The Fiery Acrostic Dr. Purcell First
Developed on which to Base this Book

A-ll in Gehenna/hell* “salted with fire” [“purified” GNB] (Mark 9:49)
B-uilding Christ’s church that will destroy Hades/hell* (Mt. 16:18)
C-hrist baptizes with Holy Spirit/fire-Pentecost (Mt. 3:11; Acts 2:1-3)
D-evouring fire/brimstone/burning sulfur-like God’s breath…(Isa. 30:27, 33)
E-very believer’s works/deeds tested/refined by fire (1 Cor. 3:10-14)
F-aith tried by painful-healing-fiery trials of life (I Pet. 1:7; 4:12)
G-od is…fire [consuming sin/purifying sinners] (Dt. 4:24; Heb. 12:29)
H-ades/hell*/death, in lake of burning sulfur, cease to exist (Rev. 20:14)
I-sraelites…God, in pillar of fire, led to freedom (Dt. 4:20; Ex. 13:21)
J-esus sending fire on earth burning up chaff/sin (Mt. 3:12; Lk. 12:49)
K-now God was in the burning bush, speaking to Moses…(Ex. 3:1-5)
L-ove/fire/God consumes fear, purifies/perfects all in love (I John 4:8-18)
M-essiah’s refining fire will purify…the Jewish people (Mal. 3:1-3)
N-ote:**burning sulfur denotes disinfection from sin (Rev. 20:10-15)
O-xymoron: eternal torture and God’s infinite mercy* (Ps. 136)
P-ersons:…servants of God are flames of fire (Ps. 104:4; Heb. 1:7)
Q-uality of life…transformed burning sinful works (II Peter 3:10-13)
R-iver/stream of fire flows from God’s fiery…presence (Dan. 7:9-10)
S-heol/hell*: God in hell, omnipresent spirit/light/love/fire (Ps.139:7-8)
T-ime in…sulfur,***day and night…not forever (Rev. 20:10; 21:25; 22:5)
U-nquenchable fire burns out (Jer. 7:20; 17:27; Ez. 20:45-49; Mk. 9:43-48)
V-erily, seven flames of fire…the seven spirits of God (Rev. 4:5)
W-ord of God, as fire, burns in human hearts (Jer. 23:29; Luke 24:32)
X-[Chi in Greek]: first two letters of “Christ” eyes as fire (Rev. 1:14)
Y-es, saved by grace with behavior refined thru fire (I Cor. 3:15)
Z-ero: all in hell forever. God: All in All (I Cor. 15:28; Eph. 4:4-6)

*King James Version; much more info: ChristianityWithoutInsanity.com
**Modern Medicinal Analogy: a fiery lake of penicillin to cure sin infection
***Heaven: no night/hell: no day; “forever,” Greek “aeons/ages” mistranslation

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Boyd C. Purcell, M.Div., Ph.D.
National Board Certified Counselor/Board Certified Hospice Chaplain