Homilist Hebrews 12:29 For our God is a consuming fire. I. Fire is UNIVERSAL, and God's love is everywhere — the life of all the living, the beauty of all the beautiful, the blessedness of all the blest. II. Fire INFLICTS PAIN. And a flash of Divine love on a guilty conscience enkindles a hell. III. Fire CREATES STORMS. And all the moral tempests in the universe have their origin in Divine love. IV. Fire is PERPETUALLY ACTIVE. SO is Divine love — creating, sustaining, and directing all things. V. Fire has a DEVOURING CAPABILITY. Divine love burns up falsehoods, wrongs, and all the ten thousand forms of sins. VI. Fire has the POWER TO CHANGE ALL THINGS INTO ITS OWN NATURE. So Divine love will turn all human souls into love one day. Evil cannot remain evil for ever before it. (Homilist.) Parallel Verses KJV: For our God is a consuming fire. |
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