1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:05,200 Welcome to NECF sermons. 2 00:00:05,200 --> 00:00:11,120 Each message here is designed to uplift and strengthen you in your walk with God. 3 00:00:11,120 --> 00:00:17,000 Don't miss out, stay with us until the end for our rewarding experience. 4 00:00:17,000 --> 00:00:18,680 Let's dive right in. 5 00:00:18,680 --> 00:00:19,680 Hallelujah. 6 00:00:19,680 --> 00:00:32,440 We thank God for this great opportunity to be able to come together to share God's Word 7 00:00:32,440 --> 00:00:35,120 with us again. 8 00:00:35,120 --> 00:00:44,280 We don't take it for granted, we take it with utmost importance and seriousness when we 9 00:00:44,280 --> 00:00:56,280 are called upon to share the Word of God because in sharing the Word of God, lives are impacted. 10 00:00:56,280 --> 00:01:00,760 If you share the wrong doctrine, then you will also be impacting lives but you will 11 00:01:00,760 --> 00:01:03,120 be affecting them in the wrong way. 12 00:01:03,120 --> 00:01:05,280 Are we together? 13 00:01:05,280 --> 00:01:09,000 So we thank God for the opportunity to be able to share and we take it very seriously. 14 00:01:09,000 --> 00:01:16,480 Thank you, lead pastor, pastor Frederick and the associate pastors for this opportunity. 15 00:01:16,480 --> 00:01:21,040 Today I want to teach on something, I don't know, it's going to be a teaching and a charge 16 00:01:21,040 --> 00:01:24,920 at the end of it. 17 00:01:24,920 --> 00:01:28,720 Something that we probably have heard about before, right? 18 00:01:28,720 --> 00:01:34,560 Something we have heard about before, probably a language you have used before, right? 19 00:01:34,560 --> 00:01:41,440 A language you have used before, a statement that you have made before, however you really 20 00:01:41,440 --> 00:01:50,280 don't know the meaning, maybe, or you have not done sufficient study on that topic. 21 00:01:50,280 --> 00:01:56,680 So today I want to open our eyes to something that will help us also in our conduct as believers, 22 00:01:56,680 --> 00:01:58,160 right? 23 00:01:58,160 --> 00:01:59,840 In our conduct as believers. 24 00:01:59,840 --> 00:02:04,920 You know, in every field, let me put it this way, in every field there is a language of 25 00:02:04,920 --> 00:02:08,260 every field, right? 26 00:02:08,260 --> 00:02:12,440 In every field, if you are in engineering, there is a language they use. 27 00:02:12,440 --> 00:02:17,080 One day I was sharing, I think we were talking about it in pastor, and I said, if someone 28 00:02:17,080 --> 00:02:25,320 in engineering uses the word power and the person is talking to international relations 29 00:02:25,320 --> 00:02:34,160 students or scholars, you will be meaning something different in their ears. 30 00:02:34,160 --> 00:02:40,000 Because every field has its own language and what those concepts, let me call it concepts, 31 00:02:40,000 --> 00:02:41,000 what those concepts mean. 32 00:02:41,000 --> 00:02:45,720 So if you talk to an engineer about power, you are probably talking about something related 33 00:02:45,720 --> 00:02:47,840 to electricity, right? 34 00:02:47,840 --> 00:02:51,760 Something related to energy or something related to other areas. 35 00:02:51,760 --> 00:02:57,280 But if you are talking about power within the context of politics, right? 36 00:02:57,280 --> 00:03:01,040 You are actually talking about something totally different, not something visible. 37 00:03:01,040 --> 00:03:04,040 You are talking about influence, right? 38 00:03:04,040 --> 00:03:08,120 Political influence, you are talking about the ability to make someone do something they 39 00:03:08,120 --> 00:03:10,200 probably wouldn't want to do. 40 00:03:10,200 --> 00:03:11,200 That's actually power. 41 00:03:11,200 --> 00:03:17,540 So in church, in the body of Christ, in the scripture, right? 42 00:03:17,540 --> 00:03:26,360 We cannot also transpose out of context the concept that we found somewhere and use it 43 00:03:26,360 --> 00:03:28,120 in the scripture. 44 00:03:28,120 --> 00:03:33,160 So also in the scripture when you say the Spirit of God is strengthening you, is empowering 45 00:03:33,160 --> 00:03:34,160 you, right? 46 00:03:34,160 --> 00:03:35,160 That you'll be filled with power. 47 00:03:35,160 --> 00:03:36,960 It's not talking about electricity. 48 00:03:36,960 --> 00:03:38,780 It's not talking about influence. 49 00:03:38,780 --> 00:03:44,520 It's not talking about any manipulation politically, you know? 50 00:03:44,520 --> 00:03:48,560 It's talking about something that comes from the Holy Ghost, hallelujah. 51 00:03:48,560 --> 00:03:56,080 So today we'll talk about something that will help us to understand much more about the 52 00:03:56,080 --> 00:03:57,760 concept of fire. 53 00:03:57,760 --> 00:04:00,000 But the title of this sermon is not fire, right? 54 00:04:00,000 --> 00:04:04,320 The title of the sermon is not fire, but the title of the sermon will lead us to understand 55 00:04:04,320 --> 00:04:06,000 what fire is, right? 56 00:04:06,000 --> 00:04:07,120 What fire is, right? 57 00:04:07,120 --> 00:04:09,840 So the title of the sermon is Quench Not the Spirit. 58 00:04:09,840 --> 00:04:11,720 You can write it down. 59 00:04:11,720 --> 00:04:14,200 Quench not the Spirit. 60 00:04:14,200 --> 00:04:16,680 Quench not the Spirit. 61 00:04:16,680 --> 00:04:21,320 First Thessalonians 5, 12 to 28. 62 00:04:21,320 --> 00:04:23,040 That's our key scripture for today. 63 00:04:23,040 --> 00:04:27,200 Quench not the Spirit. 64 00:04:27,200 --> 00:04:32,040 First Thessalonians 5, 12 to 28. 65 00:04:32,040 --> 00:04:40,400 So growing up, what we learned or what we understood about quench not the Spirit, it's 66 00:04:40,400 --> 00:04:46,080 like you are holding the Holy Spirit down from walking, hallelujah. 67 00:04:46,080 --> 00:04:51,440 So most of the time we've understood this to mean that you can actually block the Holy 68 00:04:51,440 --> 00:04:52,880 Spirit from walking. 69 00:04:52,880 --> 00:04:57,840 And when we say block, we are envisaging the person of the Holy Spirit, like you are hindering 70 00:04:57,840 --> 00:05:01,120 the Holy Spirit from walking. 71 00:05:01,120 --> 00:05:04,320 As much that could be true, right, we need to explain it. 72 00:05:04,320 --> 00:05:10,560 We need to give an explanation to what quench not the Spirit means. 73 00:05:10,560 --> 00:05:13,440 So Paschini was just closing the prayer and he said something. 74 00:05:13,440 --> 00:05:20,400 And he said that if you worry, right, there are some expressions in the Spirit that you 75 00:05:20,400 --> 00:05:24,920 cannot manifest. 76 00:05:24,920 --> 00:05:29,880 That when worry comes into your mind, you worry about many things, it hinders your manifestation 77 00:05:29,880 --> 00:05:30,880 of the Spirit. 78 00:05:30,880 --> 00:05:35,920 And it really hits so well because it comes close to what I want to teach you today. 79 00:05:35,920 --> 00:05:36,920 So quench not the Spirit. 80 00:05:36,920 --> 00:05:43,680 The first thing we need to understand when studying quench not the Spirit is to look 81 00:05:43,680 --> 00:05:46,560 at the context in which it is used. 82 00:05:46,560 --> 00:05:47,560 Okay? 83 00:05:47,560 --> 00:05:48,920 Quench not the Spirit. 84 00:05:48,920 --> 00:05:51,880 Why did Paul make that statement? 85 00:05:51,880 --> 00:05:54,720 What was he saying before he made that statement? 86 00:05:54,720 --> 00:05:58,340 And what did he say after he made that statement? 87 00:05:58,340 --> 00:06:01,760 So we will understand what it means by what, quench not the Spirit. 88 00:06:01,760 --> 00:06:04,240 So we need to check the context. 89 00:06:04,240 --> 00:06:07,160 First is Ezekiel 5, 12. 90 00:06:07,160 --> 00:06:08,440 Yes. 91 00:06:08,440 --> 00:06:14,040 And we urge you, brethren, to recognize those who labor among you and are over you in the 92 00:06:14,040 --> 00:06:17,000 Lord and admonish you. 93 00:06:17,000 --> 00:06:21,120 So here he's talking about pastors, right, people who lead you. 94 00:06:21,120 --> 00:06:23,240 The next, please. 95 00:06:23,240 --> 00:06:31,240 And to esteem them very highly in love for their work's sake, be at peace among yourselves. 96 00:06:31,240 --> 00:06:39,480 Now we exhort you, brethren, want those who are unruly, comfort the fainted hearts, uphold 97 00:06:39,480 --> 00:06:43,440 the weak, but patient with all. 98 00:06:43,440 --> 00:06:50,560 See that no one renders evil for evil to anyone, but always pursue what is good for both yourselves 99 00:06:50,560 --> 00:06:52,760 and for all. 100 00:06:52,760 --> 00:06:54,880 Always, always. 101 00:06:54,880 --> 00:06:57,200 Pray without season. 102 00:06:57,200 --> 00:07:04,160 In everything, give thanks, for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus for you. 103 00:07:04,160 --> 00:07:08,280 Then the word, the phrase, quench not the Spirit. 