No Offering- No Fire
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No Offering, No Fire
Christians who are on fire- put everything on the line! In the natural a fire needs fuel. In fact I believe that missions is the fuel of the fire of the church. No fuel and there is no fire.
On July 11, 1972, he wrote to his parents: "You will not see me again!" He knew that the communists would kill him. A few days later, the broken body of Ivan Moiseyev, a 20-year-old Russian soldier, was returned to his family. He had been forced to stand outside in freezing temperatures, was severely beaten and stabbed six times around the heart for his Christian faith. When despite all this torture they still could not get him to deny Christ, they finally drowned and killed him. Colonel Malsin, his commander, said: "Moiseyev died with difficulty. He fought with death, but he died as a Christian." (read the whole story) at
http://www.mcf-canada.ca/site/Stories_Archive/StrengthAngels.html
Paul urges us: "brothers, in view of God's mercy, to offer your bodies as living sacrifices, holy and pleasing to God-this is your spiritual act of worship." (Rom 12:1) We may not have to pay the ultimate price, but there has to be an offering on the altar, before the fire of God descends. There has to be a point in our lives where we make a conscious choice for Christ and against the ungodly systems of this world.
Are there areas of your life that you have not yet surrendered to Christ?
"Most" or "a lot" is not enough: The boiling point of water is 100°C (212°F) at standard pressure. If the water is at 97°C, it will not boil.
For the fire to be hot, there is a need for fuel!
No Offering, No Fire
Christians who are on fire- put everything on the line! In the natural a fire needs fuel. In fact I believe that missions is the fuel of the fire of the church. No fuel and there is no fire.
On July 11, 1972, he wrote to his parents: "You will not see me again!" He knew that the communists would kill him. A few days later, the broken body of Ivan Moiseyev, a 20-year-old Russian soldier, was returned to his family. He had been forced to stand outside in freezing temperatures, was severely beaten and stabbed six times around the heart for his Christian faith. When despite all this torture they still could not get him to deny Christ, they finally drowned and killed him. Colonel Malsin, his commander, said: "Moiseyev died with difficulty. He fought with death, but he died as a Christian." (read the whole story) at
http://www.mcf-canada.ca/site/Stories_Archive/StrengthAngels.html
Paul urges us: "brothers, in view of God's mercy, to offer your bodies as living sacrifices, holy and pleasing to God-this is your spiritual act of worship." (Rom 12:1) We may not have to pay the ultimate price, but there has to be an offering on the altar, before the fire of God descends. There has to be a point in our lives where we make a conscious choice for Christ and against the ungodly systems of this world.
Are there areas of your life that you have not yet surrendered to Christ?
"Most" or "a lot" is not enough: The boiling point of water is 100°C (212°F) at standard pressure. If the water is at 97°C, it will not boil.
For the fire to be hot, there is a need for fuel!
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