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Dialogue: 0,0:00:01.30,0:00:11.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Matthew 25:1.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:11.56,0:00:19.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,{\i1}Then the kingdom of heaven\Nwill be like ten virgins{\i0}
Dialogue: 0,0:00:19.90,0:00:25.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,{\i1}who took their lamps and\Nwent to meet the bridegroom.{\i0}
Dialogue: 0,0:00:25.48,0:00:29.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,{\i1}Five of them were foolish,{\i0}
Dialogue: 0,0:00:29.71,0:00:33.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,{\i1}and five were wise.{\i0}
Dialogue: 0,0:00:33.64,0:00:38.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,{\i1}For when the foolish took their lamps,\Nthey took no oil with them,{\i0}
Dialogue: 0,0:00:38.61,0:00:47.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,{\i1}but the wise took flasks\Nof oil with their lamps.{\i0}
Dialogue: 0,0:00:47.48,0:00:53.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,{\i1}As the bridegroom was delayed,\Nthey all became drowsy and slept.{\i0}
Dialogue: 0,0:00:53.54,0:00:55.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,{\i1}But at midnight there was a cry:{\i0}
Dialogue: 0,0:00:55.70,0:01:00.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,{\i1}Here is the bridegroom!\NCome out to meet him.{\i0}
Dialogue: 0,0:01:00.12,0:01:08.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,{\i1}Then all those virgins rose\Nand trimmed their lamps.{\i0}
Dialogue: 0,0:01:08.71,0:01:14.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,{\i1}And the foolish said to the wise:{\i0}
Dialogue: 0,0:01:14.00,0:01:18.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,{\i1}Give us some of your oil,\Nfor our lamps are going out.{\i0}
Dialogue: 0,0:01:18.96,0:01:20.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,{\i1}But the wise answered, saying:{\i0}
Dialogue: 0,0:01:20.50,0:01:23.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,{\i1}Since there will not be enough\Nfor us and for you,{\i0}
Dialogue: 0,0:01:23.29,0:01:29.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,{\i1}go rather to the dealers\Nand buy for yourselves.{\i0}
Dialogue: 0,0:01:29.25,0:01:34.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,{\i1}And while they were going to buy,\Nthe bridegroom came,{\i0}
Dialogue: 0,0:01:34.90,0:01:43.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,{\i1}and those who were ready went in\Nwith him to the marriage feast,{\i0}
Dialogue: 0,0:01:43.77,0:01:47.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,{\i1}and the door was shut.{\i0}
Dialogue: 0,0:01:47.49,0:01:55.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,{\i1}Afterward the other virgins came also,\Nsaying: Lord, Lord, open to us.{\i0}
Dialogue: 0,0:01:55.13,0:02:01.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,{\i1}But he answered:\NTruly, I say to you, I do not know you.{\i0}
Dialogue: 0,0:02:01.48,0:02:10.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,{\i1}Watch therefore, for you know\Nneither the day nor the hour.{\i0}
Dialogue: 0,0:02:10.95,0:02:14.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We are studying the end times.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:14.38,0:02:17.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And as I said to you from the beginning,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:17.54,0:02:23.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I don't want to go into the difficulties\Nof Revelation, Daniel, Ezekiel.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:23.13,0:02:29.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I wanted to look at concepts, at texts,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:29.37,0:02:38.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,passages of God's Word,\Nthat show us very plainly
Dialogue: 0,0:02:38.07,0:02:45.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,about who the true people of God are,\Nwho the true Israel is,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:45.19,0:02:49.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,about what the end looks like.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:49.21,0:02:54.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Not in the difficult \Npassages of prophecy,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:54.23,0:02:59.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,apocalyptic texts,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:59.13,0:03:02.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,very difficult and shrouded prophecies
Dialogue: 0,0:03:02.92,0:03:08.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which historically the best\NBible scholars have wrestled with.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:08.94,0:03:13.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But I wanted to just take us to\Nthe plain teachings of our Lord.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:13.02,0:03:17.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I know there are some things\Nthat our Lord says that are not so plain.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:17.50,0:03:21.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But I wanted to look at some\Nof the things that are plain.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:21.94,0:03:27.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Him, His apostles, what they\Nhave to say, just the plain words.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:27.04,0:03:35.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Brethren, the only safe method\Nfor interpreting your Bibles
Dialogue: 0,0:03:35.52,0:03:42.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is always to start with the\Nplainest teaching on a subject.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:42.22,0:03:44.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Always.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:44.26,0:03:47.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Not to run to the most difficult first,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:47.39,0:03:50.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but the most \Nstraightforward teaching first.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:50.84,0:03:56.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I believe that what \Nwe have in Matthew 25 -
Dialogue: 0,0:03:56.35,0:04:00.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I will not argue with you if you say:
Dialogue: 0,0:04:00.46,0:04:04.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Wait, Matthew 24 has some things\Nthat are difficult to figure out.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:04.98,0:04:07.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Yes, yes. And I hope to get there.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:07.93,0:04:11.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But that's not where I want to start.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:11.15,0:04:17.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I want to bypass 24, I want to go to 25.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:17.57,0:04:20.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Because I want you to see some clear,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:20.74,0:04:25.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,very clear teaching here \Nabout the end times.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:25.09,0:04:29.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We have the parable of the ten virgins,\Nverses 1 through 13,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:29.70,0:04:34.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the parable of the talents,\Nverses 14 through 30,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:34.28,0:04:38.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and then we have a picture of Jesus Christ\N
Dialogue: 0,0:04:38.92,0:04:41.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,coming in the final judgment,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:41.36,0:04:45.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,dividing like a shepherd divides\Nthe sheep from the goats.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:45.88,0:04:50.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This chapter can be naturally\Nbroken up into three sections.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:50.95,0:04:53.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I hope to deal with one today,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:53.76,0:05:01.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and, Lord willing, the next two \Nin the next two weeks.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:01.70,0:05:05.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What all three of these deal with,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:05.33,0:05:09.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,all three deal with the same thing.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:09.41,0:05:16.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They are all three pictures\Nof the coming of Jesus Christ.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:16.22,0:05:19.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You say: How do you know that?
Dialogue: 0,0:05:19.01,0:05:22.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Well, just for starters,\NI want you to see something.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:22.11,0:05:26.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Look at verse 10.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:26.23,0:05:35.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,{\i1}While they were going to buy,\Nthe bridegroom came...{\i0}
Dialogue: 0,0:05:35.44,0:05:37.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You can see that there.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:37.74,0:05:41.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Look in 19.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:41.08,0:05:48.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,{\i1}Now after a long time the master\Nof those servants came.{\i0}
Dialogue: 0,0:05:48.78,0:05:50.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Verse 31
Dialogue: 0,0:05:50.76,0:05:55.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,{\i1}When the Son of Man comes in His glory,{\i0}\N
Dialogue: 0,0:05:55.96,0:05:58.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,{\i1}and all the angels with Him,{\i0}
Dialogue: 0,0:05:58.32,0:06:03.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,{\i1}then he will sit on His glorious throne.{\i0}
Dialogue: 0,0:06:03.39,0:06:06.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,All three deal with His coming.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:06.97,0:06:09.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now, this is a parable.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:09.76,0:06:12.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is a parable.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:12.30,0:06:13.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What is a parable?
Dialogue: 0,0:06:13.94,0:06:16.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Let's break it up into \Nits component parts.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:16.22,0:06:19.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Para" - Anybody know what this prefix is?
Dialogue: 0,0:06:19.75,0:06:22.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Alongside.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:22.86,0:06:25.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"-ble"
Dialogue: 0,0:06:25.18,0:06:27.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"para-ble"
Dialogue: 0,0:06:27.38,0:06:31.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I know it's a "b-l-e", \Nbut it's abbreviated.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:31.54,0:06:35.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You may have heard \Nthe word "παραβολή".
Dialogue: 0,0:06:35.50,0:06:37.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What is the "bal"?
Dialogue: 0,0:06:37.94,0:06:41.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What does "bal" mean?
Dialogue: 0,0:06:41.60,0:06:44.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It means to throw.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:44.16,0:06:46.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We think of bowling.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:46.57,0:06:49.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You know in cricket, \Nthey don't call the guy
Dialogue: 0,0:06:49.04,0:06:53.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that launches the \Nball a pitcher, like we do.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:53.46,0:06:56.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In cricket it is a bowler.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:56.29,0:06:57.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Bowling is to throw.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:57.76,0:07:00.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And so, what is a parable?
Dialogue: 0,0:07:00.50,0:07:03.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It means: to throw alongside.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:03.64,0:07:05.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What a parable is,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:05.90,0:07:08.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is when I'm trying to teach on something,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:08.63,0:07:12.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I take a story, an illustration,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:12.36,0:07:17.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I throw it alongside that teaching.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:17.14,0:07:22.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Why? What's the purpose there?
Dialogue: 0,0:07:22.17,0:07:23.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What's my objective?
Dialogue: 0,0:07:23.35,0:07:24.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Well, the objective is this:
Dialogue: 0,0:07:24.87,0:07:28.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The objective is: I'm trying to teach\Nyou about the second coming,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:28.80,0:07:32.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,spiritual truths that you \Nare not familiar with,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:32.14,0:07:33.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and so I want to help you.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:33.79,0:07:35.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is what Jesus does.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:35.20,0:07:38.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I want to help you and \Nso I throw alongside...
Dialogue: 0,0:07:38.70,0:07:42.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's {\i1}parable:{\i0} alongside, throw.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:42.74,0:07:47.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You throw alongside that truth a story.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:47.15,0:07:48.100,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's what parables are.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:48.100,0:07:58.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They are stories that are thrown\Nalongside some spiritual truth.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:58.46,0:08:00.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And what they do, is:
Dialogue: 0,0:08:00.48,0:08:03.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They are typically a story \Nof something physical,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:03.54,0:08:05.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that we are familiar with,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:05.04,0:08:08.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that is going to help us to \Nunderstand this spiritual truth
Dialogue: 0,0:08:08.13,0:08:10.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that we are not so familiar with.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:10.33,0:08:14.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's what it's all about. A parable.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:14.40,0:08:19.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The very nature of a parable\Nis that it has to be interpreted.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:19.12,0:08:22.100,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If you don't have the interpretation,\Nit doesn't help.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:22.100,0:08:25.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now, I think, the truth is,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:25.99,0:08:27.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with a lot of parables,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:27.83,0:08:30.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the meaning is pretty obvious.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:30.64,0:08:32.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In some of them they're not so obvious.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:32.61,0:08:35.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I mean, we might wish\Nthat our Lord had come along
Dialogue: 0,0:08:35.19,0:08:38.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and interpreted every \Nsingle parable for us,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:38.25,0:08:40.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,just like He does some of them.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:40.06,0:08:43.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But I think the reason that He does\Nsome of them for us and not all of them
Dialogue: 0,0:08:43.74,0:08:47.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is to show us in the ones\Nthat He does interpret
Dialogue: 0,0:08:47.97,0:08:51.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,how we ought to be \Ninterpreting these things.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:51.36,0:08:53.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He gives us some \Nexamples of interpretation.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:53.81,0:08:57.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And without the interpretation,\Nthese things don't help us.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:57.17,0:08:59.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You know, the disciples, \Nyou remember them?
