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I was preparing this message. I was asking the
Lord, what should I speak of? And when the pastor
told me at the beginning of the week, he said,
could you teach? And I send him a scaredy cat
face. And he stayed there and didn't say anything
else. And I said, oh Lord, I have to get ready.
What do you want to say, Lord? What do you want
to tell your church? The pastor didn't say anything
else. But nonetheless, I have to go to the one
that knows it all. And I began to ask the Lord,
what are you going to tell the church? And I
began to be filled with the word of what he wants
to speak of. And then yesterday, the pastor sends
me what we're going to speak of today. And so
that you may know the Lord is so perfect that
we know that this is effectively what he wants
to speak of. Because what I had already prepared
is exactly what he told me to speak of. So for
each one of you, this word. word has to do with
and being forged in love and in fire of God.
from the beginning of the week he began to speak
to me about love and about the fire of God and
the same way in the message of the pastor he
said I want you to speak about two points about
love and the fire of God the fire of the Holy
Spirit and that brings me peace because I know
that God is involved I know that the Lord is
going to do something with each one of us. This
church doesn't have this name in coincidence.
He's making of each one of us a lamp that is
burning. So the first point, what is love? I
want to go to 1 John chapter 7 verse 8. Beloved,
let us love one another, for love is of God,
and everyone who loves is born of God and knows
God. He who does not love does not know God,
for God is love. but look what's interesting
it says all who loves is born in God and knows
God so for me to love I have to know God Not
only do I love, first I need to be born of God
and know God. So when I begin to know Him, that
love begins to be reflected. But in truth, the
love that we have is only experienced in Him.
And I want to speak about the love of God in
a different dimension. Where the love of God
comes to be mixed in with the fire of God. Because
the love of God, when you experience it, it's
like a burning fire within you. It's something
that comes and penetrates you so deep. that it
begins to burn within you. We know that God loves
with all of His intention. When He comes with
all of His love, He goes deep into our being.
When we first get to know Him, we experience
that love for the first time. That love comes
and breaks all That love comes and opens the
eyes. That love comes and turns on the lamp that's
within us. It's inevitable. It's something that
you can't explain. That you can't avoid something
turns on within you. You are hungry and you're
thirsty for Him. Now you feel the need to hear
of Him. You're not pleased with just one sermon.
You hear the word and something happens in your
spirit. Because that love, when it came into
your heart, it burned everything that wasn't
worth. Everything that was asleep in your spirit.
And that love comes and opens your eyes. That's
why you see those people that look like they're
crazy. But it's the passion that's within the
person. It's inevitable. And I pray that today
we leave all, we're burning for Him. Because
that's one of His promises. That we may burn
for Him. In 1 John 4, From verse 16 forward,
And we have known and believed the love that
God has for us. Says God is love. And he who
abides in love abides in God and God in him.
So one point is that first we get to know him
through love. But now we have to abide in love,
which is God. We don't want this love to ever
run out. And we don't want this love to be contained.
But let it run. that others may experience the
love of God. But we have to abide in God. And
we already learned this a few months back. Of
what it is to abide in God. Now the second point
is when love becomes a fire in one. We get to
know the love of God. It's like a push in our
life. So then it becomes a fire within us. And
what does that fire come for? First it comes
and cleanses everything that is not supposed
to be there. It's the fire that pushes us to
continue. It turns everything, it makes everything
alive that was dead. God is the one that initiates
the fire. We don't initiate anything. He initiates
it. He invites you. He tells you come. He's speaking
all the time. He tells the fire. But you know
it's our responsibility that that fire remains
burning. Getting to the chapter of Exodus 2020
is when the Lord asks Moses to go and gather
the people to be presented before the Lord. They
go to Mount Sinai. Sinai. They go to Mount Sinai.
And look what verse 20 says. It says, and Moses
responded to the people. Do not fear, because
to test us the Lord has come. and so that his
fear may be before you, so that you may not sin.
So God had a great purpose when he gathered the
people at Mount Sinai. It says so that fear of
the Lord may be before you and that you may not
sin. The Lord wanted to cleanse them. He wanted
them to experience his power there. The word
says that we are sanctified in the fear of the
Lord. So to give you a perspective of the story,
they're in Mount Sinai. And everything is shaking.
It's the black cloud that is there. It was giving
them fear. They didn't want to grow near. Even
though God wanted them to come. But if you can
imagine that moment, the trumpet sound that was
there, and everything was shaking, smoke was
coming out of the mountain, and then the people
were terrified. Even Moses, he was terrified
of what he was seeing. But to the point where
the people tell Moses, we don't want to go over
there They couldn't handle it. It was too much
for them. The fear was great that came upon them.
But there's a difference here. Because when the
power of God is right there in Mount Sinai, then
the Lord tells Moses, come close. And he comes
close to the fire. But the people stay behind
just watching. You don't think that's a little
bit familiar of how we see things? Some come
close, one of the fire is there. And others are
just watching from afar. But you know, when you're
watching from afar, you're only receiving one
inspiration. But when you come close to the fire
of God, that fire consumes everything within
you that's not supposed to be there. The fire
of God, when you see it from afar, it's only
amazing. But when you come to the fire of God
and you allow yourself to be transformed, That
fire of God forges you. It commissions you. It
sends you to your assignment. It places you in
your purpose. You're no longer fearful. Moses
experienced that fire because he came close.
