirit of God and under His guidance, in obedience to the Word of God.”  Arno Gabelein

Galatians 3:3

“Are you so foolish? Having begun in the Spirit, are you now being made perfect by the flesh?” (NKJV)

How foolish can you be? After starting your new lives in the Spirit, why are you now trying to become perfect by your own human effort?  (NLT)

Strange Fire:– It is fire that you try to produce yourself rather than taking fire off the alter.

2 Timothy 3:5  (NLT) “They will act religious, but they will reject the power that could make them godly. Stay away from people like that!”

We have an electric fire box. Fake fire. I control it with a remote.

We have two real fire places. You can’t control those fires. You tend them but they have a life of there own. And when you touch it you will be impacted.  WILD

John 17:4, 22 “I have glorified You on the earth. I have finished the work which You have given Me to do. …  And the glory which You gave Me I have given them, that they may be one just as We are one:” 

The fire is a symbol of acceptance and approval. 

Fire fell on the tabernacle.     Fire fell on the temple.       Fire fell on the church.

The fire prepares and identifies God’s dwelling place on earth. 

Matthew 3:11 “He will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and fire.” 

The mission of Jesus is to get you filled with the Holy Spirit so that we can realize the eternal purpose of the Father … “Earth filled with my Glory.”

2 Thessalonians 2:13-14 “God from the beginning chose you for salvation through sanctification by the Spirit and belief in the truth, to which He called you by our gospel, for the obtaining of the glory of our Lord Jesus Christ.”

You get baptized and smeared with the Divine person of the Holy Ghost!

“They thought they got an experience. They kept trying to get another experience like that one … it was Someone – a Divine Personality – who came to live in them. He is a Heavenly Being: the Holy Spirit” Kenneth Hagin

You can’t be more or less anointed but you can be have more revelation on the benefits of the anointing. 

You can also position yourself to be more effective in the flow and operation of the anointing … be more intentional

Intentional Spirit Filled Life:

1. Be Rich In The Word      John 3:34 (AMP) 

“For since He Whom God has sent speaks the words of God [proclaims God’s own message], God does not give Him His Spirit sparingly or by measure, but boundless is the gift God makes of His Spirit!”

2. Commit To Learning       Proverbs 1:23  (NLT)

“Come and listen to my counsel. I’ll share my heart with you (pour my Sprit on you NKJV) and make you wise.”

3. Manifest The Obedience Of Faith   Acts 5:32 (TPT)

“We are witnesses of these things, and so is the Holy Spirit, whom God freely gives to all who believe in him.”

4. Practice Divine Confidence     Acts 4:13 

“Now when they saw the boldness of Peter and John, … they marveled. And they realized that they had been with Jesus.” 

Acts 4:31 “… were all filled with the Holy Spirit, and they spoke the word of God with boldness.” 

5. Fix Yourself In His Joy Acts 13:52 (TPT) 

“They left the new converts in Antioch overflowing with the joy of the Holy Spirit.”

Romans 15:13 “…fill you with all joy… through the power of the Holy Ghost.” 

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