Dialogue: 0,0:08:59.40,0:09:02.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They would hear His parables,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:02.95,0:09:05.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and then when they \Nwould go home they'd say:
Dialogue: 0,0:09:05.22,0:09:07.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Lord, explain to us what that meant.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:07.53,0:09:11.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And He would say things like:\NWell, the field is the world.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:11.92,0:09:14.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The one who casts seed is the Son of Man.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:14.49,0:09:16.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You see you have to know
Dialogue: 0,0:09:16.74,0:09:21.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,what they really mean for it to help you.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:21.23,0:09:24.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You can't just let it stay\Nin the realm of allegory.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:24.54,0:09:27.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We have to pull the true meaning out.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:27.56,0:09:33.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Well, Jesus doesn't specifically\Ninterpret this one for us,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:33.43,0:09:37.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so we need to decipher the meaning.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:37.59,0:09:39.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We need to look at this.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:39.33,0:09:41.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's what I want to do.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:41.09,0:09:46.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But before we get into actually\Ntrying to see what things signify here,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:46.29,0:09:49.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,let's just think about \Nthe parable as it is.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:49.16,0:09:52.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Let's think about the story itself,\Nthe illustration.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:52.71,0:09:53.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What do you have?
Dialogue: 0,0:09:53.90,0:09:57.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I mean... this is a wedding.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:57.87,0:09:59.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Is that clear to everybody?
Dialogue: 0,0:09:59.86,0:10:03.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If it's not clear to you, you just have\Nto notice there is a bridegroom.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:03.37,0:10:06.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Anytime we talk about a groom,\Nwe're talking about a wedding.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:06.86,0:10:09.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And it's not too mysterious.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:09.72,0:10:12.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You get down to verse 10,\Nyou get a marriage feast.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:12.97,0:10:15.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Obviously this is a marriage ceremony.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:15.39,0:10:19.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now, the idea with the parable is\Nto take something that is common to us
Dialogue: 0,0:10:19.88,0:10:23.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and throw it alongside a spiritual \Ntruth not so common to us.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:23.47,0:10:26.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We would all have to admit this:\NWhatever is happening here,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:26.80,0:10:34.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,this is a form of ceremony\Nthat we are not so familiar with.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:34.06,0:10:38.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Jesus wasn't speaking directly to us.\NHe is speaking to us,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:38.34,0:10:46.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but He was directly speaking to His\NJewish disciples 2000 years ago.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:46.43,0:10:49.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now, even if we go to the Middle East,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:49.92,0:10:52.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,even if we were to ask some of the folks
Dialogue: 0,0:10:52.76,0:10:55.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that have observed weddings \Nlike, say, in India.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:55.76,0:10:58.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You might ask the Dees',\Nwhat are weddings like over there.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:58.71,0:11:00.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You know when you go to other countries,\N
Dialogue: 0,0:11:00.64,0:11:02.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you go to other times in history,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:02.65,0:11:05.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,weddings have not always been
Dialogue: 0,0:11:05.13,0:11:10.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,just perfectly according to our \NAmerican 21st century model.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:10.34,0:11:13.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I mean, we know what a typical \Nwedding should look like.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:13.65,0:11:16.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But you get a lot of the same components.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:16.04,0:11:22.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You've got virgins there,\Nthat's basically the bridesmaids.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:22.14,0:11:27.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is not a wedding tradition\Nthat we are familiar with so much,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:27.50,0:11:31.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but you know,\Nit's not a whole lot different.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:31.62,0:11:33.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Let me tell you basically what happens,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:33.72,0:11:37.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you can kind of glean this\Nfrom the parable itself.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:37.60,0:11:40.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What you had, and if you look at this\N
Dialogue: 0,0:11:40.14,0:11:42.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and you just search out historically,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:42.20,0:11:46.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you can find and in fact they\Nmay do this still in other countries.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:46.12,0:11:50.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But you can find that what would happen is
Dialogue: 0,0:11:50.24,0:11:54.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you would have the groom,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:54.32,0:11:57.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and he would have \Nhis groomsmen with him.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:57.32,0:12:00.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And they would go to the home of the bride
Dialogue: 0,0:12:00.86,0:12:02.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the bride is waiting there\N
Dialogue: 0,0:12:02.62,0:12:06.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with her bridesmaids, the virgins.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:06.26,0:12:08.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And he would go there with his entourage\N
Dialogue: 0,0:12:08.53,0:12:10.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and show up at her door.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:10.73,0:12:17.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And the bridesmaids would have lamps.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:17.64,0:12:21.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They would do this typically \Nafter dark in the evening.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:21.55,0:12:23.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I mean he might take off \Nwhen it was still light
Dialogue: 0,0:12:23.98,0:12:27.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but the whole objective is\Nthey would parade through the streets.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:27.91,0:12:31.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They go get all the ladies \Nfrom the bride's house
Dialogue: 0,0:12:31.35,0:12:33.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and then they would \Nparade through the streets,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:33.91,0:12:36.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,all the ladies having their lamps
Dialogue: 0,0:12:36.13,0:12:39.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and they would go to \Nwhere the actual marriage
Dialogue: 0,0:12:39.26,0:12:41.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,was going to take place,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:41.00,0:12:44.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,where the vows would happen,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:44.18,0:12:48.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,actually a lot of times where the\Nconsummation would take place,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:48.04,0:12:50.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,right at the father's house.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:50.55,0:12:54.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And then there would \Nbe this marriage feast
Dialogue: 0,0:12:54.08,0:12:57.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and sometimes this feast went on for days.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:57.08,0:13:00.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's the basic picture that you have.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:00.06,0:13:02.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You'll notice this:
Dialogue: 0,0:13:02.45,0:13:06.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There is no bride mentioned.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:06.66,0:13:08.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's not necessary.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:08.68,0:13:10.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'll say more about that in a second.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:10.44,0:13:12.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Another thing you want to notice is:
Dialogue: 0,0:13:12.20,0:13:17.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We have eleven individuals\Nspecifically named in this parable.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:17.74,0:13:21.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We have eleven and only eleven.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:21.76,0:13:27.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And they all fit into \None of three categories:
Dialogue: 0,0:13:27.10,0:13:30.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You have the bridegroom,\Nhe is in a class by himself.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:30.52,0:13:34.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And then you have a second category:\N
Dialogue: 0,0:13:34.14,0:13:35.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Five wise virgins.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:35.82,0:13:39.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The third category: Five foolish.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:39.97,0:13:41.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's just a basic overlay
Dialogue: 0,0:13:41.64,0:13:44.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of what we are dealing with\Nhere in the parable.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:44.00,0:13:47.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So let's think about the interpretation.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:47.95,0:13:53.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Look, the overarching \Ntheme of this parable
Dialogue: 0,0:13:53.73,0:13:56.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is the second coming of Jesus Christ.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:56.73,0:14:01.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Nobody should be in \Ndoubt about that {\i1}at all.{\i0}
Dialogue: 0,0:14:01.67,0:14:07.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Brethren, would you please just let\Nyour eyes drift back into chapter 24.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:07.74,0:14:11.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Let's just hit this rapid fire.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:11.79,0:14:16.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Matthew 24:37
Dialogue: 0,0:14:16.64,0:14:21.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,{\i1}As were the days of Noah,\Nso will be the coming of the Son of Man.{\i0}
Dialogue: 0,0:14:21.49,0:14:24.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Any question what's \Nbeing dealt with there?
Dialogue: 0,0:14:24.17,0:14:26.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Not at all. The coming of the Son of Man.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:26.55,0:14:28.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Look at verses 38, 39.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:28.64,0:14:31.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,{\i1}For as in those days before the flood\Nthey were eating and drinking,{\i0}
Dialogue: 0,0:14:31.88,0:14:33.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,{\i1}marrying and giving in marriage,{\i0}\N
Dialogue: 0,0:14:33.49,0:14:35.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,{\i1}until the day when \NNoah entered the ark, ...{\i0}
Dialogue: 0,0:14:35.59,0:14:38.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You may remember we \Ndealt with these verses
Dialogue: 0,0:14:38.51,0:14:41.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,from Luke's gospel last week.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:41.53,0:14:45.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,{\i1}... and they were unaware until the \Nflood came and swept them all away,{\i0}
Dialogue: 0,0:14:45.36,0:14:48.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,{\i1}so will be the coming of the Son of Man.{\i0}
Dialogue: 0,0:14:48.24,0:14:51.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is about the second coming\Nof our Lord Jesus Christ.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:51.03,0:14:52.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Verse 42
Dialogue: 0,0:14:52.61,0:14:54.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,{\i1}Therefore, stay awake,{\i0}
Dialogue: 0,0:14:54.07,0:14:57.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,{\i1}for you do not know on what \Nday your Lord is coming.{\i0}
Dialogue: 0,0:14:57.50,0:14:58.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Any doubts there?
Dialogue: 0,0:14:58.75,0:15:01.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We're dealing about the Lord's coming.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:01.10,0:15:02.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Verse 44
Dialogue: 0,0:15:02.08,0:15:04.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,{\i1}Therefore you also must be ready,{\i0}
Dialogue: 0,0:15:04.24,0:15:08.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,{\i1}for the Son of Man is coming at \Nan hour you do not expect.{\i0}
Dialogue: 0,0:15:08.14,0:15:10.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's the coming of the Son of Men.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:10.51,0:15:11.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Verse 46
Dialogue: 0,0:15:11.33,0:15:17.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,{\i1}Blessed is that servant whom His master\Nwill find so doing when He comes.{\i0}
Dialogue: 0,0:15:17.95,0:15:18.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Verse 50
Dialogue: 0,0:15:18.80,0:15:21.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,{\i1}... the master of that \Nservant will come ...{\i0}
Dialogue: 0,0:15:21.21,0:15:24.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You see this is about \Nthe coming of Christ.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:24.32,0:15:26.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,{\i1}... come on a day when \Nhe does not expect Him{\i0}
Dialogue: 0,0:15:26.61,0:15:28.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,{\i1}and at an hour he does not know ...{\i0}
Dialogue: 0,0:15:28.37,0:15:31.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And you know what: \NThere is no chapter break
Dialogue: 0,0:15:31.26,0:15:34.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,between chapters 24 \Nand 25 in the original.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:34.87,0:15:36.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There is no chapter break there.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:36.46,0:15:38.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is the same discourse.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:38.19,0:15:41.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Our Lord immediately \Ngoes into this parable.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:41.28,0:15:44.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And He talks about when \Nthe bridegroom comes.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:44.19,0:15:46.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And then you have the \Nparable of the talents.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:46.60,0:15:49.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And He talks about the \Nmaster of those servants
Dialogue: 0,0:15:49.03,0:15:51.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is going to come and settle accounts.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:51.02,0:15:54.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And then you have \Nthis glorious final picture
Dialogue: 0,0:15:54.65,0:15:58.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of this last judgment there in verse 31.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:58.23,0:16:01.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,{\i1}When the Son of Man comes in His glory,\Nand all the angels with Him,{\i0}
Dialogue: 0,0:16:01.49,0:16:03.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Brethren, there is no question,
Dialogue: 0,0:16:03.01,0:16:05.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we are dealing with the \Nsecond coming of Jesus Christ.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:05.79,0:16:07.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And so, here is the thing,\N
Dialogue: 0,0:16:07.95,0:16:11.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,here is what this ought\Nto make obvious to us.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:11.17,0:16:13.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Since it's crystal clear that the parable\N
Dialogue: 0,0:16:13.20,0:16:15.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is dealing with the \Nsecond coming of Christ,
Dialogue: 0,0:16:15.84,0:16:20.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and since the one who \Ncomes in our parable,
Dialogue: 0,0:16:20.02,0:16:24.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,verse 10, is the bridegroom,
Dialogue: 0,0:16:24.94,0:16:28.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it ought to be really clear to all of us\N
Dialogue: 0,0:16:28.21,0:16:31.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that the bridegroom is Christ.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:31.72,0:16:34.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I know this is very simple,
Dialogue: 0,0:16:34.34,0:16:40.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but this is how you want to \Ngo about interpreting Scripture.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:40.00,0:16:41.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's obvious.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:41.46,0:16:42.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Yes.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:42.88,0:16:46.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The bridegroom is Christ.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:46.68,0:16:51.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The bridegroom is the Lord.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:51.53,0:16:55.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Brethren, don't you love the imagery?