And that's where he was commissioned. He was
commissioned to his assignment. So what would
you prefer to do? Being from afar, watching the
fire? or to come close to the fire, and allow
God to transform everything that is in you. In
James 4, 8, it says, grow near to the Lord, and
he shall grow near to you. It says, sinful hands.
Cleanse your hands you sinners and purify your
hearts you double -minded So if we don't want
to be double -minded all of this sin We need
to come close to the Lord And you see this position
is different Because this is a spiritual position
Because we all know that God is within us Why
does he tell us to come close? If he says he's
in us, then he abides in us through his Holy
Spirit. You want to know why? It's because this
is a spiritual position where I no longer...
ignore the voice of God. I don't ignore the voice
of the Holy Spirit. The impulses of the Spirit.
That's where I draw near to the Lord. And the
Spirit guides me. When one has an encounter with
the Spirit, with the fire of God, they're never
the same. The false falls down and what shines
is the truth. Everything that needs to be tested
by fire. Like the gold, silver, it's refined
in fire. But what comes out of it is the most
beautiful of that material. The dirt or the messiness
comes out of the gold. So for us, it's beneficiary
to be in the fire. Once you're in the fire, You're
never gonna ignore the calling of God. You're
never gonna want to quit that calling. You're
never gonna want to go back. The fire of God
maintains you. The fire of God impulses you.
We all need that fire. Last week, do you remember
what happened here? The fire of God was in this
house. And it's here today too. Because the Spirit
of God, the fire is here. Like it happened in
Pentecost. The spirit came down. And it came
down with fire. And it says to baptize them in
spirit and in fire. Last week the Lord was cleansing
this house. And He's going to continue cleansing
us. Let's not ignore the fire. Look, Prophet
Jeremiah said it. He said that the word of God
burned so much in him. Look what Jeremiah 27
says. And you can translate. Oh Lord, you induced
me. And I was persuaded you are stronger than
I. And you have prevailed. The Lord prevailed
over Jeremiah. He had placed the word in Jeremiah.
Even though through all the problems that he
went through. Rejection. All the mocking that
he had to deal with. But he burned so much within
him. The fire that got placed in him. That he
said, I cannot stay quiet. Because this word
that you placed in me. It's a fire in my heart.
It burns. You cannot stay quiet once you've been
visited by the fire because you feel like you're
about to explode. It says that it felt like there
was a burning heart within my bones. It says
I tried to be quiet, but I stayed quiet, but
I couldn't. Moses had experience with the fire.
And he was never the same. Moses was a shepherd
to his sheep. That's what he knew to do. He did
it for a long time. But when he had the visitation
in the burning bush, his mind was transformed
in such a way that now he thought about people.
He suffered the pain that the slaves had. He
was commissioned to his assignment. There are
two ways to experience the fire of God. That
is the same presence of the Lord. Because the
word says that he's a consuming fire. Which is
the presence of God. The presence of God sometimes
comes to us. But sometimes we have to go to his
presence. His presence comes. When you don't
even know Him or know who He is In your heart
is to seek the Lord But that's when He comes
and He rescues you from where you are The presence
of God comes to you His presence comes looking
for you. But when you go and seek the presence
of the Lord, that's another different thing.
And he said it here in Isaiah 26 9. Says, I have
seeked you all night with my soul. And as long
as the Spirit abides in me, I will awaken to
seek you. What fire, what passion. Con mi alma
te he deseado toda la noche. With my soul I have
desired you all night. Saben nosotros podemos
estar descansando en nuestras camas. You know
sometimes we could be resting in our beds. Usted
está bien profundo. And you're asleep so deep.
Pero este espíritu nunca duerme. But this spirit
never sleeps. Nuestro espíritu está conectado
24 horas con el espíritu de Dios. Our spirit
is connected 24 -7 with the spirit of God. Y
dice te he deseado toda la noche. And he says
I have desired you all night. Tu espíritu desea
tanto. Your spirit desires so much the presence
of God. Your spirit desires so much that presence
of God. It says, and I will seek you in the morning.
And it's to say that we never stop. There's not
a specific time. It's not only on Sundays or
just Mondays. You're sleeping and you're visiting
the Lord. You're sleeping and He's filling you
with His fire and His passion. That never stops.
And now that you're awake, now that your mind
is awake, didn't the psalmist said bless the
Lord of my soul? That's where you remind your
soul each day. Bless the Lord, oh my soul. And
never forget any of His benefits. Because the
Spirit is always wanting to. But the soul where
all of our emotions are. Where our will is. Where
our mind is. That doesn't want to. But you tell
your soul you have to bless the Lord. You tell
your soul today we're going to seek the fire
of God. Until your soul is aligned with the spirit
of God. The Bible says that we are children guided
by the spirit. Your soul is not what guides the
Spirit. Your soul is what submits to follow the
Spirit. You never tell the Spirit what to do.
Your desires submit to the desires of the Holy
Spirit. To the impulses of the Spirit. So when
you don't feel that fire, you tell yourself,
Bless the Lord. Today we seek of the Lord. I
know that today you don't want anything. Maybe
today everything is boring. But we're going to
get in the fire today. And we're going to be
one with God.