I promised you two quotes from 'Pilgrim's Progress,' so here is your second one ..."Then the Interpreter brought Christian to a fireplace. A man stood there in a rage, throwing buckets of water on the fire. But with each dash of water, the fire only burned brighter. Now the Interpreter took Christian behind the wall, where a man stood throwing fuel on the fire. 'What does all this mean?' asked Christian. 'This fire is the work of grace in a person's heart,' said the Interpreter. 'The man trying to quench the fire is the devil. The man fueling the fire is Christ, Who always keeps alive every work He begins in a person's heart.' "
Though the devil tries to burn out the light of Christ within us, Christ gives us the power to withstand the devil's schemes (Ephesians 6:11). We need to tap into the power that Christ gives us. We need to allow Him to fuel our lives with grace and strength and mercy. We can never become un-saved. Even if the devil burns down Christ's fire within us to just a little spark, we still have that little spark and that little spark isn't ever going out! The devil is against us but Christ is for us and He has already won the victory over Satan. He is all we need. "If God is for us, who can be against us?" (Romans 8:31) But if we haven't already, we need to invite Christ to start a fire within us. To do that, we need to:
- A- Admit to God you are a sinner. (Romans 3:23)
- B- Believe that Jesus is the Son of God. (Romans 10:9)
- C- Confess with your mouth that Jesus is Lord. (Romans 10:9)