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289"Cleansing Fire" Used Symbolicallyto Show Testing of Faithand Integrity in Perfecting God'sServants for Service, Not Justfor the Sake of Their OwnForgivenessIsa . 6 :5-9, Dy "And I said :Woe is me, because I have heldmy peace ; because I am a manof unclean lips, and I dwell inthe midst of a people that hathunclean lips, and I have seenwith my eyes the King the Lordof hosts . And one of the seraphimsflew to me : and in hishand was a live coal, which hehad taken with the tongs off thealtar. And he touched my mouth,and said : Behold this hathtouched thy lips, and thy iniquitiesshall be taken away, andthy sin shall be cleansed . AndI heard the voice of the Lord,saying : Whom shall I send, andwho shall go for us? And I said :Lo, here am I . Send me. Andhe said : Go."Mal . 3 :1-3, Dy "The Lord whomyou seek, and the angel of thetestament whom you desire shallcome to his temple. Behold hecometh, saith the Lord of hosts .And who shall be able to thinkof the day of his coming? andwho shall stand to see him? forhe is like a refining fire and likethe fuller's herb. And he shall sitrefining and cleansing the silver,and he shall purify the sons ofLevi and shall refine them as goldand as silver : and they shall offersacrifices to the Lord in justice ."Heb . 9:14, Dy "How much moreshall the blood of Christ, who bythe Holy Ghost offered himselfunspotted unto God, cleanse ourconscience from dead works, toserve the living God?""Cleansing Fire" Is Shown toTest Man's Works and Faithand Purify Him When Living,Not After Death. SomeScarcely Saved from "Fireof Destruction"1 Cor. 3 :11-15, Dy "For otherfoundation no man can lay, butPurgatorythat which is laid : which isChrist Jesus. Now, if any manbuild upon this foundation, gold,silver, precious stones, wood, hay,stubble : every man's work shallbe manifest. For the day of theLord shall declare it, because itshall be revealed in fire . And thefire shall try every man's work,of what sort it is . If any man'swork abide, which he hath builtthereupon, he shall receive a reward. If any man's work burn,he shall suffer loss : but he himselfshall be saved, yet so as byfire ."1 Pet . 1 :7, Dy "That the trialof your faith (much more preciousthan gold which is tried bythe fire) may be found untopraise and glory and honour atthe appearing of Jesus Christ ."[NW : "In order that the testedquality of your faith, of muchgreater value than gold thatperishes despite its being provedby fire, may be found a causefor praise and glory and honor atthe revelation of Jesus Christ ."]Jude 22, 23, Dy "And some indeedreprove, being judged : butothers save, putting them out ofthe fire ." [NW : "Also continueshowing mercy to some that havedoubts ; save them by snatchingthem out of the fire ."]Amos 4 :11, Dy "I destroyedsome of you, as God destroyedSodom and Gomorrha, and youwere as a firebrand plucked outof the burning : yet you returnednot to me, saith the Lord .""Fire of Persecution" MeansSharing with Christ inHis Suffering1 Pet . 4 :12, 13, Dy "Dearly beloved,think not strange the burningheat which is to try you : asif some new thing happened toyou . But if you partake of thesufferings of Christ, rejoice that,when his glory shall be revealed,you may also be glad with exceedingjoy ." [NW : `Beloved ones,do not be puzzled at the burningamong you which is happening to