The flame of passion - Set apart or consumed?
Every day we offer our lives on the altar of God. The altar is the place of sacrafice, the place where we offer up our works to him from earth and he recieves or rejects them. Throughout the old testament the altar was the place of communication between God and man. It has always been a place of sacrafice, a place we we offer up a sacrafice to God. Abraham offered sacrafices of animals and fire, David offered sacrafices of rams, Jesus was the ultimate sacrafice, offering his life to God. What is your sacrifice? What is your life bringing to God on the altar? What fire, or passion, is burning within you as you live your life as a daily offering? Is it an offering that is pure and pleasing to the Lord? Or is it a stench in his nostrils? An insult to all he has given you?
Genesis 4 Read This Chapter
4:4
while Abel brought several choice lambs from the best of his flock. The LORD accepted Abel and his offering,
Hebrews 11 Read This Chapter
11:4
It was by faith that Abel brought a more acceptable offering to God than Cain did. God accepted Abel's offering to show that he was a righteous man. And although Abel is long dead, he still speaks to us because of his faith.
Greek renders this word as thusiasterion [qusiasthvrion], "a place of sacrifice."
As disciples of Christ it is our duty to ensure that the passions and flames burning within us offer up a pleasing incense to heaven. It is our duty to ensure that we keep ourselves "unmixed" and "free" from that which would take away from his call and purpose for our lives. On that day the Word says (insert verse) we will have to give an account for all that we have done and it will be tried by fire. I want to live my life in a way that I will arrive with the precious good works in hand, ready to receive my reward. I don't want to to be left wanting, having produced wood, hay, and stubble - things that are of little value. Things that will be burned in the fire.
Tuesday, September 28, 2004
Friday, September 10, 2004
The flame of passion - Set apart or consumed?
Life is full of many things, but when you boil it down to it's essential core your are left with a very few deep seated, human desires and passions. Paul wrote to Timothy in his second letter, Chapter 2 verse 20 (NLT):
In a wealthy home some utensils are made of gold and silver, and some are made of wood and clay. The expensive utensils are used for special occasions, and the cheap ones are for everyday use.
Notice the distinction between common every day things and things that are meaningful in your life, the events that count for something. I'm referring to the gold and silver in your life, the gifts and callings of God on your life. These are the purposes you were brought to this earth for, the mission you were designed to accomplish.
Paul continues to Timothy in verse 21:
If you keep yourself pure, you will be a utensil God can use for his purpose. Your life will be clean, and you will be ready for the Master to use you for every good work.
In order to find that gold and silver within, that "good work" which could be your next job promotion, a new ministry opportunity, a greater increase in your personal walk with God, whatever this "good work" may be, we must be pure. This is the condition God lays out in his Word. To be pure is to be "unmixed with any other matter", to be free from that which weakens and pollutes. It is to be free from things that do not properly belong.
As disciples of Christ it is our duty to ensure that the passions and flames burning within us offer up a pleasing incense to heaven. It is our duty to ensure that we keep ourselves "unmixed" and "free" from that which would take away from his call and purpose for our lives. On that day the Word says (insert verse) we will have to give an account for all that we have done and it will be tried by fire. I want to live my life in a way that I will arrive with the precious good works in hand, ready to receive my reward. I don't want to to be left wanting, having produced wood, hay, and stubble - things that are of little value. Things that will be burned in the fire.
Every day we offer our lives on the altar of God. The altar is the place of sacrafice, the place where we offer up our works to him from earth and he recieves or rejects them. Throughout the old testament the altar was the place of communication between God and man. It has always been a place of sacrafice, a place we we offer up a sacrafice to God. Abraham offered sacrafices of animals and fire, David offered sacrafices of rams, Jesus was the ultimate sacrafice, offering his life to God. What is your sacrifice? What is your life bringing to God on the altar? What fire, or passion, is burning within you as you live your life as a daily offering? Is it an offering that is pure and pleasing to the Lord? Or is it a stench in his nostrils? An insult to all he has given you?
Life is full of many things, but when you boil it down to it's essential core your are left with a very few deep seated, human desires and passions. Paul wrote to Timothy in his second letter, Chapter 2 verse 20 (NLT):
In a wealthy home some utensils are made of gold and silver, and some are made of wood and clay. The expensive utensils are used for special occasions, and the cheap ones are for everyday use.
Notice the distinction between common every day things and things that are meaningful in your life, the events that count for something. I'm referring to the gold and silver in your life, the gifts and callings of God on your life. These are the purposes you were brought to this earth for, the mission you were designed to accomplish.
Paul continues to Timothy in verse 21:
If you keep yourself pure, you will be a utensil God can use for his purpose. Your life will be clean, and you will be ready for the Master to use you for every good work.
In order to find that gold and silver within, that "good work" which could be your next job promotion, a new ministry opportunity, a greater increase in your personal walk with God, whatever this "good work" may be, we must be pure. This is the condition God lays out in his Word. To be pure is to be "unmixed with any other matter", to be free from that which weakens and pollutes. It is to be free from things that do not properly belong.
As disciples of Christ it is our duty to ensure that the passions and flames burning within us offer up a pleasing incense to heaven. It is our duty to ensure that we keep ourselves "unmixed" and "free" from that which would take away from his call and purpose for our lives. On that day the Word says (insert verse) we will have to give an account for all that we have done and it will be tried by fire. I want to live my life in a way that I will arrive with the precious good works in hand, ready to receive my reward. I don't want to to be left wanting, having produced wood, hay, and stubble - things that are of little value. Things that will be burned in the fire.
