1 00:00:00,360 --> 00:00:04,760 Have a Sabbath, everyone. It's always a blessing to be 2 00:00:04,760 --> 00:00:08,920 here at the Middletown Church. Always a wonderful thing to be 3 00:00:08,920 --> 00:00:10,440 here. I want to bring greetings from 4 00:00:10,760 --> 00:00:13,120 our sister church and three angels. 5 00:00:13,720 --> 00:00:15,960 Amen. I thank Ellis Slingo for the 6 00:00:15,960 --> 00:00:19,000 invitation to speak and thank Sister Janique for that 7 00:00:19,000 --> 00:00:21,640 beautiful song of meditation. Amen. 8 00:00:22,440 --> 00:00:24,840 God is a wonderful God that we. Serve. 9 00:00:27,200 --> 00:00:29,360 Let's bow our heads. As we pray, as we go straight 10 00:00:29,360 --> 00:00:32,479 into the word, my Father want to give you thanks for your 11 00:00:32,479 --> 00:00:34,520 blessings. I want to give you thanks for 12 00:00:34,520 --> 00:00:37,680 all that you have done for us. Lord, as I avail myself at this 13 00:00:37,680 --> 00:00:40,040 moment to speak your words, I pray that you'll fill me with 14 00:00:40,040 --> 00:00:43,680 your Holy Spirit and hide me behind the cross and let your 15 00:00:43,680 --> 00:00:47,600 words be spoken to me. This is my asking in Jesus 16 00:00:47,600 --> 00:00:49,160 precious name, Amen. Amen. 17 00:00:51,120 --> 00:00:55,400 So my topic today is Behold. The bridegroom cometh. 18 00:00:55,880 --> 00:01:01,800 Behold the bridegroom comet. So this is a very popular story 19 00:01:01,800 --> 00:01:04,560 from the Bible, right? And this week, as I was thinking 20 00:01:04,560 --> 00:01:09,880 about what to bring sister I, I this, this story was heavy on my 21 00:01:09,880 --> 00:01:12,120 mind. And I know this is a story that 22 00:01:12,120 --> 00:01:15,360 I've talked about many a times, but based on what's happening in 23 00:01:15,360 --> 00:01:19,520 the world today, this is one of the few parables that's yet to 24 00:01:19,520 --> 00:01:22,800 be fully fulfilled, right? And I think this would be 25 00:01:22,880 --> 00:01:26,760 perfect to talk about today. The whole, the bridegroom comet. 26 00:01:27,000 --> 00:01:31,080 So we'll pick up right where Ella started. 27 00:01:31,080 --> 00:01:33,360 We'll turn our Bibles to Matthew, chapter 25. 28 00:01:33,840 --> 00:01:36,160 And we'll look at the the text again. 29 00:01:36,160 --> 00:01:38,520 And for those who don't have your Bibles, I'll put them on 30 00:01:38,520 --> 00:01:40,360 the screen. Hope it's not too small. 31 00:01:40,840 --> 00:01:46,440 Alright, Matthew chapter 25, I'll be reading the key texts 32 00:01:46,440 --> 00:01:49,680 again, but we'll go all the way to verse 13. 33 00:01:51,520 --> 00:01:54,880 It says, then shall the Kingdom of heaven be lightened unto 10 34 00:01:54,880 --> 00:01:55,840 virgins. How many? 35 00:01:56,840 --> 00:01:59,760 10 which took their lamps and went forth to meet the 36 00:01:59,760 --> 00:02:03,360 bridegroom. And five of them were wise, and 37 00:02:03,360 --> 00:02:07,600 five were foolish. So five were wise, 5 foolish. 38 00:02:08,440 --> 00:02:13,520 They that were foolish took their lamps and took no oil in 39 00:02:13,520 --> 00:02:19,720 them, but the wise took oil in their vessels with their lamps. 40 00:02:20,120 --> 00:02:24,680 While the bridegroom tired, they all slumbered and slept. 41 00:02:24,720 --> 00:02:26,040 How many of them slumbered and slept? 