Subject: [ETI Informal pdf 1AD.02.05.03] His Consuming Fire
From: "James @ End Time Issues" <[email-masked]>
To: "Lists@ End Time Issues" <[email-masked]>
Date: Tue, 7 May 2002 12:51:25 +0200

Greetings

A further message with a similar theme from another completely unrelated ministry.

We are daily seeing increasing evidence that those believers who are SERIOUSLY COMMITTED to serving Yah are being refined more and more severely while those who are compromising on ANY of the Ten Commandments in their lives are falling away at accelerating pace.

There is a GREAT SIFTING taking place and we must EACH examine our hearts daily as suggested by this and previous messages.

Darkness HAS covered the earth and DEEP DARKNESS has covered the people and we must ALL seek Yah with all our heart, mind, soul and strength IF we are to endure through the days ahead.

Warm regards and blessings

James Robertson

Sent: Thursday, May 02, 2002 2:11 PM
Subject: His Consuming Fire

His Consuming Fire

Ice will turn to water at a temperature just above zero degrees centigrade.  We might consider the water to be consumed as it turns to
stream at one hundred degrees centigrade.  Wood must be heated to a much higher temperature before it's consumed and metal must be heated even more.  How much heat is required to finally consume the works of our flesh and burn away all selfishness and pride?

Hebrews 12:28-29
"Therefore, since we are receiving a kingdom that cannot be shaken, let
us be thankful, and so worship God acceptably with reverence and awe,
for our God is a consuming fire."

When we begin to understand the Kingdom which we've inherited through Christ, we dare not enter the sanctuary with anything but pure praise and worship.  Whatever else we attempt to bring is born in our flesh with a spirit of pride.  If we say: "Look at what I've brought You, my Lord," He will simply burn it to ash.  We might protest: "But God, look at all I've done for You!"  and the heat will be turned up until all we hold is consumed.

Is our greatest ambition to impact the world for Christ?  Is our motivation to be significant in the eyes of God?  Do we strive to become
a major player in the advancement of the Kingdom?  Beware!  Although
these sound good and pleasing to God, they have their foundation in
pride and will be consumed.

We truly can bring Him NOTHING of worth except a pure heart. "All our
righteous acts are like filthy rags," (Isaiah 64:6).  Our greatest desire - our only desire - must be to praise and worship the King.  All of our striving to be obedient and produce good works - all of our "Godly" motivation and ambition - must flow simply as a direct outpouring of our worship.

This is a daily challenge, one of the more subtle battles between the
Spirit and the flesh.  While we must strive, we must also remember that
God does not need what we produce.  True fruit which pleases our Heavenly Father comes only as we "remain in the vine," (John 15:4), and love Him with all our heart.

The same fire that will one day burn all our righteous acts can be used
today to purify our heart.  Let's come into His presence with total
surrender.  Let's worship with pure reverence and awe, and allow every
selfish desire and every fiber of pride to be burned away in His  consuming fire.

Have a Great Day!

Jenny