104 00:07:08,280 --> 00:07:09,720 Do not quench the Spirit. 105 00:07:09,720 --> 00:07:13,340 The next one. 106 00:07:13,340 --> 00:07:14,480 The next verse, please. 107 00:07:14,480 --> 00:07:17,640 Do not despise to prophesy. 108 00:07:17,640 --> 00:07:20,200 Test all things, all first, what is good. 109 00:07:20,200 --> 00:07:24,820 We're going to 28, abstain from every form of evil. 110 00:07:24,820 --> 00:07:29,560 Now may the God of peace, right, now the God of peace himself, sanctify you completely 111 00:07:29,560 --> 00:07:34,560 and your whole spirit and soul embody the preserved blameless at the coming of our Lord 112 00:07:34,560 --> 00:07:35,560 Jesus Christ. 113 00:07:35,560 --> 00:07:37,140 Let's stop here. 114 00:07:37,140 --> 00:07:41,520 Now if you observe from verse 12, right, we are in school, we are learning. 115 00:07:41,520 --> 00:07:48,860 If you observe from verse 12, what you will observe is that he's explaining the conduct 116 00:07:48,860 --> 00:07:52,040 of a believer to their pastors, right? 117 00:07:52,040 --> 00:07:53,040 Is that what it says? 118 00:07:53,040 --> 00:07:56,840 It says, esteem those who label among you words highly. 119 00:07:56,840 --> 00:07:59,680 It's saying honor your pastors, right? 120 00:07:59,680 --> 00:08:00,680 That is what it's saying. 121 00:08:00,680 --> 00:08:02,480 Hold them with high regard. 122 00:08:02,480 --> 00:08:09,840 Those who teach will label, yes my NIV says, all them in the highest regard in love because 123 00:08:09,840 --> 00:08:10,840 of their work. 124 00:08:10,840 --> 00:08:12,520 That is the conduct of a believer, right? 125 00:08:12,520 --> 00:08:14,720 It's an activity of a believer. 126 00:08:14,720 --> 00:08:15,720 Good. 127 00:08:15,720 --> 00:08:18,100 The next one says, live in peace with one another. 128 00:08:18,100 --> 00:08:20,080 Is that a conduct of a believer as well? 129 00:08:20,080 --> 00:08:21,080 Good. 130 00:08:21,080 --> 00:08:23,920 All right, live in peace with one another. 131 00:08:23,920 --> 00:08:28,540 And we urge you brothers and sisters, one, those who are idle and disruptive. 132 00:08:28,540 --> 00:08:31,600 So they are people who are not engaged in doing anything. 133 00:08:31,600 --> 00:08:36,200 They are just idle, right, disruptive. 134 00:08:36,200 --> 00:08:37,200 So they are idle, disruptive. 135 00:08:37,200 --> 00:08:41,320 Their job, right, the activities they are engaging in is disruption, right, disrupting 136 00:08:41,320 --> 00:08:43,200 what is happening in church. 137 00:08:43,200 --> 00:08:47,160 So it's just talking about words, the conduct of a believer. 138 00:08:47,160 --> 00:08:48,160 So let's see. 139 00:08:48,160 --> 00:08:50,840 It said encourage the disheartened, right? 140 00:08:50,840 --> 00:08:51,840 Is that a conduct? 141 00:08:51,840 --> 00:08:52,840 Yes. 142 00:08:52,840 --> 00:08:54,200 Can you encourage your brother? 143 00:08:54,200 --> 00:08:55,200 Yes. 144 00:08:55,200 --> 00:08:56,200 Help the weak. 145 00:08:56,200 --> 00:08:58,000 That's a conduct as well. 146 00:08:58,000 --> 00:09:00,460 Be patient with everyone. 147 00:09:00,460 --> 00:09:05,520 So we see that those are conduct, those are actions, right, that a believer performs, 148 00:09:05,520 --> 00:09:07,440 right, a believer performs. 149 00:09:07,440 --> 00:09:13,200 Make sure that nobody pays back wrong for wrong, but always strive to do what is good. 150 00:09:13,200 --> 00:09:19,160 So we see that in the context of all that is saying, the foundation of it is that it's 151 00:09:19,160 --> 00:09:25,440 talking about what the believer should do, what a believer should do, right? 152 00:09:25,440 --> 00:09:27,800 Is an activity that a believer should engage in. 153 00:09:27,800 --> 00:09:32,840 Verse 16 says rejoice always, the conduct of a believer, and pray continually giving 154 00:09:32,840 --> 00:09:33,840 thanks. 155 00:09:33,840 --> 00:09:41,000 Then in a reverse statement, right, it says do not quench the spirit. 156 00:09:41,000 --> 00:09:46,320 To put it in the way, in the pattern of Paul's writing that he has started, we can say that 157 00:09:46,320 --> 00:09:48,080 continue in the spirit. 158 00:09:48,080 --> 00:09:49,080 Can we say that? 159 00:09:49,080 --> 00:09:53,280 If you want to turn it and put it in a positive direction, right, rather than saying do not 160 00:09:53,280 --> 00:09:56,280 quench the spirit, we can say continue in the spirit. 161 00:09:56,280 --> 00:09:57,280 Good. 162 00:09:57,280 --> 00:10:04,200 So what we see here is that the foundation of the statement quench not the spirit is 163 00:10:04,200 --> 00:10:07,560 actually talking about the conduct of a believer. 164 00:10:07,560 --> 00:10:13,720 In surrounding it is talking about the activities of the believer. 165 00:10:13,720 --> 00:10:15,480 Activities of the believer. 166 00:10:15,480 --> 00:10:18,600 So that is the context. 167 00:10:18,600 --> 00:10:21,080 So now let's check the word quench. 168 00:10:21,080 --> 00:10:25,320 Let's check the word quench because quench will help us understand what should not be 169 00:10:25,320 --> 00:10:26,680 done to the spirit, right? 170 00:10:26,680 --> 00:10:30,580 Quench, we need to understand quench and we need to understand what the spirit is. 171 00:10:30,580 --> 00:10:32,640 So let's check the word quench. 172 00:10:32,640 --> 00:10:37,320 The word quench in Greek is spenemi. 173 00:10:37,320 --> 00:10:38,640 I'm going to spell it. 174 00:10:38,640 --> 00:10:54,600 The word quench in the Greek, right, is spenemi, S-B-E, S-B-E-N-N-Y-M-I. 175 00:10:54,600 --> 00:11:01,400 S-B-E-N-N-Y, then MI. 176 00:11:01,400 --> 00:11:05,480 S-B-E-N-N-Y-M-I. 177 00:11:05,480 --> 00:11:10,160 It simply means to extinguish or to suppress, right? 178 00:11:10,160 --> 00:11:15,120 It means to extinguish or to suppress, to suppress something. 179 00:11:15,120 --> 00:11:19,360 The word quench means to extinguish or to suppress something. 180 00:11:19,360 --> 00:11:26,360 So it means to suppress not, I mean to mean not to suppress the spirit. 181 00:11:26,360 --> 00:11:33,700 It will mean not to suppress the spirit, not to extinguish the spirit. 182 00:11:33,700 --> 00:11:38,680 So you know that you can actually not extinguish the Holy Ghost. 183 00:11:38,680 --> 00:11:40,320 That is the first thing you must note. 184 00:11:40,320 --> 00:11:48,760 That although when we explain this quench, it says that do not extinguish the spirit, 185 00:11:48,760 --> 00:11:49,760 right? 186 00:11:49,760 --> 00:11:51,960 But we know that you cannot put out the Holy Spirit, right? 187 00:11:51,960 --> 00:11:53,920 As a person, that's God. 188 00:11:53,920 --> 00:11:55,280 So you can extinguish God. 189 00:11:55,280 --> 00:12:02,960 So it will also mean that the word spirit there needs to be explained. 190 00:12:02,960 --> 00:12:05,120 Extinguish not the spirit. 191 00:12:05,120 --> 00:12:12,800 And I said that spirit is not talking about God because man cannot extinguish God. 192 00:12:12,800 --> 00:12:16,040 So the spirit needs to be explained. 193 00:12:16,040 --> 00:12:20,720 And I've said quench, which is extinguish, means to suppress. 194 00:12:20,720 --> 00:12:25,280 So let's look at the context in which quench is also used in other part of the scriptures. 195 00:12:25,280 --> 00:12:28,320 Can we check Matthew 12 20? 196 00:12:28,320 --> 00:12:39,240 Matthew 12 verse 20, a bruised reed it will not break and smoking flax it will not quench 197 00:12:39,240 --> 00:12:42,620 till it sends forth justice to do what? 198 00:12:42,620 --> 00:12:44,380 To victory. 199 00:12:44,380 --> 00:12:50,060 So we are saying quench used in the context of a smoking flax. 200 00:12:50,060 --> 00:12:52,200 That is in relation to what? 201 00:12:52,200 --> 00:12:53,200 Fire. 202 00:12:53,200 --> 00:13:01,680 What we see here that it says a smoking flax it will not quench is using quench in relation 203 00:13:01,680 --> 00:13:02,960 to fire. 204 00:13:02,960 --> 00:13:03,960 Okay. 205 00:13:03,960 --> 00:13:07,320 Mark 9 44 and 46. 206 00:13:07,320 --> 00:13:09,800 Mark 9. 207 00:13:09,800 --> 00:13:14,960 So we want to see how quench is used so that we can know what is, what can be quenched. 208 00:13:14,960 --> 00:13:16,560 What is being quenched? 209 00:13:16,560 --> 00:13:19,640 What is Paul telling us not to quench? 210 00:13:19,640 --> 00:13:22,320 Because we already said that cannot be God. 211 00:13:22,320 --> 00:13:27,400 The worm does not die and the fire is not what? 212 00:13:27,400 --> 00:13:28,400 Quenched. 213 00:13:28,400 --> 00:13:29,400 Quenched. 214 00:13:29,400 --> 00:13:30,400 Fire again, right? 215 00:13:30,400 --> 00:13:38,080 Fire again consistently we see the context that Mark 9 is telling us the fire is not 216 00:13:38,080 --> 00:13:39,080 quenched. 