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If Jesus came back today then are you prepared…yes or no?

If Jesus came back today then are you prepared…yes or no?


Mat 25:1-13 ASV  Then shall the kingdom of heaven be likened unto ten virgins, who took their lamps, and went forth to meet the bridegroom.  2  And five of them were foolish, and five were wise.  3  For the foolish, when they took their lamps, took no oil with them:  4  but the wise took oil in their vessels with their lamps.  5  Now while the bridegroom tarried, they all slumbered and slept.  6  But at midnight there is a cry, Behold, the bridegroom! Come ye forth to meet him.  7  Then all those virgins arose, and trimmed their lamps.  8  And the foolish said unto the wise, Give us of your oil; for our lamps are going out.  9  But the wise answered, saying, Peradventure there will not be enough for us and you: go ye rather to them that sell, and buy for yourselves.  10  And while they went away to buy, the bridegroom came; and they that were ready went in with him to the marriage feast: and the door was shut.  11  Afterward came also the other virgins, saying, Lord, Lord, open to us.  12  But he answered and said, Verily I say unto you, I know you not.  13  Watch therefore, for ye know not the day nor the hour.

 

Two groups of virgins the wise and the foolish…

1.      The foolish brought no oil or fuel for the lamps against the darkness

…These virgins hear of the bridegroom and a marriage…they wait to see the bridegroom but it is a long wait and did not think about their lamps running out of fuel in the middle of the night while they are waiting on the bridegroom to start the wedding.

2.      The wise brought oil or fuel for their lamps against the darkness

…The wise knew it was the middle of the night and understood it may be late at night when he shows up…they prepared and brought more fuel so they could see. Are you prepared…if you died right now would you be saved…yes or no?

3.      They Slumbered and sleep

…While they waited in the night they all fell asleep…waiting…

 

Bridegroom…

1.      Is delayed…

…We do not know the reason for his delay…business details…marriage details…but is delayed and makes it as soon as possible…

2.      The cry of his coming…

…Those at the marriage are expecting him and hear the bridegroom is near…lets out a cry…he is finally here get ready for the feast…

3.      Finally the time is prepared and he is now there…

…Everyone hears and preparing for the marriage…

 

Marriage begins…for those ready or prepared

1.      The door is opened and the prepared are allowed into the marriage

…it’s the middle of the night…the door opens and those who have the light in the darkness are let in because they are there and prepared…they have oil in their lamps and are seen by the portal of the door…then because they are prepared allowed inside.

2.      The Door is shut and the unprepared are left outside

…Those who could not see because they ran out of oil had to go find some fuel to be able to even see the entrance into the marriage feast…when the door is opened they are running errands to finds oil so they can be prepared and waiting…they are left outside in the darkness…

3.      The bridegroom’s choice to not deal with the unprepared…

…The bridegroom was delayed and so was his marriage…the party at the marriage was just waiting on him…the details had to be ironed out…the business had to be handled…the preparations had to be made…but even though they are waiting on the bridegroom…notice He does not wait or cater to the unprepared…but allowed those who were ready even though He was delayed…

 

 

Are you prepared to enter into the marriage feast with Jesus Christ…yes or no? Would you go to Heaven is Jesus came back today…yes or no? Have you been baptized…yes or no? Jesus died on the cross and was raised from the dead so you could never choose a wrong thing again…there is no reason not to be prepared and waiting on His coming…Jesus will forgive you of all past wrongs and then teach or reveal the truth to you so you can do what is right with your Creator…

 


Jesus said after His resurrection… 

Mar 16:14-20 ASV  And afterward he was manifested unto the eleven themselves as they sat at meat; and he upbraided them with their unbelief and hardness of heart, because they believed not them that had seen him after he was risen.  

 

15  And he said unto them, Go ye into all the world, and preach the gospel to the whole creation.  16  He that believeth and is baptized shall be saved; but he that disbelieves shall be condemned.  

 

17  And these signs shall accompany them that believe: in my name shall they cast out demons; they shall speak with new tongues;  18  they shall take up serpents, and if they drink any deadly thing, it shall in no wise hurt them; they shall lay hands on the sick, and they shall recover.  19  So then the Lord Jesus, after he had spoken unto them, was received up into heaven, and sat down at the right hand of God.  20  And they went forth, and preached everywhere, the Lord working with them, and confirming the word by the signs that followed. Amen.

 

 

Father we ask you would confirm we must be baptized in ordered to be prepared for Your Only Son’s coming…so we may not have to live in doubt but know we have done that which is required to be prepared…in Jesus of Nazareth’s name amen.

 

 

If Jesus came back today then are you prepared…yes or no?

