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Ref: Hebrews 12:29
For our God is a consuming fire
Definition
Fire can mean a condition of burning, destructive burning to use artificial heat on something with the intention of changing /destroying it.
The word consume is our context means to destroy, to use up or to waste away. Therefore, consuming fire that is destructive burning which uses up destroys wastes away something. When the consuming fire burns, it leaves no remnants; it destroys completely.
Context
The writer of Hebrews was reminding the readers about the dangers of disobedience. He warned that those who refuse to heed God’s warning cannot escape His judgement. According to him, God will shake heaven and earth; to “separate wheat from chaff”. He therefore warned all to worship God acceptably with reverence and godly fear, for God is a consuming fire. He had used the example of the children of Israel under Moses as an example. They refused to listen to God, and were eventually destroyed.
Relevance
The consuming fire of God can be called down upon:
1. The mixed multitude who pollute the church; These people are not in the church to accept Jesus or to serve God, but to commit all kinds of abomination; pollute the church, and thus weaken her so that she would not be able to confront the enemy. They can be dealt with, using the consuming fire of God.
2. Demonic agents in the church: some of these demonic agents worship in the church regularly and pretend to be believers. Some are even in strategic positions in the church. On the other hand, some are sent t the church- physically or spiritually, and are not regular members/ worshippers. However, their one-off visit or intermittent visits wreak enough havoc in the church.
3. Disobedient or recalcitrant evil men who will not listen to God’s warning; such people, more often than not, are acting under demonic influence. In fact, some have sold their hearts to the devil, and cannot but execute his mandate. It takes the consuming fire of God to overcome them.
4. All those who defile or desecrate God’s temple and refuse to repent; these may include armed robbers, fraudsters (419 agents), thieves and pick-pockets, harlots, and so on who come to church regularly or who visit the homes of Christians. These people, being evil upon those they come in contact with. Therefore, they should not be tolerated.
Prayer Points
1. O Lord! By your power, I command the fire of God to consume the entire mixed multitude in the house of God in Jesus' name.
2. Every demonic agent operating in the church is consumed by the fire of God in Jesus' name.
3. Let the fire of God consume every stony/ stubborn heart in Jesus' name.
4. Every spiritual and physical robber operating in the house of God is consumed by the fire of God in Jesus' name.
5. Let the consuming fire of God consume every witchcraft manipulation in the body of Christ in Jesus' name.
6. Holy Ghost fire, consume all the enemies of the gospel in Jesus' name.
7. Thou fire of God, consume every satanic altar raised against Christian homes in Jesus' name.
8. By the fire of God, I consume every disobedient and recalcitrant evil agent who will not listen to God's warnings in Jesus' name.
9. The consuming fire of God exposes and consumes the activities of armed robbers, fraudsters and pock-pockets in the church of God, if they refuse to repent, in Jesus' name.
10. I command the consuming fire of God to destroy the activities of harlots and their networks in the church of God in Jesus' name.