217 00:13:39,080 --> 00:13:41,960 The word quench used in relation to what? 218 00:13:41,960 --> 00:13:42,960 To fire. 219 00:13:42,960 --> 00:13:43,960 All right. 220 00:13:43,960 --> 00:13:44,960 Ephesians 6. 221 00:13:44,960 --> 00:13:51,960 Can you give me verse 14 of this Mark 9 44? 222 00:13:51,960 --> 00:13:54,040 Again, so just a repetition. 223 00:13:54,040 --> 00:13:57,640 Their worm does not die and their fire is not quenched. 224 00:13:57,640 --> 00:14:00,640 Again used repeatedly in this place. 225 00:14:00,640 --> 00:14:06,320 Actually this quotation is an Old Testament quotation from Isaiah 66 verse 24. 226 00:14:06,320 --> 00:14:09,160 Can we go there? 227 00:14:09,160 --> 00:14:17,560 Mark 9 44 and 48 is a quotation from Isaiah 66 verse 24. 228 00:14:17,560 --> 00:14:23,920 It says, and they shall go forth and look upon the corpses of the men who have transgressed 229 00:14:23,920 --> 00:14:25,520 against me. 230 00:14:25,520 --> 00:14:29,580 For their worm does not die and their fire is not quenched. 231 00:14:29,580 --> 00:14:33,080 They shall be an aberrant to whole flesh. 232 00:14:33,080 --> 00:14:38,640 So from the Old Testament brought into the New Testament we see that it is used in context 233 00:14:38,640 --> 00:14:39,640 of fire. 234 00:14:39,640 --> 00:14:41,640 Fire can be quenched. 235 00:14:41,640 --> 00:14:42,640 Ephesians 6. 236 00:14:42,640 --> 00:14:43,640 16. 237 00:14:43,640 --> 00:14:46,160 Let's go to Ephesians now. 238 00:14:46,160 --> 00:14:53,280 Overall taking the shield of faith with which you will be able to quench all the fairy deaths 239 00:14:53,280 --> 00:14:55,280 of the wicked one. 240 00:14:55,280 --> 00:14:56,440 Right? 241 00:14:56,440 --> 00:14:58,920 Quench all the fairy deaths of the wicked one. 242 00:14:58,920 --> 00:15:01,560 So we shall also use it right? 243 00:15:01,560 --> 00:15:02,560 Relating to fire. 244 00:15:02,560 --> 00:15:03,560 Hebrews 11. 245 00:15:03,560 --> 00:15:04,560 34. 246 00:15:04,560 --> 00:15:08,960 The last scripture. 247 00:15:08,960 --> 00:15:09,960 Quench the violence of fire. 248 00:15:09,960 --> 00:15:10,960 You see that? 249 00:15:10,960 --> 00:15:11,960 Quench the violence of fire. 250 00:15:11,960 --> 00:15:16,120 Escape the urge of sword out of weaknesses. 251 00:15:16,120 --> 00:15:21,120 We are made strong, became valiant in battle, torn to flight the armies of the aliens. 252 00:15:21,120 --> 00:15:28,240 So from all the scriptures what we can observe is that quench is regularly used in relation 253 00:15:28,240 --> 00:15:29,720 towards fire. 254 00:15:29,720 --> 00:15:30,720 Good. 255 00:15:30,720 --> 00:15:31,880 All right. 256 00:15:31,880 --> 00:15:35,760 So now let's now check what is fire. 257 00:15:35,760 --> 00:15:43,720 Because first of all I'm explaining that quench not the spirit, that spirit is not God because 258 00:15:43,720 --> 00:15:45,200 you can't quench God. 259 00:15:45,200 --> 00:15:49,600 Now we can confidently replace it with quench not the fire. 260 00:15:49,600 --> 00:15:50,600 Right? 261 00:15:50,600 --> 00:15:51,640 Quench not the fire. 262 00:15:51,640 --> 00:15:54,200 So from that you should already know. 263 00:15:54,200 --> 00:15:55,600 I don't need to even finish this. 264 00:15:55,600 --> 00:16:03,600 You should already know that fire is not what the Holy Spirit is. 265 00:16:03,600 --> 00:16:10,160 Because by this explanation we have already settled that fire is not the Holy Spirit. 266 00:16:10,160 --> 00:16:12,840 So fire needs to be what's explained. 267 00:16:12,840 --> 00:16:13,840 We'll be explaining everything. 268 00:16:13,840 --> 00:16:14,840 All right. 269 00:16:14,840 --> 00:16:15,840 Good. 270 00:16:15,840 --> 00:16:23,720 So the text shows that the word spenemi is used in relation to fire. 271 00:16:23,720 --> 00:16:24,720 Right. 272 00:16:24,720 --> 00:16:28,360 So we can say quench not the fire. 273 00:16:28,360 --> 00:16:36,240 Now because I grew up in a Yoruba church and I actually knew this scripture by heart. 274 00:16:36,240 --> 00:16:43,360 In the Yoruba version of the scripture it is explained as emashepa ino emi. 275 00:16:43,360 --> 00:16:47,680 It means do not quench the fire of the spirit. 276 00:16:47,680 --> 00:16:49,840 I think that's a better rendition. 277 00:16:49,840 --> 00:16:50,840 Right. 278 00:16:50,840 --> 00:16:51,840 That's a better rendition. 279 00:16:51,840 --> 00:16:52,840 Yes. 280 00:16:52,840 --> 00:16:57,120 So I had to go back to that to check it and I saw that that was what was there. 281 00:16:57,120 --> 00:17:01,800 So it means that there is something called the fire of the spirit. 282 00:17:01,800 --> 00:17:04,040 Glory to God. 283 00:17:04,040 --> 00:17:05,040 All right. 284 00:17:05,040 --> 00:17:06,040 So let's check. 285 00:17:06,040 --> 00:17:09,440 We need to check from the scriptures what is the fire of the spirit. 286 00:17:09,440 --> 00:17:13,840 So Paul is telling us not to quench the fire of the spirit. 287 00:17:13,840 --> 00:17:19,200 So what is the fire of the spirit? 288 00:17:19,200 --> 00:17:22,240 So we can say that Paul took an illustration from the Old Testament. 289 00:17:22,240 --> 00:17:23,240 Right. 290 00:17:23,240 --> 00:17:27,960 He is referring to the fact that there's a fire that must not be quenched. 291 00:17:27,960 --> 00:17:30,440 There's a fire that must not be quenched. 292 00:17:30,440 --> 00:17:32,840 So let's see how fire has been used in the Old Testament. 293 00:17:32,840 --> 00:17:33,840 Right. 294 00:17:33,840 --> 00:17:34,840 Let's see how fire has been. 295 00:17:34,840 --> 00:17:37,080 Genesis 8 20. 296 00:17:37,080 --> 00:17:39,680 Genesis 8 verse 20. 297 00:17:39,680 --> 00:17:47,120 He said, I now built an altar to the Lord and took of every clean animal and of every 298 00:17:47,120 --> 00:17:53,400 clean bread and offered burnt offerings on what? on the altar. 299 00:17:53,400 --> 00:17:54,400 Right. 300 00:17:54,400 --> 00:17:55,400 He offered what? 301 00:17:55,400 --> 00:17:56,400 Burnt offering. 302 00:17:56,400 --> 00:17:59,400 So it means that the offering was burnt. 303 00:17:59,400 --> 00:18:00,400 It was lit up. 304 00:18:00,400 --> 00:18:01,400 Right. 305 00:18:01,400 --> 00:18:04,000 I mean, can somebody come to me burnt without fire? 306 00:18:04,000 --> 00:18:05,000 No. 307 00:18:05,000 --> 00:18:06,000 So it was lit up. 308 00:18:06,000 --> 00:18:10,720 It set up the offering that it was given to the Lord. 309 00:18:10,720 --> 00:18:11,820 Good. 310 00:18:11,820 --> 00:18:13,760 So we see he's using the context of what? 311 00:18:13,760 --> 00:18:14,760 An offering. 312 00:18:14,760 --> 00:18:17,360 He's using the context of an offering. 313 00:18:17,360 --> 00:18:22,760 Genesis 22 verse 7 quickly. 314 00:18:22,760 --> 00:18:25,960 Genesis 22 verse 7. 315 00:18:25,960 --> 00:18:32,440 He said, but Isaac spoke to Abraham, his father, and said, my father, he said, here I am my 316 00:18:32,440 --> 00:18:33,440 son. 317 00:18:33,440 --> 00:18:39,400 Then he said, look, the fire and the wood, but where is the lamb for what? 318 00:18:39,400 --> 00:18:40,760 For the burnt offering. 319 00:18:40,760 --> 00:18:41,760 Right. 320 00:18:41,760 --> 00:18:44,320 Where is the lamb for the burnt offering? 321 00:18:44,320 --> 00:18:49,880 So we're going to see fire right first as something in relation to what? 322 00:18:49,880 --> 00:18:50,880 Offering. 323 00:18:50,880 --> 00:18:51,880 Okay. 324 00:18:51,880 --> 00:18:54,440 Fire is used in relation to offering. 325 00:18:54,440 --> 00:19:04,920 Now let's go to where fire is mostly regularly used in the Leviticus era. 326 00:19:04,920 --> 00:19:12,040 So first of all, we can establish that fire is used as part of an element for offering. 327 00:19:12,040 --> 00:19:19,520 We can say that fire is used as part of the elements for offering. 328 00:19:19,520 --> 00:19:26,640 For offering, at least from these two verses, we can establish that. 329 00:19:26,640 --> 00:19:30,120 So let's go to Leviticus 1.17. 330 00:19:30,120 --> 00:19:33,000 Let's go to Leviticus 1.17. 331 00:19:33,000 --> 00:19:37,520 Then he shall split it at his wings, but shall not divide it completely. 332 00:19:37,520 --> 00:19:42,800 The priest shall burn it on the altar, on the wood that is on the fire. 333 00:19:42,800 --> 00:19:49,520 It is a burnt offering, an offering made by fire, a sweet aroma to the Lord. 334 00:19:49,520 --> 00:19:51,040 A sweet aroma to what? 335 00:19:51,040 --> 00:19:52,040 To the Lord. 336 00:19:52,040 --> 00:19:54,040 So an offering made by what? 337 00:19:54,040 --> 00:19:55,040 Fire. 338 00:19:55,040 --> 00:19:59,480 Again, right, offering made by fire. 339 00:19:59,480 --> 00:20:03,040 Leviticus 2 verse 3. 340 00:20:03,040 --> 00:20:05,000 Leviticus 2 verse 3 quickly. 