The Baptism of Fire

Text: Matt.3:15-17
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There is a difference between the Holy Ghost and fire, I indeed baptize you with water unto repentance: but he that cometh after me is mightier than I, whose shoes I am not worthy to bear: he shall baptize you with the Holy Ghost, and with fire: Matt 3:11.

You could carry the Holy Ghost and speak in tongues and it ends there, they are not the evidence of fire. You need to acquire the fire, which also comes from the Holy Ghost but can stand alone. So when you see people who are filled with the Holy Ghost and speak in tongues and when they sleep demons come to oppress them, they don’t have the fire. The fire that the Bible talks about here refers to baptism in the Holy Spirit and with fire. However, when there is sin in your life, the fire dies, The spirit of man is the candle of the LORD, searching all the inward parts of the belly: Prov. 20:27.

The fire of God in your life is located in your spirit man. Wherever in your life that you tolerate sin, the consequence is that the light goes off. But the plan of God is that the candlelight of God should be on perpetually, The fire shall ever be burning upon the altar; it shall never go out: Lev. 6:13. In the spirit realm the altar of a child of God is his heart, a symbol of the altar of God.

Your spirit man is an altar, and the instruction to the priest is that upon this altar the fire shall burn regularly (Lev. 6:13). In other words, your spirit must relate with the fire of the Holy Ghost regularly, every time, every moment, every minute, everyday. You must be somebody whose spirit is consistently on fire for God because the candlelight of your spirit (your inner man) is the spirit of God.

When you walk into sin, no matter how tiny it is the candlelight is quenched. When you walk into sin, the power of the light that ought to be consistently on is terminated. Sin destroys the fire of the spirit, it doesn't matter what that sin is. Even a tiny lie would mess you up. Every time you go into sin you quench the fire; that is the reason why without the fire on you cannot possess your possession. When your fire is constantly on, which means your spirit is constantly in touch with the Spirit of God, everything that is yours walks up to you.

When Jesus was baptised three things happened to Him:

1. Heaven opened.
2. The Holy Ghost, like a dove, descended on Him.
3. He heard the voice from Heaven.
That is more than a tongue experience. Ask for it.

Prayer/Action
* Ask God to baptise you with the Holy Ghost and fire.
* Ask God to take you deeper in the Holy Ghost than tongue experience.
* Ask that the Lord will add gifts of the Spirit to your baptism experience.