Dialogue: 0,0:16:55.03,0:16:56.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Because, here is the thing.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:56.76,0:17:02.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We get different pictures \Nof this second coming.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:02.44,0:17:04.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Remember last week, just like you saw
Dialogue: 0,0:17:04.87,0:17:06.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,there at the end of chapter 24.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:06.92,0:17:13.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's like it was in days of Noah and Lot.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:13.72,0:17:15.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's a time of judgment.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:15.16,0:17:16.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He is going to come
Dialogue: 0,0:17:16.57,0:17:18.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and destruction is going \Nto fall upon people
Dialogue: 0,0:17:18.98,0:17:20.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when they don't expect it.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:20.98,0:17:23.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When you look at \Nthe parable of the talents,
Dialogue: 0,0:17:23.27,0:17:30.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it's like a master who is entrusting \Nthings to his servants.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:30.58,0:17:33.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And brethren, don't you \Nlove the picture here?
Dialogue: 0,0:17:33.58,0:17:37.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's the bridegroom.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:37.16,0:17:43.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's the Bridegroom coming to take\NHis people in to the wedding feast.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:43.79,0:17:46.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What a picture!
Dialogue: 0,0:17:46.33,0:17:49.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I love that imagery.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:49.20,0:17:52.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In the book of Revelation, you find\Nthe same sort of imagery.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:52.71,0:17:55.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,{\i1}Let us rejoice...{\i0}\NRevelation 19:7
Dialogue: 0,0:17:55.52,0:17:59.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,{\i1}“Let us rejoice and exult \Nand give Him the glory,{\i0}
Dialogue: 0,0:17:59.29,0:18:01.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,{\i1}for the marriage of the Lamb has come,{\i0}\N
Dialogue: 0,0:18:01.96,0:18:04.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,{\i1}and His Bride has made herself ready;{\i0}
Dialogue: 0,0:18:04.96,0:18:09.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,{\i1}it was granted her to clothe herself\Nwith fine linen, bright and pure”{\i0}
Dialogue: 0,0:18:09.29,0:18:12.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,{\i1}--- for the fine linen is\Nthe righteous deeds of the saints.{\i0}
Dialogue: 0,0:18:12.65,0:18:15.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,{\i1}And the angel said to me,\N“Write this:{\i0}
Dialogue: 0,0:18:15.05,0:18:24.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,{\i1}Blessed are those who are invited\Nto the marriage supper of the Lamb.”{\i0}
Dialogue: 0,0:18:24.18,0:18:27.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You know what it brings to our minds?
Dialogue: 0,0:18:27.59,0:18:32.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It brings to the minds\Nthe love of a husband for a bride.
Dialogue: 0,0:18:32.73,0:18:34.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What is that?
Dialogue: 0,0:18:34.35,0:18:39.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Particular and special.
Dialogue: 0,0:18:39.30,0:18:42.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's what it brings to our mind here.
Dialogue: 0,0:18:42.74,0:18:46.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It speaks, think of a wedding.
Dialogue: 0,0:18:46.31,0:18:50.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There is anticipation,\Nthere is anticipation of the intimacy.
Dialogue: 0,0:18:50.01,0:18:52.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There is joy.
Dialogue: 0,0:18:52.63,0:18:57.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We had a wedding last weekend.
Dialogue: 0,0:18:57.16,0:19:00.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I mean, at weddings \Nthere's lots of smiles,
Dialogue: 0,0:19:00.78,0:19:02.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,there is lots of joy.
Dialogue: 0,0:19:02.93,0:19:04.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's the picture here.
Dialogue: 0,0:19:04.56,0:19:10.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's the husband bringing \Nthe bride to himself,
Dialogue: 0,0:19:10.07,0:19:14.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,fulfilling the intimacy.
Dialogue: 0,0:19:14.72,0:19:16.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's the picture.
Dialogue: 0,0:19:16.40,0:19:21.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's one of the most glorious \Npictures of the second coming,
Dialogue: 0,0:19:21.17,0:19:23.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as it regards the church.
Dialogue: 0,0:19:23.46,0:19:26.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It speaks of that union forever.
Dialogue: 0,0:19:26.33,0:19:28.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I mean, just think:\NIt's the Bridegroom,
Dialogue: 0,0:19:28.57,0:19:31.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the perfect Lover,
Dialogue: 0,0:19:31.44,0:19:33.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the perfect Husband,
Dialogue: 0,0:19:33.93,0:19:36.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the perfect Friend.
Dialogue: 0,0:19:36.76,0:19:39.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And its a picture of:\N
Dialogue: 0,0:19:39.82,0:19:45.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we are going to go under His arm forever.
Dialogue: 0,0:19:45.56,0:19:47.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I mean that's what we have.
Dialogue: 0,0:19:47.30,0:19:48.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Right now, we're betrothed.
Dialogue: 0,0:19:48.92,0:19:50.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Paul said to the Corinthians:
Dialogue: 0,0:19:50.53,0:19:54.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,{\i1}I feel a divine jealousy for you,\Nsince I betrothed you to one Husband,{\i0}
Dialogue: 0,0:19:54.92,0:19:58.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,{\i1}to present you as a pure virgin to Christ.{\i0}
Dialogue: 0,0:19:58.58,0:20:00.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Betrothed now.
Dialogue: 0,0:20:00.58,0:20:02.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What does it mean to be betrothed?
Dialogue: 0,0:20:02.22,0:20:06.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Well, you know, there is a \Ncovenantal agreement there
Dialogue: 0,0:20:06.68,0:20:09.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that's binding.
Dialogue: 0,0:20:09.44,0:20:12.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Christ has pledged Himself to it\Nand will never break that covenant.
Dialogue: 0,0:20:12.73,0:20:14.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It is not like our engagements.
Dialogue: 0,0:20:14.81,0:20:16.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That can be broken.
Dialogue: 0,0:20:16.44,0:20:17.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It is not like that.
Dialogue: 0,0:20:17.80,0:20:20.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But you know a betrothal falls short\N
Dialogue: 0,0:20:20.46,0:20:23.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of the full intimacy of the marriage
Dialogue: 0,0:20:23.23,0:20:26.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and that is what is going \Nto happen when He comes.
Dialogue: 0,0:20:26.17,0:20:31.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It is going to be the consummation
Dialogue: 0,0:20:31.58,0:20:34.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the feast.
Dialogue: 0,0:20:34.58,0:20:40.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The fullness of intimacy is yet \Nreserved for us at that great day.
Dialogue: 0,0:20:40.85,0:20:45.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When the bride, the Lamb's wife\N
Dialogue: 0,0:20:45.41,0:20:48.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is going to be presented to her Husband\N
Dialogue: 0,0:20:48.11,0:20:50.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,without spot and blemish.
Dialogue: 0,0:20:50.11,0:20:52.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Brethren, it says it:
Dialogue: 0,0:20:52.18,0:20:59.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,O how blessed, {\i1}blessed{\i0}\Nare those who are invited
Dialogue: 0,0:20:59.04,0:21:02.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to the marriage supper of the Lamb.
Dialogue: 0,0:21:02.04,0:21:06.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Let's direct our focus to the virgins.
Dialogue: 0,0:21:06.94,0:21:11.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Some might say:\NHey, the parable has no bride.
Dialogue: 0,0:21:11.65,0:21:14.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And you would be exactly right.
Dialogue: 0,0:21:14.14,0:21:15.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You say, but, wait,
Dialogue: 0,0:21:15.99,0:21:17.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we see that the church is the bride.
Dialogue: 0,0:21:17.98,0:21:20.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And the church is prepared as a bride\N
Dialogue: 0,0:21:20.38,0:21:23.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and we are betrothed to Christ.
Dialogue: 0,0:21:23.00,0:21:25.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He is a Husband,\NHe is the Bridegroom.
Dialogue: 0,0:21:25.74,0:21:26.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Where is the bride?
Dialogue: 0,0:21:26.98,0:21:29.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You have to understand this:
Dialogue: 0,0:21:29.13,0:21:31.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Our Lord is wanting to give us a parable
Dialogue: 0,0:21:31.95,0:21:33.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,about some who are ready
Dialogue: 0,0:21:33.65,0:21:35.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and some who are not ready.
Dialogue: 0,0:21:35.65,0:21:39.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Can you imagine if He tried \Nto do that with a wife?
Dialogue: 0,0:21:39.32,0:21:41.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You would really have to have ten wives.
Dialogue: 0,0:21:41.67,0:21:43.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Five are ready and five are not ready.
Dialogue: 0,0:21:43.61,0:21:45.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Or at least two.
Dialogue: 0,0:21:45.42,0:21:47.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If what you want to manifest,\N
Dialogue: 0,0:21:47.94,0:21:50.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,if what you want to bring out, draw out,
Dialogue: 0,0:21:50.68,0:21:52.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is that you have some who are ready\N
Dialogue: 0,0:21:52.68,0:21:54.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and some who are not ready
Dialogue: 0,0:21:54.12,0:21:56.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you don't want to do that \Nwith wives. Otherwise what?
Dialogue: 0,0:21:56.70,0:21:59.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You gonna end up with some kind of parable\N
Dialogue: 0,0:21:59.81,0:22:03.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that's going to have \Npolygamist overtones, right?
Dialogue: 0,0:22:03.98,0:22:06.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You don't want to go there.
Dialogue: 0,0:22:06.88,0:22:10.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The virgins, the bridesmaids \Nis a perfect way,
Dialogue: 0,0:22:10.41,0:22:13.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it's a perfect way to display
Dialogue: 0,0:22:13.75,0:22:18.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,exactly what our Lord wants to display.
Dialogue: 0,0:22:18.82,0:22:24.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There are ten, there are ten bridesmaids\N
Dialogue: 0,0:22:24.31,0:22:28.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who are waiting for the bridegroom.
Dialogue: 0,0:22:28.96,0:22:34.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They are waiting for the wedding feast.
Dialogue: 0,0:22:34.27,0:22:37.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So who are they supposed to represent?
Dialogue: 0,0:22:37.78,0:22:40.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You have five that are wise, \Nfive that are foolish.
Dialogue: 0,0:22:40.32,0:22:42.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Look, it's not very \Ndifficult to look at this
Dialogue: 0,0:22:42.50,0:22:45.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and recognize that when Jesus comes
Dialogue: 0,0:22:45.18,0:22:46.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He takes five in with Him
Dialogue: 0,0:22:46.61,0:22:49.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and five are shut out.
Dialogue: 0,0:22:49.29,0:22:50.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I think it's pretty clear.
Dialogue: 0,0:22:50.70,0:22:52.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That what you have is \Nyou have the saved
Dialogue: 0,0:22:52.88,0:22:54.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and they go in with Him.
Dialogue: 0,0:22:54.11,0:22:57.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And the ones that are outside are lost.
Dialogue: 0,0:22:57.81,0:23:00.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The ones that go in with \NHim are true Christians.
Dialogue: 0,0:23:00.29,0:23:03.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The ones that are left \Nout are not Christians.
Dialogue: 0,0:23:03.34,0:23:05.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I think that's pretty obvious.
Dialogue: 0,0:23:05.54,0:23:08.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But I think we want to define them\N
Dialogue: 0,0:23:08.48,0:23:10.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a little more precisely than that.
Dialogue: 0,0:23:10.86,0:23:14.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I don't believe our Lord is just \Npainting a generic picture here
Dialogue: 0,0:23:14.36,0:23:19.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of saved humanity over \Nagainst lost humanity.