341 00:20:05,000 --> 00:20:10,300 The rest of the grains offering shall be errands and a son. 342 00:20:10,300 --> 00:20:15,480 It is most holy of the offering to the Lord made by fire. 343 00:20:15,480 --> 00:20:17,480 Made by fire again, right? 344 00:20:17,480 --> 00:20:19,480 Leviticus 3.11. 345 00:20:19,480 --> 00:20:23,560 Let's just write the scriptures down. 346 00:20:23,560 --> 00:20:24,560 Leviticus 3.11. 347 00:20:24,560 --> 00:20:25,560 All right. 348 00:20:25,560 --> 00:20:32,680 And the priest shall burn them on the altar as food, an offering made by fire to the Lord. 349 00:20:32,680 --> 00:20:34,160 Now I'm not going to read the remaining scriptures. 350 00:20:34,160 --> 00:20:35,760 I'm just going to list them out. 351 00:20:35,760 --> 00:20:38,560 Then you can go home and read them. 352 00:20:38,560 --> 00:20:45,960 Now the other scripture is Leviticus 4.35. 353 00:20:45,960 --> 00:20:50,360 Leviticus 4.35. 354 00:20:50,360 --> 00:20:57,240 Leviticus 5 verse 12. 355 00:20:57,240 --> 00:21:00,920 Leviticus 5 verse 12. 356 00:21:00,920 --> 00:21:03,680 Leviticus 6 verse 10. 357 00:21:03,680 --> 00:21:07,360 I just took one from each chapter up until 6. 358 00:21:07,360 --> 00:21:09,360 Leviticus 6 verse 10. 359 00:21:09,360 --> 00:21:12,320 Now media team, can you give me 6 verse 10? 360 00:21:12,320 --> 00:21:15,440 Can you give me 6 verse 10? 361 00:21:15,440 --> 00:21:16,720 Leviticus 6 verse 10. 362 00:21:16,720 --> 00:21:22,560 It said, and the priest shall put on his linen garment and his linen trousers, he shall put 363 00:21:22,560 --> 00:21:27,400 on his body and take out the ashes of the burnt offering which he has consumed on the 364 00:21:27,400 --> 00:21:31,560 altar and shall put them beside the altar. 365 00:21:31,560 --> 00:21:34,280 The next verse. 366 00:21:34,280 --> 00:21:37,480 Then he shall take off his garment and put on the garment and carry the ashes out of 367 00:21:37,480 --> 00:21:39,320 the camp to clean the place. 368 00:21:39,320 --> 00:21:40,320 Verse 12. 369 00:21:40,320 --> 00:21:47,840 And the fire of the altar shall be kept what's burning on it shall not be what's put out. 370 00:21:47,840 --> 00:21:49,520 Can you see that? 371 00:21:49,520 --> 00:21:55,240 So we can say that Paul was writing something related to this section of the scriptures. 372 00:21:55,240 --> 00:22:00,520 Did you see where something about quenching has been talked about? 373 00:22:00,520 --> 00:22:01,520 Right? 374 00:22:01,520 --> 00:22:03,600 It shall not be quenched, it shall not be put out. 375 00:22:03,600 --> 00:22:08,080 And the priest shall burn wood on it every morning and lay the burnt offering in order 376 00:22:08,080 --> 00:22:09,080 on it. 377 00:22:09,080 --> 00:22:15,760 And he shall burn it on the fat, shall burn it the fat of the piece offering. 378 00:22:15,760 --> 00:22:26,720 Now we can see from the scriptures that fire is actually used in the service of the priesthood. 379 00:22:26,720 --> 00:22:32,920 Fire is used when the priest is offering something. 380 00:22:32,920 --> 00:22:35,160 That is one. 381 00:22:35,160 --> 00:22:41,480 Fire is used when the priest is making an offering. 382 00:22:41,480 --> 00:22:42,720 You can also put it down. 383 00:22:42,720 --> 00:22:50,920 That putting up fire is the responsibility of the priest. 384 00:22:50,920 --> 00:22:52,480 Putting on fire is the rest. 385 00:22:52,480 --> 00:22:55,880 You can say the instruction is going to Aaron and his sons. 386 00:22:55,880 --> 00:22:56,880 Aaron and his sons. 387 00:22:56,880 --> 00:23:03,400 So putting up fire is the responsibility of the priest. 388 00:23:03,400 --> 00:23:10,920 Fire is used when the priest is making an offering. 389 00:23:10,920 --> 00:23:14,560 You can also write down that fire is part of the authorized. 390 00:23:14,560 --> 00:23:18,520 You can say the fire, sorry, you can put it this way. 391 00:23:18,520 --> 00:23:21,160 Fire is authorized for offering. 392 00:23:21,160 --> 00:23:22,160 Yes. 393 00:23:22,160 --> 00:23:23,160 You can write it that way too. 394 00:23:23,160 --> 00:23:29,080 That fire is authorized for offering. 395 00:23:29,080 --> 00:23:37,280 So we can say therefore in the priesthood service, fire is authorized for offering. 396 00:23:37,280 --> 00:23:41,600 So we can say the fire is actually the activities, it's part of the activities that is granted 397 00:23:41,600 --> 00:23:45,120 to the priesthood to carry out. 398 00:23:45,120 --> 00:23:50,080 In all what they do, fire is part of the activities of the priesthood. 399 00:23:50,080 --> 00:23:52,040 It's part of the activities of the priesthood. 400 00:23:52,040 --> 00:23:57,440 Now in another context, you will see the priests use fire to burn an incense. 401 00:23:57,440 --> 00:23:58,880 Leviticus 10 verse 1. 402 00:23:58,880 --> 00:24:00,320 You can write that down. 403 00:24:00,320 --> 00:24:07,480 In this context, he uses fire to burn an incense so that the smell would go up. 404 00:24:07,480 --> 00:24:11,920 The smell of the incense would go up. 405 00:24:11,920 --> 00:24:17,320 So fire is therefore what is part of the activities of the priesthood. 406 00:24:17,320 --> 00:24:20,160 Now there are other contexts where fire is used. 407 00:24:20,160 --> 00:24:26,560 Just like I said, you can juxtapose one concept and use it all across the scripture. 408 00:24:26,560 --> 00:24:31,480 So I'm just going to give you two other scriptures where fire is used differently. 409 00:24:31,480 --> 00:24:33,240 Different from an offering. 410 00:24:33,240 --> 00:24:37,120 Different from being, yes, different from an offering. 411 00:24:37,120 --> 00:24:39,240 So you can write it down in brackets. 412 00:24:39,240 --> 00:24:41,200 Just put it in brackets. 413 00:24:41,200 --> 00:24:47,200 Other use of fire in the scriptures. 414 00:24:47,200 --> 00:24:48,200 So just write it down. 415 00:24:48,200 --> 00:24:54,000 Other use of fire in the scriptures. 416 00:24:54,000 --> 00:24:55,960 Other use of fire in the scriptures. 417 00:24:55,960 --> 00:24:57,920 Leviticus 10 verse 2. 418 00:24:57,920 --> 00:25:02,800 Media team, you have to give me this one so that I can show you, right? 419 00:25:02,800 --> 00:25:05,640 You have to put this up. 420 00:25:05,640 --> 00:25:10,840 Leviticus 10 verse 2. 421 00:25:10,840 --> 00:25:15,440 So that when you use the fire, even in songs or you use it in your day-to-day life as a 422 00:25:15,440 --> 00:25:17,320 believer, you know what it means. 423 00:25:17,320 --> 00:25:18,920 So fire went out from the Lord. 424 00:25:18,920 --> 00:25:20,960 Give me from verse 1. 425 00:25:20,960 --> 00:25:28,040 Then, Nara ben Abi, the sons of Aaron, each took a censer and put fire in it, right? 426 00:25:28,040 --> 00:25:35,000 Put incense on it and offered a profane fire before the Lord, which he had not what commanded 427 00:25:35,000 --> 00:25:36,220 them, right? 428 00:25:36,220 --> 00:25:41,360 So there's an instruction at which fire should be used in the offering, right? 429 00:25:41,360 --> 00:25:45,200 And in this context, they use fire in a way that it was not authorized. 430 00:25:45,200 --> 00:25:46,200 Now let's see. 431 00:25:46,200 --> 00:25:50,880 Here's what it says, so the fire went from the Lord and devoured them and they died before 432 00:25:50,880 --> 00:25:51,880 the Lord. 433 00:25:51,880 --> 00:25:58,640 Now, what you should see here first is that this is used in the context of judgment, okay? 434 00:25:58,640 --> 00:26:03,680 Is used in the context of judgment and whether it came from the Lord or is not from the Lord, 435 00:26:03,680 --> 00:26:07,680 we are going to discuss that in subsequent teachings, right? 436 00:26:07,680 --> 00:26:10,880 Especially in the interpretation of the New Testament, Old Testament. 437 00:26:10,880 --> 00:26:16,360 What we see here is that fire became what judged them, right? 438 00:26:16,360 --> 00:26:26,760 Okay, so you can put Jude 1 to Jude verse 23 as another use of fire as judgment, right? 439 00:26:26,760 --> 00:26:28,600 As another use of fire as judgment. 440 00:26:28,600 --> 00:26:33,320 Jude 23 immediately, please. 441 00:26:33,320 --> 00:26:36,280 Jude 23, it talks about delivering people from fire. 442 00:26:36,280 --> 00:26:43,240 It said, and others save with fear, pulling them out of fire, hating even the garments 443 00:26:43,240 --> 00:26:45,680 defiled by the flesh. 444 00:26:45,680 --> 00:26:48,880 So it's talking about pulling people out of fire, right? 445 00:26:48,880 --> 00:26:53,760 Pulling people out of judgment, pulling people out of condemnation. 446 00:26:53,760 --> 00:26:55,280 So these are the two other contexts. 447 00:26:55,280 --> 00:26:59,720 So what we can see is that fire is used as offering, right? 448 00:26:59,720 --> 00:27:03,480 Is used as offering and in this context is used as judgment, but we're not focusing on 449 00:27:03,480 --> 00:27:04,480 this context. 