42 00:02:26,960 --> 00:02:30,440 All of them right. And at midnight, what time 43 00:02:31,320 --> 00:02:35,600 midnight there was a cry made. Behold, the bridegroom cometh 44 00:02:35,880 --> 00:02:40,800 going out to meet him. Then all those virgins arose and 45 00:02:40,800 --> 00:02:43,920 trim their lamps. And for those who don't know, 46 00:02:44,160 --> 00:02:48,400 when you have lamps with with oil in it, if it burns for a 47 00:02:48,400 --> 00:02:50,680 while, the top of it becomes like charcoal. 48 00:02:51,040 --> 00:02:52,640 It doesn't light properly, right? 49 00:02:52,800 --> 00:02:56,560 So you have to trim off that part and then it will light the 50 00:02:56,560 --> 00:02:58,880 room even better, right? So everyone wake up, they trim 51 00:02:58,880 --> 00:03:02,680 their lamps, and they all trimmed their lamps. 52 00:03:02,880 --> 00:03:04,360 He says. And the foolish said unto the 53 00:03:04,360 --> 00:03:08,320 wise, Give us of your oil, for our lamps gone out. 54 00:03:09,240 --> 00:03:11,200 Remember how many oil did the foolish take? 55 00:03:11,200 --> 00:03:14,320 Can you remember no oil? Right. 56 00:03:14,480 --> 00:03:17,880 So now they're asking for oil. But the Wise answered, saying 57 00:03:18,120 --> 00:03:24,360 Not so, lest there be not enough for us and you, but go E rather 58 00:03:24,360 --> 00:03:27,480 to them that sell, and buy for yourselves. 59 00:03:28,560 --> 00:03:32,880 The Wise took oil in their vessels with their lamps, and 60 00:03:32,880 --> 00:03:36,440 while they went to buy, the bridegroom came, and they that 61 00:03:36,440 --> 00:03:40,840 were ready went in with him to the marriage, and the door was 62 00:03:40,840 --> 00:03:44,880 shut. Those that were what were ready 63 00:03:45,120 --> 00:03:50,120 went in with him, and the door was You sure door wasn't ajar? 64 00:03:50,200 --> 00:03:53,080 It was shut. Verse 11. 65 00:03:53,320 --> 00:03:57,640 Afterward came also the other virgin, saying, Lord, Lord, open 66 00:03:57,640 --> 00:04:01,080 for to us. But he answered and said, Verily 67 00:04:01,080 --> 00:04:06,880 I say unto you, I know you not. Then all those virgins arose and 68 00:04:06,880 --> 00:04:10,680 trimmed their lamps. But watch therefore verse 13. 69 00:04:10,880 --> 00:04:15,520 For ye know neither the day nor the hour, wherein the Son of man 70 00:04:16,399 --> 00:04:19,160 comets. What you said of man cometh. 71 00:04:19,839 --> 00:04:23,240 You see, we're going to talk about this parable in details 72 00:04:23,240 --> 00:04:24,760 for the few minutes that we have here. 73 00:04:26,080 --> 00:04:29,120 Jesus parables were not just made-up stories, right? 74 00:04:29,360 --> 00:04:32,440 When you read the book Christ object lesson, it tells us that 75 00:04:32,480 --> 00:04:35,280 Jesus and the disciples were were sitting on Mount Olive and 76 00:04:35,280 --> 00:04:38,800 they were overlooking the city and as the sunset, they saw 77 00:04:39,680 --> 00:04:42,400 this, this, this wedding festivity that was going on. 78 00:04:42,600 --> 00:04:45,600 And there were some bridegroom were waiting on on, on the 79 00:04:45,600 --> 00:04:49,040 bridegroom to come. And Jesus used this practical 80 00:04:49,120 --> 00:04:54,080 experience to tell the story of the wedding feasts, right? 