NOVEMBER 03 THE JESUS QUESTIONS JQ#31 “Who then is a faithful and wise servant, whom his master made ruler over his household, to give them food in due season?” (Matthew 24:45)

 

NOVEMBER 03  THE JESUS QUESTIONS  

JQ#31 

“Who then is a faithful and wise servant, whom his master

 made ruler over his household, to give them food in due season?”  

(Matthew 24:45)

LIVING FOR JESUS - Daily Prayer   

JESUS, guide me in Thy Way, keep me filled with Thy Holy Spirit, 

that I may truly serve others as You Served the world, even unto the

 Sacrifice of Your Perfect Life that was Spotless before the Father,

 the Lamb of God, whom it pleased Almighty God to be offered up 

on the Cross at Calvary as the Perfect Sacrifice for the sins of all

 mankind— one death to cover all sin — Lord, You took nothing for

 Yourself and all that You did possess You gave freely that others

 would be served by Your Suffering for our sakes. 

Thank You Lord Jesus. It is a mystery and a miracle that God Himself

 became flesh, lived a perfect life in this “valley of the shadow of death”,

 was tempted in all things as we are tempted, yet remained without sin,

 and allowed Himself to be nailed to a cross, Divine Innocence

 hanging in Sacrificial Agony for the guilty, shedding His last drop 

of Divine Blood and cried out in VICTORY OVER ALL SIN 

(AND DEATH ITSELF) ——

 “IT IS FINISHED” !!! 

Praise God for the Gift of His Son that we may be FORGIVEN —

 Teach me O Holy Spirit to live my life in honor of the

 ONE WHO DIED FOR ME!!!   

AMEN

THE JESUS QUESTIONS

Jesus Taught us a multitude of Lessons within the Parable of the

 Ten Virgins but probably the main Lesson was for all who seek to

 know God that they look upon Him as  “Our Heavenly Father” for

 even though the parable is about “Ten Virgins” (which I admit was 

a bit distracting from a worldly viewpoint which is in my opinion a 

plague of the “flesh”) the parable Teaches us first about the “wisdom

 of preparedness” — for Jesus immediately showed us via 

the preparedness or the lack thereof of these ten virgins what

 will ultimately be considered as “wise” or “foolish” kingdom behavior. 

Jesus continued His parable:

 “…heaven shall be likened to ten virgins

 who took their lamps and went out to meet the bridegroom. 

Now five of them were wise, and five were foolish. Those who 

were foolish took their lamps and took no oil with them,

 but the wise took oil in their vessels with their lamps.” 

(Matthew 25:1-4) 

Aside from the historical setting in which Jesus Taught this Lesson, 

surely one can see the universal Truth of the necessity of having fuel 

for the lamp - for if a lamp is to produce light, it must have fuel! 

Also on the surface we can make the assumption that a lamp that 

does not have fuel will not burn therefore the ones with the lamps

 with no “oil” will be in “darkness”!  Let us stop and mull on this Truth 

for there is no Truth of God that is not worthy of us meditating on GOD’S Truth

 itself and give serious consideration to what God intends for us to learn

 about living our day-to-day lives if we will but apply His Truth to our lives. 

The obvious advantage to having “oil” for our “lamps” is that when

 “darkness” comes into our lives that we will be able to dispel the “darkness” 

with the “light” from our lamp. However the major Truth of God can

 be found “in the beginning” of the world as we read the first words of creation —

 Gen 1:1 “In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth”

 but the earth and heaven were under construction for we read,

 Gen 1:2 “The earth was without form and void; and darkness 

was on the face of the deep.  And the Spirit of God 

was hovering over the face of the waters.” 

So what did the Spirit of God do to correct the earth not having “form”

 or purpose and to address the problem of “darkness” that

 covered the formless earth? 

Gen 1:3 “Then God said, ‘Let there be light’; and there was light. 

 Gen 1:4 And God saw the light, that it was good; and God divided 

the light from the darkness.” 

(Genesis 1:1-4) 

The fact that five of the virgins were considered “foolish” because even 

though they had a lamp and were going out to meet the bridegroom,

 they were called “foolish” because they were not prepared to produce

 any “light” with their lamps, therefore the “foolish” are those that do

 not know the simple TRUTH that a lamp without oil cannot produce

 “light” and those “foolish” enough to not bring “oil” for their lamps

 will remain in “darkness”.  This Truth of God about “light” was also

 taught by King David himself and all Israel had read King David’s 

writings in the Book of Psalms therefore it is appropriate that Jesus 

is the Son of David and is writing about “light” as King David had written

 these words inspired by the same “Spirit of God” that called forth

 the first “light” as we read, 

“Your word is a lamp to my feet and a light to my path.”

 (Psalm 119:105) 

The Parable of the Ten Virgins then is more about having “oil” for our lamps

 than about remaining pure before the world. “Lamps” without “oil” 

will not produce “light” so the question for all of us simply is, 

“What are you using for “oil”  in YOUR lamp?”  