450 00:27:04,480 --> 00:27:10,680 Lastly, can we check 1 Samuel 2, 23, 28. 451 00:27:10,680 --> 00:27:13,680 1 Samuel 2, 28. 452 00:27:13,680 --> 00:27:21,120 Did I not choose him out of all the tribes of Israel to be my priest, to offer upon my 453 00:27:21,120 --> 00:27:25,880 altar, to burn incense, to wear the effort before me? 454 00:27:25,880 --> 00:27:30,940 And did I not give to the house of your father all the offerings of the children of Israel 455 00:27:30,940 --> 00:27:31,940 made by fire? 456 00:27:31,940 --> 00:27:34,880 1 Samuel 3, 3. 457 00:27:34,880 --> 00:27:43,760 Can you go to 1 Samuel 3, verse 3? 458 00:27:43,760 --> 00:27:48,760 And the lamp, and before the lamp of the gold went out in the Tabernacle of the Lord, we 459 00:27:48,760 --> 00:27:50,960 had the act of gold wars. 460 00:27:50,960 --> 00:27:54,520 And while Samuel was lying, can I come from verse 1? 461 00:27:54,520 --> 00:27:58,440 Come from verse 1, please, of this chapter. 462 00:27:58,440 --> 00:28:03,080 Now the boy Samuel ministered to the Lord before Eli, and the word of the Lord was read 463 00:28:03,080 --> 00:28:04,440 in those days. 464 00:28:04,440 --> 00:28:07,760 There was no widespread revelation. 465 00:28:07,760 --> 00:28:13,200 And it came to pass at that time while Eli was lying down in his place, and when his 466 00:28:13,200 --> 00:28:17,880 eyes had gone, had begun to grow so deep that he could not see. 467 00:28:17,880 --> 00:28:24,400 And before the lamp of God went out in the Tabernacle of the Lord, where the act of gold 468 00:28:24,400 --> 00:28:25,400 wars. 469 00:28:25,400 --> 00:28:26,600 Now stop on this verse. 470 00:28:26,600 --> 00:28:31,600 Now fire also symbolizes, symbolizes the presence. 471 00:28:31,600 --> 00:28:32,600 Okay? 472 00:28:32,600 --> 00:28:33,880 Symbolizes the presence. 473 00:28:33,880 --> 00:28:38,240 So in the Old Testament, fire must keep burning in the temple. 474 00:28:38,240 --> 00:28:39,240 Okay? 475 00:28:39,240 --> 00:28:41,120 It symbolizes the presence. 476 00:28:41,120 --> 00:28:42,400 It must keep burning. 477 00:28:42,400 --> 00:28:43,580 Fire must keep burning. 478 00:28:43,580 --> 00:28:45,920 So the fire must not go out. 479 00:28:45,920 --> 00:28:47,400 The fire must keep burning. 480 00:28:47,400 --> 00:28:48,400 Right? 481 00:28:48,400 --> 00:28:49,400 It must keep burning. 482 00:28:49,400 --> 00:28:50,400 It must keep burning. 483 00:28:50,400 --> 00:28:56,120 So it's an offering, and it's also seen as symbolism of the presence of God, which is, 484 00:28:56,120 --> 00:28:57,920 which shows that it must keep burning. 485 00:28:57,920 --> 00:29:02,400 And we see that in the context of, in the context of the Leviticus era. 486 00:29:02,400 --> 00:29:08,640 So we can conclude and say that fire is actually an activities by those of the Old Testament. 487 00:29:08,640 --> 00:29:09,640 Right? 488 00:29:09,640 --> 00:29:14,280 It's an activities by those who believe in God in the Old Testament. 489 00:29:14,280 --> 00:29:18,040 So fire, reading from Genesis to Leviticus, is an activity. 490 00:29:18,040 --> 00:29:25,820 They engage with fire when it comes to their offering and sacrifice and worship of God. 491 00:29:25,820 --> 00:29:30,160 So let's come to the New Testament and see what fire is in the New Testament and see 492 00:29:30,160 --> 00:29:35,000 how that applies to you. 493 00:29:35,000 --> 00:29:45,960 Acts chapter two, Acts chapter two, Acts chapter two, from verse one. 494 00:29:45,960 --> 00:29:48,280 Just Acts chapter two from verse one. 495 00:29:48,280 --> 00:29:49,720 All right. 496 00:29:49,720 --> 00:29:53,400 When the day of Pentecost has fully come, they were all in one, they were all with one 497 00:29:53,400 --> 00:29:55,720 accord in one place. 498 00:29:55,720 --> 00:30:01,560 And suddenly there came a sound from heaven as a Russian mighty wind and it filled the 499 00:30:01,560 --> 00:30:04,640 whole house where they were sitting. 500 00:30:04,640 --> 00:30:13,480 And there appeared to them divided tongues as a fire and one sat upon each of them. 501 00:30:13,480 --> 00:30:18,040 And they were all filled with the Holy Spirit and they began to speak with other tongues 502 00:30:18,040 --> 00:30:21,760 and the spirit, as the spirit did what gave them all trends. 503 00:30:21,760 --> 00:30:26,320 So here again, we can see that verse three, can you go to verse three? 504 00:30:26,320 --> 00:30:32,760 It said something appeared to them as divided tongues as a fire, something. 505 00:30:32,760 --> 00:30:37,680 Then verse four says that they were now filled, they were filled with the Holy Spirit. 506 00:30:37,680 --> 00:30:42,120 So therefore what appeared to them is not the Holy Spirit. 507 00:30:42,120 --> 00:30:46,840 Now we have to explain these because if you have been attending some meetings, you should 508 00:30:46,840 --> 00:30:52,720 know the explanation of this, that this part is not the Holy Spirit coming upon them. 509 00:30:52,720 --> 00:30:57,200 I mean, it's not the first time they are receiving the Holy Spirit. 510 00:30:57,200 --> 00:30:59,000 Do we get it? 511 00:30:59,000 --> 00:31:03,840 So this has been taught regularly as the time that the Holy Ghost began its operation on 512 00:31:03,840 --> 00:31:04,840 earth. 513 00:31:04,840 --> 00:31:08,800 And that was the first time the Holy Ghost was launched into earth and every believer 514 00:31:08,800 --> 00:31:09,800 received it. 515 00:31:09,800 --> 00:31:15,000 Actually that is not because that is what makes us equate the fire. 516 00:31:15,000 --> 00:31:16,000 Right? 517 00:31:16,000 --> 00:31:20,840 So the spirits in verse four. 518 00:31:20,840 --> 00:31:22,080 Do we get it? 519 00:31:22,080 --> 00:31:26,520 So this is not the first time, this is not a time the believers, right? 520 00:31:26,520 --> 00:31:29,600 The disciples received the Holy Spirit. 521 00:31:29,600 --> 00:31:37,560 So you can write John 14 down as the scripture to explain that the believers had the Holy 522 00:31:37,560 --> 00:31:41,320 Spirit before the day of Pentecost. 523 00:31:41,320 --> 00:31:54,680 So John 14, verse 20, verse 28 and 29. 524 00:31:54,680 --> 00:31:57,680 John 14 verse 20 verse 28 and 29. 525 00:31:57,680 --> 00:32:02,640 We'll really just write it down first. 526 00:32:02,640 --> 00:32:04,440 Write it down. 527 00:32:04,440 --> 00:32:08,600 Luke 24 verse 25. 528 00:32:08,600 --> 00:32:13,360 I think we've been dealing with this. 529 00:32:13,360 --> 00:32:15,600 And thank God for that teaching that I said the foundation. 530 00:32:15,600 --> 00:32:22,520 24, 25, Luke, then verse 44 as well and verse 51. 531 00:32:22,520 --> 00:32:24,520 So just put that in brackets, right? 532 00:32:24,520 --> 00:32:30,100 And right, this is the explanation for how the believer received the Holy Ghost. 533 00:32:30,100 --> 00:32:36,400 Just keep it there and I'll just quickly explain that. 534 00:32:36,400 --> 00:32:41,960 So when Jesus said that I am in the Father and the Father in me in John, can you go to 535 00:32:41,960 --> 00:32:43,720 John 14, 20 for me? 536 00:32:43,720 --> 00:32:45,320 I'll just be on one verse. 537 00:32:45,320 --> 00:32:49,720 Me that's in, please can you quickly help me? 538 00:32:49,720 --> 00:32:52,400 John 14 verse 20. 539 00:32:52,400 --> 00:33:01,960 He said, and that day you will know that I am in my Father and you in me and I in you. 540 00:33:01,960 --> 00:33:03,720 Are you seeing something here? 541 00:33:03,720 --> 00:33:09,480 Jesus is saying that there is a day that the disciples will realize that they are in union 542 00:33:09,480 --> 00:33:10,480 with Christ. 543 00:33:10,480 --> 00:33:11,480 Okay? 544 00:33:11,480 --> 00:33:18,120 There is a day that they will realize that they are in union with Christ. 545 00:33:18,120 --> 00:33:22,240 That is the day they received the Holy Spirit. 546 00:33:22,240 --> 00:33:28,120 The day the believers, the disciples realized that they are one in union with Christ, they 547 00:33:28,120 --> 00:33:30,520 understood that and believe it. 548 00:33:30,520 --> 00:33:34,480 That is the day they received the Holy Ghost. 549 00:33:34,480 --> 00:33:38,760 And that day is in Luke 24 verse 44. 550 00:33:38,760 --> 00:33:39,760 Okay? 551 00:33:39,760 --> 00:33:44,720 So Luke 24 verse 44 now. 552 00:33:44,720 --> 00:33:48,120 And he said to them, these are the words which I spoke to you while I was with you, that 553 00:33:48,120 --> 00:33:51,560 all the things must be fulfilled which are written the Lord of Moses and the law of Moses 554 00:33:51,560 --> 00:33:54,280 and the prophets and the Psalms concerning me. 555 00:33:54,280 --> 00:33:56,760 Next verse. 556 00:33:56,760 --> 00:34:01,840 And he opened their understanding and that they might do what? 557 00:34:01,840 --> 00:34:03,000 Comprehend the scriptures. 