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Monday, May 21, 2007
11:56:00 AM EDT
Feeling Quiet
This parable of our Lord tells the story of ten virgins gone to await the Bridegroom. Five of these virgins were wise and five of them were foolish. The five wise virgins had their lamps and knew they had need of fuel (power) and therefore were equipped with oil. The other five virgins had their lamps and did not bring enough oil. The bridegroom delayed and the five foolish virgins were not prepared. They were out of oil and asked of the five wise virgins who responded "you will have to get yours because if I give to you I may run out myself." The foolish virgins left to get oil and the bridegroom came.
I submit to you that all ten of these virgins were Word equipped as the lamps represented the word of God. Lamp equals light or knowledge. The wise virgins had the Word and the essential that the foolish failed to don. The oil is for this purpose - the Holy Spirit. The Holy Spirit is our keeping power. He is the fuel that helps us to be doers of the word of God and not hearers only. He is love, joy , peace, patience, gentleness, goodness, faithfulness ... We are to bear His character. Jesus did not say when He will return for His church, let us be ready. Let us be equipped. Looking in His Word - the perfect law of liberty and getting dressed in the fine linen which is the righteousness of the saints. We can not get another's Oil. We can not ride off the coat tails of another so let us be NOT drunk with wine wherein is excess but let us be filled with the Spirit of God. That the door not be locked against us but that it be open to us and we may hear: "WELL DONE MY GOOD AND FAITHFUL SERVANT, ENTER INTO MY JOY."
The word of God says in the days of Noah the people were unaware what time it was - they were still drinking, partying, fornicating all of that as Noah worked to build the ark which pointed to Christ who is our Ark of Salvation. I imagine they probably laughed and said "look at Noah.. it dont take all that." They probably thought he was being a holy roller and just needed to sweep around his own back door. But when the rains came they had no hiding place. Jesus is our Hiding Place. All aboard?
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11:56:00 AM EDT
Feeling Quiet
The T en Virgins
Now May the words of my mouth and the meditations of my heart be acceptable in Thy sight O Lord my Strength and my Redeemer. ...
James 1:22-24 22But be ye doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving your own selves. 23For if any be a hearer of the word, and not a doer, he is like unto a man beholding his natural face in a glass: 24For he beholdeth himself, and goeth his way, and straightway forgetteth what manner of man he was.
This parable of our Lord tells the story of ten virgins gone to await the Bridegroom. Five of these virgins were wise and five of them were foolish. The five wise virgins had their lamps and knew they had need of fuel (power) and therefore were equipped with oil. The other five virgins had their lamps and did not bring enough oil. The bridegroom delayed and the five foolish virgins were not prepared. They were out of oil and asked of the five wise virgins who responded "you will have to get yours because if I give to you I may run out myself." The foolish virgins left to get oil and the bridegroom came.
I submit to you that all ten of these virgins were Word equipped as the lamps represented the word of God. Lamp equals light or knowledge. The wise virgins had the Word and the essential that the foolish failed to don. The oil is for this purpose - the Holy Spirit. The Holy Spirit is our keeping power. He is the fuel that helps us to be doers of the word of God and not hearers only.
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