holy fire
English
Alternative forms
- Holy Fire
Etymology
From Middle English holi fir, haliȝ fir, equivalent to holy + fire.
Noun
- (religious, Christianity) Ardent devotion or enthusiasm for God or Christian ideals; Christian fervour
- 1787, J. Yonge, Practical and explanatory Commentary on the Holy Bible, page 44:
- But I now leave this great and wonderful call of Moses, to the sacred historian, whose pen is dipped in holy fire, and whose words are the words of God.
- 2007, T. L. Lowery, Walking in the Supernatural:
- When we yield to Him, this holy fire will burn away self and give us a holy, burning passion for the lost.
- 2012, Joanne Carraway, Windows into the Third Heaven:
- As with Moses, Holy Fire precedes the commission for duty. It is The Eternal Fire of Almighty God. It consumes all but is never burned out. “Our God is a consuming fire” (see Hebrews 12:29). Don't you want to be a part of this kind of uprising? It is radical. It is energized by the Holy Fire and Heat of God. It will one day fill the whole wide world!
This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.