 

Try…A…Pause for Prayer and Devotional a Wellsaid Christian Devotional about the teachings of Jesus… https://www.anopenbiblestudy.com/blog-by-ben-the-friend



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The Good News From Jesus Himself…all Jesus’s teaching…

The Good News From Jesus Himself…all Jesus’s words…

Mat 11:28-30 ASV  Come unto Me, all ye that labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.  29  Take my yoke upon you, and learn of Me; for I am meek and lowly in heart: and ye shall find rest unto your souls.  30  For my yoke is easy, and my burden is light… Joh 6:35 ASV  Jesus said unto them, I am the bread of life: he that cometh to Me shall not hunger, and he that believeth on Me shall never thirst… Mat 6:30-34 ASV  But if God doth so clothe the grass of the field, which to-day is, and to-morrow is cast into the oven, shall He not much more clothe you, O ye of little faith?  31  Be not therefore anxious, saying, What shall we eat? or, What shall we drink? or, Wherewithal shall we be clothed?  32  For after all these things do the Gentiles seek; for your heavenly Father knows that ye have need of all these things.  33  But seek ye first His kingdom, and His righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you.  34  Be not therefore anxious for the morrow: for the morrow will be anxious for itself. Sufficient unto the day is the evil thereof... Joh 10:7-11 ASV  Jesus therefore said unto them again, Verily, verily, I say unto you, I am the Door of the sheep.  8  All that came before Me are thieves and robbers: but the sheep did not hear them.  9  I am the door; by Me if any man enter in, he shall be saved, and shall go in and go out, and shall find pasture.  10  The thief cometh not, but that he may steal, and kill, and destroy: I came that they may have life, and may have it abundantly.  11  I am the Good Shepherd: the Good Shepherd lays down His life for the sheep.

 

Joh 8:31-32 ASV  Jesus therefore said to those Jews that had believed Him, If ye abide in My word, then are ye truly My disciples;  32  and ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free… Joh 3:16-17 ASV  For God so loved the world, that He gave His only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth on Him should not perish, but have eternal life.  17  For God sent not the Son into the world to judge the world; but that the world should be saved through Him… Luk 13:3-5 ASV  I tell you, Nay: but, except ye repent, ye shall all in like manner perish.  4  Or those eighteen, upon whom the tower in Siloam fell, and killed them, think ye that they were offenders above all the men that dwell in Jerusalem?  5  I tell you, Nay: but, except ye repent, ye shall all likewise perish… Mat 10:32-33 ASV  Every one therefore who shall confess Me before men, him will I also confess before my Father who is in heaven.  33  But whosoever shall deny Me before men, him will I also deny before my Father who is in heaven… Joh 3:5-8 ASV  Jesus answered, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except one be born of water and the Spirit, he cannot enter into the kingdom of God.  6  That which is born of the flesh is flesh; and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit.  7  Marvel not that I said unto thee, Ye must be born anew.  8  The wind blows where it will, and thou hear the voice thereof, but knowest not whence it cometh, and whither it goes: so is every one that is born of the Spirit… Mar 16:16-18 ASV  He that believeth and is baptized shall be saved; but he that disbelieves shall be condemned.

 

Mat 25:31-40 ASV  But when the Son of man shall come in his glory, and all the angels with him, then shall he sit on the throne of his Glory:  32  and before Him shall be gathered all the nations: and He shall separate them one from another, as the shepherd separates the sheep from the goats;  33  and He shall set the sheep on his right hand, but the goats on the left.  34  Then shall the King say unto them on his right hand, Come, ye blessed of my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world:  35  for I was hungry, and ye gave me to eat; I was thirsty, and ye gave me drink; I was a stranger, and ye took me in;  36  naked, and ye clothed me; I was sick, and ye visited me; I was in prison, and ye came unto me.  37  Then shall the righteous answer Him, saying, Lord, when saw we Thee hungry, and fed thee? or athirst, and gave Thee drink?  38  And when saw we thee a stranger, and took Thee in? or naked, and clothed Thee?  39  And when saw we thee sick, or in prison, and came unto Thee?  40  And the King shall answer and say unto Them, Verily I say unto you, Inasmuch as ye did it unto one of these My brethren, even these least, ye did it unto Me… Mat 25:41-46 ASV  Then shall He say also unto them on the left hand, Depart from Me, ye cursed, into the eternal fire which is prepared for the devil and his angels:  42  for I was hungry, and ye did not give Me to eat; I was thirsty, and ye gave Me no drink;  43  I was a stranger, and ye took Me not in; naked, and ye clothed Me not; sick, and in prison, and ye visited Me not.  44  Then shall they also answer, saying, Lord, when saw we Thee hungry, or athirst, or a stranger, or naked, or sick, or in prison, and did not minister unto Thee?  45  Then shall He answer them, saying, Verily I say unto you, Inasmuch as ye did it not unto one of these least, ye did it not unto Me.  46  And these shall go away into eternal punishment: but the righteous into eternal life.