558 00:34:03,000 --> 00:34:08,640 So it means that what Jesus told them in John is taking place here. 559 00:34:08,640 --> 00:34:15,720 In this day, they understood after Jesus explained to them. 560 00:34:15,720 --> 00:34:20,520 Verse 44 verse 46. 561 00:34:20,520 --> 00:34:24,840 And he said to them, thus it is written and thus it was necessary for the Christ to suffer 562 00:34:24,840 --> 00:34:27,520 to rise from the dead and the third day. 563 00:34:27,520 --> 00:34:29,600 To rise from the dead and the third day. 564 00:34:29,600 --> 00:34:30,600 The next. 565 00:34:30,600 --> 00:34:34,160 And that repentance and remission of sin should be preached in his name to all nations beginning 566 00:34:34,160 --> 00:34:35,160 at Jerusalem. 567 00:34:35,160 --> 00:34:36,160 Next. 568 00:34:36,160 --> 00:34:38,360 And you are witness of these things. 569 00:34:38,360 --> 00:34:39,360 Next. 570 00:34:39,360 --> 00:34:43,960 Behold, I send the promise of the Father upon you, but tarry in the city of Jerusalem until 571 00:34:43,960 --> 00:34:47,000 you are endured with power from an eye. 572 00:34:47,000 --> 00:34:50,000 Which is referring to Acts chapter 2. 573 00:34:50,000 --> 00:34:51,440 Hallelujah. 574 00:34:51,440 --> 00:34:57,160 So we can say that when the believers believe in Luke 24, they receive the Holy Ghost. 575 00:34:57,160 --> 00:34:58,160 Right? 576 00:34:58,160 --> 00:35:04,000 Therefore, in Acts 2, it is not that they are receiving the Holy Ghost for the first 577 00:35:04,000 --> 00:35:05,360 time. 578 00:35:05,360 --> 00:35:08,280 So that now brings us to explaining what is tongues of fire. 579 00:35:08,280 --> 00:35:09,280 Right? 580 00:35:09,280 --> 00:35:10,280 As of the tongues of fire. 581 00:35:10,280 --> 00:35:11,280 Okay. 582 00:35:11,280 --> 00:35:14,280 This time is running too fast. 583 00:35:14,280 --> 00:35:17,020 But we'll move. 584 00:35:17,020 --> 00:35:18,840 So three things happened on the day of Pentecost. 585 00:35:18,840 --> 00:35:19,840 Please write it down. 586 00:35:19,840 --> 00:35:20,840 Three things happened. 587 00:35:20,840 --> 00:35:24,000 They heard, they saw, and they spoke. 588 00:35:24,000 --> 00:35:31,200 On the day of Pentecost, they heard, they saw, and they spoke. 589 00:35:31,200 --> 00:35:36,880 They heard, they saw, and they spoke. 590 00:35:36,880 --> 00:35:40,640 They heard, they saw, and they spoke. 591 00:35:40,640 --> 00:35:50,320 So therefore, these are activities that is touching in the believers, in the new creation. 592 00:35:50,320 --> 00:35:56,200 So this is an empowerment of activities that were in the new creation, in the believer 593 00:35:56,200 --> 00:36:01,360 that have believed. 594 00:36:01,360 --> 00:36:04,440 They saw, they spoke. 595 00:36:04,440 --> 00:36:07,480 They heard the voice. 596 00:36:07,480 --> 00:36:09,800 And this is the first time this is happening. 597 00:36:09,800 --> 00:36:10,800 This empowerment. 598 00:36:10,800 --> 00:36:12,000 Are we together? 599 00:36:12,000 --> 00:36:14,000 So we've never seen them speak in tongues before. 600 00:36:14,000 --> 00:36:15,920 We've never seen them interpret the tongues before. 601 00:36:15,920 --> 00:36:22,900 We've never seen them see as a fire, write a tongue. 602 00:36:22,900 --> 00:36:29,240 So we can say that what happened on the day of Pentecost is that the believers began an 603 00:36:29,240 --> 00:36:34,400 activity through empowerment of the Holy Ghost. 604 00:36:34,400 --> 00:36:40,120 The believers, the disciples of Christ, they started an activity, or I don't understand 605 00:36:40,120 --> 00:36:46,400 what you're talking about, activities of the Spirit through what? 606 00:36:46,400 --> 00:36:48,360 The empowerment of the Holy Ghost. 607 00:36:48,360 --> 00:36:52,200 The believers started an activity from the Holy Ghost that is within them. 608 00:36:52,200 --> 00:37:00,080 They began to speak in tongues, interpreting tongues, preaching with boldness, and the 609 00:37:00,080 --> 00:37:03,840 Church increased. 610 00:37:03,840 --> 00:37:07,280 So the tongue of fire as seen, right? 611 00:37:07,280 --> 00:37:12,560 It's only a symbol of the activities that they have begun. 612 00:37:12,560 --> 00:37:14,000 The tongue of fire is what? 613 00:37:14,000 --> 00:37:15,400 Is a symbol of the activities. 614 00:37:15,400 --> 00:37:20,600 It refers to the activities that these disciples started doing. 615 00:37:20,600 --> 00:37:29,160 The spiritual activities that the disciples are engaging in from that moment. 616 00:37:29,160 --> 00:37:35,400 Now let me just explain again that the tongue of fire is not the Holy Spirit as well. 617 00:37:35,400 --> 00:37:41,400 Acts chapter 10, let me show you somewhere. 618 00:37:41,400 --> 00:37:44,560 Acts chapter 10. 619 00:37:44,560 --> 00:37:49,480 Acts chapter 10. 620 00:37:49,480 --> 00:38:05,040 We can't have the whole reading, but can you go to verse 34? 621 00:38:05,040 --> 00:38:11,440 When Peter opened his mouth in truth, I perceive that God shows no partiality. 622 00:38:11,440 --> 00:38:18,880 Now before that, verse 44. 623 00:38:18,880 --> 00:38:19,880 Go to verse 44. 624 00:38:19,880 --> 00:38:21,880 Acts 10 verse 44. 625 00:38:21,880 --> 00:38:27,880 He said, while Peter was still speaking, this word, the Holy Ghost fell upon those who 626 00:38:27,880 --> 00:38:31,560 heard the words, the word of God, right? 627 00:38:31,560 --> 00:38:35,120 The Holy Ghost fell upon those who did what, who heard. 628 00:38:35,120 --> 00:38:37,520 In this place, there is no tongue of fire. 629 00:38:37,520 --> 00:38:43,960 You realize there is no seen as anything as the tongue of fire, but the Holy Ghost was 630 00:38:43,960 --> 00:38:46,760 what was in operation, fell upon them. 631 00:38:46,760 --> 00:38:49,000 It means they received the Holy Ghost. 632 00:38:49,000 --> 00:38:51,880 They are believing for the first time, right? 633 00:38:51,880 --> 00:38:55,960 They are believing for the first time and therefore they received the Holy Ghost. 634 00:38:55,960 --> 00:38:57,440 These ones are receiving here. 635 00:38:57,440 --> 00:39:01,080 The disciples receiving Luke 24. 636 00:39:01,080 --> 00:39:05,160 And their activities is in Acts chapter two. 637 00:39:05,160 --> 00:39:08,520 Do we get it? 638 00:39:08,520 --> 00:39:10,480 Good. 639 00:39:10,480 --> 00:39:12,880 So therefore the Holy Ghost is not tongue of fire. 640 00:39:12,880 --> 00:39:16,240 Again, the Holy Ghost is not tongue of fire. 641 00:39:16,240 --> 00:39:23,520 The Holy Ghost is not tongue of fire, but the activities through the Holy Ghost is fire. 642 00:39:23,520 --> 00:39:30,760 The activities through the Holy Ghost can be referred to as fire. 643 00:39:30,760 --> 00:39:33,520 So let's go back to 1 Thessalonians 5. 644 00:39:33,520 --> 00:39:36,360 Then you will do the work here. 645 00:39:36,360 --> 00:39:40,720 First Thessalonians 5 verse 18. 646 00:39:40,720 --> 00:39:46,200 Or go to verse 19. 647 00:39:46,200 --> 00:39:47,200 Okay. 648 00:39:47,200 --> 00:39:48,880 All right, everybody. 649 00:39:48,880 --> 00:39:55,560 If you have been following, now you should be able to interpret this correctly. 650 00:39:55,560 --> 00:39:58,760 So do not quench, replace the spirit. 651 00:39:58,760 --> 00:40:04,000 How would you replace the spirit with activities of what? 652 00:40:04,000 --> 00:40:05,000 Of the spirit. 653 00:40:05,000 --> 00:40:06,000 Glory to God. 654 00:40:06,000 --> 00:40:07,280 That is it. 655 00:40:07,280 --> 00:40:15,880 So Paul was saying that don't quench the activities of the spirit. 656 00:40:15,880 --> 00:40:23,480 So it brings us to some things that we need to tell ourselves. 657 00:40:23,480 --> 00:40:27,240 A believer can quench the activity of the spirit. 658 00:40:27,240 --> 00:40:32,800 A believer can be on fire and can also be so cool and lackadaisical about the things 659 00:40:32,800 --> 00:40:34,520 of the spirit. 660 00:40:34,520 --> 00:40:36,000 Okay? 661 00:40:36,000 --> 00:40:38,640 So you must know that you are a new creation. 662 00:40:38,640 --> 00:40:40,240 You have the identity of Christ. 663 00:40:40,240 --> 00:40:47,800 You have the Holy Ghost in you, but you can be as cold as ice. 664 00:40:47,800 --> 00:40:50,040 Okay? 665 00:40:50,040 --> 00:40:51,800 The believer can extinguish it. 666 00:40:51,800 --> 00:40:55,040 It means that the believer can stop the activities. 667 00:40:55,040 --> 00:40:56,320 Can say, it's okay. 668 00:40:56,320 --> 00:40:57,840 Don't prophesy. 669 00:40:57,840 --> 00:41:00,520 We don't want the believer to say, it's okay. 670 00:41:00,520 --> 00:41:01,520 Don't speak in tongues. 671 00:41:01,520 --> 00:41:05,440 Yeah, we will do that. 672 00:41:05,440 --> 00:41:11,160 So in this case, the activity of the spirits with empathy that Paul was talking about was 673 00:41:11,160 --> 00:41:12,160 prophesying. 674 00:41:12,160 --> 00:41:16,680 Go to the next verse, verse 20. 