BE READY
Matthew 25: The parable of the ten virgins is a good lesson in preparedness. Will you be prepared? Verses 11-13: “Later the others also came. (Because they weren’t prepared they had to buy some oil for their lamps resulting in the door being shut) Sir! Sir! They said, Open the door for us. But he replied, I tell you the truth, I don’t know you. Therefore keep watch, because you do not know the day or the hour.” The parable of the talents is also a very good lesson for us. Being saved does not mean that we should rest on our laurels, we have been given a beautiful and everlasting gift and Jesus wants us to share it. The parable is actually dealing with the opportunity that people have and if they do nothing about it (asking Jesus to be their Savior) they will find themselves to be lost separated from Him forever..
The parable of the sheep and the goats depicts the future in the end times when it will be decided who will enter the Kingdom. In verse 33 Jesus says: “He will put the sheep (the saved) on his right and the goats (the unsaved) on his left.” Those who have accepted Jesus will certainly enter and those who did not will be lost forever. It is also a very revealing parable in that it teaches what Jesus has been demonstrating and preaching during His time on earth. Love is the ingredient we all need to show the world. Loving others like Jesus loves us is very pleasing to the Father.
Jesus says in verse 41: “I tell you the truth, whatever you did do for the least of these brothers of mine you did for me. Then he will say to those on his left, ‘Depart from me , you who are cursed, into the eternal fire prepared for the devil and his angels.’”
My friends, if you are not ready for the appearance of the Lord or if you leave this earth prematurely, I pray that you will be prepared. Simply tell Him that you recognize that you are a sinner and lost and that you accept His gift of salvation and ask Him to come into your heart. Then you will be ready for eternal bliss with Him.
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