heavenly father i think you for your words i think you for the power of your word to change hearts to change the lives i think you lord for your holy spirit that takes the word and burns that word within our hearts to bring change to our life and i thank you father god for the promise of the holy spirit that lives within each believer that we have the holy spirit within us and lord you say that you want to baptize us with the holy spirit and with fire that you want to us and the father god if it's anything besides you it needs to go so that we have just the fire of god in his and not a fire for the things of this roll of fire for all the other stuff that's out there well the fire for you in jesus name you motivated and i would argue that we can have a choice that we can have that woods of fire of god or the fire of last or the fire of the passion for the things of this role do you know that with god is black and white how do we know that when god is black and white because he says i'd rather you be hot or cold than lukewarm and i've shared before doesn't mean that cold is bad if you understand the context when jesus to warm water that nobody liked so when he says that you'd be hot or cold my god doesn't want you to be called in the sense of he wants to not serve g s us he just saying i want you hot luke warm your heart your heart doesn't go towards god when you're lukewarm where's it go to the days of this road you know why you're lukewarm because of the things of this world and so we look at that word lust how many is carmi an avi struggle with lost we lost for america's got tal or i can always record it and he said instead of running out of here on wednesday nights to see it instead of a mondays when it comes on how about spending time in prayer instead now pastor rich can pray is that in two hours america's got if he can pray for two hours straight and not watch america's got talent the first hour be praying god help me because i want to watch america's got talent and the second hour  and here's the reality we got to start being honest people going to be real honest with you i said we're going to spin and our bible study time i said it has been less fifteen minutes praying about repentan people pray about everything except  why you know why repentance is a hard thing it's a hard thing and it's hard to do when there's a real people but guess what when the fire of god is in you you don't care about people and guess what when there's revival taking place you know how it took place every five you know it happened public confession every revival that took place there was public confession if you turn around and you confess it publicly guess what starts to happen it's hard to keep acting it out isn't it in every revival there was a place where there was that but can i make you confess  repent can i make you pray i make you wear a costume like this no only the holy spirit can but when you are the fire of god is living within you guess what starts to happen the fire brings conviction is is what fire is in you for god is why would anybody know what the scripture is for our god is a consuming what is consumed mean take over to bring judgment upon you and you know who's choice that is yours god great conviction about something and you turn around and say oh ouch god god forgive me it just refined we weep when we pray about repentance me cry for god us repent and we don't pray about other stuff and then you get mad at me because i just come front and you on it either you'll be you don't know god you don't have god in your life when the consuming fire comes it's going to consume you no one is going to do is going to destroy you so what does that passage as talk about for god the consuming fire is reading and some people say they don't like the concept of that is says that he is going to baptize with the holy spirit and fire some people like that so the bible john says there's one coming after me is going to baptize the holy spirit of fire and here's what they turn around and sa love people who try to make the scripture say what they want is that what it is that they say well it can't mean that jesus going to baptize us with fire because fire is hallowed and and is not as saying that they're going to give you the holy spirit is going to send you to hel acts when they were baptized only spirit what does this say tongues of fire came upon them because tongues of fire come upon them to judge them no to fill them with power because there's power when there's fire i love i got that image that fire is not  that's how you could look at that and there is that is one concept if i'm not acting if i take the name of jesus how many know that that many people want to say one that when the think a man is says not to take the lord's name  and people always say that about cursing do you know that verse is not about saying a cuss word that's not how you take the lord's name in vain by a cuss word you take the lord's name in vain whenever you do anything as a christian that you shouldn't do i'm a christian i'm a follower of jesus christ i love jesus with all my heart and then i do the things of the devil is that take in the name of christ's name  absolutely so there's a reverence there and one is talking about reverence as the rivers guy but god by how i live it so there is a fiery consuming fire that can bring judgment but this look at it again therefore let us be grateful of receiving a cane and that cannot be shaken you know that god's kingdom can't be shaken now listen i don't care how many christians get persecuted i don't care what happens to any churches in this rural old that's not going to stop christianity talking about except to worship his worship that honors god with all that we live and if you have the fire god living within you you want to live differently if you have the consuming fire working in acceptable worship whatever that means for you with reverence and all worship be with reverence and all so listen to me if you're in this sanctuary when worship is going on and you're playing with your full there's not reverence at all if you turn around and you've got ear buds on and you're listening to the game into worshipping god is there anybody have missed yet just let me know that the holy spirit will go tell me let him know he'll speak to me kay is my go to step on toes no but guess what the consuming fire of god is going to speak to us about things in our lives and so out of that again what kind of fire