The Love and Fire of God | El amor y el Fuego de Dios, Teacher Lida Gamboa, Podcast 106 Parte 1

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I was preparing this message. I was asking the

Lord, what should I speak of? And when the pastor

told me at the beginning of the week, he said,

could you teach? And I send him a scaredy cat

face. And he stayed there and didn't say anything

else. And I said, oh Lord, I have to get ready.

What do you want to say, Lord? What do you want

to tell your church? The pastor didn't say anything

else. But nonetheless, I have to go to the one

that knows it all. And I began to ask the Lord,

what are you going to tell the church? And I

began to be filled with the word of what he wants

to speak of. And then yesterday, the pastor sends

me what we're going to speak of today. And so

that you may know the Lord is so perfect that

we know that this is effectively what he wants

to speak of. Because what I had already prepared

is exactly what he told me to speak of. So for

each one of you, this word. word has to do with

and being forged in love and in fire of God.

from the beginning of the week he began to speak

to me about love and about the fire of God and

the same way in the message of the pastor he

said I want you to speak about two points about

love and the fire of God the fire of the Holy

Spirit and that brings me peace because I know

that God is involved I know that the Lord is

going to do something with each one of us. This

church doesn't have this name in coincidence.

He's making of each one of us a lamp that is

burning. So the first point, what is love? I

want to go to 1 John chapter 7 verse 8. Beloved,

let us love one another, for love is of God,

and everyone who loves is born of God and knows

God. He who does not love does not know God,

for God is love. but look what's interesting

it says all who loves is born in God and knows

God so for me to love I have to know God Not

only do I love, first I need to be born of God

and know God. So when I begin to know Him, that

love begins to be reflected. But in truth, the

love that we have is only experienced in Him.

And I want to speak about the love of God in

a different dimension. Where the love of God

comes to be mixed in with the fire of God. Because

the love of God, when you experience it, it's

like a burning fire within you. It's something

that comes and penetrates you so deep. that it

begins to burn within you. We know that God loves

with all of His intention. When He comes with

all of His love, He goes deep into our being.

When we first get to know Him, we experience

that love for the first time. That love comes

and breaks all That love comes and opens the

eyes. That love comes and turns on the lamp that's

within us. It's inevitable. It's something that

you can't explain. That you can't avoid something

turns on within you. You are hungry and you're

thirsty for Him. Now you feel the need to hear

of Him. You're not pleased with just one sermon.

You hear the word and something happens in your

spirit. Because that love, when it came into

your heart, it burned everything that wasn't

worth. Everything that was asleep in your spirit.

And that love comes and opens your eyes. That's

why you see those people that look like they're

crazy. But it's the passion that's within the

person. It's inevitable. And I pray that today

we leave all, we're burning for Him. Because

that's one of His promises. That we may burn

for Him. In 1 John 4, From verse 16 forward,

And we have known and believed the love that

God has for us. Says God is love. And he who

abides in love abides in God and God in him.

So one point is that first we get to know him

through love. But now we have to abide in love,

which is God. We don't want this love to ever

run out. And we don't want this love to be contained.

But let it run. that others may experience the

love of God. But we have to abide in God. And

we already learned this a few months back. Of

what it is to abide in God. Now the second point

is when love becomes a fire in one. We get to

know the love of God. It's like a push in our

life. So then it becomes a fire within us. And

what does that fire come for? First it comes

and cleanses everything that is not supposed

to be there. It's the fire that pushes us to

continue. It turns everything, it makes everything

alive that was dead. God is the one that initiates

the fire. We don't initiate anything. He initiates

it. He invites you. He tells you come. He's speaking

all the time. He tells the fire. But you know

it's our responsibility that that fire remains

burning. Getting to the chapter of Exodus 2020

is when the Lord asks Moses to go and gather

the people to be presented before the Lord. They

go to Mount Sinai. Sinai. They go to Mount Sinai.

And look what verse 20 says. It says, and Moses

responded to the people. Do not fear, because

to test us the Lord has come. and so that his

fear may be before you, so that you may not sin.

So God had a great purpose when he gathered the

people at Mount Sinai. It says so that fear of

the Lord may be before you and that you may not

sin. The Lord wanted to cleanse them. He wanted

them to experience his power there. The word

says that we are sanctified in the fear of the

Lord. So to give you a perspective of the story,

they're in Mount Sinai. And everything is shaking.

It's the black cloud that is there. It was giving

them fear. They didn't want to grow near. Even

though God wanted them to come. But if you can

imagine that moment, the trumpet sound that was

there, and everything was shaking, smoke was

coming out of the mountain, and then the people

were terrified. Even Moses, he was terrified

of what he was seeing. But to the point where

the people tell Moses, we don't want to go over

there They couldn't handle it. It was too much

for them. The fear was great that came upon them.

But there's a difference here. Because when the

power of God is right there in Mount Sinai, then

the Lord tells Moses, come close. And he comes

close to the fire. But the people stay behind

just watching. You don't think that's a little

bit familiar of how we see things? Some come

close, one of the fire is there. And others are

just watching from afar. But you know, when you're

watching from afar, you're only receiving one

inspiration. But when you come close to the fire

of God, that fire consumes everything within

you that's not supposed to be there. The fire

of God, when you see it from afar, it's only

amazing. But when you come to the fire of God

and you allow yourself to be transformed, That

fire of God forges you. It commissions you. It

sends you to your assignment. It places you in

your purpose. You're no longer fearful. Moses

experienced that fire because he came close.