Dialogue: 0,0:23:19.20,0:23:23.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I think what He's painting a picture of
Dialogue: 0,0:23:23.82,0:23:25.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,are professing Christians\N
Dialogue: 0,0:23:25.69,0:23:29.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who are sitting in the church right now.
Dialogue: 0,0:23:29.16,0:23:34.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Some are saved, some are not.
Dialogue: 0,0:23:34.00,0:23:38.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I do not believe this is a picture\Ngenerically of all mankind.
Dialogue: 0,0:23:38.71,0:23:40.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You say: Why?
Dialogue: 0,0:23:40.10,0:23:41.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Why would you not think that?
Dialogue: 0,0:23:41.64,0:23:46.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Why do you think that this has to do\Nwith people who profess Christ?
Dialogue: 0,0:23:46.78,0:23:50.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,True Christians and false Christians\Nwho are in the church right now?
Dialogue: 0,0:23:50.79,0:23:52.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Why do you think that?
Dialogue: 0,0:23:52.60,0:23:54.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Here is why I think it:
Dialogue: 0,0:23:54.34,0:23:57.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Because for one, when our Lord\Npaints the picture, He doesn't say:
Dialogue: 0,0:23:57.77,0:24:01.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Well you have these virgins over here\Nthat are involved in the wedding,
Dialogue: 0,0:24:01.23,0:24:03.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and then you have the onlookers.
Dialogue: 0,0:24:03.83,0:24:09.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You now, the people that watch the\Nparade go by, who aren't even involved.
Dialogue: 0,0:24:09.04,0:24:15.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What you have is you have virgins.
Dialogue: 0,0:24:15.45,0:24:18.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They're all virgins.
Dialogue: 0,0:24:18.16,0:24:22.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They're all dressed for a wedding.
Dialogue: 0,0:24:22.41,0:24:25.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They all have lamps.
Dialogue: 0,0:24:25.65,0:24:30.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You know what? On the outside they \Nall look pretty much the same.
Dialogue: 0,0:24:30.35,0:24:32.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's why I think that.\NThat's one reason.
Dialogue: 0,0:24:32.94,0:24:35.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The second is this:
Dialogue: 0,0:24:35.09,0:24:40.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They're all waiting for the Bridegroom.
Dialogue: 0,0:24:40.97,0:24:45.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They're not Muslims, \Nwho are denying the fact
Dialogue: 0,0:24:45.85,0:24:51.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that a bridegroom is \Neven coming, who is Christ.
Dialogue: 0,0:24:51.20,0:24:53.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They're all waiting for the Bridegroom.
Dialogue: 0,0:24:53.50,0:25:00.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The third thing here is you know\Nwhen He says in verses 11 and 12,
Dialogue: 0,0:25:00.38,0:25:08.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when those virgins,\Nthe five foolish are shut out?
Dialogue: 0,0:25:08.61,0:25:10.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Listen to what's said:
Dialogue: 0,0:25:10.12,0:25:13.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,{\i1}Afterward the other \Nvirgins came also, saying{\i0}
Dialogue: 0,0:25:13.99,0:25:17.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,{\i1}‘Lord, Lord, open to us.’{\i0}
Dialogue: 0,0:25:17.88,0:25:24.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,{\i1}But He answered,\N‘Truly, I say to you, I do not know you.’{\i0}
Dialogue: 0,0:25:24.57,0:25:30.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What does that sound a whole lot like?
Dialogue: 0,0:25:30.09,0:25:33.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Sounds like Matthew chapter 7.
Dialogue: 0,0:25:33.19,0:25:35.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And you know what you have there?
Dialogue: 0,0:25:35.04,0:25:37.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You have wise and foolish as well.
Dialogue: 0,0:25:37.88,0:25:42.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You have the wise who built their\Nhouse on a rock, and who are they?
Dialogue: 0,0:25:42.23,0:25:45.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They hear the word of God and do it.
Dialogue: 0,0:25:45.08,0:25:47.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Over against the fools.\NWhat do they do?
Dialogue: 0,0:25:47.75,0:25:51.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They hear the Word and they don't do it.
Dialogue: 0,0:25:51.52,0:25:55.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Again, they're not the Muslim\Nwho doesn't hear the Word.
Dialogue: 0,0:25:55.84,0:25:58.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,These are people who sit \Nthere under the preaching.
Dialogue: 0,0:25:58.37,0:25:59.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They have a Bible.
Dialogue: 0,0:25:59.51,0:26:03.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They hear what Christ says,\Nand they don't do it.
Dialogue: 0,0:26:03.46,0:26:07.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,These are the people, who say:\N
Dialogue: 0,0:26:07.35,0:26:12.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Lord, Lord, we did many mighty works."
Dialogue: 0,0:26:12.75,0:26:18.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And He said: "I never knew you."
Dialogue: 0,0:26:18.39,0:26:23.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You see, it's the same terminology.
Dialogue: 0,0:26:23.48,0:26:26.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I believe that's what we have.
Dialogue: 0,0:26:26.17,0:26:27.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You know what?
Dialogue: 0,0:26:27.96,0:26:34.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This parable has to do with {\i1}us.{\i0}
Dialogue: 0,0:26:34.92,0:26:40.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This isn't us and them.
Dialogue: 0,0:26:40.02,0:26:43.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is {\i1}us.{\i0}
Dialogue: 0,0:26:43.37,0:26:46.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is you and me.
Dialogue: 0,0:26:46.04,0:26:53.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There is an {\i1}us{\i0} and {\i1}them{\i0}\Nright here within these walls.
Dialogue: 0,0:26:53.33,0:26:59.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There are the wise and \Nthe foolish right here.
Dialogue: 0,0:26:59.51,0:27:02.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's the picture.
Dialogue: 0,0:27:02.12,0:27:05.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We have the wise and the foolish.
Dialogue: 0,0:27:05.11,0:27:07.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And we wait.
Dialogue: 0,0:27:07.31,0:27:08.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's the picture.
Dialogue: 0,0:27:08.44,0:27:10.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Waiting.
Dialogue: 0,0:27:10.92,0:27:12.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Notice verse 5:
Dialogue: 0,0:27:12.61,0:27:16.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The bridegroom was delayed.
Dialogue: 0,0:27:16.68,0:27:17.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's what we're at.
Dialogue: 0,0:27:17.88,0:27:20.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The Bridegroom is not here.
Dialogue: 0,0:27:20.28,0:27:22.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We wait.
Dialogue: 0,0:27:22.36,0:27:24.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We are these virgins.
Dialogue: 0,0:27:24.71,0:27:26.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We are waiting.
Dialogue: 0,0:27:26.25,0:27:28.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Waiting.
Dialogue: 0,0:27:28.14,0:27:29.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What are we waiting for?
Dialogue: 0,0:27:29.39,0:27:31.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We are waiting for Him to come.
Dialogue: 0,0:27:31.80,0:27:34.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It hasn't happened as soon\Nas we might have expected.
Dialogue: 0,0:27:34.93,0:27:40.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Notice, down in the \Nnext parable, in verse 19:
Dialogue: 0,0:27:40.23,0:27:42.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,{\i1}Now after a long time{\i0}\N
Dialogue: 0,0:27:42.70,0:27:45.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,{\i1}the master of those servants came...{\i0}
Dialogue: 0,0:27:45.28,0:27:47.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There are places in our Bibles
Dialogue: 0,0:27:47.74,0:27:51.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,where we get the idea \NHe's coming quickly, right?
Dialogue: 0,0:27:51.71,0:27:56.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He says it. "I'm coming quickly."
Dialogue: 0,0:27:56.91,0:27:59.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We don't want to say \Nthere is a contradiction.
Dialogue: 0,0:27:59.35,0:28:02.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Here it says {\i1}after a \Nlong time,{\i0} and {\i1}delayed.{\i0}
Dialogue: 0,0:28:02.79,0:28:07.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,O, a day with the Lord...
Dialogue: 0,0:28:07.01,0:28:11.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Brethren, the time frame of our Lord\N
Dialogue: 0,0:28:11.15,0:28:13.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is not always according to our time frame.
Dialogue: 0,0:28:13.60,0:28:15.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And what is quick and what is slow?
Dialogue: 0,0:28:15.43,0:28:17.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But we do get this idea.
Dialogue: 0,0:28:17.63,0:28:18.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,After a long time.
Dialogue: 0,0:28:18.88,0:28:21.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,2000 years is a long time.
Dialogue: 0,0:28:21.29,0:28:24.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But that may not be as long\Nas what a long time is.
Dialogue: 0,0:28:24.27,0:28:26.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It could be 10,000 years.
Dialogue: 0,0:28:26.97,0:28:30.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I don't know. You don't know.
Dialogue: 0,0:28:30.84,0:28:32.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It seems like in every generation,
Dialogue: 0,0:28:32.54,0:28:34.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,there's been those who \Nexpected Him to come
Dialogue: 0,0:28:34.88,0:28:38.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and those who expected \NHim not to come.
Dialogue: 0,0:28:38.73,0:28:40.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's the same now.
Dialogue: 0,0:28:40.26,0:28:42.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But we're waiting.
Dialogue: 0,0:28:42.32,0:28:44.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We're waiting.
Dialogue: 0,0:28:44.36,0:28:49.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There is a delay.
Dialogue: 0,0:28:49.73,0:28:51.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now, notice this:
Dialogue: 0,0:28:51.72,0:28:54.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They sleep.
Dialogue: 0,0:28:54.91,0:28:56.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You see that in verse 5?
Dialogue: 0,0:28:56.16,0:29:00.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They all became drowsy and slept.
Dialogue: 0,0:29:00.52,0:29:04.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Look, I don't think we necessarily need\N
Dialogue: 0,0:29:04.04,0:29:06.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to read anything negative into that.
Dialogue: 0,0:29:06.76,0:29:08.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It doesn't sound good.
Dialogue: 0,0:29:08.55,0:29:14.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When you hear these exhortations\Nto stay awake, stay awake,
Dialogue: 0,0:29:14.13,0:29:16.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,watch, watch!
Dialogue: 0,0:29:16.85,0:29:20.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And then you see them fall asleep.
Dialogue: 0,0:29:20.73,0:29:22.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Here is the reason that I don't think
Dialogue: 0,0:29:22.80,0:29:26.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you want to read too much \Ninto their falling asleep
Dialogue: 0,0:29:26.48,0:29:32.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is because even the \Nwise virgins fell asleep
Dialogue: 0,0:29:32.06,0:29:38.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and it didn't make them \Nany less ready to enter in
Dialogue: 0,0:29:38.60,0:29:40.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when the bridegroom came.
Dialogue: 0,0:29:40.50,0:29:41.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You see that?
Dialogue: 0,0:29:41.85,0:29:44.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They both did it.
Dialogue: 0,0:29:44.70,0:29:50.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I don't think the sleeping here\Nis the point of this parable.
Dialogue: 0,0:29:50.56,0:29:52.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Because they both do it.
Dialogue: 0,0:29:52.65,0:29:55.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It seems to be more like life is going on.
Dialogue: 0,0:29:55.04,0:29:57.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Remember how it was before?\NAs in the days of Noah?
Dialogue: 0,0:29:57.50,0:29:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You have marriage, and giving in marriage.
Dialogue: 0,0:29:59.99,0:30:02.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In the days of Lot, they \Nare buying and selling.
Dialogue: 0,0:30:02.45,0:30:04.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I think it's the same kind of thing.
Dialogue: 0,0:30:04.75,0:30:07.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You're getting this picture \Nof the wise and the foolish,
Dialogue: 0,0:30:07.55,0:30:09.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and they're doing the same thing.
