What do the following 6 stories from the bible have in common?
(1) Israel's sacrificial system of worship using burnt offerings to God.
(2) The prophet Elijah on Mount Carmel facing off against 850 false prophets.
(3) Moses being called by God at the burning bush.
(4) God protecting Israel at the Red Sea from the armies and chariots of Pharaoh with a pillar of fire.
(5) The Day of Pentecost when gloves tongues of fire came upon the disciples as evidence of the Holy Spirit.
(6) A group of former sorcerers in the City of Ephesus who one night decided to publicly burn their scrolls and magical arts.
Each one of these stories is a reflection of God's curious and mysterious relationship with "fire"... and how God often uses literal fire to accomplish his will and purposes to bring forth his Kingdom upon the earth.
In this series of episodes Tony presents the concept of "The Holy Fire"... and reveals how we can use the literal flames of a literal fire in our pursuit of sexual purity... as we seek to bring our sexual gift under the authority of Christ.
18 Many of those who believed now came and openly confessed what they had done. 19 A number who had practiced sorcery brought their scrolls together and burned them publicly. When they calculated the value of the scrolls, the total came to fifty thousand drachmas. 20 In this way the word of the Lord spread widely and grew in power. Acts 19:18-20
