The Fire of Obedience

This passage gives us perhaps the starkest contrast between the presumption and the obedience of faith.

There are many who believe that they are sanctified, when they are only sanctimonious.

In this life we will all have to go through some type of fiery furnace. There is the one the world puts you in for not doing it their way, but that one God uses to burn off the dross, He uses it as a refiners fire. The other type is the one that awaits those that bow down to the idols of this world. The question is, which one do you want?