Fire in our hearts - Jesus Army

FIRE IN OUR HEARTS
(Christmas issue 1996) giving a five-star award to the Jesus
Army for their Internet Web site, quotes one of the songs:
‘We’re wild and we’re Christian, Christ Jesus is our scene,
we’ve met him and we love him, we’re all part of his team.’
There is excitement in the air! Hundreds of thousands of young
people in the UK are part of this new advance. Accept them
— they are unorthodox, their music can be loud, but they love
Jesus, have networks of friends, spread the gospel easily, and
can be willing disciples.
Says Samuel Chadwick:
Wesley, Whitefield and General Booth wrought wonders by the
Fire, kindled of the Holy Ghost. Men ablaze are invincible. Hell
trembles when men kindle. Sin, worldliness, unbelief, hell are
proof against everything but Fire. The church is powerless without
the Fire of the Holy Ghost. Destitute of Fire, nothing else
counts; possessing Fire nothing else really matters. The one
vital need is Fire... How we may receive it, where we may find
it, by what means we may retain it are the most vital and urgent
questions of our time. Fire comes only with the presence
of the Spirit of God. He Himself is the Spirit of Fire.
The character of the Jesus Army is summarised in the slogan
which appears on our jackets: ‘Love, Power and Sacrifice’.
But the message of the Jesus Army must ever be: ‘Blood, Fire
and Covenant’. This speaks of the saving, cleansing blood of
Jesus, the coming of the Spirit of fire and the building of
Christ’s church through covenant relationships.
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