The Danger of Strange Fire!
by James Dale Coldiron
(FireStorm)

Leviticus   9:23-24  "  23. And Moses and Aaron went into the tabernacle of the congregation, and came out, and blessed the people: and the glory of the LORD appeared unto all the people. 24  And there came a fire out from before the LORD, and consumed upon the altar the burnt offering and the fat: [which] when all the people saw, they shouted, and fell on their faces."

Leviticus  10:1-2  "  1. And Nadab and Abihu, the sons of Aaron, took either of them his censer, and put fire therein, and put incense thereon, and offered strange fire before the LORD, which he commanded them not. 2  And there went out fire from the LORD, and devoured them, and they died before the LORD."

THERE IS AN OLD TESTAMENT WARNING ABOUT STRANGE FIRE.

Strange means foreign or strange as in a harlot.  There is the holy fire of God and there is the substitute of Satan that tries to replace what God both supplies and desires.

You see, they had not been given the command yet to offer up incense.  Their father had just offered up the first sin sacrifice and God had answered with HOLY FIRE from His presence.  They had just experienced the Fire of Almighty God!

These two had been drinking according to around verse 9 and 10 and God demanded that when you handle holy things that you yourself be sanctified.  It’s dangerous to play with the anointing... it’s dangerous to play games with holy things of God.

Nadab and Abihu did as the heathen did.  The became drunken and offered up strange fire before the Lord.  They hadn’t been commanded to offer up this incense... they took it upon themselves to touch the anointing with a careless, unrepentant heart.

We need the glory!  We need the pureness of God’s presence... but we need to do it with a heart honest and humble before God.  You see, it is a dangerous thing to come into the presence of God when we are unrepentant and have iniquity.  The same glory that heals the needy and empowers the humble, kills the proud and unrepentant.  James 4:6 “ But he giveth more grace. Wherefore he saith, God resisteth the proud, but giveth grace unto the humble. “

We are living in the age of the “great compromise” and we have fallen under the spell of a strange fire... as a moth flying into a flame, so have many who have known God turned their “own way” before the coming of the Lord Jesus Christ...  2 Timothy 3:4-5 “4  Traitors, heady, highminded, lovers of pleasures more than lovers of God; 5 Having a form of godliness, but denying the power thereof: from such turn away. “

1 Timothy 4:1-2 “ 1 Now the Spirit speaketh expressly, that in the latter times some shall depart from the faith, giving heed to seducing spirits, and doctrines of devils; 2 Speaking lies in hypocrisy; having their conscience seared with a hot iron; “

2 Thessalonians 2:3 “ Let no man deceive you by any means: for [that day shall not come], except there come a falling away first, and that man of sin be revealed, the son of perdition; “

The enemy is seducing in these last days... and there is an outbreak of strange fire

And in our country... racial hatred rules in some places... drug abuse rules in others... lust is the thing both sought after and sold by Hollywood... crime and violence stalks the land... pain and betrayal have become a way of life... and many operate under the worldly “I’ll take what I can get from you and get my own way and I don’t care who gets hurt” spirit.  The spirit of the accuser has raised up a strange fire... and America and much of the world is on fire with the wrong kind of fire!

THERE IS AN ANSWER TO THE UNCONTROLLED FOREST FIRES OF THE DEVIL.... THE HOLY FIRE OF GOD AS A FIRE BREAK !

When the people had repented... when they had offered up the sacrifice that God wanted... then the HOLY FIRE FELL.   THE HOLY GHOST FIRE OF GOD IS A FIRE BREAK for the destructive strange fire that is burning down homes and lives in our land!

I used to live in front of a forested area... and it seemed that about every 3 years somebody would either accidentally or sometimes deliberately set it on fire.  It had a fascination about it to see the hill and trees and brush right behind your house blazing... until it hits you that it’s your house it’s behind.

People will come out to watch a fire... the problem is that many times we don’t understand the danger until our house in engulfed... or like I did once... drive through a gauntlet of fire on both sides knowing that if you were to be trapped, you will probably perish.

Somebody has to stop the hate!  Somebody has to stop the madness!  Somebody has to stop this ride this country is on that is leading us down to destruction.  We need a firebreak... another fire to smother out the dangerous one... we need the Fire of God to burn out the fires of hatred, greed, lust.

