Fire
What
is fire?
In
the Bible there are positive and negative definitions of fire.
There
is on fire with the Holy Spirit and there is burning fire that destroys people
and things.
Like
a tree that does not bear fruit we can be cut down and thrown into the fire.
It’s
a good thing if we are baptized in the Holy Spirit and fire.
If
we do not abide in God we are thrown away like a branch and burn in fire.
Matthew
3;10
The
axe is already laid at the root of the trees; therefore every tree that does
not bear good fruit is cut down and thrown into the fire.
Hebrews
12;29
for
our God is a consuming fire.
Genesis
19;24
Then
the Lord rained on Sodom and Gomorrah brimstone and fire from the
Lord out of heaven.
Exodus
3;2
The
angel of the Lord appeared to him in a blazing fire from the midst of a
bush; and he looked, and behold, the bush was burning with fire,
yet the bush was not consumed.
Exodus
9;23-24
23
Moses stretched out his staff toward the sky, and the Lord sent thunder and
hail, and fire ran down to the earth. And the Lord rained hail on
the land of Egypt.
24
So there
was hail, and fire flashing continually in the midst of the hail,
very severe, such as had not been in all the land of Egypt since it became a
nation.
Exodus
19;18
[ The
Lord Visits Sinai ] Now Mount Sinai was all in smoke because
the Lord descended upon it in fire; and its smoke ascended like
the smoke of a furnace, and the whole mountain quaked violently.
Psalm
11;6
Upon
the wicked He will rain snares; Fire and brimstone and burning
wind will be the portion of their cup.
Psalm
18;13
The
Lord also thundered in the heavens, And the Most High uttered His voice,
Hailstones and coals of fire.
Psalm
21;9
You
will make them as a fiery oven in the time of your anger; The Lord will swallow
them up in His wrath, And fire will devour them.
Psalm
29;7
The
voice of the Lord hews out flames of fire.
Psalm
46;9
He
makes wars to cease to the end of the earth; He breaks the bow and cuts the
spear in two; He burns the chariots with fire.
Psalm
79;5
How
long, O Lord? Will You be angry forever? Will Your jealousy burn like fire?
Proverbs
6;27
Can
a man take fire in his bosom And his clothes not be burned?
Proverbs
16;27
A
worthless man digs up evil, While his words are like scorching fire.
Proverbs
26;20
For
lack of wood the fire goes out, And where there is no whisperer,
contention quiets down.
Proverbs
26;21
Like charcoal to hot embers and
wood to fire, So is a contentious man to kindle strife.
Matthew
3;10
The
axe is already laid at the root of the trees; therefore every tree that does
not bear good fruit is cut down and thrown into the fire.
Matthew
3;11
“As
for me, I baptize you with water for repentance, but He who is coming after me
is mightier than I, and I am not fit to remove His sandals; He will baptize you
with the Holy Spirit and fire.
Matthew
7;19
Every
tree that does not bear good fruit is cut down and thrown into the fire.
Matthew
13;40
So just
as the tares are gathered up and burned with fire, so shall it be
at the end of the age.
Matthew
13;42
and
will throw them into the furnace of fire; in that place there
will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.
Matthew
18;8
“If
your hand or your foot causes you to stumble, cut it off and throw it from you;
it is better for you to enter life crippled or lame, than to have two hands or
two feet and be cast into the eternal fire.
Luke
12;49
[ Christ
Divides Men ] “I have come to cast fire upon the earth; and
how I wish it were already kindled!
Luke
17;29
but
on the day that Lot went out from Sodom it rained fire and
brimstone from heaven and destroyed them all.
John
15;6
If
anyone does not abide in Me, he is thrown away as a branch and dries up; and
they gather them, and cast them into the fire and they are
burned.
Acts
28;3
But
when Paul had gathered a bundle of sticks and laid them on the fire,
a viper came out because of the heat and fastened itself on his hand.
1
Corinthians 3;13
each
man’s work will become evident; for the day will show it because it is to be
revealed with fire, and the fire itself will test
the quality of each man’s work.
2
Thessalonians 1;7
and
to give relief to you who are afflicted and to us as well when the
Lord Jesus will be revealed from heaven with His mighty angels in flaming fire.
James
3;1
[ The
Tongue Is a Fire ] Let not many of you become
teachers, my brethren, knowing that as such we will incur a stricter judgment.
James
3;5-6
5 So
also the tongue is a small part of the body, and yet it boasts of
great things. See how great a forest is set aflame by such a small fire!
6
And
the tongue is a fire, the very world of iniquity;
the tongue is set among our members as that which defiles the entire body, and
sets on fire the course of our life, and is set on fire
by hell.
James
5;3
Your
gold and your silver have rusted; and their rust will be a witness against you
and will consume your flesh like fire. It is in the last days
that you have stored up your treasure!
1
Peter 1:7
so
that the proof of your faith, being more precious than gold which is
perishable, even though tested by fire, may be found to result in
praise and glory and honor at the revelation of Jesus Christ.
2
Peter 3;7
But
by His word the present heavens and earth are being reserved for fire,
kept for the day of judgment and destruction of ungodly men.
Jude
1;23
save
others, snatching them out of the fire; and on some have mercy
with fear, hating even the garment polluted by the flesh.
Revelation
9;18
A
third of mankind was killed by these three plagues, by the fire
and the smoke and the brimstone which proceeded out of their mouths.
Revelation
20;10
And
the devil who deceived them was thrown into the lake of fire and
brimstone, where the beast and the false prophet are also; and they will be
tormented day and night forever and ever.
Revelation
21/8
But
for the cowardly and unbelieving and abominable and murderers and immoral
persons and sorcerers and idolaters and all liars, their part will be in
the lake that burns with fire and brimstone, which is the second
death.”
3/20/19