675 00:41:16,680 --> 00:41:17,680 Verses 520. 676 00:41:17,680 --> 00:41:21,880 He said, do not despise what prophesying. 677 00:41:21,880 --> 00:41:25,040 Don't despise prophesying. 678 00:41:25,040 --> 00:41:26,760 Don't despise prophesying. 679 00:41:26,760 --> 00:41:29,640 Don't despise prophesies. 680 00:41:29,640 --> 00:41:31,220 Does it make sense now? 681 00:41:31,220 --> 00:41:34,760 So when we combine the two together, do not stop the activities of the spirit. 682 00:41:34,760 --> 00:41:36,880 Don't stop prophesying. 683 00:41:36,880 --> 00:41:42,560 Don't despise prophesies. 684 00:41:42,560 --> 00:41:48,200 When you go to Acts chapter 2, what happened there is that they spoke in tongues and they 685 00:41:48,200 --> 00:41:51,400 explained what they said. 686 00:41:51,400 --> 00:41:54,040 And that is prophecy. 687 00:41:54,040 --> 00:41:55,480 Acts chapter 2, you can put it there. 688 00:41:55,480 --> 00:42:02,080 Acts chapter 2, they spoke in tongues and they explained what they said. 689 00:42:02,080 --> 00:42:05,360 So let's go to Acts chapter 2. 690 00:42:05,360 --> 00:42:08,800 Acts chapter 2, from verse 7. 691 00:42:08,800 --> 00:42:12,880 He said, utterly amazed, okay, from verse 7, yes. 692 00:42:12,880 --> 00:42:17,200 They were all amazed and marveled, saying to one another, look, are not all these who 693 00:42:17,200 --> 00:42:19,120 speak Galileans? 694 00:42:19,120 --> 00:42:23,600 And how is it that we hear each in our own language in which we were born? 695 00:42:23,600 --> 00:42:28,680 Patients and maids and the elements and those dwelling in Mesopotamia, Judea and Cappadocia, 696 00:42:28,680 --> 00:42:35,520 Pontus and Asia, Phrygia and Pamphylia, Egypt and the parts of Libya, Adjoining Cyrene, 697 00:42:35,520 --> 00:42:41,840 visitors from Rome, both Jews and proselytes, Christians and Arabs, we hear them speaking 698 00:42:41,840 --> 00:42:44,680 in our own tongues, the wonderful works of God. 699 00:42:44,680 --> 00:42:45,760 The next. 700 00:42:45,760 --> 00:42:53,240 So they were all amazed and perplexed, saying to one another, whatever could this mean? 701 00:42:53,240 --> 00:42:55,960 As Morkin say, they are full of wine. 702 00:42:55,960 --> 00:42:56,960 Stop. 703 00:42:56,960 --> 00:43:02,120 So on the day of Pentecost, when the believers began to operate in the activities of the 704 00:43:02,120 --> 00:43:08,400 spirit, we find them speaking in tongues and interpreting and the people understood it, 705 00:43:08,400 --> 00:43:09,680 right? 706 00:43:09,680 --> 00:43:11,480 And we also find those who do what? 707 00:43:11,480 --> 00:43:12,480 Who despise prophecy. 708 00:43:12,480 --> 00:43:13,960 That is what I say. 709 00:43:13,960 --> 00:43:17,120 Or as Morkin said, they were full with what? 710 00:43:17,120 --> 00:43:20,120 They are full with wine. 711 00:43:20,120 --> 00:43:21,120 They are full with wine. 712 00:43:21,120 --> 00:43:28,560 So first, to quench the spirit is to extinguish the activities of the spirit, because you 713 00:43:28,560 --> 00:43:32,080 cannot extinguish the spirit himself, he's a person. 714 00:43:32,080 --> 00:43:35,680 So you extinguish the activities of the spirit. 715 00:43:35,680 --> 00:43:42,220 Now, let me come back to the illustration of Aaron and his sons, right? 716 00:43:42,220 --> 00:43:50,280 When Aaron and his sons were serving in the priesthood, right? 717 00:43:50,280 --> 00:43:52,120 They were serving in the priesthood. 718 00:43:52,120 --> 00:43:56,360 They were using fire as part of the offering, right? 719 00:43:56,360 --> 00:43:58,240 As part of the offering. 720 00:43:58,240 --> 00:44:03,480 And that offering is for service to what? 721 00:44:03,480 --> 00:44:05,120 To the people of Israel, right? 722 00:44:05,120 --> 00:44:07,120 The offering is for service for the people of Israel. 723 00:44:07,120 --> 00:44:10,520 The burnt offering for himself and his son, right? 724 00:44:10,520 --> 00:44:15,120 The incense for himself and the people of Israel, right? 725 00:44:15,120 --> 00:44:20,240 So fire was used as part of what is being used to serve people, right? 726 00:44:20,240 --> 00:44:29,440 Therefore we can see that the activities of the spirit, it is used to serve the church. 727 00:44:29,440 --> 00:44:37,640 The activities of the spirit is used to serve the church. 728 00:44:37,640 --> 00:44:39,720 Who are the priesthoods today? 729 00:44:39,720 --> 00:44:41,480 The believer. 730 00:44:41,480 --> 00:44:50,200 The believer is the priesthood that can participate in the activities of the spirits for the edification 731 00:44:50,200 --> 00:44:55,720 of the church. 732 00:44:55,720 --> 00:45:02,000 We are the priesthood that can participate in the activities of the spirits for the building 733 00:45:02,000 --> 00:45:05,560 up of the church. 734 00:45:05,560 --> 00:45:08,400 We are the priesthood. 735 00:45:08,400 --> 00:45:10,280 We can also write this down. 736 00:45:10,280 --> 00:45:14,400 The activities of the spirit, it is authorized to believers. 737 00:45:14,400 --> 00:45:16,680 Just the way the fire was authorized, right? 738 00:45:16,680 --> 00:45:21,240 The priesthood was authorized to Aaron to offer. 739 00:45:21,240 --> 00:45:22,240 Then you can offer. 740 00:45:22,240 --> 00:45:26,240 If you offer, if you are not in the priesthood, you have a problem. 741 00:45:26,240 --> 00:45:29,760 Maybe a fire will just come out from the midst of the fire. 742 00:45:29,760 --> 00:45:34,320 But today we are part of that priesthood. 743 00:45:34,320 --> 00:45:35,320 Glory to God. 744 00:45:35,320 --> 00:45:41,960 We are part of that priesthood that can participate in the activities of the spirit of God for 745 00:45:41,960 --> 00:45:47,240 the edification, for the building up of the body of Christ. 746 00:45:47,240 --> 00:45:52,480 So we can say that when we prophesy, we are serving each other, right? 747 00:45:52,480 --> 00:45:57,240 When we speak in tongues, we are serving each other, right? 748 00:45:57,240 --> 00:46:01,120 So therefore I said that a believer can actually quench it. 749 00:46:01,120 --> 00:46:09,600 It simply means to extinguish it, to stop it, to interrupt it, to make more create of 750 00:46:09,600 --> 00:46:10,600 it. 751 00:46:10,600 --> 00:46:15,040 So when you make more create of the things of the spirit, actually, you are quenching 752 00:46:15,040 --> 00:46:16,040 it. 753 00:46:16,040 --> 00:46:20,160 You are quenching the fire. 754 00:46:20,160 --> 00:46:23,040 When you make more create of the, someone is speaking in tongues, you are listening 755 00:46:23,040 --> 00:46:26,040 to the sound of the songs, the tongues. 756 00:46:26,040 --> 00:46:27,040 You are not serious. 757 00:46:27,040 --> 00:46:30,040 You are supposed to be praying. 758 00:46:30,040 --> 00:46:34,360 Or you are wondering, someone is speaking in tongues and interpreting, you are saying, 759 00:46:34,360 --> 00:46:38,240 I don't believe anybody in this church should do that because you have been taught well. 760 00:46:38,240 --> 00:46:41,880 But when you see people do that, they are quenching. 761 00:46:41,880 --> 00:46:47,800 Or another one, when you say it is over, it doesn't exist again. 762 00:46:47,800 --> 00:46:50,760 You are quenching the spirit. 763 00:46:50,760 --> 00:46:55,160 When you say the activities of the spirit, like prophecy and tongues, don't exist, it's 764 00:46:55,160 --> 00:46:56,160 ended with the apostles. 765 00:46:56,160 --> 00:47:04,640 If you hear such a thing, in such places, they are quenching the spirit, right? 766 00:47:04,640 --> 00:47:05,640 They are quenching the activities. 767 00:47:05,640 --> 00:47:07,920 They are stopping it from operating. 768 00:47:07,920 --> 00:47:13,360 It means that the church cannot benefit from the things that come from those activities. 769 00:47:13,360 --> 00:47:15,440 You can benefit from it. 770 00:47:15,440 --> 00:47:16,440 Right? 771 00:47:16,440 --> 00:47:23,560 You cannot benefit from it because you say it's over. 772 00:47:23,560 --> 00:47:25,120 Now let me show you another word. 773 00:47:25,120 --> 00:47:26,480 First is aloneness. 774 00:47:26,480 --> 00:47:28,560 Go back to first is aloneness please. 775 00:47:28,560 --> 00:47:30,240 Despise not prophesying. 776 00:47:30,240 --> 00:47:31,680 Let's check the word despise. 777 00:47:31,680 --> 00:47:34,320 What it means to despise. 778 00:47:34,320 --> 00:47:37,000 What does it mean to despise? 779 00:47:37,000 --> 00:47:40,640 To not despise prophecies. 780 00:47:40,640 --> 00:47:46,720 So to despise, the word despise means to not take serious. 781 00:47:46,720 --> 00:47:52,880 To take with content, like treat something with content. 782 00:47:52,880 --> 00:47:56,200 To not take serious is the word exaltanil. 783 00:47:56,200 --> 00:48:05,000 Despise means to not take something serious, to treat with content. 