Without “oil” to give you “light” for your “path” you will stumble 

and without 

“Light”

 you will surely even lose your way in the  “darkness”  of life!!! 

Food for thought: 

“What good is a flashlight without batteries?”

Or

“What good is a BIBLE without reading it?”

NOVEMBER 02 THE JESUS QUESTIONS JQ#31 “Who then is a faithful and wise servant, whom his master made ruler over his household, to give them food in due season?” (Matthew 24:45)

 

NOVEMBER 02  THE JESUS QUESTIONS  

JQ#31 

“Who then is a faithful and wise servant, whom his master

 made ruler over his household, to give them food in due season?” 

 (Matthew 24:45)

LIVING FOR JESUS - Daily Prayer    

JESUS, I come with a thankful heart for Your Faithfulness for

 Your Promises are ALWAYS kept, Your Love is ALWAYS pure! There 

is no Name like the Name of Jesus, my God who became flesh and

 dwelt among us, my Savior who died a cruel death to set me free

 from my sin!  There is no other God but Thee, nor any other Joy 

but Thine, no Peace but Yours. O LORD, my God, I am not worthy,

 but us being “worthy” is not what Your Love is about — You Loved 

the unlovable and the unworthy, yea even the sinner and even those

 that had You Crucified on the Cross! Teach me Lord, to Love as You Love,

 may Your Grace fill this bodily temple that I 

may worship You in Spirit and in Truth!   

AMEN

THE JESUS QUESTIONS

Jesus had previously Taught on several occasions that He must suffer

 at the hands of men in order to “fulfill prophecy” and each Lesson contains the

 Single Truth that God is the “FATHER” and that all 

“prophecy” is about the “SON OF GOD” 

doing the “Will of the Father”. 

God the Father, 

Jesus the Son, 

and the Holy Spirit 

are ONE, 

it is a “Mystery of God”; 

but then if we could understand the “Mystery of God”

 then we would be smarter than God Himself and therefore God 

would not be God because there would be someone else that had 

Understanding of Supreme Knowledge (and ‘knowledge is power”)!?!?!  

BEFORE the Creation, there was The Plan of God and the Holy Bible

 is that Plan laid out from “the beginning” to the “end of the age” when 

the Son of God returns to get His Bride (the church) and 

“old things will pass away and all things will be made new”

 in honor of the Great Wedding of the Son of God! 

Therefore, it makes perfect sense that during the 

Passover Week 

that sees the 

Fulfillment of Prophecy about the Messiah, 

God’s Chosen One, the Root of David, 

God’s Only Begotten Son 

in Obedience to the Will of the Father 

will accept 

His Role as the Passover Lamb 

to provide 

the world Deliverance 

from our bondage to sin! 

Once the prophecy of the Passover Lamb is fulfilled, “THEN” the next

 Divine Event on God’s Prophetic Calendar is the “end of the age” 

which John wrote about in his vision of the end of the age when 

John, while in the Spirit, saw the great battles and then the great victory

 of God (see Revelation 19:1-6) that was celebrated with the

 “Marriage Feast of the Lamb” — 

“Let us be glad and rejoice and give Him glory,

 for the marriage of the Lamb has come, 

and His wife has made herself ready.” 

(Revelation 19:7) 

The Parable of the Ten Virgins then makes more sense when we realize

 that the “Ten Virgins” are actually “bridesmaids” 

that are helping the “bride”

 prepare for her betrothal to the “Bridegroom” —

 this is all summarized very well in a commentary in the Scofield 

Study Bible (pg. 1741) titled, “Bride of Christ, Summary” which reads:

“The Marriage of the Lamb 

(literally “the marriage supper of the Lamb”) 

is the consummation of the marriage of Christ 

and the Church as His bride. 

The figure is according to the oriental pattern 

of marriage, covering three stages:

 (Stage 1) 

the betrothal, 

legally binding when the individual members 

of the body of Christ are saved;

 (Stage 2) 

the coming of the Bridegroom for His bride at the 

rapture of the Church; and 

(Stage 3) 

the marriage supper of the Lamb, 

occurring in connection

 with the second coming of Christ 

to establish His millennial kingdom. 

The Lamb’s wife is to be contrasted with the harlot of 17:1; 

and she is also to be distinguished from Israel, 

the unfaithful wife of the LORD (Jehovah) in historic times,

 who is to be restored in the millennium (Is. 54:1-10; Hos. 2:1-17)” 

Therefore we must view the Ten Virgins as “servants” of the “Bride”

 to get her ready for the “marriage” which is to be consummated at the

 “Marriage Supper of the Lamb” — the Holy Bible is the story of

 “a certain king who arranged a marriage for his son” 

(Matthew 22:2)

 and how all the “wedding guests” are to prepare for the

 

Great Marriage Feast in Heaven 

when Christ brings His Bride “Home”!!! 

Have you checked to make sure THAT 

you have plenty of oil in your lamp???