Matthew 25:1) "Then the kingdom of heaven will be like ten virgins who took their lamps and went to meet the bridegroom. 2) Five of them were foolish, and five were wise. 3) For when the foolish took their lamps, they took no oil with them, 4) but the wise took flasks of oil with their lamps. 5) As the bridegroom was delayed, they all became drowsy and slept. 6) But at midnight there was a cry, ‘Here is the bridegroom! Come out to meet him.’ 7) Then all those virgins rose and trimmed their lamps. 8) And the foolish said to the wise, ‘Give us some of your oil, for our lamps are going out.’ 9) But the wise answered, saying, ‘Since there will not be enough for us and for you, go rather to the dealers and buy for yourselves.’ 10) And while they were going to buy, the bridegroom came, and those who were ready went in with him to the marriage feast, and the door was shut. 11) Afterward the other virgins came also, saying, ‘Lord, lord, open to us.’ 12) But he answered, ‘Truly, I say to you, I do not know you.’ 13) Watch therefore, for you know neither the day nor the hour.
Saturday, June 11, 2011
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Are you the kind of foolish virgin about whom Jesus speaks in the previous allegory? In other words, are you a person who wants to be a Christian, perhaps attends church meetings, but does not have any "oil in his lamp", in other words, no spiritual life in your heart? Are you, in other words, only a nominal Christian, do you have external Christian habits in your life, but have really not been born again and experienced a living faith?
ReplyDeleteIt really is possible that if God has not had the chance to awaken us, we are just these kinds of people. We can have all the external signs of Christianity, we may have turned away from certain sins, and we might think that we are on our way to Heaven, even though we are in fact going just the opposite direction. This is possible if we have not yet seen our true condition and the need for salvation in the light of God.
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