February 5, 2020
MID-WEEK MESSAGE FROM YOUR PASTOR’S DESK:
WISE OR FOOLISH VIRGINS?
“Behold, The Bridegroom cometh; go ye out to meet Him!” Matt. 25:6.— “The great controversy is nearing its end. Every report of calamity by sea or land is a testimony to the fact that the end to all things is at hand. Wars and rumors of wars declare it. Is there a Christian whose pulse does not beat faster as he anticipates the great events opening before us? The Lord is coming. We hear the footsteps of an approaching God.” OHC346.
What/Who are the Foolish virgins? “The state of the CHURCH represented by the foolish virgins, is also spoken of as the Laodicean state.” 2RH420.
“The CLASS represented by the Foolish virgins are NOT hypocrites. They have a regard for the truth, they have advocated for the truth; BUT they have not yielded themselves to the Holy Spirit’s working. They have not fallen upon the Rock,Christ Jesus, and permitted their old natures to be broken up.” COL411.
Who/What are the Wise Virgins? “The Wise virgins are those who 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 [“follows the Lamb withersoever He goeth”].”3ST138.
“The wise virgins represent those who have PERFECTED a Christian character, who have washed their robes and made them white in the blood of the Lamb.”MS 92a 4.
What happens to the Foolish Virgins? “When the Foolish virgins reach the banqueting hall, an UNEXPECTED DENIAL was given them. They were left outside in the blackness of the night. The door was shut.” 3 ST138.
The door of probation closes before Jesus the Bridegroom comes. And our probation closes at death. “Make your calling and election sure.” “Examine yourselves; prove your selves whether you are in the Lord” today and day by day! God bless and keep you! NMF