The foolish ones said to the wise, "Give us some of your oil; our lamps are going out."
I'll ask my daughter when she gets home from pre-school today if their lamps were lit. I bet she'll nail it!
There's a principle here that antichrist seeks to cover up. Matthew 25 continues into the parable of the talents. The 1 talent servant is a servant of the master, who commands that the "worthless servant" be thrown "outside, into the darkness, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth."
The same principle is revealed in Luke 12:42-48. "That servant who knows his master's will and does not get ready or does not do what his master wants will be beaten with many blows." We consider the kindness and severity of God: severity to those who fell, but kindness to us, provided we continue in His kindness. Otherwise, we also will be cut off." Romans 11
Same thing in Mt. 24:45-51. "He will cut him to pieces and assign him a place with the hypocrites, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth." All these folks, the virgins, servants, the branches that get cut off from the True Vine, the miracle workers in Mt. 7, are house built on sand. Unlike the world (who couldn't be hypocrites), they know the words of Jesus but they do not put them in to practice. They are houses built on sand that will fall with a great crash.
Woe to the Christian shepherds who took away the key to knowledge, just like the experts in the law did during Jesus' earthly ministry. "He will be the sure foundation for your times, a rich store of salvation and wisdom and knowledge; the fear of the Lord is the key to knowledge." Is. 33:6
Satan hasn't had to change his tactics from the Garden: "You shall be like God, but you don't have to obey His Word." That's essentially what the Christianity that I was involved in had said to me. But faith and obedience are inseparable.
I'll ask my daughter when she gets home from pre-school today if their lamps were lit. I bet she'll nail it!
There's a principle here that antichrist seeks to cover up. Matthew 25 continues into the parable of the talents. The 1 talent servant is a servant of the master, who commands that the "worthless servant" be thrown "outside, into the darkness, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth."
The same principle is revealed in Luke 12:42-48. "That servant who knows his master's will and does not get ready or does not do what his master wants will be beaten with many blows." We consider the kindness and severity of God: severity to those who fell, but kindness to us, provided we continue in His kindness. Otherwise, we also will be cut off." Romans 11
Same thing in Mt. 24:45-51. "He will cut him to pieces and assign him a place with the hypocrites, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth." All these folks, the virgins, servants, the branches that get cut off from the True Vine, the miracle workers in Mt. 7, are house built on sand. Unlike the world (who couldn't be hypocrites), they know the words of Jesus but they do not put them in to practice. They are houses built on sand that will fall with a great crash.
Woe to the Christian shepherds who took away the key to knowledge, just like the experts in the law did during Jesus' earthly ministry. "He will be the sure foundation for your times, a rich store of salvation and wisdom and knowledge; the fear of the Lord is the key to knowledge." Is. 33:6
Satan hasn't had to change his tactics from the Garden: "You shall be like God, but you don't have to obey His Word." That's essentially what the Christianity that I was involved in had said to me. But faith and obedience are inseparable.
EDIT: Isaiah 33:6 "He will be the sure foundation for your times, a rich store of salvation and wisdom and knowledge; the fear of the Lord is the key to this treasure."
FYI: My 5 year old got it right!
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