THE VIRGINS OF MATTHEW 25 TYPES A BRIDE WHO AWAITS HER BELOVED - THE CHURCH WITHOUT SPOT OR BLEMISH.  BUT HOW DOES SHE WAIT?  IS SHE PROPERLY PREPARED OR POORLY PREPARED? HOW DOES SHE WAIT?  BEHOLD, OUR BRIDEGROOM IS EVEN AT THE DOOR!  TRIMMING OF LAMPS AND REFILLING WITH OIL WILL ENABLE THE FIRE OF THE HOLY SPIRIT TO BURN BRIGHTER AND THE OIL OF HIS PRESENCE TO BE MANIFESTED IN AND THROUGH US!  LIGHT DISPELS THE DARKNESS! SO WE DIE, PRUNE AND TRIM AS CRUSHED OLIVES TO PRODUCE THE OIL - AT EVERY LEVEL, AT EVERY SEASON! IT IS NOT A STRIVING - BEING VIGILANT AND WATCHFUL! IT IS AN ENTERING INTO HIS REST - BY FAITH!

YOU SEE IT IS NOT BY OUR MIGHT NOR OUR POWER BUT BY THE SPIRIT OF THE LORD!  IT IS NOT BY OUR ELOQUENCE!  THE OIL IS ABSOLUTELY NECESSARY IT IS THE OIL OF THE ANOINTING THAT REMOVES THE BONDAGES! IT IS THE YOKE DESTROYING ANOINTING OF THE HOLY SPIRIT!  WE CANNOT FUNCTION WITHOUT HIM! 

WE CANNOT SLEEP AND SLUMBER AND TRY TO JUMP START ON SOMEONE ELSE'S ANOINTING OR EXPERIENCES!  WE HAVE TO WORK OUT OUR SALVATION WITH FEAR AND TREMBLING!  NEW WINE!  FRESH MANNA!  WE HAVE TO MAKE READY FOR THE COMING OF OUR BRIDEGROOM.

ALL THE VIRGINS AROSE BUT SOME OF THEM DID WHAT THEY WERE DOING ALL ALONG "GIMME SOME OF YOUR OIL"  TOO LAZY TO PAY THE PRICE! TOO LAZY TO SUBMIT! TOO AFRAID TO DIE!  HE DID KNOW KNOW WHO THEY WERE! BUT THEY WERE WAITING TOO! OR WERE THEY?  BUT HOW?? WERE THEY CAREFULLY CHOOSING THEIR WEDDING GARMENTS?  PROTECTING THE PURITY OF IT?  HOW MUCH DID THE OIL COST?  MAYBE THE PRICE WAS TOO HIGH!  HOW MUCH DID IT COST TO PREPARE FOR THE WEDDING?

BUT HOW CAN OUR LORD NOT KNOW THEM?  BECAUSE THE KNOWING IS IN THE INTIMACY!  THAT'S WHERE THE OIL FLOWS.  IN THAT SECRET PLACE WE ARE HUMBLED AND OUR 'SO CALLED' RIGHTEOUSNESS MEAN NOTHING FOR NO FLESH SHALL GLORY IN HIS PRESENCE.  THAT KNOWING AND TO BE KNOWN BY HIM IS TO UNDERSTAND HIM AND TO DELIGHT HIS HEART [JER. 9]...LISTENING TO HIS HEARTBEAT AND HEARING HIM WEEP OVER THE LOST ..OBEDIENCE IS AN EXPRESSION OF OUR LOVE...ONLY THOSE WHO DO HIS WILL....THEY THAT ARE LED BY THE SPIRIT ARE THE SONS OF GOD...WALKING IN OBEDIENCE.

HE SAID TO THE FIVE FOOLISH VIRGINS, "I DO NOT KNOW YOU".  ACCORDING TO STRONG'S THIS MEANS THAT HE WAS NOT EVEN AWARE OF THEM...ARE WE READY?

WATCH THEREFORE....

OCCUPY 'TILL HE COMES...

HE THAT HAS THIS HOPE.......PURIFIES HIMSELF.

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