784 00:48:05,000 --> 00:48:16,640 Exaltanil, exou, exou, the, exou, the, neo. 785 00:48:16,640 --> 00:48:23,040 Exou, the, neo. 786 00:48:23,040 --> 00:48:29,560 To make fun of something, you're making fun of it. 787 00:48:29,560 --> 00:48:34,600 To say they are drunk, those that are participating in it. 788 00:48:34,600 --> 00:48:40,040 So please, as a believer, another way you can actually quench the spirit is when you 789 00:48:40,040 --> 00:48:44,760 see people making fun of it and you join. 790 00:48:44,760 --> 00:48:51,560 When you see people making fun of the things of the spirit and it does not shake you, it 791 00:48:51,560 --> 00:48:56,720 does not get you angry, it does not make you look, why are they doing this? 792 00:48:56,720 --> 00:49:03,680 You are participating in quenching the activities of the spirit. 793 00:49:03,680 --> 00:49:09,680 So whether it's online, whether it's online, people are on chat, or you're in a group chat, 794 00:49:09,680 --> 00:49:16,480 or you're anywhere, the moment you realize that the miracles of God and the prophecies 795 00:49:16,480 --> 00:49:23,960 and the speaking in tongues are being used for a joke, do not participate in it. 796 00:49:23,960 --> 00:49:24,960 Hallelujah. 797 00:49:24,960 --> 00:49:27,080 Are we with me? 798 00:49:27,080 --> 00:49:31,040 So the activities of God, you don't join them in making fun of it. 799 00:49:31,040 --> 00:49:32,040 Right? 800 00:49:32,040 --> 00:49:33,040 You don't join them. 801 00:49:33,040 --> 00:49:34,040 You don't use tongues for comedy. 802 00:49:34,040 --> 00:49:37,040 You don't use prophets for comedy. 803 00:49:37,040 --> 00:49:41,000 They are for the edification of the church. 804 00:49:41,000 --> 00:49:44,880 I know today everybody online just doesn't do anything they want, but as a believer you 805 00:49:44,880 --> 00:49:45,880 must have a caution. 806 00:49:45,880 --> 00:49:50,680 You must have a caution. 807 00:49:50,680 --> 00:49:53,040 It is what makes people not to take it seriously. 808 00:49:53,040 --> 00:49:54,040 Right? 809 00:49:54,040 --> 00:49:59,100 They don't take it seriously because it's being made fun of. 810 00:49:59,100 --> 00:50:03,280 So to despise me, not to take it seriously, to make fun of something. 811 00:50:03,280 --> 00:50:07,240 Therefore a believer can be on fire, right? 812 00:50:07,240 --> 00:50:11,920 Coming to fire now, a believer can be on fire, which means that you are full of the activities 813 00:50:11,920 --> 00:50:12,920 of the spirit. 814 00:50:12,920 --> 00:50:13,920 Okay? 815 00:50:13,920 --> 00:50:18,480 So when we say a believer is on fire, we mean that the believer is full of the activities 816 00:50:18,480 --> 00:50:19,800 of the spirit. 817 00:50:19,800 --> 00:50:23,800 You can perceive that this person is full of the activities of the spirit. 818 00:50:23,800 --> 00:50:27,520 This person gives himself to speaking in tongues and prophecy. 819 00:50:27,520 --> 00:50:31,280 When you come to a place and they are praying and you are seeing the word, that is fire. 820 00:50:31,280 --> 00:50:32,280 It is not the Holy Ghost. 821 00:50:32,280 --> 00:50:36,640 It is the activities of the spirit. 822 00:50:36,640 --> 00:50:41,800 So therefore, fire also represents your engagements with the things of the spirit. 823 00:50:41,800 --> 00:50:45,840 Your engagement with the things of the spirit. 824 00:50:45,840 --> 00:50:52,160 Your engagement with the things of the spirit. 825 00:50:52,160 --> 00:50:53,160 Your engagement. 826 00:50:53,160 --> 00:50:57,080 So as a believer you need to engage the things of the spirit regularly. 827 00:50:57,080 --> 00:51:00,920 If you want to be on fire, it is not a one moment thing. 828 00:51:00,920 --> 00:51:02,800 Ah, that's another thing I must say. 829 00:51:02,800 --> 00:51:05,200 That fire is not a one moment thing. 830 00:51:05,200 --> 00:51:09,480 He said the fire must continue to burn on the altar. 831 00:51:09,480 --> 00:51:11,960 The fire must continue to burn on the altar. 832 00:51:11,960 --> 00:51:13,880 It's not a one moment thing. 833 00:51:13,880 --> 00:51:15,720 Fire is not only in catharsismos. 834 00:51:15,720 --> 00:51:19,840 Fire is not only in our third Sunday service, which is prayer service. 835 00:51:19,840 --> 00:51:25,160 Fire is not only when you are in believers meeting. 836 00:51:25,160 --> 00:51:27,280 Fire is not a one moment thing. 837 00:51:27,280 --> 00:51:33,880 It's a continuous thing that must continue in the life of a believer. 838 00:51:33,880 --> 00:51:34,880 Fire is not a one moment. 839 00:51:34,880 --> 00:51:35,880 It must continue. 840 00:51:35,880 --> 00:51:41,200 It must participate in prophesying. 841 00:51:41,200 --> 00:51:47,360 Now we can also say, right, we can also say that fire means your walk in the spirit. 842 00:51:47,360 --> 00:51:48,360 Galatians 5. 843 00:51:48,360 --> 00:51:49,360 Galatians 5. 844 00:51:49,360 --> 00:51:52,360 Your walk in the spirit. 845 00:51:52,360 --> 00:51:55,360 Galatians 5 verse 16. 846 00:51:55,360 --> 00:51:58,240 Can you put that up? 847 00:51:58,240 --> 00:52:01,040 Galatians 5 verse 16. 848 00:52:01,040 --> 00:52:06,520 I said, and walk in the spirit and you shall not fulfill the lusts of the flesh. 849 00:52:06,520 --> 00:52:09,980 So a believer can choose not to walk in the spirit. 850 00:52:09,980 --> 00:52:13,700 You can choose not to participate in the activities of the spirit. 851 00:52:13,700 --> 00:52:15,480 You can choose to neglect it. 852 00:52:15,480 --> 00:52:21,840 You know, Paul would tell Timothy, said, neglect not what's the gifts that is given to you 853 00:52:21,840 --> 00:52:27,560 by the laying of hands of the Presbyterian. 854 00:52:27,560 --> 00:52:29,840 That's first Timothy 4 verse 14. 855 00:52:29,840 --> 00:52:33,200 You can put second Timothy 1 verse 6 as well. 856 00:52:33,200 --> 00:52:36,840 To stir up the flame that is in you. 857 00:52:36,840 --> 00:52:39,840 Stir up something. 858 00:52:39,840 --> 00:52:43,200 So you can write it down. 859 00:52:43,200 --> 00:52:50,160 First Timothy 4 verse 14. 860 00:52:50,160 --> 00:52:53,520 Second Timothy 1 verse 6. 861 00:52:53,520 --> 00:52:58,600 So fire can be seen as the walk in the spirit, right? 862 00:52:58,600 --> 00:53:04,280 It can also be seen, walk in the spirit, we'll put Galatians 5.16. 863 00:53:04,280 --> 00:53:10,200 It can also be seen as walking in love. 864 00:53:10,200 --> 00:53:17,000 Ephesians 5 verse 1 to 2. 865 00:53:17,000 --> 00:53:21,760 Spirit of the spirit can be seen as a walk in the spirit, can be seen as walking in love. 866 00:53:21,760 --> 00:53:31,160 Walking in love is Ephesians 5, 1 to 2, then verse 15 and 20. 867 00:53:31,160 --> 00:53:32,160 Verse 15 and 20. 868 00:53:32,160 --> 00:53:36,200 Can we just read out verse 15 and 20 and we'll close? 869 00:53:36,200 --> 00:53:40,280 We'll read verse 15 and 20 and we'll close. 870 00:53:40,280 --> 00:53:42,480 And we'll practice a little bit. 871 00:53:42,480 --> 00:53:43,480 We'll continue on Wednesday. 872 00:53:43,480 --> 00:53:46,880 We still have a few things to say. 873 00:53:46,880 --> 00:53:56,480 So see then that you walk circumspectly, not as fools, but as wise. 874 00:53:56,480 --> 00:54:00,960 Redeeming the time because the days are evil. 875 00:54:00,960 --> 00:54:07,120 And do not be drunk with wine, in which is dissipation, but be filled with the spirit. 876 00:54:07,120 --> 00:54:08,600 What do we do now? 877 00:54:08,600 --> 00:54:15,320 Speaking to one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing and making melody 878 00:54:15,320 --> 00:54:17,720 in your hearts to the Lord. 879 00:54:17,720 --> 00:54:24,440 Giving thanks always for all things to God the Father in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ. 880 00:54:24,440 --> 00:54:26,440 Can you see that this is an activity, right? 881 00:54:26,440 --> 00:54:29,520 It's an activity of the spirit. 882 00:54:29,520 --> 00:54:34,440 The last thing I'll say is that it is your responsibility to be on fire for God. 883 00:54:34,440 --> 00:54:37,920 It is not God's responsibility. 884 00:54:37,920 --> 00:54:44,320 To be on fire for God is your responsibility and you can choose not to. 885 00:54:44,320 --> 00:54:46,200 But I encourage you to. 886 00:54:46,200 --> 00:54:51,280 To be on fire for God is your responsibility. 887 00:54:51,280 --> 00:54:53,600 We appreciate you being here today. 888 00:54:53,600 --> 00:54:57,240 We hope you carry this word with you throughout your week. 889 00:54:57,240 --> 00:55:00,520 Don't forget to check the show notes for additional insights. 890 00:55:00,520 --> 00:55:05,600 Stay connected with us through our website or follow us on social media. 891 00:55:05,600 --> 00:55:09,840 If you were encouraged, share this message with someone you care about. 892 00:55:09,840 --> 00:55:14,960 Until next time, stay blessed.