Dialogue: 0,0:30:09.17,0:30:10.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They go to sleep.
Dialogue: 0,0:30:10.57,0:30:14.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I don't know that you want to read\Nanything specifically negative into it.
Dialogue: 0,0:30:14.15,0:30:17.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If there is anything foolish \Nabout falling asleep here
Dialogue: 0,0:30:17.80,0:30:23.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it's going to sleep when you're \Nnot ready for Christ to come.
Dialogue: 0,0:30:23.32,0:30:25.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's the thing \Nthat's foolish about this.
Dialogue: 0,0:30:25.77,0:30:31.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The difference between the wise\Nand the foolish is not the sleep.
Dialogue: 0,0:30:31.80,0:30:34.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They both do that.
Dialogue: 0,0:30:34.09,0:30:37.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You see what the difference is.
Dialogue: 0,0:30:37.07,0:30:40.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The difference between the wise\Nand the foolish is the oil.
Dialogue: 0,0:30:40.20,0:30:43.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,One has reserves of oil \Nand the other does not.
Dialogue: 0,0:30:43.77,0:30:47.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Let's think about this oil for a second.
Dialogue: 0,0:30:47.04,0:30:48.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The oil.
Dialogue: 0,0:30:48.35,0:30:51.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What's represented by this oil?
Dialogue: 0,0:30:51.02,0:30:53.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We see it here, right? In 4:
Dialogue: 0,0:30:53.30,0:31:01.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,{\i1}The wise took flasks of \Noil with their lamps.{\i0}
Dialogue: 0,0:31:01.85,0:31:03.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Oil.
Dialogue: 0,0:31:03.75,0:31:05.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In verse 8:\N{\i1}The foolish said to the wise,{\i0}
Dialogue: 0,0:31:05.94,0:31:13.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,{\i1}‘Give us some of your oil,\Nfor our lamps are going out.’{\i0}
Dialogue: 0,0:31:13.07,0:31:15.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The oil.
Dialogue: 0,0:31:15.10,0:31:18.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What is it?
Dialogue: 0,0:31:18.64,0:31:21.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I tell you this:
Dialogue: 0,0:31:21.11,0:31:27.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Those who go in to the \Nwedding feast have it.
Dialogue: 0,0:31:27.46,0:31:32.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And those who are shut out don't.
Dialogue: 0,0:31:32.00,0:31:37.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is what makes the difference.
Dialogue: 0,0:31:37.06,0:31:42.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Beloved,
Dialogue: 0,0:31:42.03,0:31:47.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you do not want to get shut out.
Dialogue: 0,0:31:47.54,0:31:49.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You must have oil.
Dialogue: 0,0:31:49.86,0:31:52.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, what is it?
Dialogue: 0,0:31:52.18,0:31:59.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The oil is what makes the lamp burn.
Dialogue: 0,0:31:59.02,0:32:00.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That you can see.
Dialogue: 0,0:32:00.46,0:32:02.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's obvious.
Dialogue: 0,0:32:02.97,0:32:07.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Oil is essential if the \Nlamp is going to do
Dialogue: 0,0:32:07.48,0:32:10.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,what the lamp ought to do.
Dialogue: 0,0:32:10.48,0:32:14.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Seems like the foolish \Nvirgins and the wise virgins
Dialogue: 0,0:32:14.72,0:32:19.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,initially had lamps that were burning.
Dialogue: 0,0:32:19.22,0:32:24.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I mean, notice how the foolish virgins say\Nwhat they say in verse 8:
Dialogue: 0,0:32:24.06,0:32:32.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,{\i1}‘Give us some of your oil,\Nfor our lamps are going out.’{\i0}
Dialogue: 0,0:32:32.33,0:32:36.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Sometimes when people \Nwant to interpret this,
Dialogue: 0,0:32:36.55,0:32:39.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they almost paint the picture
Dialogue: 0,0:32:39.86,0:32:44.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that the lamps of the \Nfoolish were never lit.
Dialogue: 0,0:32:44.93,0:32:46.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's not the feeling that you get.
Dialogue: 0,0:32:46.94,0:32:48.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You know, the feeling that you get here,
Dialogue: 0,0:32:48.91,0:32:52.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is that {\i1}all{\i0} of their \Nlamps were lit in verse 1,
Dialogue: 0,0:32:52.06,0:32:53.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when they went out.
Dialogue: 0,0:32:53.44,0:32:56.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You see they were expecting -\Nand you can imagine this.
Dialogue: 0,0:32:56.58,0:32:58.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I mean, if you just think about this.
Dialogue: 0,0:32:58.74,0:33:00.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You think about a wedding like this.
Dialogue: 0,0:33:00.76,0:33:06.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If the groom and his groomsmen\Nare going to come over
Dialogue: 0,0:33:06.39,0:33:08.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and they're going to get these ladies\N
Dialogue: 0,0:33:08.15,0:33:10.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and they're going to \Nparade through the street
Dialogue: 0,0:33:10.12,0:33:13.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and they're going to go back and actually\Nthey have a ceremony and have a feast,
Dialogue: 0,0:33:13.44,0:33:16.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you'd probably like to do \Nit early in the evening.
Dialogue: 0,0:33:16.54,0:33:19.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You don't want to come at midnight.
Dialogue: 0,0:33:19.12,0:33:21.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Because if you come at midnight\Nby the time you get them
Dialogue: 0,0:33:21.94,0:33:25.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and then you go where you have to go\Nand now and then it might be 12.30,
Dialogue: 0,0:33:25.05,0:33:28.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,one o'clock, and you get \Nthere, and now what?
Dialogue: 0,0:33:28.05,0:33:29.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You gonna have a wedding and then,\N
Dialogue: 0,0:33:29.97,0:33:33.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,after that, when your feast is going on
Dialogue: 0,0:33:33.64,0:33:36.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,at three, four, five \No'clock in the morning.
Dialogue: 0,0:33:36.27,0:33:38.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's probably not \Nthe ideal time to come.
Dialogue: 0,0:33:38.77,0:33:41.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's probably expected when \Nyou have weddings like this,
Dialogue: 0,0:33:41.51,0:33:43.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they're typically in early evening.
Dialogue: 0,0:33:43.20,0:33:44.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The bridegroom comes\N
Dialogue: 0,0:33:44.79,0:33:47.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and that would be a fairly obvious time.
Dialogue: 0,0:33:47.23,0:33:52.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The kind of picture you get here\Nis they went out to meet him.
Dialogue: 0,0:33:52.06,0:33:54.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They're prepared then.
Dialogue: 0,0:33:54.05,0:33:56.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Right at the beginning it \Nseems like they are ready.
Dialogue: 0,0:33:56.67,0:33:59.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They have their lamps, it seems like\Nall their lamps are burning.
Dialogue: 0,0:33:59.58,0:34:00.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But you know what happens?
Dialogue: 0,0:34:00.93,0:34:02.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He doesn't come when they expect.
Dialogue: 0,0:34:02.85,0:34:05.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And so, by the time He does come,\Nat midnight, what do you get?
Dialogue: 0,0:34:05.92,0:34:07.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In verse 8?
Dialogue: 0,0:34:07.72,0:34:10.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,{\i1}‘Our lamps are going out.’{\i0}
Dialogue: 0,0:34:10.49,0:34:12.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Not that they were never lit.
Dialogue: 0,0:34:12.97,0:34:15.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,{\i1}‘Our lamps are going out.’{\i0}
Dialogue: 0,0:34:15.73,0:34:17.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What's the difference between them?
Dialogue: 0,0:34:17.54,0:34:20.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The reservoir.
Dialogue: 0,0:34:20.01,0:34:22.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The wise ones have flasks.
Dialogue: 0,0:34:22.90,0:34:24.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It means they have a reserve.
Dialogue: 0,0:34:24.82,0:34:29.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They have something to \Nkeep filling their lamp with.
Dialogue: 0,0:34:29.43,0:34:36.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's the picture that we get here.
Dialogue: 0,0:34:36.29,0:34:41.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There is something very implicit\Nto this whole parable.
Dialogue: 0,0:34:41.38,0:34:43.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And it's this:
Dialogue: 0,0:34:43.54,0:34:46.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If you are a virgin,
Dialogue: 0,0:34:46.80,0:34:51.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it is expected that you will \Nhave a lamp that stays lit.
Dialogue: 0,0:34:51.77,0:34:53.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's obvious.
Dialogue: 0,0:34:53.20,0:34:56.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Because when those virgins find\Nthat their lamps are starting to go out,
Dialogue: 0,0:34:56.66,0:34:59.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,rather than just saying:\NO, well, there will be enough light,
Dialogue: 0,0:34:59.59,0:35:01.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,your five have yours, so ours don't work,
Dialogue: 0,0:35:01.64,0:35:04.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we'll just leave them here \Nand we'll go on anyway.
Dialogue: 0,0:35:04.17,0:35:06.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You can tell, this was essential.
Dialogue: 0,0:35:06.17,0:35:09.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They recognized it was essential.
Dialogue: 0,0:35:09.55,0:35:14.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, what did they do?
Dialogue: 0,0:35:14.18,0:35:19.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They start crying out:\N{\i1}Give us some of yours!{\i0}
Dialogue: 0,0:35:19.73,0:35:24.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Suddenly the cry comes.
Dialogue: 0,0:35:24.97,0:35:28.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,{\i1}Bridegroom!{\i0}
Dialogue: 0,0:35:28.89,0:35:32.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Uh oh...
Dialogue: 0,0:35:32.42,0:35:36.100,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We are not ready.
Dialogue: 0,0:35:36.100,0:35:38.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's the idea.
Dialogue: 0,0:35:38.85,0:35:40.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Bridegroom's tarried, now He's here,\N
Dialogue: 0,0:35:40.99,0:35:44.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,foolish virgins realized \Nthey are not ready.
Dialogue: 0,0:35:44.44,0:35:47.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Their oil is running dry.
Dialogue: 0,0:35:47.02,0:35:49.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Their lamps are going out.
Dialogue: 0,0:35:49.72,0:35:54.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We're told the oil must be purchased.
Dialogue: 0,0:35:54.51,0:35:57.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There is simply no time to go for it now.
Dialogue: 0,0:35:57.55,0:35:59.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's too late.
Dialogue: 0,0:35:59.27,0:36:04.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's {\i1}too{\i0} late!
Dialogue: 0,0:36:04.83,0:36:06.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Can you imagine?
Dialogue: 0,0:36:06.81,0:36:12.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Look, this is dealing with people\Nwho profess to be Christians.
Dialogue: 0,0:36:12.81,0:36:16.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They think it's ok.
Dialogue: 0,0:36:16.88,0:36:21.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And suddenly, it's too late.
Dialogue: 0,0:36:21.36,0:36:23.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's too late.
Dialogue: 0,0:36:23.85,0:36:27.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There is simply no time to go and buy.
Dialogue: 0,0:36:27.40,0:36:29.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The Lord is at hand.
Dialogue: 0,0:36:29.39,0:36:31.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What is this?
Dialogue: 0,0:36:31.61,0:36:38.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Some have said the oil \Nis the presence of God.
Dialogue: 0,0:36:38.05,0:36:47.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Some have said the \Noil is the Spirit of God.
Dialogue: 0,0:36:47.19,0:36:49.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Some have said it's true wisdom.
Dialogue: 0,0:36:49.16,0:36:50.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Some sincerity.
Dialogue: 0,0:36:50.24,0:36:54.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Some the Word of God in our \Nhearts or its understanding.
Dialogue: 0,0:36:54.20,0:36:59.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Matthew Henry says the oil is grace.
Dialogue: 0,0:36:59.39,0:37:01.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Here is the thing:
Dialogue: 0,0:37:01.26,0:37:04.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If you really take...
