The Fire Must Not Go Out, Without the Fire It’s Only a Bush

Date
August 28, 2022
Speaker
C. William Roberts, Pastor
Topic
Pentecost, Spiritual Growth
Book
Exodus

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Exodus 3:1-12 (KJV)

1 Now Moses kept the flock of Jethro his father in law, the priest of Midian: and he led the flock to the backside of the desert, and came to the mountain of God, even to Horeb.
²And the angel of the Lord appeared unto him in a flame of fire out of the midst of a bush: and he looked, and, behold, the bush burned with fire, and the bush was not consumed.
³And Moses said, I will now turn aside, and see this great sight, why the bush is not burnt.
⁴And when the Lord saw that he turned aside to see, God called unto him out of the midst of the bush, and said, Moses, Moses. And he said, Here am I.
⁵And he said, Draw not nigh hither: put off thy shoes from off thy feet, for the place whereon thou standest is holy ground.
⁶Moreover he said, I am the God of thy father, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob. And Moses hid his face; for he was afraid to look upon God.
⁷And the Lord said, I have surely seen the affliction of my people which are in Egypt, and have heard their cry by reason of their taskmasters; for I know their sorrows;
⁸And I am come down to deliver them out of the hand of the Egyptians, and to bring them up out of that land unto a good land and a large, unto a land flowing with milk and honey; unto the place of the Canaanites, and the Hittites, and the Amorites, and the Perizzites, and the Hivites, and the Jebusites.
⁹Now therefore, behold, the cry of the children of Israel is come unto me: and I have also seen the oppression wherewith the Egyptians oppress them.
¹⁰Come now therefore, and I will send thee unto Pharaoh, that thou mayest bring forth my people the children of Israel out of Egypt.
¹¹And Moses said unto God, Who am I, that I should go unto Pharaoh, and that I should bring forth the children of Israel out of Egypt?
¹²And he said, Certainly I will be with thee; and this shall be a token unto thee, that I have sent thee: When thou hast brought forth the people out of Egypt, ye shall serve God upon this mountain.

John 17:20-23 (NIV)

²⁰“My prayer is not for them alone. I pray also for those who will believe in me through their message,

²¹that all of them may be one, Father, just as you are in me and I am in you. May they also be in us so that the world may believe that you have sent me.

²²I have given them the glory that you gave me, that they may be one as we are one—

²³I in them and you in me—so that they may be brought to complete unity. Then the world will know that you sent me and have loved them even as you have loved me.

Acts 2:1-4 (KJV)

1 And when the day of Pentecost was fully come, they were all with one accord in one place.
²And suddenly there came a sound from heaven as of a rushing mighty wind, and it filled all the house where they were sitting.
³And there appeared unto them cloven tongues like as of fire, and it sat upon each of them.
⁴And they were all filled with the Holy Ghost, and began to speak with other tongues, as the Spirit gave them utterance.

Acts 2:37-39 (KJV)

³⁷Now when they heard this, they were pricked in their heart, and said unto Peter and to the rest of the apostles, Men and brethren, what shall we do?
³⁸Then Peter said unto them, Repent, and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins, and ye shall receive the gift of the Holy Ghost.
³⁹For the promise is unto you, and to your children, and to all that are afar off, even as many as the Lord our God shall call.

Matthew 13:15 (NIV)

¹⁵For this people’s heart has become calloused; they hardly hear with their ears, and they have closed their eyes. Otherwise they might see with their eyes, hear with their ears, understand with their hearts and turn, and I would heal them.

Acts 1:4 (KJV)

⁴And, being assembled together with them, commanded them that they should not depart from Jerusalem, but wait for the promise of the Father, which, saith he, ye have heard of me.

1 Thessalonians 5:19 (KJV)

¹⁹Quench not the Spirit.

1 Thessalonians 5:19 (AMP)

¹⁹Do not quench [subdue, or be unresponsive to the working and guidance of] the [Holy] Spirit.

Isaiah 60:1-3 (NLT)

1 “Arise, Jerusalem! Let your light shine for all to see. For the glory of the Lord rises to shine on you.
²Darkness as black as night covers all the nations of the earth, but the glory of the Lord rises and appears over you.

³All nations will come to your light; mighty kings will come to see your radiance.

2 Timothy 1:6 (NLT)

⁶This is why I remind you to fan into flames the spiritual gift God gave you when I laid my hands on you.

Zechariah 4:6 (KJV)

⁶Then he answered and spake unto me, saying, This is the word of the Lord unto Zerubbabel, saying, Not by might, nor by power, but by my spirit, saith the Lord of hosts.

Leviticus 6:13 (NIV)

¹³The fire must be kept burning on the altar continuously; it must not go out.

Leviticus 9:23-24 (NKJV)

²³And Moses and Aaron went into the tabernacle of meeting, and came out and blessed the people. Then the glory of the Lord appeared to all the people,
²⁴and fire came out from before the Lord and consumed the burnt offering and the fat on the altar. When all the people saw it, they shouted and fell on their faces.

Leviticus 10:1-2 (KJV)

¹ And Nadab and Abihu, the sons of Aaron, took either of them his censer, and put fire therein, and put incense thereon, and offered strange fire before the Lord, which he commanded them not.
²And there went out fire from the Lord, and devoured them, and they died before the Lord.

Galatians 3:3 (NLT)

³How foolish can you be? After starting your new lives in the Spirit, why are you now trying to become perfect by your own human effort?

2 Timothy 3:5 (NLT)

⁵They will act religious, but they will reject the power that could make them godly. Stay away from people like that!

John 17:22 (KJV)

²²And the glory which thou gavest me I have given them; that they may be one, even as we are one:

Matthew 3:11 (NIV)

¹¹“I baptize you with water for repentance. But after me comes one who is more powerful than I, whose sandals I am not worthy to carry. He will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and fire.

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