The 10 Virgins Page 4 ~ Voice of the Watchman

Matthew 25:8-9 " 8 And the foolish said unto the wise, Give us of your oil; for our lamps are gone out.
9 But the wise answered, saying, [Not so]; lest there be not enough for us and you: but go ye rather to them that sell, and buy for yourselves. "

HEY... THESE ARE NOT TARES... THEIR LIGHTS HAD GONE OUT... THEY HAD BEEN LIT. THEY HAD THE HOLY SPIRIT, AND HE HAD LIT THEIR FIRES. BUT THEY HAVE QUENCHED THE HOLY SPIRIT SO MUCH AND HAVE BEEN SO LUKEWARM AND CARNAL THAT NOW THEY SPIRIT IS GRIEVED AND NOT FLOWING IN THEIR LIVES AND NOW THE FLAME IS GONE OUT!

2 Timothy 1:6-7 (KJV) " 6 Wherefore I put thee in remembrance that thou stir up the gift of God, which is in thee by the putting on of my hands. 7 For God hath not given us the spirit of fear; but of power, and of love, and of a sound mind. "

2 Timothy 1:6-7 (NASB) " 6 And for this reason I remind you to kindle afresh the gift of God which is in you through the laying on of my hands. 7 For God has not given us a spirit of timidity, but of power and love and discipline. "

Fan the flame... stir up the gift... don't let it grow lukewarm, but fan that flame that the ashes ignite again... get the flow of God going again so that the fires burn in you!

Jesus is the light of the world... He is the light of life, but through the Holy Spirit, He makes us lights. We are light in this world of darkness. But sometimes the people of the light get snagged by the darkness again and the lukewarmness of their spirits lets the light grow dim to where there is no seeming difference between them and the world.

The light once burned (sorry, I have read a lot of commentators trying their level best to explain away this scripture, but its wrong to try and do this. Just because it does not fit your view of scriptures is no reason to throw it away. Instead pray and seek God and change your view to include it instead of trying to explain it away as they had a worldly light, etc. It just doesn't work, and it is dishonest to the Bible to try and make it so), but it burns no longer.

The sad thing is that they thought that they had enough light except when the midnight cry came, they just did not have it available to them. They trimmed with wicks as though the light was still there, but was so dry that the flame would not come. This is so sad.

There is not enough for you and we also... we have what God has given to us, and you must get yours the same way... from God. We need our own for us. Not so!

They say to go buy for yourselves, which is remarkably similar to what Jesus Christ told the church at Laodicea. See, this is the age of Laodicea. I truly believe that the 3 last days churches are found in Revelation 3... I think that all groups and individual members of the church are either one of Sardis, Philadelpia, or Laodicea. We won't even go into Sardis in this study. But Laodicea is the lukewarm church.

Revelation 3:14-22 " 14 And unto the angel of the church of the Laodiceans write; These things saith the Amen, the faithful and true witness, the beginning of the creation of God;
15 I know thy works, that thou art neither cold nor hot: I would thou wert cold or hot. 16 So then because thou art lukewarm, and neither cold nor hot, I will spue thee out of my mouth.
17 Because thou sayest, I am rich, and increased with goods, and have need of nothing; and knowest not that thou art wretched, and miserable, and poor, and blind, and naked:

18 I counsel thee to buy of me gold tried in the fire, that thou mayest be rich; and white raiment, that thou mayest be clothed, and [that] the shame of thy nakedness do not appear; and anoint thine eyes with eyesalve, that thou mayest see. 19 As many as I love, I rebuke and chasten: be zealous therefore, and repent.

20 Behold, I stand at the door, and knock: if any man hear my voice, and open the door, I will come in to him, and will sup with him, and he with me. 21 To him that overcometh will I grant to sit with me in my throne, even as I also overcame, and am set down with my Father in his throne. 22 He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches. "

Here, Jesus told them to buy true spiritual gold from Himself... tried in the fire and pure... so that they can have true riches instead of a material wealth which they equated with spirituality (sounds kind of familiar if you have ever watched very much Christian television... not all, mind you but a lot). Get that white raiment because they were literally in shame and naked before God. And if they did not repent, everyone would some day see this. Get the anointing of the eyesalve (Laodicea was renown for its eyesalve produced there) so that you start seeing again. The lukewarmness and compromise had blinded you to the truth. The anointing brings life and cleansing again... it comes through repentance.

They say to the 5 foolish Virgins... go buy some more oil... who has it? God does! The thing is to do this before the Midnight Cry. Because afterward, you can still get the oil back and get REVIVAL, but there will be a difference, because the door of the Marriage Supper will be closed and you will be stuck here for what is coming. Once again, the urgency in the words of Jesus about watching and praying "always" that you may be accounted worthy to escape all of these things!

WE NEED REVIVAL NOW... TODAY WITH NO WASTING OF TIME. IF WE WAIT UNTIL THE CRY IS GIVEN, THEN IT IS TOO LATE FOR US TO BE CAUGHT UP!

Ephesians 5:14-20 " 14 Wherefore he saith, Awake thou that sleepest, and arise from the dead, and Christ shall give thee light.
15 See then that ye walk circumspectly, not as fools, but as wise,
16 Redeeming the time, because the days are evil.
17 Wherefore be ye not unwise, but understanding what the will of the Lord [is].
18 And be not drunk with wine, wherein is excess; but be filled with the Spirit;
19 Speaking to yourselves in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing and making melody in your heart to the Lord;
20 Giving thanks always for all things unto God and the Father in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ; "

The days are evil... folks, it is approaching MIDNIGHT... the middle of the night! IT is time to understand the will of God and let Him give us light... give us the flow of annointing to keep our lights shining brightly through the night. If your light is already burning, then you don't have to worry if you are going to go or now. I had this wonderful Christian Music group come and play and sing for us when I pastored the Totz Church of God. They sang the "black spiritual" style of music, and that is just about my favorite kind of Christian music, and boy could they sing... and they sang with such an anointing. I think that they were from this Baptist Church up around Cumberland somewhere. I was having kind of a sharing session with one of their older singers... and we were just enjoying the Lord testifying with one another in the intermission, and he said, "I just want to be doing the works of God when Jesus comes back so that there's no question if I go or not!" I liked that...

Folks, all the virgins were saved as far as it goes. All were part of the body of Christ... that spiritual entity of Christ's authority that He called the church. But only half were ready at the catching away (or rapture if you wish). Are you ready? Am I ready? We need to prove our own works... examine ourselves... and walk in the Spirit fulfilling the will of the Lord! This isn't a salvation issue, but it is an issue of our walk when the Midnight Cry is given. Are we ready?
We need to walk REVIVED!