Dialogue: 0,0:37:04.63,0:37:06.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If you really look at the parable,
Dialogue: 0,0:37:06.46,0:37:09.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and it seems like their lamps were lit\N
Dialogue: 0,0:37:09.13,0:37:12.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and now they're going out.
Dialogue: 0,0:37:12.39,0:37:14.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I think you run into a lot of problems\N
Dialogue: 0,0:37:14.69,0:37:17.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,if you try to dissect this too closely.
Dialogue: 0,0:37:17.95,0:37:20.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I think one of the reasons that guys
Dialogue: 0,0:37:20.88,0:37:23.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,are all over the place on what this is,
Dialogue: 0,0:37:23.30,0:37:26.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is because what it is is not essential\N
Dialogue: 0,0:37:26.37,0:37:30.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to getting the drift of this parable.
Dialogue: 0,0:37:30.26,0:37:34.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Brethren,
Dialogue: 0,0:37:34.04,0:37:37.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I don't think oil is critical\Nto the primary message here.
Dialogue: 0,0:37:37.92,0:37:43.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The primary message that the Lord\Nwants to send you and me here,
Dialogue: 0,0:37:43.08,0:37:49.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when He gets to the end, verse 13,\NHe says this:
Dialogue: 0,0:37:49.45,0:37:54.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,{\i1}Watch therefore, for you know \Nneither the day nor the hour.{\i0}
Dialogue: 0,0:37:54.17,0:37:56.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This has been the recurring theme.
Dialogue: 0,0:37:56.19,0:37:58.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,As much as the second coming has hit us\N
Dialogue: 0,0:37:58.99,0:38:01.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,again and again and again and again.
Dialogue: 0,0:38:01.05,0:38:04.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If you jump right back\Ninto the end of Matthew chapter 24,
Dialogue: 0,0:38:04.17,0:38:07.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,look at what He keeps saying\Nabout the second coming.
Dialogue: 0,0:38:07.60,0:38:10.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Verse 36 of chapter 24:
Dialogue: 0,0:38:10.21,0:38:14.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,{\i1}Concerning that day and hour no one knows.{\i0}
Dialogue: 0,0:38:14.28,0:38:15.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Verse 39
Dialogue: 0,0:38:15.40,0:38:20.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,{\i1}They were unaware until the flood came\Nand swept them all away,{\i0}
Dialogue: 0,0:38:20.25,0:38:22.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,{\i1}so will be the coming of the Son of Man.{\i0}
Dialogue: 0,0:38:22.47,0:38:23.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Verse 42
Dialogue: 0,0:38:23.64,0:38:28.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,{\i1}Therefore, stay awake, \Nfor you do not know...{\i0}
Dialogue: 0,0:38:28.57,0:38:30.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What?
Dialogue: 0,0:38:30.42,0:38:32.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When!
Dialogue: 0,0:38:32.22,0:38:36.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,{\i1}You don't know on what \Nday your Lord is coming.{\i0}
Dialogue: 0,0:38:36.48,0:38:37.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Verse 44
Dialogue: 0,0:38:37.50,0:38:39.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,{\i1}Therefore you must be ready, ...{\i0}
Dialogue: 0,0:38:39.10,0:38:39.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Why?
Dialogue: 0,0:38:39.92,0:38:43.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,{\i1}... for the Son of Man is coming\Nat an hour you do not expect.{\i0}
Dialogue: 0,0:38:43.24,0:38:45.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You see the idea here is readiness.
Dialogue: 0,0:38:45.34,0:38:47.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Why? Because He is coming \Nwhen you don't know.
Dialogue: 0,0:38:47.59,0:38:51.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You're not gonna have time\Nto prepare when He comes.
Dialogue: 0,0:38:51.28,0:38:54.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You have to be ready {\i1}now.{\i0}
Dialogue: 0,0:38:54.62,0:38:58.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You do not know when \Ndeath is going to take you.
Dialogue: 0,0:38:58.20,0:39:02.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You do not know when \NChrist is going to come.
Dialogue: 0,0:39:02.30,0:39:03.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You have to be ready now.
Dialogue: 0,0:39:03.91,0:39:06.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And it's possible to be \Ndressed like the virgin,
Dialogue: 0,0:39:06.24,0:39:07.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and have a lamp like a virgin,
Dialogue: 0,0:39:07.75,0:39:10.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and be waiting for the \NBridegroom like the virgin,
Dialogue: 0,0:39:10.29,0:39:11.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and to be where they are,
Dialogue: 0,0:39:11.84,0:39:15.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and to not be ready when that hour comes.
Dialogue: 0,0:39:15.38,0:39:16.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That is the issue.
Dialogue: 0,0:39:16.84,0:39:18.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It is being ready.
Dialogue: 0,0:39:18.52,0:39:21.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It is being ready!
Dialogue: 0,0:39:21.28,0:39:22.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Verse 50
Dialogue: 0,0:39:22.32,0:39:25.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,{\i1}The master of that servant \Nwill come on a day{\i0}\N
Dialogue: 0,0:39:25.57,0:39:27.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,{\i1}when he does not expect him{\i0}
Dialogue: 0,0:39:27.47,0:39:30.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,{\i1}and at an hour he does not know.{\i0}
Dialogue: 0,0:39:30.80,0:39:35.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The primary issue about this parable\Nis not what the oil is.
Dialogue: 0,0:39:35.50,0:39:37.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It is, that whatever it is...
Dialogue: 0,0:39:37.83,0:39:41.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It is that which is essential \Nfor you to be ready.
Dialogue: 0,0:39:41.93,0:39:44.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And those five foolish virgins
Dialogue: 0,0:39:44.84,0:39:50.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,were not ready when the hour came.
Dialogue: 0,0:39:50.66,0:39:54.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They weren't ready.
Dialogue: 0,0:39:54.86,0:39:58.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You say, "but, I go to church."
Dialogue: 0,0:39:58.09,0:40:00.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So did they.
Dialogue: 0,0:40:00.43,0:40:03.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And they were not ready.
Dialogue: 0,0:40:03.29,0:40:05.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They weren't ready.
Dialogue: 0,0:40:05.53,0:40:07.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Why? Because they do not possess\N
Dialogue: 0,0:40:07.68,0:40:12.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,what must be possessed to be ready
Dialogue: 0,0:40:12.24,0:40:15.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when the Lord comes.
Dialogue: 0,0:40:15.69,0:40:19.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And here is the thing.
Dialogue: 0,0:40:19.10,0:40:24.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You see no evidence
Dialogue: 0,0:40:24.20,0:40:28.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that they are concerned about it
Dialogue: 0,0:40:28.11,0:40:33.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,until it's too late.
Dialogue: 0,0:40:33.09,0:40:43.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That is not the right time\Nto figure out you're not ready.
Dialogue: 0,0:40:43.09,0:40:49.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Our Lord knows multitudes.
Dialogue: 0,0:40:49.78,0:40:53.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Multitudes fit this category.
Dialogue: 0,0:40:53.81,0:40:56.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is why He warns us.
Dialogue: 0,0:40:56.83,0:40:59.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If you think:\N
Dialogue: 0,0:40:59.17,0:41:04.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Well, it's not gonna happen to me.
Dialogue: 0,0:41:04.19,0:41:08.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What do you think it is\Nthat makes a foolish virgin?
Dialogue: 0,0:41:08.56,0:41:11.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's that kind of attitude right there.
Dialogue: 0,0:41:11.54,0:41:16.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Won't be me!
Dialogue: 0,0:41:16.17,0:41:19.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Not me!
Dialogue: 0,0:41:19.05,0:41:23.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That was why these five \Nvirgins are so foolish.
Dialogue: 0,0:41:23.88,0:41:24.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What did they do?
Dialogue: 0,0:41:24.86,0:41:27.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They picked up their lamps, they rush off\N
Dialogue: 0,0:41:27.70,0:41:32.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,{\i1}and they are not ready.{\i0}
Dialogue: 0,0:41:32.28,0:41:38.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And then they slumber and fall asleep\N
Dialogue: 0,0:41:38.17,0:41:42.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,{\i1}and they are not ready.{\i0}
Dialogue: 0,0:41:42.07,0:41:44.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And when the Bridegroom comes\N
Dialogue: 0,0:41:44.31,0:41:46.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the cry rings forth,
Dialogue: 0,0:41:46.14,0:41:47.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,suddenly they find they have no oil.
Dialogue: 0,0:41:47.96,0:41:50.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And they are not ready.
Dialogue: 0,0:41:50.90,0:41:53.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Not ready.
Dialogue: 0,0:41:53.12,0:41:54.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Not ready.
Dialogue: 0,0:41:54.94,0:42:00.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They never troubled themselves about\Ngetting the oil and being ready.
Dialogue: 0,0:42:00.24,0:42:04.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You know what the trouble \Nwith the foolish virgins is?
Dialogue: 0,0:42:04.31,0:42:06.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There they are.
Dialogue: 0,0:42:06.12,0:42:12.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They assume everything is ok.
Dialogue: 0,0:42:12.60,0:42:14.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Why?
Dialogue: 0,0:42:14.63,0:42:18.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Lord, Lord, ...
Dialogue: 0,0:42:18.61,0:42:21.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We did what your people do.
Dialogue: 0,0:42:21.24,0:42:24.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We did many mighty works.
Dialogue: 0,0:42:24.10,0:42:26.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We were prophesying \Nright along with them.
Dialogue: 0,0:42:26.31,0:42:28.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We were casting out demons \Nright along with them.
Dialogue: 0,0:42:28.71,0:42:34.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We heard the Word of God \Nright along with them.
Dialogue: 0,0:42:34.02,0:42:36.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He says, "I never knew you."
Dialogue: 0,0:42:36.86,0:42:40.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Why? They weren't ready.
Dialogue: 0,0:42:40.07,0:42:41.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They weren't ready.
Dialogue: 0,0:42:41.64,0:42:44.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Just taking everything for granted.
Dialogue: 0,0:42:44.14,0:42:47.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Their everlasting soul is at stake
Dialogue: 0,0:42:47.43,0:42:51.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and they're not making \Ncertain they're secure.
Dialogue: 0,0:42:51.55,0:42:54.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When somebody would come along\Nin the church and say:
Dialogue: 0,0:42:54.04,0:42:57.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Brother, sister, test yourself!\NAre you sure? Are you sure?
Dialogue: 0,0:42:57.81,0:43:01.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They got aggravated.
Dialogue: 0,0:43:01.16,0:43:04.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They got upset.
Dialogue: 0,0:43:04.07,0:43:07.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They hated you holier-than-thous.
Dialogue: 0,0:43:07.49,0:43:09.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Don't press me with your strictness.
Dialogue: 0,0:43:09.61,0:43:11.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I have Christian liberty.
Dialogue: 0,0:43:11.66,0:43:14.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Don't tell me about what \Nmusic I do listen to,
Dialogue: 0,0:43:14.12,0:43:15.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I have Christian liberty.
Dialogue: 0,0:43:15.80,0:43:18.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Don't tell me about what \NI'm doing with my life.
Dialogue: 0,0:43:18.21,0:43:20.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Don't tell me that you're \Nconcerned that you see
Dialogue: 0,0:43:20.57,0:43:22.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I love the things of \Nthe world too much.
Dialogue: 0,0:43:22.56,0:43:23.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Don't tell me that.
Dialogue: 0,0:43:23.76,0:43:27.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Don't tell me that I seem\Ntoo greedy or too possessed
Dialogue: 0,0:43:27.52,0:43:29.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,by the things the world \Nis all obsessed with.
Dialogue: 0,0:43:29.96,0:43:32.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Don't tell me that.