do you have now you're you're ok you drop to where oh my goodness oh my wife gave me a secret all my goodness i could my sermon anywhere there is are we stinking they turn around and go to church and raise their hands and jump up and down when there's altar call to run the altar and then during the week they're living like the devil how we dress me outside doesn't mean that's within the inside but how many know what's in the inside is show on the outside right now carmi really honest she didn't really want to do this because you know her  some of the worst times of the nation of israel they were being overrun by their enemies because of all the sin in the rebellion and god called jeremiah to be a papa to people who did not want to listen to the prophet and jeremiah came to a point just like i've come to the point jeremiah came to a point he says god i don't want the fire anymore god i'm tired of it no matter what i speak it doesn't matter i've been to the plains i said god i don't want to preach any more because nobody seems to listen to what i want to teach anymore because nobody seems to catch on to the teaching of god no matter what i say if i say that people can we do this they do the opposite and the canes of pla is getting the press thing is getting discouraging or i can't stand the city because then his community is getting the president god i can't stand the fact of call me to be a pastor you call me to be a prophet you see it's hard when your pastor to propagate you know why nobody understands you as a pastor supposed to love an incline and visit you do this and that and all those kind of stuff and encourage you would be that that that shepherded and then draw you in when you go far away but a prophet speaks the truth whether you like it or not can anybody figure out that i have to struggle with that all the time both sides in the midst of doing recovery for so long i was the prophet when i should have been more the the pastor can't take that back nine  lot of things i did wrong a lot of things i did wrong but i came to a point in my life at many different times right get discouraged so jeremiah is being locked up for preaching the word and he gets locked up by the israelites god's chosen people lock him up and i have felt like i've been locked up and i've been in a prison and then this is what it says in jeremiah twenty nine then i said i will not make mention of him nor speak anymore his name the prophet says that i am not going to make mention of his name and i'm not going to speak his name anymore is that a bad thing for a prophet to do what you call them in sin but you call them in rebellion  word out i don't want to give the word up but i have to give the word out i don't want to serve him but i have to serve me i don't want to live but i have to serving i want to die seven years for me of wanting to there it may be a kindo of a flame but you can't help it it might just be a pilot light but there is a fire that is there and i'll be honest for some of you have never seen a fire ever about the things of god never no excitement about jesus about any thing whatsoever i wonder do you have a pilot light in you what is the pilot light the holy spirit spirit of god in you and so what does it say about his word was in my heart is a burning fire shut up in my bones because you want to let it out and when you don't let it out you say times get bitter you sometimes get critical it'll wear you out to not get it out i wore myself out trying to hold it in but i just can't do it guess what church i've held back on so many things high a worry myself out trying to figure out what you ate a goal this direction that reaction to make sure that we can get peace the people we need to appease to make sure this that everything else and i'm not a man pleaser i mean no i'm not a man pleaser well you're deceived i'm just like you i want people to hate me the difference is i'll do that whether you hate me or not of his truth i'm going to speak the truth what i have to learn is when is that the prophet when is it the pastor and find that balance but the bottom line is i need to be me and you need to be you would ever caught has called you to be whatever god's called you to do you need to be to do it you don't have to wear an outfit like this list pastor rich ask you to for demonstration purposes ok but out of it there needs to be something within us that god is burning and this is this something else guess what there are people in this room and rather is not in this room as people on t v that are watching for sure that they got sin burning within them and they were in themselves out to not do it now what i mean by that they take the name of jesus and they're showing up the church and they're trying to act like a good christian they're trying to behave but everything in them once that serve everyone of us are hypocrites but really the hypocrite is the person who has all this stuff that they love for the rural instead of jesus but they're acting like they really want jesus in their life but they really have the rule let me tell you something you never going to probably hear this from me again this is if you want more of the role than jesus go back to the world you're miserable anyways go back to the role i come in and you go back into the a whole lot of religion to do your good a little dab of jesus in a bunch of religion you know you've got a little devotees a whole bunch of religion you know you've got misery no victory in your life no upon the name of the lord will be saved john one seven says you must be born again acts sixteen thirty one says believe in the lord jesus christ and thou shall be saved and that the one to pieces repents you him believe th you accept jesus christ as your lord and savior today you want to get more information you can always go to our website to learn how to accept jesus christ as your lord and savior you can go to there is hope to god i want as there is hope t v dot org and we have information on frequently asked questions about christianity we let you know step by step out accept jesus christ your lord and savior encourage you to go to t v or that is there is hope to be god or also ology know if you would like to talk to me person you have been listening to their results with pastor richard three jesus christ we can live a victorious life seattle open door church located during committed to loving god loving people  loving 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