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William James Roop
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Here is the importance about holiness.
Text: Leviticus 20:26; 1 Peter 1:15-16.
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Woman In Suitcase
In January of 1985, a large suitcase, unmarked and unclaimed, was discovered at the customs office at Los Angeles International Airport. When U.S. customs agents opened the suitcase, they found the curled-up body of an unidentified young woman. She had been dead for a few days, according to the county coroner.
As the investigation continued, it was learned that the woman was the wife of a young Iranian living in the U.S. Unable to get a visa to get into the U.S. and join her husband, she took matters into her own hands and attempted to smuggle herself into America via an airplane's cargo bay.
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Here is an article that was first published in 1906 in the Azusa Street Newsletter, written by William J. Seymour, published by the Apostolic Faith Mission in Los Angeles, California.
A sinner comes to the Lord all wrapped up in sin and darkness. He cannot make consecration because he is dead. The life has to be put into us before we can present any life to the Lord. He must get justified by faith.
There is a Lamb, without spot and blemish slain before God, for him, And when he repents toward God for his sins, the Lord has mercy on him for Christ's sake, and puts eternal life in his soul, pardoning him of his sins, washing away his guilty pollutions, and he stands before God justified as if he had never sinned.
Then there remains that old original sin in him, for which he is not responsible, till he has the light. He hears that, "Jesus, that He might sanctify the people with His own blood, suffered without the gate," and he comes to be sanctified.
There is Jesus, the Lamb without blemish, on the altar. Jesus takes that soul that has eternal life in it and presents it to God for thorough purging and cleansing from all original and Adamic sin. And Jesus, the Son of God, cleanses him from all sin, and he is made every whit whole, sanctified and holy.
Now he is on the altar ready for the fire of God to fall, which is the baptism of the Holy Ghost. It is a free gift upon the sanctified, cleansed heart. The fire remains there continually burning in the holiness of God.
Why? Because he is sanctified and holy and on the altar continually. He stays there and the great Shekina of glory is continually burning and filling with heavenly light.
William James Roop
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How is the Holy Spirit like fire?
The Bible describes God as a "burning fire" (Hebrews 12:29), so it is not surprising that fire is often presented as a symbol of God's presence. Examples include the burning bush (Exodus 3: 2), the pillars of the cloud (Exodus 14: 19), the clouds over the tabernacle of martyrdom (Numbers 9: 15-16) and the attitude of Ezekiel (Ezekiel 1: 4). Often fire is the instrument of God's judgment (Numbers 11: 1 and 3; 2 Kings 1: 10 and 12) and is a sign of His power (Judges 13:20; 1 Kings 18:38).
For these obvious reasons fire was very important for Old Testament sacrifices. The fire on the altar of burnt offering was a divine gift that was primarily illuminated by God Himself (Leviticus 9:24). God commanded the priests to keep the fire which God had kindled always burning (Leviticus 6:13) and made it clear to them that fire taken by any other means would be unacceptable (Leviticus 10: 1-2 verses).
The altar can illustrate our commitment to the Lord Jesus in the New Testament. As followers of Jesus Christ, we are required to offer our bodies as "living and pure" (Romans 12: 1) sacrifices that are entirely dedicated to the divine gift, the unquenchable fire of the Holy Spirit. ۔ At the very beginning of the New Testament, the Holy Spirit was attached to the fire. John the Baptist prophesies that Jesus Himself will "baptize you with the Holy Spirit and fire" (Matthew 3:11). When the Holy Spirit began His ministry in the early church, He chose to dwell on every believer in the form of tongues "bursting like a flame of fire." And on this occasion "they were all filled with the Holy Spirit, and began to speak with tongues, as the Spirit gave them power to speak" (Acts 2: 3-4).
The Holy Spirit creates God's passion in our hearts. Two disciples who traveled on the road to Emmaus after Jesus' resurrection talk to Jesus and later say, Weren't you? " (Luke 24:32). After receiving the Holy Spirit on the day of Pentecost, the apostles developed a zeal that lasted a lifetime and gave them the strength to speak God's word with boldness (Acts 4:31).
The Holy Spirit creates God's holiness in our lives. God's original purpose is to cleanse us (Titus 2:14) and in this regard the Holy Spirit serves to sanctify us (1 Corinthians 6:11; 2 Thessalonians 2:13; 1 Peter 1:12). In the same way our God uses the Holy Spirit to take away our sins (Psalm 10:10; Proverbs 17: 3). His fire cleanses and purifies us.
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This story was originally published in the Azusa Street Mission newsletter, In 1906, by William J. Seymour.