Dialogue: 0,0:43:32.02,0:43:34.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You Christians are just too strict.
Dialogue: 0,0:43:34.51,0:43:36.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You people of Grace Community Church.
Dialogue: 0,0:43:36.75,0:43:38.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You people.
Dialogue: 0,0:43:38.72,0:43:40.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There's kind of a separation.
Dialogue: 0,0:43:40.49,0:43:41.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I don't like those people.
Dialogue: 0,0:43:41.85,0:43:44.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Because when they come around\Nthey ask me those questions
Dialogue: 0,0:43:44.71,0:43:46.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I don't like those questions.
Dialogue: 0,0:43:46.41,0:43:48.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Let me live my life.
Dialogue: 0,0:43:48.15,0:43:49.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm a Christian too.
Dialogue: 0,0:43:49.36,0:43:52.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And they get upset with that.
Dialogue: 0,0:43:52.29,0:43:58.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Their eternal soul is at stake.
Dialogue: 0,0:43:58.48,0:44:00.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They won't examine themselves.
Dialogue: 0,0:44:00.01,0:44:02.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They do not prove their own selves.
Dialogue: 0,0:44:02.51,0:44:04.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,God's word says examine your own self\N
Dialogue: 0,0:44:04.72,0:44:06.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,whether you are in the faith.
Dialogue: 0,0:44:06.14,0:44:07.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But they don't want to do it.
Dialogue: 0,0:44:07.53,0:44:09.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And they hear messages \Nthat cut to the heart
Dialogue: 0,0:44:09.63,0:44:12.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but they just say: No, it's \Nnot me. Nope, it's not me.
Dialogue: 0,0:44:12.24,0:44:15.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Yeah, that makes me feel \Nuncomfortable, but that's not me.
Dialogue: 0,0:44:15.00,0:44:16.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Why is it not you?
Dialogue: 0,0:44:16.48,0:44:20.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Well because I made a decision and\NI claim to be a believer in Jesus Christ.
Dialogue: 0,0:44:20.28,0:44:23.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Yeah, you're right there \Nalong with the other virgins.
Dialogue: 0,0:44:23.70,0:44:25.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Whatever the oil is I'll tell you this:
Dialogue: 0,0:44:25.60,0:44:29.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's what you have to have to enter in.
Dialogue: 0,0:44:29.24,0:44:30.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And you know what?
Dialogue: 0,0:44:30.21,0:44:33.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This book from one end to the other\N
Dialogue: 0,0:44:33.25,0:44:37.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,describes to us what God's \Ntrue people look like.
Dialogue: 0,0:44:37.71,0:44:39.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You know what they wouldn't do?
Dialogue: 0,0:44:39.52,0:44:44.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They wouldn't come and look \Nin the mirror of this book
Dialogue: 0,0:44:44.04,0:44:47.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and see if all is well.
Dialogue: 0,0:44:47.04,0:44:48.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They didn't want to go there.
Dialogue: 0,0:44:48.89,0:44:52.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Why? Because men \Nlove to believe a lie.
Dialogue: 0,0:44:52.80,0:44:55.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What's one of the chief lies \Nthey love to believe?
Dialogue: 0,0:44:55.62,0:44:58.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They have a form of godliness\Nbut they deny the power thereof.
Dialogue: 0,0:44:58.69,0:45:01.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You see, they love to \Nhave a form of godliness
Dialogue: 0,0:45:01.41,0:45:04.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that convinces them deceptively so
Dialogue: 0,0:45:04.18,0:45:05.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that they're going to heaven,\N
Dialogue: 0,0:45:05.78,0:45:07.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but they have no power of it,
Dialogue: 0,0:45:07.20,0:45:10.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which means that they \Nlive in the powerlessness
Dialogue: 0,0:45:10.31,0:45:11.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of the rest of the world.
Dialogue: 0,0:45:11.91,0:45:13.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They're controlled by their lust.\N
Dialogue: 0,0:45:13.57,0:45:16.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They are slaves to sin, \Nthey just go along.
Dialogue: 0,0:45:16.05,0:45:18.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But they have religion.
Dialogue: 0,0:45:18.30,0:45:20.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You see, they have \Na religious appearance,
Dialogue: 0,0:45:20.50,0:45:22.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,these five foolish virgins.
Dialogue: 0,0:45:22.04,0:45:25.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,O, well, I go to church, \NI do this, I do that...
Dialogue: 0,0:45:25.19,0:45:27.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now, I'm not out there \Nwith the carousing hordes.
Dialogue: 0,0:45:27.68,0:45:29.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm not a Muslim. I'm not a Hindu.
Dialogue: 0,0:45:29.61,0:45:31.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I don't do those things.
Dialogue: 0,0:45:31.81,0:45:34.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You see, that's what they \Nwere saying in Matthew 7.
Dialogue: 0,0:45:34.36,0:45:36.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Lord, Lord, we did this, we did that.
Dialogue: 0,0:45:36.82,0:45:41.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And that's typically how \Nthe five foolish virgins
Dialogue: 0,0:45:41.01,0:45:43.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,just go on being so foolish.
Dialogue: 0,0:45:43.31,0:45:46.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's just a checklist of some things\Nwhat they do or don't do.
Dialogue: 0,0:45:46.49,0:45:48.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But the reality's in the heart.
Dialogue: 0,0:45:48.57,0:45:53.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When you go look at Scripture,\Nyou see fellowship.
Dialogue: 0,0:45:53.86,0:45:58.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You see Christ manifesting \NHimself to His people.
Dialogue: 0,0:45:58.21,0:46:01.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You see that there is a \Nsweetness in the relationship.
Dialogue: 0,0:46:01.20,0:46:06.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You see people who are made\Ninto praying men and women.
Dialogue: 0,0:46:06.48,0:46:11.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Men and women who become\Ncontrolled by the Spirit of God.
Dialogue: 0,0:46:11.22,0:46:13.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And they begin to love in ways\Nthey never loved before.
Dialogue: 0,0:46:13.97,0:46:15.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,From the heart.
Dialogue: 0,0:46:15.62,0:46:17.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They become these true Jews.
Dialogue: 0,0:46:17.80,0:46:19.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Something changes.
Dialogue: 0,0:46:19.01,0:46:21.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The life of God is in their soul.
Dialogue: 0,0:46:21.77,0:46:24.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Suddenly they're not like \Nthose gentiles anymore.
Dialogue: 0,0:46:24.31,0:46:26.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They're new men, they're new creations.
Dialogue: 0,0:46:26.73,0:46:28.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Old things pass away.
Dialogue: 0,0:46:28.42,0:46:32.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Suddenly their eyes behold\Nthe beauty in Christ, and they know it.
Dialogue: 0,0:46:32.16,0:46:34.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They can hear His voice in ways\Nthey couldn't before.
Dialogue: 0,0:46:34.84,0:46:35.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And they know it.
Dialogue: 0,0:46:35.80,0:46:36.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And you know what?
Dialogue: 0,0:46:36.72,0:46:40.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The five foolish virgins get \Naround people that talk that way,
Dialogue: 0,0:46:40.76,0:46:43.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and they don't want to hear.
Dialogue: 0,0:46:43.76,0:46:45.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Holier-than-thou, that's what they are.
Dialogue: 0,0:46:45.76,0:46:48.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They're self-righteous.
Dialogue: 0,0:46:48.88,0:46:51.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I don't like people like that.
Dialogue: 0,0:46:51.41,0:46:55.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Why are they always talking \Nto me about my sin?
Dialogue: 0,0:46:55.76,0:47:05.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It seems like they look at \Nme just a certain way.
Dialogue: 0,0:47:05.16,0:47:08.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,God gives us a love for the \Nbrethren and I'll tell you this:
Dialogue: 0,0:47:08.27,0:47:11.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When you fall in love with Christ and\Nyou haven't been in love with Christ,
Dialogue: 0,0:47:11.85,0:47:15.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and then, suddenly, you get around\Nother people that are in love with Him,
Dialogue: 0,0:47:15.40,0:47:18.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you tend to be able to pick up on that.
Dialogue: 0,0:47:18.18,0:47:21.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When you get around\Npeople that are worldly...
Dialogue: 0,0:47:21.73,0:47:26.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Yeah, they're virgins,\Nthey're sitting there in the church.
Dialogue: 0,0:47:26.52,0:47:32.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But you know you just...
Dialogue: 0,0:47:32.14,0:47:36.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You can sense there's no oil.
Dialogue: 0,0:47:36.65,0:47:40.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But they're heedless, they're thoughtless,\Nthey don't examine themselves...
Dialogue: 0,0:47:40.18,0:47:43.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Someone might say to them:\NAre you sure you're ready?
Dialogue: 0,0:47:43.13,0:47:45.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You're sure you have oil?\NExamine yourself!
Dialogue: 0,0:47:45.26,0:47:47.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Be sure!\NEverything is at stake!
Dialogue: 0,0:47:47.01,0:47:48.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What happens?
Dialogue: 0,0:47:48.43,0:47:51.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Foolish virgins, they resent it.
Dialogue: 0,0:47:51.46,0:47:53.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They resent that.
Dialogue: 0,0:47:53.02,0:47:55.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They are uncomfortable.
Dialogue: 0,0:47:55.48,0:47:57.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I don't like to go where those people are.
Dialogue: 0,0:47:57.86,0:48:02.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They make me uncomfortable.
Dialogue: 0,0:48:02.32,0:48:03.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm afraid...
Dialogue: 0,0:48:03.68,0:48:06.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I mean, if you are in a place \Nwhere you are afraid
Dialogue: 0,0:48:06.54,0:48:10.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to be around the godliest people
Dialogue: 0,0:48:10.30,0:48:12.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that ought to tell you something.
Dialogue: 0,0:48:12.44,0:48:15.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And listen...
Dialogue: 0,0:48:15.05,0:48:20.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Jesus, at the end of this, says:\N{\i1}Watch!{\i0}
Dialogue: 0,0:48:20.14,0:48:23.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Because you don't know when He's coming,\N
Dialogue: 0,0:48:23.68,0:48:26.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,watch therefore!
Dialogue: 0,0:48:26.05,0:48:28.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This isn't a picture.
Dialogue: 0,0:48:28.07,0:48:30.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You don't get the feeling \Nfrom this parable
Dialogue: 0,0:48:30.45,0:48:32.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that this is a picture of a man,\N
Dialogue: 0,0:48:32.75,0:48:35.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who goes up on his rooftop,
Dialogue: 0,0:48:35.38,0:48:38.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and day and night stands \Nlooking at the horizon
Dialogue: 0,0:48:38.58,0:48:43.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for when the sky is gonna break open.
Dialogue: 0,0:48:43.40,0:48:48.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You know what you're to watch?
Dialogue: 0,0:48:48.47,0:48:55.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The whole idea in watching\N
Dialogue: 0,0:48:55.07,0:49:00.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is that you need to be ready.
Dialogue: 0,0:49:00.38,0:49:05.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You need to watch your walk,
Dialogue: 0,0:49:05.66,0:49:10.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,watch your relationship,
Dialogue: 0,0:49:10.19,0:49:13.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,watch the Scriptures.
Dialogue: 0,0:49:13.33,0:49:15.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Where are you at?
Dialogue: 0,0:49:15.12,0:49:18.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Watch that you be not deceived.
Dialogue: 0,0:49:18.79,0:49:21.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Watch!
Dialogue: 0,0:49:21.15,0:49:25.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If you show up at that wedding feast
Dialogue: 0,0:49:25.85,0:49:28.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the door is shut,
Dialogue: 0,0:49:28.18,0:49:30.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,do you recognize it is all over?