WE NEED THE FIRE OF GOD TO BURN IN US AND CATCH US ON FIRE... SO THAT WE CAN BE LIVING FIREBREAKS AGAINST THE DESTRUCTION OF THE INIQUITY OF THE LAND!

Hebrews  12:28-29  "  28  Wherefore we receiving a kingdom which cannot be moved, let us have grace, whereby we may serve God acceptably with reverence and godly fear: 29  For our God [is] a consuming fire. "

Isaiah 6:1-8  " 1  In the year that king Uzziah died I saw also the Lord sitting upon a throne, high and lifted up, and his train filled the temple. 2  Above it stood the seraphims: each one had six wings; with twain he covered his face, and with twain he covered his feet, and with twain he did fly. 3  And one cried unto another, and said, Holy, holy, holy, [is] the LORD of hosts: the whole earth [is] full of his glory. 4  And the posts of the door moved at the voice of him that cried, and the house was filled with smoke. 5  Then said I, Woe [is] me! for I am undone; because I [am] a man of unclean lips, and I dwell in the midst of a people of unclean lips: for mine eyes have seen the King, the LORD of hosts. 6  Then flew one of the seraphims unto me, having a live coal in his hand, [which] he had taken with the tongs from off the altar: 7  And he laid [it] upon my mouth, and said, Lo, this hath touched thy lips; and thine iniquity is taken away, and thy sin purged.  Also I heard the voice of the Lord, saying, Whom shall I send, and who will go for us? Then said I, Here [am] I; send me. "

Hebrews 1:7 “ And of the angels he saith, Who maketh his angels spirits, and his ministers a flame of fire. “

I used to tell them when I was an evangelist... go ahead and try to sit down on me... but God has set me on fire... have you ever tried to sit on a fire?  That fire will catch in us if we get close enough to God’s presence. 

And like kindling wood... as we catch on fire... we can ignite someone else with God through our lives

YOU STOP AN OUT OF CONTROL FIRE WITH A FIRE BREAK.  JUST LIKE YOU STOP AN OIL WELL FIRE WITH A QUICK BLAST OF NITRO GLYCERIN THAT WILL SMOTHER THE FLAMES, WE NEED THE POWER OF THE HOLY SPIRIT TO BLAST OUT THE FIRE OF SATAN.

Luke 3:16 "John answered, saying unto [them] all, I indeed baptize you with water; but one mightier than I cometh, the latchet of whose shoes I am not worthy to unloose: he shall baptize you with the Holy Ghost and with fire:"

Acts 1:8 "But ye shall receive power, after that the Holy Ghost is come upon you: and ye shall be witnesses unto me both in Jerusalem, and in all Judaea, and in Samaria, and unto the uttermost part of the earth."

Acts 2:1-4  " 1  And when the day of Pentecost was fully come, they were all with one accord in one place. 2  And suddenly there came a sound from heaven as of a rushing mighty wind, and it filled all the house where they were sitting. 3  And there appeared unto them cloven tongues like as of fire, and it sat upon each of them. 4  And they were all filled with the Holy Ghost, and began to speak with other tongues, as the Spirit gave them utterance. "

Smokey Bear said, only you can prevent forest fires. Well I tell you this day that only you can prevent the strange fire of the heathen from burning down your homes, your church, your community.

2 Timothy   3:1  "  1. This know also, that in the last days perilous times shall come. 2  For men shall be lovers of their own selves, covetous, boasters, proud, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy, 3  Without natural affection, trucebreakers, false accusers, incontinent, fierce, despisers of those that are good, "

It’s time to catch on fire... and with that fire, we can put a stop to the destructive “strange fire” of the enemy.

Ephesians 5:15-18  " 15  See then that ye walk circumspectly, not as fools, but as wise, 16  Redeeming the time, because the days are evil. 17  Wherefore be ye not unwise, but understanding what the will of the Lord [is]. 18  And be not drunk with wine, wherein is excess; but be filled with the Spirit; "

1 John 4:4 "Ye are of God, little children, and have overcome them: because greater is he that is in you, than he that is in the world. "