The Third Part Through The Fire

Zechariah 13:8-9

And it shall come to pass, that in all the land, saith the LORD, two parts therein shall be cut off and die; but the third shall be left therein. And I will bring the third part through the fire, and will refine them as silver is refined, and will try them as gold is tried: they shall call on My name, and I will hear them: I will say, It is My people: and they shall say, The LORD is my God.

The landscape of the human heart is cluttered with the cumulative effects of iniquity, transgression, and sin. Before the Lord fulfills His Word to restore hearts of flesh to us, He pulls up the stones and prepares the soil. The remainder is passed through the fire to be purified and sanctified to the Lord. The LORD, He is our God! Call on His name in the midst of the fire, as it is written,

Jeremiah 33:3

Call unto me, and I will answer thee, and shew thee great and mighty things, which thou knowest not.

See also Search The Heart; Make Up the Hedge; Living Stones

Related Scriptures: Exodus 34:1-17 (KJV); Exodus 34:1-17; John 16:7-11; Matthew 3:11-12; 1Corinthians 1:1-9; Psalm 18:1-50

Cut Out Without Hands

Daniel 2:45

Forasmuch as thou sawest that the stone was cut out of the mountain without hands, and that it brake in pieces the iron, the brass, the clay, the silver, and the gold; the great God hath made known to the king what shall come to pass hereafter: and the dream is certain, and the interpretation thereof sure.

Iron, brass, clay, silver and gold: all the elements by which mankind deems to rule himself will be proven to be futile. Every idol of the human heart will be thrown down and broken in pieces by the coming kingdom of God, which will be established by His Christ, the stone cut out without hands. The dream vision that God revealed to Daniel will surely become reality; there is no doubt of the interpretation. Let God be true regardless of the unbelief of men.

See also Valley of Vision; Search the Heart; LIVING STONES

Related Scriptures: Proverbs 21:30-31; Numbers 31:21-24; 1Corinthians 10:1-22; Romans 3:1-31

The Nature of Works Will Be Manifest

1Corinthians 3:12-13

Now if any man build upon this foundation gold, silver, precious stones, wood, hay, stubble; Every man's work shall be made manifest: for the day shall declare it, because it shall be revealed by fire; and the fire shall try every man's work of what sort it is.

First we must build upon the True Foundation, and then we must build the works of God in Him. The LORD is the judge, and at the last judgment His consuming fire will try the works, purging all works of the flesh so that only the spiritual works that God ordained will remain. The fire will try the works and prove them, and the day of the Lord will declare them.

See also Christ, The True Vine; The Mystery of Iniquity; Building Spiritual Houses

Related Scriptures: Hebrews 12:22-29; Hebrews 9:11-14; 2Corinthians 5:1-21; 1Corinthians 3:1-23; 2Peter 3:1-18; Ephesians 2:1-10

Increase In Lawlessness

Matthew 24:11-13 ISR98

“And many false prophets shall rise up and lead many astray. “And because of the increase in lawlessness, the love of many shall become cold. “But he who shall have endured to the end shall be saved.

The KJV translated "increase in lawlessness" as "iniquity shall abound." These concepts are synonymous to God: iniquity is a form of lawlessness, and He sees that as a demonstration of cold love toward Him. His wish is that the Church is hot or cold in these end times, and that all buy from Him the gold tried in His fire, which is the wisdom of His law. To endure to the end, we must hate every false way, stand against all lawlessness, and refuse to compromise. As it is written,

Joshua 24:20-22 KJV

If ye forsake the LORD, and serve strange gods, then He will turn and do you hurt, and consume you, after that He hath done you good. And the people said unto Joshua, Nay; but we will serve the LORD. And Joshua said unto the people, Ye are witnesses against yourselves that ye have chosen you the LORD, to serve Him. And they said, We are witnesses.

See also Smoking Flax; Valley of Vision; Building Spiritual Houses

Related Scriptures: Matthew 24:11-13 KJV; Revelation 3:14-22; Psalm 12:1-8; 1Peter 1:1-25; James 5:7-12; Joshua 24:13-28; Matthew 10:22; Psalm 119:104; Psalm 119:128