11c) "ON FIRE" ARROWS continued again.
Men, we must never forget that our God is a "consuming fire" (Deuteronomy 4:24; 9:3).
Hebrews 12:29 says, "Wherefore we receiving a kingdom which cannot be moved, let us have grace, whereby we may serve God acceptably with reverence and godly fear: for our God is a consuming fire."
It stands to reason that if our God is not only a God of grace and mercy, but also a consuming fire towards His enemies who refuse to repent, that we who claim to be His sons should also have the self-same attribute toward all that is dark and evil and an offence to our God.
I am not suggesting that we should run around like "hell fire preachers" who are always ready to judge and condemn anyone who does not conform to their way of thinking. These show no love towards sinners and rarely see anyone really converted. And yet, we must be "on fire" in our hearts towards all things in our lives that are "wood, hay, stubble."
This consuming fire needs to be in our homes and churches. When we allow tolerance towards sin to override our resistance towards it we immediately become weaker until we reach the point where we become enemies of God.
We must allow and welcome God's consuming fire to consume all that is consumable in ourselves, our homes, and our churches. If we don't, we will ourselves will be consumed and will suffer great loss.
Men, we must pray that God's consuming fire will burn up all false tolerance.
Be encouraged.
Colin Campbell