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February 22, 2024
Straight Testimony to the Laodiceans- Part 17
THE LAODICEAN STATE, TEN VIRGINS, AND THE SEALING
“Those that overcome the world, the flesh, and the devil will be the favored ones to receive the seal of the living God. Those whose hands are not clean [morally, spiritually], whose hearts are not pure, will NOT have the seal of the living God. Those who are planning sin [anything against God’s magnified law] and acting it will be PASSED BY. Only those who in their attitude before God [not man/institutions], are fulfilling the position of those REPENTING AND CONFESSING their sins in the great antitypical day of atonement [the current ongoing pre-advent, investigative judgment], will be recognized and MARKED [syn. with ‘sealed’] as worthy of God’s protection. The NAMES of those who are steadfastly looking and waiting and watching for the appearing of their Savior MORE earnestly and wishfully THAN they who wait for the morning—will be numbered among those who are SEALED.
Those who, WHILE having all the light of truth [present, testing truths for these last days] flashing upon their souls, should have works CORRESPONDING to their avowed [professed] faith, but are ALLURED by sin, setting up IDOLS in their hearts, CORRUPTING their souls before God [God reads the heart], will have their NAMES BLOTTED OUT of the book of life; and be left in midnight darkness, ‘having no oil in their lamps.” -Ibid, Testimonies to Ministers, p. 445.
Now note the following:
“The state of the church represented by the FOOLISH VIRGINS, is spoken of as the LAODICEAN state.” – Ibid, Vol. 2 Review & Herald, p. 420.
Q. What does it mean to be a foolish virgin?
“The class represented by the foolish virgins are NOT HYPOCRITES. They have a regard for the truth, they have advocated the truth, they are attracted to those who believe the truth; but they have NOT YIELDED THEMSELVES TO THE HOLY SPIRIT’S WORKING. They have NOT FALLEN on the Rock, Christ Jesus, and permitted their OLD NATURES to be broken up.” -Ibid, Christ’s Object Lessons, p. 411.
Q. What happens to the foolish virgins in the parable?
“When the foolish reached the banquet hall, an UNEXPECTED DENIAL was given them. They were left outside in the blackness of the night. The DOOR WAS SHUT.” -ibid, Man. 92a, p.1, 1898/ Vol. Signs of the Times (ST), p. 138/ 4RH 109.
A. What does it mean to be a wise Virgin?
“The wise virgins have faith and love and patience, whose EXPERIENCE day by day is NOURISHED by the Holy Spirit. They DO NOT CONFORM TO THE WORLD in careless inattention. They DO NOT PUT OFF THEIR DAILY PREPARATION, but follow Jesus wherever He leads the way [see Rev. 14: 4, 1-5].” – Ibid, Vol. 3 ST 132, Aug. 6, 1894.
“The wise virgins are those who have PERFECTED A CHRISTIAN CHARACTER, who have ‘washed their robes and made them white in the blood of the Lamb.’”- Ibid, Man. 92a, p. 4.5, 1898. Compare Matt. 7: 21-23 with Matt. 25: 11, 12 (1-13).
I feel it a solemn duty to “deliver the messages” of what I have been finding and learning in my continuing studies of “the law and testimony” to anyone, “whether they will hear or forbear.” I hope and pray that the receivers will also be “Bereans”(Acts 17:11).
Bless all, NMF.