81 00:04:54,440 --> 00:04:57,480 So it these stories were not just stories that was made-up. 82 00:04:58,080 --> 00:05:03,080 So let's break it down. The 10 virgins it says in Christ 83 00:05:03,080 --> 00:05:06,360 Object 11 page 46, it tells us that as Christ sat looking upon 84 00:05:06,360 --> 00:05:09,880 the party that waited for the bridegroom, he told his sample 85 00:05:09,880 --> 00:05:13,440 the story of the 10 virgins by their experience, illustrating 86 00:05:13,440 --> 00:05:16,840 the experience of the church that shall live just before the 87 00:05:16,840 --> 00:05:20,200 2nd coming of time. So when we hear the story of the 88 00:05:20,200 --> 00:05:24,760 10 virgins, this is the experience of God's church that 89 00:05:24,760 --> 00:05:29,040 will live just before the closing of time when Jesus was 90 00:05:29,040 --> 00:05:30,440 about to come. Is that fair? 91 00:05:31,520 --> 00:05:34,400 So when we look at this story for the next few minutes, we're 92 00:05:34,400 --> 00:05:36,960 going to picture it in light of the church. 93 00:05:37,360 --> 00:05:40,600 It's not just individuals, but in light of the church and where 94 00:05:40,600 --> 00:05:43,360 we stand when the coming of Jesus Christ. 95 00:05:43,880 --> 00:05:46,840 So what does the 10 virgins represents? 96 00:05:47,040 --> 00:05:50,000 The 10 version represent two classes of watchers. 97 00:05:50,000 --> 00:05:54,600 How many classes, Two classes, right, Two classes who profess 98 00:05:54,600 --> 00:05:58,560 to be waiting for the Lord. And if you look through history, 99 00:05:58,560 --> 00:06:01,120 look through the Bible presentation, there's always two 100 00:06:01,120 --> 00:06:03,600 classes of worshippers. You remember when Adam and he 101 00:06:03,600 --> 00:06:07,800 have their first children, there was Kane and and Abel, and they 102 00:06:07,800 --> 00:06:11,120 were fully opposite, right? One wants to do what God says 103 00:06:11,200 --> 00:06:12,720 and one wants to do what he says. 104 00:06:12,720 --> 00:06:16,400 So God says to bring me a sacrifice, right? 105 00:06:16,600 --> 00:06:20,040 And it was like, no, no, no, my vegetables are really pretty. 106 00:06:20,320 --> 00:06:23,640 I grow some wonderful cabbages and some beautiful melons. 107 00:06:23,760 --> 00:06:25,960 And that's what I'm going to give you because that's pretty. 108 00:06:25,960 --> 00:06:28,720 And that's what I did. God says that's not what I want. 109 00:06:29,240 --> 00:06:33,120 I want a lamb. And he got upset and he killed 110 00:06:33,120 --> 00:06:35,880 his brother. So there's always two classes of 111 00:06:35,880 --> 00:06:38,560 worshippers as we go throughout the Bible, as we look throughout 112 00:06:38,560 --> 00:06:42,720 history, there's always 2, two classes of worshippers, one that 113 00:06:42,720 --> 00:06:46,120 wants to follow exactly what God says and one that wants to do 114 00:06:46,600 --> 00:06:50,520 what they want to do, right? And we see this right throughout 115 00:06:50,520 --> 00:06:55,520 history, the virgins, they profess a pure fate, right? 116 00:06:55,640 --> 00:06:58,640 When you think about virgins as a church, it thinks about a 117 00:06:58,640 --> 00:07:03,360 church that profess a pure fate. So it, it, it, we're talking 118 00:07:03,360 --> 00:07:08,920 here about Christians, right? When we think about the virgin, 119 00:07:08,920 --> 00:07:12,960 we're not thinking about different groups. 