Choosing the Living God: Igniting Authentic Faith

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I find that also in the Christian faith there are many that claim that they've got a fiery testimony but you can't see it demonstrated in their walk. These people appear to be genuine but upon investigation in their lives we find that the fire is not real. [00:04:18]

What troubles me is that many, I would say, have gotten into the good act of pretending. They're good at pretending to be a child of God rather than to be one that without an effort of our own, we demonstrate God's glory in our walk, in our conversation, and in our relationships. See, if the fire is in you, it's going to be real. [00:04:37]

If God's fire is in your life, if it's operating in you and me, we're going to be genuine. We're going to be genuine. [00:04:59]

There are people who are saying that they're a child of God, but really deep down on the inside, they don't really know him. And the reason why I'm bringing this out, ladies and gentlemen, is because the Lord is coming back real soon. [00:05:12]

We must prepare ourselves. We must demonstrate that Christ is alive in us. Notice I'm not saying that we have to make the fire. God will stir the fire in us if we would simply yield to his glory. [00:05:43]

Ladies and gentlemen, you and I that have studied the Bible, it is our absolute definition of right and wrong. God says this is right. God says this is wrong. [00:07:30]

You have a lot of people believing in idols. And one of those idols is humanism or believing in the ability of man. And ladies and gentlemen, you and I know that the only true God, he is the only God. There is no other. [00:08:05]

Do you know who the real God is? And it comes down to this, the one who answers by fire. It may not be that physical fire of Elijah's day on Mount Carmel, but it will definitely be a fire in your soul that you will know and you will recognize that he is the living God. [00:10:06]

We can't continue to halt ourselves between two opinions. We can't fall back on the fact that says, well, it depends on the situation. God said in his word, thou shalt not kill. He said, thou shalt not steal. And Jesus even expanded on it in the New Testament where he says, if you even think about it, then you're sinning. [00:10:29]

Those of us who have received Christ as Lord into our lives, those of us who believe on his name, it doesn't mean that we're perfect. It doesn't mean that we never make a mistake. Ladies and gentlemen, we're not saying that. What we are saying is this: as a matter of fact the bible says that elijah was a man of like passions just like you and i in other words he was human but he knew that god was real that's the point that's the point. [00:11:30]

God's going to move us into position and then light up our lives so in other words you and I are really fire starters. It's not a thing where we just sit on a hill and we just shine or we just say, oh, isn't it nice that I'm a Christian? No, God is going to use us to light up someone else's life. [00:12:47]

The world is so confused now that we need people with the true light of God. And you can't back off and say, well, it depends on the circumstance. No, God works in mysterious ways. Circumstance and no circumstance, God establishes his truth and his truth prevails forever. [00:13:22]

You can be a fire starter. You can take it because when that light is in your life, then you become that symbol of confidence, one that really knows God. You're also saying God has control of my life, so you're making a statement of God's control. [00:19:29]

There's no one, absolutely no one, who's ever met God and remained the same. You cannot remain as you were. You have to be changed. If any man be in Christ, he is a new creature. Old things are passed away and behold, all things are become new. [00:19:47]

But my point is this. Do you have the fire of God in you? Not just the fire that you say, I possess, but do you have enough firepower in you to share with someone else and to convince them that God is real? [00:21:44]

God will walk with you. He will talk with you. God will fellowship with you so that the world will know that you have his fire on the inside of you. [00:22:13]

Now you can be a light to this world or you can cover that light and pretend I'm just going along to get along. But let that fire of God burn within you. Let it consume you to the point where you can't help but tell people, my God is real. [00:22:23]

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