Fire: The Ensign of the Gospel/Relying on the Anointing | Full Flame Film Series | Reinhard Bonnke

for last day's conditions special preparation is available which is the power of the holy spirit this is not very a bonus for just top-ranked Christians it is needed for all of us this anointing is a fire that was lit at the altar of Calvary and also receive it become realness of the divine flame incinerating the works of Satan [Music] ass believe us we have nothing to fear if we keep the anointing of God upon our lives we can out much every giant in the enemy's lines say to God now bid me run and I will strive with things impossible today the world is the enemy of those who love Jesus it knows nothing of the anointing of the Lord the world has its armor like Goliath of Gath its helmet of education its spear of science it's sort of Reason its field of cold indifference but God has his anointed David's today not one but millions our job is to preach the gospel remember the gospel is no gospel at all if it is not preached we are unknowing it for that Samuel did not anoint David for cosmetic purposes it wasn't to make him very nice or give him a pleasant experience it was for the tasks of kingship and service our Holy Spirit anointing is not for a thrill or to add to our charm it is for marine scientists have discovered that under the surface of the ocean waves move thousands of miles even across calm stretches they eventually approach land developing a majestic crescendo today from across the centuries greats waves of holy spirit power are coming upon us they one seemed to be submerged but are now bursting upon our coasts in splendor worldwide or 1500 years the church pushed the Holy Spirit aside there was little understanding of the work of the Spirit they talked about grace not the Holy Spirit then in the 20th century he showed himself to believe us everywhere today we appreciate God's Spirit and we look for his anointing however he has always been present at work though unrecognized the gospel is a fire lighter the Holy Spirit is not given just to help you preach eloquent sermons he is to put a flame into human hearts he makes servants flames of fire the first things ever said about Jesus when he came was he will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and with fire that is what Jesus does only Jesus baptized us with fire it is the identifying hallmark of his activity our God is a consuming fire and such an amazing statement was never made about anybody else fire is the end sign of the gospel the sign of the Son of Man now if you want the fire let me tell you how to receive it when Elijah prayed on Mount Carmel the fire did not fall on an empty water the Lord sends the fire when we lay out our offering our time our money and effort it is sent to make us get up steam and go the fire of God is not given for a firework display but for eternal emphasis by the way there is a difference between man's fire and God's fire Elijah was a fiery type of a man James said Elijah was a man of like passions to ourselves his own passions made him angry at the sin of Israel his passionate hatred of idolatry burned against the religion of Baal which Queen Jezebel had introduced but Elijah did not fight the devil out of his own anger he called on thoughts fire the fire of religious sea can be dangerous too for example before his conversion Paul burned with a full spire of religious hatred he was a dragon man as scripture says breathing out murderous threats and slaughter this was cold fury he put men and women into prison broke up homes brought misery and fear in his religious Ian Paul's violent passion however turned to gentle compassion when he met Jesus fury became fellow-feeling Paul found the god of Calvary enough Calvary was a volcano of love our own passions and zeal will not carry us through they come and go that is false fire with God it is not passion but compassion he has no moods his Compassion's never fail they are new every morning love never fails that is the zeal the fire and the divine fire power which comes by the Holy Spirit when we put our all [Music] [Music] the fire of God is not just sent for the enjoyment of a few emotional experiences however glorious they may be we want to see lives changed and our church is filled I think of this when I see these now almost extinct old steam engines puffing away these final verses are like living creatures breathing steam with fire in their bellies the fireman's job is to stoke the fire and get a full head of steam going when the steam pressure is up the driver can do one of two things he can either pull their whistle lever or he can turn the lever that directs power to the systems the whistle will blow off steam until there is none left making itself heard for miles around if power is directed to the Pistons however the steam can turn the wheels with far less fuss drawing no attention to itself the train then rolls away carrying its load across the land thank God for the train whistle it is important but if blowing a whistle was all that steam could do making a fire under the boiler and stoking it up wouldn't be worthwhile the fire of the Holy Spirit brings power never mind the noise let us apply this power to get on the move Thunder is justified after Lightning has struck the proper purpose of Pentecost is to get the wheels rolling for God in every Church thereby transporting the gospel across the face of the whole earth go into all the world and preach the gospel to every richer the church is a good church not the city church look outward to where our Lord is moving across the continents some are looking inward everlastingly examining their own Souls incapacitated by introspection Jesus is saving you don't you worry now start helping him to save if the Holy Spirit has come then be up and going he does the work not you or me woe is me if I don't preach the gospel and woe to them to whom we fail to preach it [Music] [Music] [Music] it is absolutely necessary to understand that the Holy Spirit is not it the Spirit is not an impersonal force the thought of spiritual electricity the anointing of God is not just power or gifts but the Holy Spirit himself in the Old Testament all who served God are to be anointed this is replaced in the New Testament by the Holy Spirit for all believers the first thing to learn is that anointing is just one of the names of the baptism in the spirit there are others in other words when we receive the Holy Spirit baptism we have been anointed our anointing flows out of Christ's anointing and we receive it only from him of his fullness we have all received when I first arrived in Africa I made a startling discovery Africa had not been waiting for me it seemed as if the people were not interested in the gospel I tried very hard but the response was almost zero I remember I sometimes preached to just five people and that drove me into a corner I prayed I fasted I agonized before God I said this can't be it and it went over months and almost over years and then one night something happened that radically changed everything I had a dream but it was a divine dream I saw the map of Africa the whole continent getting watered and the redeeming blood of Jesus Christ and I heard an awesome voice that penetrated my bone and