Dialogue: 0,0:49:30.60,0:49:35.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It is eternal loss.\NYou have lost everything.
Dialogue: 0,0:49:35.24,0:49:39.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,My brothers and sisters,
Dialogue: 0,0:49:39.41,0:49:44.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,this eschatology that's out there \Nthat wants to teach you
Dialogue: 0,0:49:44.07,0:49:47.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that there is going to be a rapture first,\Nand then you can get things right,
Dialogue: 0,0:49:47.95,0:49:50.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,then there is going to be \Na seven year tribulation,
Dialogue: 0,0:49:50.46,0:49:51.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and you can get things right,
Dialogue: 0,0:49:51.97,0:49:55.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and then Jesus Christ is going to return\Nand set up His 1000 year kingdom,
Dialogue: 0,0:49:55.50,0:49:59.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and then you can get things right...\NThat is a lie.
Dialogue: 0,0:49:59.27,0:50:02.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This tells you in no uncertain terms:
Dialogue: 0,0:50:02.62,0:50:06.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When Jesus Christ comes it's over.
Dialogue: 0,0:50:06.60,0:50:10.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That door is shut and if you \Nare on the wrong side of it
Dialogue: 0,0:50:10.24,0:50:14.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,there is no seven year \Ntribulation to get it right.
Dialogue: 0,0:50:14.66,0:50:17.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You're undone.
Dialogue: 0,0:50:17.14,0:50:21.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You are undone forever.
Dialogue: 0,0:50:21.93,0:50:29.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Brethren, regeneration is real.
Dialogue: 0,0:50:29.07,0:50:34.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It is real.
Dialogue: 0,0:50:34.20,0:50:39.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Listen, they had to buy the oil,\N
Dialogue: 0,0:50:39.72,0:50:50.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and Jesus says: you buy \Nfrom Me without price.
Dialogue: 0,0:50:50.93,0:50:58.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There is a time in \Nevery true virgin's life
Dialogue: 0,0:50:58.97,0:51:04.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,where bankrupt they come to Christ.
Dialogue: 0,0:51:04.43,0:51:06.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They must do business with Him,\N
Dialogue: 0,0:51:06.87,0:51:11.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but they have nothing in their hand.
Dialogue: 0,0:51:11.56,0:51:15.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Lord, I don't have anything but my sin.
Dialogue: 0,0:51:15.38,0:51:25.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Lord, I've botched this thing \Nfrom the beginning.
Dialogue: 0,0:51:25.84,0:51:28.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I can't do this.
Dialogue: 0,0:51:28.02,0:51:32.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I don't have the power.
Dialogue: 0,0:51:32.31,0:51:37.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Lord, my sin is going to sink me\N
Dialogue: 0,0:51:37.21,0:51:39.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,into the depths of hell.
Dialogue: 0,0:51:39.10,0:51:41.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I can't do a thing about it.
Dialogue: 0,0:51:41.53,0:51:44.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If I run to Sinai, it condemns me.
Dialogue: 0,0:51:44.41,0:51:47.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If I try I find my best \Nworks are just filth.
Dialogue: 0,0:51:47.99,0:51:52.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I can't do it.
Dialogue: 0,0:51:52.21,0:51:54.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Lord, help me!
Dialogue: 0,0:51:54.38,0:51:56.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Lord, save me!
Dialogue: 0,0:51:56.61,0:51:59.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And you know what Scripture says?
Dialogue: 0,0:51:59.51,0:52:06.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That justifying faith \Nis always accompanied
Dialogue: 0,0:52:06.11,0:52:13.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,by a change of life, new creation.
Dialogue: 0,0:52:13.84,0:52:20.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The old things pass away.
Dialogue: 0,0:52:20.97,0:52:24.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Brethren, those are the indicators\N
Dialogue: 0,0:52:24.69,0:52:28.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that we possess that oil.
Dialogue: 0,0:52:28.55,0:52:30.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,All those things that the men\N
Dialogue: 0,0:52:30.68,0:52:32.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,historically have thought it means,
Dialogue: 0,0:52:32.91,0:52:35.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,all those things are real\N
Dialogue: 0,0:52:35.76,0:52:37.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,if you're a true virgin.
Dialogue: 0,0:52:37.22,0:52:38.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You have the Spirit,
Dialogue: 0,0:52:38.69,0:52:41.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you have the presence of God,
Dialogue: 0,0:52:41.07,0:52:42.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you have an anointing,
Dialogue: 0,0:52:42.89,0:52:45.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you have an understanding,
Dialogue: 0,0:52:45.08,0:52:48.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you have a wisdom,
Dialogue: 0,0:52:48.49,0:52:50.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,your eyes are made open,
Dialogue: 0,0:52:50.80,0:52:53.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you have grace.
Dialogue: 0,0:52:53.63,0:52:56.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,All of those things are true.
Dialogue: 0,0:52:56.37,0:53:01.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Brethren, this book \Ndescribes true Christianity.
Dialogue: 0,0:53:01.52,0:53:05.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If you look and there are questions,
Dialogue: 0,0:53:05.88,0:53:10.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,look, there is one place to go:
Dialogue: 0,0:53:10.02,0:53:15.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Always and only: To Christ.
Dialogue: 0,0:53:15.22,0:53:16.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If there's questions,
Dialogue: 0,0:53:16.87,0:53:18.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,if there's doubts,
Dialogue: 0,0:53:18.97,0:53:20.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,if you need help,
Dialogue: 0,0:53:20.73,0:53:23.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,if you are uncertain:
Dialogue: 0,0:53:23.39,0:53:25.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's to Christ.
Dialogue: 0,0:53:25.45,0:53:28.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You flee to Christ.
Dialogue: 0,0:53:28.99,0:53:32.100,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I was just hearing yesterday Spurgeon.
Dialogue: 0,0:53:32.100,0:53:35.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You might think: Oh, I wish I could have\N
Dialogue: 0,0:53:35.53,0:53:39.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the kind of assurance such a one as him.
Dialogue: 0,0:53:39.01,0:53:40.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In the middle of his ministry
Dialogue: 0,0:53:40.75,0:53:43.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,being used tremendously \Nhe got so discouraged
Dialogue: 0,0:53:43.75,0:53:45.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and began to doubt where he was,\N
Dialogue: 0,0:53:45.68,0:53:47.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,even if he was saved,
Dialogue: 0,0:53:47.12,0:53:48.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,if he was called to the ministry.
Dialogue: 0,0:53:48.82,0:53:50.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He couldn't go on.
Dialogue: 0,0:53:50.19,0:53:52.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He couldn't preach.
Dialogue: 0,0:53:52.08,0:53:53.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He just left.
Dialogue: 0,0:53:53.21,0:53:55.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Somebody else had to fill the pulpit.
Dialogue: 0,0:53:55.97,0:53:58.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He left to go out to the \Ncountry and to the fresh air.
Dialogue: 0,0:53:58.69,0:54:03.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He went to Essex to where he was from.
Dialogue: 0,0:54:03.48,0:54:06.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He's quietly crept in, \Nlittle baptist church,
Dialogue: 0,0:54:06.93,0:54:08.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,sat in the back row.
Dialogue: 0,0:54:08.96,0:54:11.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Nobody knew he was there.
Dialogue: 0,0:54:11.65,0:54:13.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You know what he heard?
Dialogue: 0,0:54:13.53,0:54:16.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He heard this little country preacher\N
Dialogue: 0,0:54:16.99,0:54:23.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,preach one of his sermons.
Dialogue: 0,0:54:23.53,0:54:29.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,As he heard his own sermon being preached,
Dialogue: 0,0:54:29.68,0:54:32.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it was just... It was Christ.
Dialogue: 0,0:54:32.55,0:54:35.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It was Christ.
Dialogue: 0,0:54:35.94,0:54:37.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,His hope was there.
Dialogue: 0,0:54:37.94,0:54:41.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He came up to that preacher afterwards.
Dialogue: 0,0:54:41.50,0:54:43.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The man saw him, you know,
Dialogue: 0,0:54:43.83,0:54:47.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,he was embarrassed.
Dialogue: 0,0:54:47.38,0:54:49.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Just hung his head.
Dialogue: 0,0:54:49.22,0:54:52.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Just plagiarized his sermon.
Dialogue: 0,0:54:52.70,0:54:54.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Spurgeon didn't care.
Dialogue: 0,0:54:54.91,0:54:56.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He just rejoiced.
Dialogue: 0,0:54:56.86,0:55:00.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He rejoiced.
Dialogue: 0,0:55:00.11,0:55:02.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He said as he sat there just hearing -
Dialogue: 0,0:55:02.39,0:55:04.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I don't know if he even recognized
Dialogue: 0,0:55:04.25,0:55:07.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it was his own sermon \Ntill the guy said it,
Dialogue: 0,0:55:07.50,0:55:14.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but, I'd hardly know one of \Nmine from the past.
Dialogue: 0,0:55:14.16,0:55:16.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But it was Christ.
Dialogue: 0,0:55:16.23,0:55:18.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It was all Christ.
Dialogue: 0,0:55:18.11,0:55:22.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He saw it: My only hope is there.
Dialogue: 0,0:55:22.33,0:55:26.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He saw it in the simple man's words,\Nin his own message.
Dialogue: 0,0:55:26.82,0:55:32.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Brethren, that's it!
Dialogue: 0,0:55:32.15,0:55:35.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'll tell you, whatever the oil is:
Dialogue: 0,0:55:35.01,0:55:36.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If you're clinging to Christ
Dialogue: 0,0:55:36.82,0:55:40.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and your hope is there, you have it.
Dialogue: 0,0:55:40.24,0:55:48.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Your only hope there.
Dialogue: 0,0:55:48.31,0:55:50.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There is finality coming.
Dialogue: 0,0:55:50.88,0:55:55.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The door is going to be shut,
Dialogue: 0,0:55:55.69,0:56:01.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and if you're on the wrong side,
Dialogue: 0,0:56:01.80,0:56:06.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that's not the time to get \Nconcerned you have no oil.
Dialogue: 0,0:56:06.64,0:56:09.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's too late.
Dialogue: 0,0:56:09.30,0:56:11.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's too late.
Dialogue: 0,0:56:11.07,0:56:17.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Today Jesus Christ says: It's free.
Dialogue: 0,0:56:17.12,0:56:18.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Come, get it.
Dialogue: 0,0:56:18.56,0:56:26.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Come to Me and you can have it.
Dialogue: 0,0:56:26.04,0:56:34.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I think regularly about sinners in hell.
Dialogue: 0,0:56:34.18,0:56:42.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They just walked everyday past that door,\N
Dialogue: 0,0:56:42.00,0:56:47.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and it was wide open.
Dialogue: 0,0:56:47.49,0:56:51.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It is open.
Dialogue: 0,0:56:51.93,0:56:55.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Can you imagine men's and \Nwomen's souls are at stake
Dialogue: 0,0:56:55.95,0:57:00.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and they count that \Ndoor so light a matter?
Dialogue: 0,0:57:00.32,0:57:04.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But when it shuts...
Dialogue: 0,0:57:04.61,0:57:09.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So what if they give all \Ntheir attention to it then?
Dialogue: 0,0:57:09.90,0:57:12.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's too late.
Dialogue: 0,0:57:12.26,0:57:17.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's too late.
Dialogue: 0,0:57:17.94,0:57:21.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Father, I pray:
Dialogue: 0,0:57:21.55,0:57:33.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Awake, awaken the fools!
Dialogue: 0,0:57:33.35,0:57:37.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Awaken them, Lord!
Dialogue: 0,0:57:37.37,0:57:43.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Even so, come Lord Jesus!
Dialogue: 0,0:57:43.41,0:57:44.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Amen.