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  • Joyce Ballentine on Matthew 25 - 8 years ago
    JESUS OFTEN GAVE HIS DISCIPLES PARABLES SO THEY CAN GET SOME SPIRITUAL UNDERSTANDING! IN THIS PARABLE FIVE WAS WISE AND FIVE WAS FOOLISH! MEANING FIVE WISE WAS READY FOR THE COMING OF THE BRIDEGROOM CAUSE THEY KEPT OIL FOR THEIR LAMPS, WHILE THE FIVE FOOLISH DID 'NT CARE ABOUT KEEPING OIL ON THEM AND RAN OUT! THE SCRIPTURE SAID THAT THE BRIDEGROOM TOOK A LONG TIME BEFORE HE CAME TO SEE THE TEN VIRGINS BUT THE FIVE WISE STAYED READY BUT THE FIVE FOOLISH DID NOT! SO WHEN THE BRIDEGROOM CAME ONLY FIVE OF THE TEN VIRGINS MADE IT IN! WE AS BELIEVERS OF CHRIST MUST NOT RUN OUT OF OIL WHILE WAITING FOR HIS RETURN! WE MUST CONTINUE TO FILL OUR LAMPS WITH THE OIL OF THE WORD SO OUR LIGHTS WILL NOT GO OUT! Mathew 5:14 -JESUS SAID, "WE ARE THE LIGHT OF THE WORLD, A CITY ON A HILL CANNOT BE HIDDEN "! WE CANT AFFORD TO LET THE LIGHT OF JESUS GROW DIM IN THESE LAST AND EVIL DAYS! TOO MANY SOULS ARE AT STATE FOR US TO RUN OUT OF OIL IN OUR LAMPS! LORD FORGIVE US FOR LETTING OUR OIL RUN AT TIMES! LORD HELP US TO UNDERSTAND THE VALUE OF KEEPING OUR LAMPS FILLED WITH THE OIL OF THE WORD!AMEN! GLORY BE TO GOD!!!



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