my marrow crying Africa should it be saved I woke up and I said ho this is wonderful but then my German brain started to tick and I said this is illogical my ministry has no impact in this tiny country called listen to now I hear the whole continent shall be saved how is this going to happen but God was gracious the next night I had the same dream the following night again the same dream for consecutive nights again and again I heard that same voice and then I began to repeat these words Africa shall be saved my missionary colleague said to me Reinhardt you are crazy Africa what about here I said I don't know I just know that God says Africa shall be saved on strength of that vision I left the tiny country and I launched out into the whole continent and I started by visiting another country nearby called Botswana the capital city double row ins when I arrived there at the airport I walked from the airport town suddenly as I was walking on that Street the power of God came over me and the Lord spoke to me and he said can you see over there I said yes it's a stadium it says National Stadium and the Lord spoke to me and said you will preach my word there a deep joy flooded my heart and I went to town I met the Oakland Minister who knew of my coming and after greeting him I said to him let's go to the authorities of the city I want to hire this stadium for a gospel campaign today in four weeks he said what what do you want the stadium for don't you know that I've got 40 people on a Sunday in my congregation no I don't know about your 40 people all I know is that a few minutes ago I heard the voice of the Holy Spirit and I want to obey Him he was humble enough we went to the authorities I hired the stadium and when I put my signature another contract I began to perspire somehow in my mind I already saw myself sitting in a stadium with 40 people and so I added a few days of my stay there and a Barone's I went from church to church to all the clergy there I said I'm Reinhard Bonnke I have been for weeks time I will have a gospel campaign please let's all work together they looked at me they said to me that sounds all good but who are you and said I mr. nobody but I believe it's going to happen they said anyone can say that I said but you really spoke to me they said sorry we've got something else on and after nobody wanted to cooperate I kind of woke up and I said to myself Lord you told me to preach in a stadium and this is my agreement with you I will do the preaching but you must bring the people peace came into my heart and I took the next plane back to Johannesburg four weeks later I arrived with my little team I was really prepared I had fasted I had prayed I was ready and I prayed oh lord please let that stadium be filled in the first meeting please dear Lord the first meeting has started I counted the people that were there and there were exactly 100 including myself I counted from left to right and right to left but 100 is 100 no matter what you do so I was quite disappointed I opened my Bible and I stood up and I started to preach I preached maybe 10 or 20 minutes and suddenly something else happened one movement jumped up on that side and shouted I've just been healed another one another one for screamed and said I've just been healed and I thought this is funny I didn't even preach about healing and these people are healed how is this possible at the end of the service when I called the sick forward to lay hands on them according to March up to 16 they shall lay hands on the sick and they shall be healed something else happened that shocked and and me everyone I touched collapsed and they were lying there on the floor row after row after row somebody came running from the back to the front and said I demand an explanation what about all these unconscious people on the floor I said I can't explain I need an explanation myself do you know he said I don't know I said all I can tell you is I didn't ask these people to lie on the floor I laid hands on them according to the Bible and so I suppose what has happened as a result of it Jesus is responsible for but this is the crux of the matter one woman had fallen down being blind she was a blind lady and she stood up seeing and one man went down as a and came up walking and when that woman screamed I can see I can see I can see she was known by all the people as having been blind for years I thought that Ruth was lifting the people were shouting and screaming it was fantastic then you spread what had happened and the stadium filled up in a couple of days it was packed packed to capacity for the first time in my life I saw thousands of people getting up running forward receiving Jesus Christ as their personal Savior crying tears of repentance oh I thought this havenõt come down to earth and then one night towards the end of that campaign the Lord spoke to me and said tomorrow I want you to pray in the stadium for the baptism in the Holy Spirit I said O Lord something like this is not done in a stadium this is done in a closed church meeting this is a stadium meeting the Lord said in the last days I will pour out of my spirit on all flesh I said okay Lord I've learned to obey even if my mind cannot follow I will do what you said so I stood up and I told the people tomorrow I'm going to speak to you about the baptism into the Holy Spirit and you're going to see something you have never seen before the next day came we had a capacity crowd I was afterwards told that 50% of the population of cabrones was in that stadium it's raw teaching was given on the baptism in the spirit and then I said how many of you want this wonderful gift a large group came forward I said now close your eyes lift your hands we're going to praise the Lord but I kept my eyes open I said I want to see what God is going to do now and then something happened that stunned me I have never seen anything I like it was a division was it real I can tell but it was a mighty transparent wave that rolled in from my left side across that stadium and as I saw it pass over the people all those people that were touched we are all falling to the ground masses of people and I heard and pray in new tongues a stony Spirit gave them utterance I was so moved I am NOT a whipping man at all but I stood there crying like a little boy shaking for and weeping I said my God my God is it possible is it possible is it possible that night I learned the lesson for the rest of my life I said I vow to God that I will move with this message from Cape Town to Cairo across this continent and across the world I now see what the answer is to all the Wars of mankind it is a massive outpouring of the holy spirit that will break the Devils back and this is what we have done for decades ever since and we have seen nations shaken [Music] [Music] remember this if you have been unmounted you have heavens power plants and storerooms at your disposal and you need not worry about it ever failing [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] as you reach out to lost mankind the full weight of heaven is behind you you can rely on the anointing [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] you

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Length: 30min 47sec (1847 seconds)

Published: Thu Aug 08 2019