Open Heaven 8 August 2020: [Saturday] – Fire Quenchers
FIRE QUENCHERS – Saturday August
8th 2020
Memorise: Wherefore let him that thinketh he
standeth take heed lest he fall. 1st Corinthians 10:12
Read: Matthew 5:27-30 (KJV)
27 Ye have heard that it was said by them of old time, Thou shalt not
commit adultery:
28 But I say unto you, That whosoever looketh on a woman to lust
after her hath committed adultery with her already in his heart.
29 And if thy right eye offend thee, pluck it out, and cast it from
thee: for it is profitable for thee that one of thy members should perish, and
not that thy whole body should be cast into hell.
30 And if thy right hand offend thee, cut it off, and cast it from
thee: for it is profitable for thee that one of thy members should perish, and
not that thy whole body should be cast into hell.
Message:-
A
fire-quencher is something that reduces your zeal and heat for God. They are in
three categories as listed in 1st John 2:15-17;
Open Heaven 8 August 2020 – Fire Quenchers
“Love not the world, neither the things that are in the
world. If any man love the world, the love of the Father is not in him. For all
that is in the world, the lust of the flesh, and the lust of the eyes, and the
pride of life, is not of the Father, but is of the world. And the world passeth
away, and the lust thereof: but he that doeth the will of God abideth for
ever.”
Open Heaven 8 August 2020: [Saturday] – Fire Quenchers
Beware
of the lust of the eyes. Samson saw and kept coveting what he had no
business desiring (Judges 14:1, Judges 16:1). In Joshua 7:21, Achan saw and
coveted what he had no business touching. It also led to the destruction of
himself and his family. Colossians 3:1-2 says:
“If ye then be risen with Christ, seek those things which
are above, where Christ sitteth on the right hand of God. Set your affection on
things above, not on things on the earth.”
Beware
of the lust of the flesh. Paul said if we live by the
flesh, then we would die.
Open Heaven 8 August 2020 Saturday: Key Point
“Therefore, brethren, we are debtors, not to the flesh,
to live after the flesh. For if ye live after the flesh, ye shall die: but if
ye through the Spirit do mortify the deeds of the body, ye shall live.”
Romans 8:12-13
Like
Paul, you must keep your flesh under (1st Corinthians 9:25-27). It
was the lust of the flesh that destroyed Gehazi and Eli’s family.
Beware
of the pride of life. The devil’s is the father of
pride. He was the first to exhibit pride (Isaiah 14:13-14). Where pride is, you
will find the devil. Pride quenched his fire when he was an archangel and he is
using it now as a tool to quench the fire of many people. When your sentences
are filled with so many ‘I’s, beware!
Do
not tolerate fire-quenchers in your life because their ultimate goal is to
cause eternal death.
Key Point
Watch out for the basic fire quenchers – lust
of the eyes, lust of the flesh and the pride of life.
Open Heavens Daily Devotional Lessons was written by Pastor E.A. Adeboye, the General Overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God,
one of the largest evangelical Churches in
the world and also the President of Christ
the Redeemer's Ministries.
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