11/12/2022
WISE OR FOOLISH VIRGIN
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"At that time the kingdom of heaven will be like ten virgins who took their lamps and went out to meet the bridegroom.Five of them were foolish and five were wise.The foolish ones took their lamps but did not take any oil with them.The wise, however, took oil in jars along with their lamps." Matthew 25:1-4
Brethren, Jesus said;
"Therefore everyone who HEARS these WORDS of mine and PUTS them INTO PRACTICE is like a WISE MAN who built his house on the rock." Matthew 7:24 (Emphasis)
The Wise hears the Word of God and puts it into practice, he allows the word to burn in his heart like fire, the fear of the Lord guides the steps of such a person. The Wise put their trust in the Lord even in dark and turbulent moments, even in difficult times the Wise put the Word into practice trusting God, this is why the Wise virgins had EXTRA OIL for the time of delay. For the Holy Spirit will flow in the hearts of those who surrender to do His Word.
Have you surrended your heart to follow Jesus?......Be wise!!
The FOOLISH virgins are those who hear the Word but do not put it into practice... Jesus said;
"But everyone who hears these words of mine and DOES NOT PUT them INTO PRACTICE is like a FOOLISH MAN who built his house on sand." Matthew 7:26(Emphasis)
When you profess to be a Christian yet live in disobedience then you acting foolish... the Bible says:
"The fool says in his heart, "There is no God." They are corrupt, and their ways are vile; there is no one who does good" Psalms14:1
Brethren, when we profess to know God yet live in disobedience we will be acting like "the fool who said there's no God" because our works or deeds will be the same: corrupt, their actions are evil. The Bible says;
James 1:22 NLT
"But don’t just listen to God’s word. You must do what it says. Otherwise, you are only fooling yourselves."
