The "divided tongues as of fire" (Acts 2) brought an end to division.
Even when they were following Jesus, the disciples vied with one another to see who should be greatest. After Pentecost, however, we read that they “devoted themselves to the fellowship. All the believers were together and had everything in common. They broke bread in their homes and ate together” (Acts 2:42-47).
One fire ......was divided into many flames yet each was the fire of God. They did not need two flames for double power, we read of no such thing. Those divided flames created a new breed of men – not clones of one another but one new race, a new people.
One flame represented the entire fire of God and all that it represented.
Andrew’s flame burned with a different colour from James’. John was still John but he became a flame called John. Thomas became an on-fire Thomas. Flame people!
People who have dwelt with the everlasting burnings cannot stand smouldering smoke. The disciples were called when they were like black candle wicks .....but the love of Christ lit them. No more candles in a box, tossed into a corner – but taken out and set alight, they lit up the world!
Even when they were following Jesus, the disciples vied with one another to see who should be greatest. After Pentecost, however, we read that they “devoted themselves to the fellowship. All the believers were together and had everything in common. They broke bread in their homes and ate together” (Acts 2:42-47).
One fire ......was divided into many flames yet each was the fire of God. They did not need two flames for double power, we read of no such thing. Those divided flames created a new breed of men – not clones of one another but one new race, a new people.
One flame represented the entire fire of God and all that it represented.
Andrew’s flame burned with a different colour from James’. John was still John but he became a flame called John. Thomas became an on-fire Thomas. Flame people!
People who have dwelt with the everlasting burnings cannot stand smouldering smoke. The disciples were called when they were like black candle wicks .....but the love of Christ lit them. No more candles in a box, tossed into a corner – but taken out and set alight, they lit up the world!