Every day we offer our lives on the altar of God. The altar is the place of sacrafice, the place where we offer up our works to him from earth and he recieves or rejects them. Throughout the old testament the altar was the place of communication between God and man. It has always been a place of sacrafice, a place we we offer up a sacrafice to God. Abraham offered sacrafices of animals and fire, David offered sacrafices of rams, Jesus was the ultimate sacrafice, offering his life to God. What is your sacrifice? What is your life bringing to God on the altar? What fire, or passion, is burning within you as you live your life as a daily offering? Is it an offering that is pure and pleasing to the Lord? Or is it a stench in his nostrils? An insult to all he has given you?
Thursday, September 09, 2004
The Crisis: Following the lusts and passions of the flesh results in a shameful life trapped behind the prison bars of sin, with a great longing to be free and never fulfulling the call of God on your life.
sacrafice, altar, passion, fire
Title:
Misdirected Passions - Aflame with all the wrong things
Burning with Passion - What drives you?
Passion - What is burning inside of you?
Passion - What consumes you?
The flame of passion - set apart or consumed
Passion - An all consuming flame
The Solution:
sacrafice, altar, passion, fire
Title:
Misdirected Passions - Aflame with all the wrong things
Burning with Passion - What drives you?
Passion - What is burning inside of you?
Passion - What consumes you?
The flame of passion - set apart or consumed
Passion - An all consuming flame
The Solution:
- Old Man vs. New Man
Awareness - Knowledge is Power (I understand therefore I can overcome) - Renewed Passions & Desires by the Holy Spirit
- Willpower (it is a constant fight, I beat my body daily)Mindpower
Romans 8:5-??
Proverbs 26:20
Without wood, fire goes out;
Leviticus 6 Read This Chapter
6:13
Fire must be kept burning on the altar continually; it must not go out.
Acts 2 Read This Chapter
2:3
And tongues, like flames of fire that were divided, appeared to them and rested on each one of them.
Fire for a sacred purpose obtained otherwise than from the altar was called "strange fire" (Leviticus 10:1,2; Numbers 3:4).
Isaiah 4 Read This Chapter
Fire for sacred purposes obtained elsewhere than from the altar was called "strange fire," and for the use of such Nadab and Abihu were punished with death by fire from God. (Leviticus 10:1,2; Numbers 3:4; 26:61)
4:4
when the Lord has washed away the filth of the daughters of Zion and cleansed the bloodguilt from the heart of Jerusalem by a spirit of judgment and a spirit of burning.
Proverbs 30 Read This Chapter
30:16
Sheol; a barren womb; earth, which is never satisfied with water;and fire, which never says, ";Enough!";
Evil desire Genesis 3:6; Exodus 20:17; Job 31:9-12; Psalms 81:12; Proverbs 6:24,25; Matthew 5:28; Mark 4:19; John 8:44; 1 Corinthians 9:27; 10:6,7; Ephesians 4:22; 1 Timothy 6:9; 2 Timothy 2:22; 4:3,4; Titus 2:12; James 1:14,15; 4:1-3; 1 Peter 2:11; 4:3; 2 Peter 2:18; 3:3; 1 John 2:16,17; Jude 1:16,18
Joh 2:17 - Show Context
Then his disciples remembered this prophecy from the Scriptures: "Passion for God's house burns within me."
1Co 7:37 - Show Context
But if he has decided firmly not to marry and there is no urgency and he can control his passion, he does well not to marry.
1Th 4:5 - Show Context
not in lustful passion as the pagans do, in their ignorance of God and his ways.
Ro 1:27 - Show Context
And the men, instead of having normal sexual relationships with women, burned with lust for each other. Men did shameful things with other men and, as a result, suffered within themselves the penalty they so richly deserved.
1Co 7:9 - Show Context
But if they can't control themselves, they should go ahead and marry. It's better to marry than to burn with lust.
Eph 4:22 - Show Context
throw off your old evil nature and your former way of life, which is rotten through and through, full of lust and deception
Col 3:5 - Show Context
So put to death the sinful, earthly things lurking within you. Have nothing to do with sexual sin, impurity, lust, and shameful desires. Don't be greedy for the good things of this life, for that is idolatry.
2Ti 2:22 - Show Context
Run from anything that stimulates youthful lust. Follow anything that makes you want to do right. Pursue faith and love and peace, and enjoy the companionship of those who call on the Lord with pure hearts.
1Pe 4:3 - Show Context
You have had enough in the past of the evil things that godless people enjoy – their immorality and lust, their feasting and drunkenness and wild parties, and their terrible worship of idols.
2Pe 2:14 - Show Context
They commit adultery with their eyes, and their lust is never satisfied. They make a game of luring unstable people into sin. They train themselves to be greedy; they are doomed and cursed.
1Jo 2:16 - Show Context
For the world offers only the lust for physical pleasure, the lust for everything we see, and pride in our possessions. These are not from the Father. They are from this evil world.
Ec 7:26 - Show Context
I discovered that a seductive woman is more bitter than death. Her passion is a trap, and her soft hands will bind you. Those who please God will escape from her, but sinners will be caught in her snare.
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