[Sermon]: Going Higher (31) – Pastor Adeboye

RCCG Special Sunday Service; Going Higher (part 31)

Topic: Going Higher (part 31)

Sub-Title: The Fire that Fell

Text: 1 Kings 18:37-39

What happened when the fire fell?

1. It consumed the offering on the altar.

• Not all offerings are acceptable to God. Genesis 4: 3-5

• If God rejects your offering, it means He has rejected you.

• When God accepts your offering, it is a privilege.

• If anyone tells you that without your help, God can't do His work, the fellow is deceiving you.

2. The fire consumed the wood.

• Every wood has the potential of becoming fire, hence the name 'firewood'.

• But the potential will not be actualized until it comes in contact with fire.

▪︎Peter's potential was activated when the fire fell. Luke 5: 1-11, Acts 2: 1-4

3. The fire consumed the stones.

• Stone signifies suffering. Matthew 13: 1-6,

• Fire can bring an end to hardship. 1 Kings 17: 8-16, 2 Kings 4: 1-7, Exodus 3: 1-8

• A stone can also represent the hardened heart of man.

Ezekiel 36:26, Jeremiah 17:9

▪︎John became an apostle of love after the fire fell.

Mark 3:17, Luke 9: 51-56, 1 John 4: 7-8

4. The fire licked up the water.

• Water can represent sorrow.

• Jesus Christ promised us the Comforter, who is the Holy Spirit, who brings joy and comfort.

Acts 10:38

5. It consumed the dust.

• Dust signifies problems in the body. Mark 5: 25-34, Genesis 3: 17-19

6. The fire brought about revival.

• When the fire fell on the day of Pentecost, revival followed. Acts 3, Acts 4:4

• Whenever prayer is answered by fire, revival follows.

•• If only you'd allow the Holy Spirit come, and stop being skeptical, there will be a turnaround, and there will be revival.