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Matthew 25:11-12
Excerpted from: Free Will or God's Sovereignty?

One group made sure they had enough oil. The other group trusted that what they had was sufficient. Maybe they believed in a form of eternal security. Maybe they felt they didn’t have to be diligent in the responsibilities given to them, and that they were guaranteed a place at the wedding regardless of what they did or didn’t do.

This parable is unsettling because there are no obviously bad actors. There are no blatant sins here. The ones designated as foolish are not depicted as wicked, defiant, incorrigible, or lawless. They are simply unconcerned with being personally prepared. That is what makes them foolish. They had the same opportunities as the wise to build up a reserve of oil, but their choices continually took them in other directions, perhaps because they believed they were secure regardless. They assumed it would work out. They did not realize until too late that their ending would be the same as those practicing lawlessness while prophesying and doing wonders: The Lord tells them, “I do not know you.”

There are countless events or circumstances that God does not desire, and which He warns against and may even hate, but which He allows to play out. God’s silence, or the fact that He did not intervene to stop something, must not be taken as His approval (Psalm 50:21). In this parable, God allowed half to act wisely and half to act foolishly, but the foolish ones had no grounds to blame God for their lack of preparation.

Matthew 25:1-13
Excerpted from: Proverbs 31 and the Wife of Christ (Part Two)

But then we go to Matthew 25. Here He gives us a clear warning to all the individuals who He has called to be His helpmate at His coming. We will pick up Matthew 25, verse 1 (again, very familiar scriptures), but they should be very concerning for us:

Only half of those called had been chosen, and they were chosen because of their own efforts as they went along. Brethren, you have been called now to individually use what God has freely given in His strength to make yourself personally ready to be Christ's perfected wife throughout His millennial rule, to rule with Him. But He is warning us here in these 13 verses, half did not use the time and the strength He has freely given to live up to the perfect standard of the wife of valor that He has given.

Articles
'As a Thief in the Night'
Be There Next Year
Could You Be a Spiritual Terrorist?
Elisha and the Shunammite Woman, Part II: Serving God's Children
Light Affliction?
Make Every Day Count
Our Uniqueness and Time
Power
Praying Always (Part Two)
Praying Always (Part Two)
Prophecy in Song
Prophecy in Song
Seeking God (Part Two): A Foundation
The Fruit of the Spirit: Faithfulness
The Marriage of the Lamb
The Nation of Israel—Biblical Israel? (Part Two)
Unity and Division: The Blessing and a Curse (Part Two)
Unity and Division: The Blessing and the Curse (Part Three)
Where the Eagles Are Gathered
Will Deceive Many (Part One)
Will Deceive Many (Part One)
Will Deceive Many (Part Two)  (2)
Y2K: You-2-the-Kingdom
Y2K: You-2-the-Kingdom

Bible Studies
Parable of the Faithful and Evil Servants
Parable of the Talents (Part One)
Parable of the Ten Virgins (Part One)
Parable of the Ten Virgins (Part Two)
Parable of the Ten Virgins (Part Two)
The Miracles of Jesus Christ: Healing Two Blind Men (Part One)
The Seven Churches (Part Nine): Laodicea
The Seven Churches: What Now?

Booklets
Preparing the Bride
The World, the Church, and Laodiceanism  (2)

Essays
Do We Know God?
Do You Have Enough Oil? (Part One)
Do You Have Enough Oil? (Part Three)
Fading Freedoms
Here I Am! (Part Two)
No Need to Borrow

Sermons
Many Are Called, But Few Are Chosen (Part Ten)
Experiencing God
How Long, O Lord?
Death, or Not A Hair of Your Head?
Death, or Not A Hair of Your Head?
Shrugging Off Scoffers (Part Two)
Assurance (Part One): Self Examination
You Are My Witnesses That I Am God
Lessons From Mount Ebal and Mount Gerizim
The Bethel Stone
Many Are Called, But Few Are Chosen (Part Ten)
Many Are Called, But Few Are Chosen (Part Ten)
Many Are Called, But Few Are Chosen (Part Eleven)
Discerning Signs and Redeeming Time
Discerning Signs and Redeeming Time
The Bethel Stone
Focus
Do You Really Know God?
Warning of Judgment, Urgency to Prepare!
Lessons From First-Century Christianity
God Expects a Return on His Investment (Part Two)
Fearing God
Prophecy and Love in the Song of Songs
Keeping God's Standards
Uniqueness and Time
Stand Fast in a Changing World
Focus
When the Trumpet Blows
Christianity Is a Fight! (Part 4)
How Much Would You Give Up for the Kingdom of God?
Foundations
Be Prepared
Take Heed to Yourselves

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