The Ten Virgins And Their Lamps
To summarize, ten virgins were waiting for the bridegroom to come, and the waiting became long. They all had lamps, but five of them didn’t bring the extra oil needed. They all fell asleep, but when they heard the call, they got up to meet him, but the five who didn’t bring extra oil, asked those with plenty to share theirs, but if they had shared they wouldn’t have had enough to light to way of the groom so they sent them to buy more, but the groom didn’t wait and they were locked out of the feast.
The five virgins are like those who say, “Lord, Lord,” and Jesus says, “I know you not.” These are the people you see every Sunday sitting in the pews next to you, who have the appearance of a Christ-follower, but whose hearts were never cultivated and growing in love for Jesus. This situation is very sad, because if they were a stranger attending our church, we might encourage them to seek Jesus while he may be found, but we don’t do that with a familiar face because we think they are already saved. How do we remedy this situation? We hope and pray that they hear an encouraging word that changes their lives before it’s too late. Our job is to pray for the people attending our church, that everyone may know and feel the love of Jesus and start living for him, filling their hearts with oil, that they might begin shining their light for him until the day he comes again.
Afterward came also the other virgins, saying, Lord, Lord, open to us. But he answered and said, Verily I say unto you, I know you not. Watch therefore, for ye know neither the day nor the hour wherein the Son of man cometh. Matthew 25:11-13
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