The Wise and The Foolish

Matthew 25:2-4 "and five of them were wise,and five were foolish.They that were foolish took their lamps,and took no oil with them:But the wise took oil in their vessels with their lamps."

Jesus is coming back!He is coming for His church which will be perfect and without spot or blemish. Nobody knows when He shall return but it would be wise to be ready when He does comes.Here in this parable we have two types of people,the wise and the foolish.Those who are prepared and those who are unprepared.Now notice they both are expecting the bride groom to come,but five were wise and five were foolish.

Are you one of the wise or the foolish? Are you prepared for the coming of the Lord? Notice all ten virgins were waiting on the bridegroom, so we can say they all believed He was coming.But although all knew he was coming, none of them knew when He would come.All believers know Christ is coming, yet no man knows when He will return.All of us like the virgins have lamps(lives),some of us live a prepared life while some of us live a life of chance.We all know he is coming ,none of know when He's coming, yet some live a life of chance feeling we will be ready when He does come,instead of living like He is coming back today.No man knows the hour when death will come knocking and you might not have a chance to get oil for your lamp before the door closes.The wise will keep oil with them to be ready when ever He comes, while the foolish will live their life on a crap table.

Jesus is not a toy to be played with,the Bible says God is not mocked; we will reap what we sow.You cannot fool God, He not only knows the heart of man, but He knows the intent of the heart.Let us who know that He is coming back again, live a life of expectancy.Expecting Him to come back any minute, let us make sure we have enough oil to prepare our lamps to give off light, that not only will we be ready when He comes, but that we might also be a light to those stuck in darkness.