And that's where he was commissioned. He was

commissioned to his assignment. So what would

you prefer to do? Being from afar, watching the

fire? or to come close to the fire, and allow

God to transform everything that is in you. In

James 4, 8, it says, grow near to the Lord, and

he shall grow near to you. It says, sinful hands.

Cleanse your hands you sinners and purify your

hearts you double -minded So if we don't want

to be double -minded all of this sin We need

to come close to the Lord And you see this position

is different Because this is a spiritual position

Because we all know that God is within us Why

does he tell us to come close? If he says he's

in us, then he abides in us through his Holy

Spirit. You want to know why? It's because this

is a spiritual position where I no longer...

ignore the voice of God. I don't ignore the voice

of the Holy Spirit. The impulses of the Spirit.

That's where I draw near to the Lord. And the

Spirit guides me. When one has an encounter with

the Spirit, with the fire of God, they're never

the same. The false falls down and what shines

is the truth. Everything that needs to be tested

by fire. Like the gold, silver, it's refined

in fire. But what comes out of it is the most

beautiful of that material. The dirt or the messiness

comes out of the gold. So for us, it's beneficiary

to be in the fire. Once you're in the fire, You're

never gonna ignore the calling of God. You're

never gonna want to quit that calling. You're

never gonna want to go back. The fire of God

maintains you. The fire of God impulses you.

We all need that fire. Last week, do you remember

what happened here? The fire of God was in this

house. And it's here today too. Because the Spirit

of God, the fire is here. Like it happened in

Pentecost. The spirit came down. And it came

down with fire. And it says to baptize them in

spirit and in fire. Last week the Lord was cleansing

this house. And He's going to continue cleansing

us. Let's not ignore the fire. Look, Prophet

Jeremiah said it. He said that the word of God

burned so much in him. Look what Jeremiah 27

says. And you can translate. Oh Lord, you induced

me. And I was persuaded you are stronger than

I. And you have prevailed. The Lord prevailed

over Jeremiah. He had placed the word in Jeremiah.

Even though through all the problems that he

went through. Rejection. All the mocking that

he had to deal with. But he burned so much within

him. The fire that got placed in him. That he

said, I cannot stay quiet. Because this word

that you placed in me. It's a fire in my heart.

It burns. You cannot stay quiet once you've been

visited by the fire because you feel like you're

about to explode. It says that it felt like there

was a burning heart within my bones. It says

I tried to be quiet, but I stayed quiet, but

I couldn't. Moses had experience with the fire.

And he was never the same. Moses was a shepherd

to his sheep. That's what he knew to do. He did

it for a long time. But when he had the visitation

in the burning bush, his mind was transformed

in such a way that now he thought about people.

He suffered the pain that the slaves had. He

was commissioned to his assignment. There are

two ways to experience the fire of God. That

is the same presence of the Lord. Because the

word says that he's a consuming fire. Which is

the presence of God. The presence of God sometimes

comes to us. But sometimes we have to go to his

presence. His presence comes. When you don't

even know Him or know who He is In your heart

is to seek the Lord But that's when He comes

and He rescues you from where you are The presence

of God comes to you His presence comes looking

for you. But when you go and seek the presence

of the Lord, that's another different thing.

And he said it here in Isaiah 26 9. Says, I have

seeked you all night with my soul. And as long

as the Spirit abides in me, I will awaken to

seek you. What fire, what passion. Con mi alma

te he deseado toda la noche. With my soul I have

desired you all night. Saben nosotros podemos

estar descansando en nuestras camas. You know

sometimes we could be resting in our beds. Usted

está bien profundo. And you're asleep so deep.

Pero este espíritu nunca duerme. But this spirit

never sleeps. Nuestro espíritu está conectado

24 horas con el espíritu de Dios. Our spirit

is connected 24 -7 with the spirit of God. Y

dice te he deseado toda la noche. And he says

I have desired you all night. Tu espíritu desea

tanto. Your spirit desires so much the presence

of God. Your spirit desires so much that presence

of God. It says, and I will seek you in the morning.

And it's to say that we never stop. There's not

a specific time. It's not only on Sundays or

just Mondays. You're sleeping and you're visiting

the Lord. You're sleeping and He's filling you

with His fire and His passion. That never stops.

And now that you're awake, now that your mind

is awake, didn't the psalmist said bless the

Lord of my soul? That's where you remind your

soul each day. Bless the Lord, oh my soul. And

never forget any of His benefits. Because the

Spirit is always wanting to. But the soul where

all of our emotions are. Where our will is. Where

our mind is. That doesn't want to. But you tell

your soul you have to bless the Lord. You tell

your soul today we're going to seek the fire

of God. Until your soul is aligned with the spirit

of God. The Bible says that we are children guided

by the spirit. Your soul is not what guides the

Spirit. Your soul is what submits to follow the

Spirit. You never tell the Spirit what to do.

Your desires submit to the desires of the Holy

Spirit. To the impulses of the Spirit. So when

you don't feel that fire, you tell yourself,

Bless the Lord. Today we seek of the Lord. I

know that today you don't want anything. Maybe

today everything is boring. But we're going to

get in the fire today. And we're going to be

one with God.