Signs of Revival - The Fire of God (notes)

Signs of Revival - The Fire of God

Principles

• Fire is a sign of the glory of God.
• Moses saw the burning bush and it was the presence of God.
• The pillar of fire at night was a manifestation of the glory of God.
• When fire consumed the sacrifice of Elijah this was a sign of God’s approval of Elijah.

Revivals

• Have many manifestations but one of the significant ones is fire.
• Such as the day of Pentecost was manifested by tongues of fire that was seen on the disciples.

Ahaziah

• Became king after Ahab’s death.
• Did evil in the eyes of the Lord.
• Served and worshiped Baal and provoked the Lord to anger just as his father had done.
• Fell through the lattice of his upper room and injured himself.
• Sends messengers to consult Baal-Zebub, the god Ekron, to see if he would recover from his injury.
• But the angel of the Lord tells Elijah to go and intercept the king’s messengers and ask them, Is it because there is no God in Israel that you are going off to consult Baal-Zebub.
• This is what the Lord says. You will not leave the bed you are lying on. You will certainly die!
• They go back to the king and tell him what Elijah said.
• Sends a captain and 50 men with a message for Elijah. Come down.
• Elijah was on top of a hill. Elijah responds. If I am a man of God, may fire come down from heaven and consume you and your men.
• Fire falls and wipes the men out.
• Send 51 more men and they experience the same fate as the first group.

A Third Group

• Of 51 men go but this time the captain falls on his knees before Elijah and says, Man of God, please have respect for my life and the lives of these fifty men your servants. He recalls what happened to the first two groups.
• The angel of the Lord tells Elijah, Go down with him, do not be afraid of him. So Elijah went with him.

When There Is

• A void of the presence of God in the leadership of a nation they will go to the wrong source to get advice.
• If the nation has a history with God this will always cause God to judge that leader or nation.

Let’s Look At Fire

• Fire is a sign of the presence of God.
• Elijah experienced the fire of God on several occasions.
• Fire is also a sign of God’s approval on a person or nation. In this case God was saying, Elijah is my man and I approve of his ministry.

Visitations

• In history have been known by the fire of God.
• Also are known by manifestations such as fire on top of a building, on top of a person or in a place.
• Are threatening because people are not accustomed to change. We like things to be predictable. We get into ruts and we need God to get us out.
• Show us how big God is; so God will take us through the Word and reveal Himself to us in many wonderful ways.
• Are demonstrations of God’s love and so we get a whole new picture of God. We see how much He loves people and how miracles are demonstrations of His love.

What The Fire of God Does:

• It purifies the people of God.
• It is a manifestation of the love (passion) of God for people.
• It shows the World the wonder and might of God.
• It talks about the holiness of God.

When Ezekiel Saw

• The vision of God, God looked like He was on fire.
• When John saw Jesus on the Island of Patmos His eyes looked like pools of fire.
• Moses saw the finger of God writing on the tablets of stone the law and it looked like fire writing on stone.

I Want To See

• The fire of God on us as a people.
• The fire of God on my children and their children.
• The fire of God on our nation once again.
• The fire of God in the market place.