 

Father help us hear the truth and see with discernment how to not offend and do right by You our Creator…please meet our soul’s deepest needs for mercy and repentance…in Jesus of Nazareth’s name amen.

 

The Good News From Jesus Himself...

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A candle loses nothing by lighting another candle…this little light of mine…

A candle loses nothing by lighting another candle…this little light of mine…

 

It is written in the New Testament of Christ which is the New Agreement between God and creation…

Mat 5:14-16 ASV  Ye are the light of the world. A city set on a hill cannot be hid.  15  Neither do men light a lamp, and put it under the bushel, but on the stand; and it shineth unto all that are in the house.  16  Even so let your light shine before men; that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father who is in heaven…Render to no man evil for evil. Take thought for things honorable in the sight of all men.  18  If it be possible, as much as in you lieth, be at peace with all men.  19  Avenge not yourselves, beloved, but give place unto the wrath of God: for it is written, Vengeance belongs unto Me; I will recompense, saith the Lord.  20  But if thine enemy hunger, feed him; if he thirst, give him to drink: for in so doing thou shalt heap coals of fire upon his head.  21  Be not overcome of evil, but overcome evil with good. Rom 12:17-21 ASV

 

Php 2:1-11 ASV  If there is therefore any exhortation in Christ, if any consolation of love, if any fellowship of the Spirit, if any tender mercies and compassions,  2  make full my joy, that ye be of the same mind, having the same love, being of one accord, of one mind;  3  doing nothing through faction or through vainglory, but in lowliness of mind each counting other better than himself;  4  not looking each of you to his own things, but each of you also to the things of others.  5  Have this mind in you, which was also in Christ Jesus:  6  who, existing in the form of God, counted not the being on an equality with God a thing to be grasped,  7  but emptied Himself, taking the form of a servant, being made in the likeness of men;  8  and being found in fashion as a man, he humbled Himself, becoming obedient even unto death, yea, the death of the cross.  9  Wherefore also God highly exalted Him, and gave unto Him the name which is above every name;  10  that in the name of Jesus every knee should bow, of things in heaven and things on earth and things under the earth,  11  and that every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the Glory of God the Father.

 

Jesus Christ said…

Joh 3:16-17 ASV  For God so loved the world, that He gave His only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth on Him should not perish, but have eternal life.  17  For God sent not the Son into the world to judge the world; but that the world should be saved through Him… Jesus answered, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except one be born of water and the Spirit, he cannot enter into the kingdom of God.  6  That which is born of the flesh is flesh; and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit.  7  Marvel not that I said unto thee, Ye must be born anew.  8  The wind blows where it will, and thou hear the voice thereof, but knowest not whence it cometh, and whither it goes: so is every one that is born of the Spirit. Joh 3:5-8 ASV 

 

Jesus Christ said…

Luk 13:3-5 ASV  I tell you, Nay: but, except ye repent, ye shall all in like manner perish.  4  Or those eighteen, upon whom the tower in Siloam fell, and killed them, think ye that they were offenders above all the men that dwell in Jerusalem?  5  I tell you, Nay: but, except ye repent, ye shall all likewise perish…And afterward he was manifested unto the eleven themselves as they sat at meat; and he upbraided them with their unbelief and hardness of heart, because they believed not them that had seen him after he was risen.  15  And he said unto them, Go ye into all the world, and preach the gospel to the whole creation…

…16  He that believeth and is baptized shall be saved; but he that disbelieves shall be condemned…

…17  And these signs shall accompany them that believe: in My name shall they cast out demons; they shall speak with new tongues;  18  they shall take up serpents, and if they drink any deadly thing, it shall in no wise hurt them; they shall lay hands on the sick, and they shall recover.  19  So then the Lord Jesus, after He had spoken unto them, was received up into heaven, and sat down at the right hand of God.  20  And they went forth, and preached everywhere, the Lord working with them, and confirming the word by the signs that followed. Amen. Mar 16:14-20 ASV 

 

Have you ever made a commitment to God…yes or no? Have you ever offended God…yes or no? Will you change and surrender all to Jesus Christ who died and was raised from the dead…who will reveal the truth to you so you can do right by your Creator…in repentance…yes or no? Will you be baptized to obey Jesus and be born of the water and the Spirit…yes or no? Have you been baptized to obey Jesus before…yes or no?

 

Father please heal our sin scars…restore us to a new and right spirit with You…we renounce anything un-Holy and pray you would restore and cleanse us of all sin…in Jesus of Nazareth’s name amen.

 

Try…A…Pause for Prayer and Devotional a Wellsaid Christian Devotional about the teachings of Jesus… https://www.anopenbiblestudy.com/blog-by-ben-the-friend

 

A candle loses nothing by lighting another candle…this little light of mine…



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