The Fire
is not possible to do it once and for all. It is something that happens gradually in our experience. Sometimes, some brothers attend lectures about marriage and family life and read 1 Corinthians 11, which says that man is the head of the woman, Christ is the head of man, and God the head of Christ, but in everyday life they lose all the heading up of the Lord. Sisters may even submit themselves at first, but after a week, they begin again to force their husbands to do what they want. This shows that only the mental conviction of certain doctrines cannot change us. The purpose of the fire, therefore, is to eliminate the impurities of the soul so that the value of our faith is confirmed and becomes increasingly precious. The lower the degree of impurity in our soul, the greater the value of our faith, the end result of this process will be the salvation of our souls (1 Pet. 1:9). Our spirit was saved in regeneration, that is, we are saved when we call on the name of the Lord and receive Him. Our mortal body shall put on immortality at the second coming of Christ. The biggest problem is that our soul needs to be saved each day, so we need the fire to complete our salvation. The fire of the Spirit saves us from ourselves, our opinions, and the slavery of the old man. So we should not consider the fire mentioned in the Bible merely as 21