120 00:07:12,960 --> 00:07:16,040 So for example, we're not comparing Christianity with 121 00:07:16,040 --> 00:07:19,240 Buddhism or Christianity with Hinduism or Christianity with 122 00:07:19,240 --> 00:07:20,920 Muslim. We're thinking about 123 00:07:21,280 --> 00:07:25,120 Christianity, individuals who profess to love and cherish 124 00:07:25,280 --> 00:07:29,400 Jesus Christ, right? So everyone was represented in 125 00:07:29,400 --> 00:07:32,760 the same camp. So when the Bible talks about 126 00:07:33,440 --> 00:07:35,360 the lamp, what does the lamp represent? 127 00:07:35,600 --> 00:07:42,960 So Psalm 119, verse 105 says thy word is a lamp onto my feet and 128 00:07:42,960 --> 00:07:46,880 a light onto my path. So the lamp represents what? 129 00:07:48,160 --> 00:07:51,560 So the lamp represents the word of God, wonderful. 130 00:07:51,560 --> 00:07:52,960 The lamp represents the word of God. 131 00:07:53,200 --> 00:07:55,640 And that's beautiful to know. So the virgins represents the 132 00:07:55,640 --> 00:07:58,760 church and we'll break it down. And the lamp represents the word 133 00:07:58,760 --> 00:08:00,920 of God. So what about the oil? 134 00:08:00,920 --> 00:08:04,240 What do you think oil represents the Holy Spirit. 135 00:08:04,240 --> 00:08:08,240 Wonderful, wonderful. So in Zechariah 4, verse 1 to 136 00:08:08,240 --> 00:08:11,920 14, it tells the story of the rebuilding of, of Jerusalem. 137 00:08:11,920 --> 00:08:17,640 And it goes into a, a, a wonderful depiction of, of the 138 00:08:17,640 --> 00:08:20,920 tree with the olive tree and the oil and basically shows us that 139 00:08:20,920 --> 00:08:23,400 the oil represents the Holy Spirit, right? 140 00:08:23,920 --> 00:08:28,720 And we know that as a church, how much can we achieve without 141 00:08:28,720 --> 00:08:31,400 the Holy Spirit? Not much, right? 142 00:08:31,560 --> 00:08:34,440 If we're here in Sabbath school as the Ellows presented, he 143 00:08:34,440 --> 00:08:36,840 pointed out to us that without the Holy Spirit, we can't 144 00:08:36,840 --> 00:08:41,720 achieve much right, and that's why in it tells us in Zechariah 145 00:08:41,720 --> 00:08:47,600 4 verse 6 says not by might nor by power, but by my Spirit, say 146 00:08:47,600 --> 00:08:50,880 the Lord of hosts right. So when we come and we do what 147 00:08:50,880 --> 00:08:54,040 we do and as was able to put together in the Sabbath school 148 00:08:54,200 --> 00:08:56,720 when the elder was walking through all the wonderful things 149 00:08:56,720 --> 00:08:59,000 that this church has has accomplished. 150 00:08:59,400 --> 00:09:03,240 It wasn't through the strength of the the elders, but it was 151 00:09:03,240 --> 00:09:07,760 through the Holy Spirit, right? The Holy Spirit guide and he put 152 00:09:07,760 --> 00:09:09,720 things in place to make sure it could be done. 153 00:09:09,960 --> 00:09:12,320 It's same thing for us today as a church. 154 00:09:12,320 --> 00:09:14,960 There's nothing that we can't accomplish through the Holy 155 00:09:14,960 --> 00:09:17,680 Spirit, right? The Bible tells us we could do 156 00:09:18,320 --> 00:09:20,920 all things. Not some things, but all things. 157 00:09:20,920 --> 00:09:23,720 Through who? Through Christ who strengthens 158 00:09:23,720 --> 00:09:30,040 us, right, All things. So let's look at the 10 virgins. 159 00:09:30,360 --> 00:09:33,680 So it says all went out to meet the bridegroom. 160 00:09:34,440 --> 00:09:40,760 You see, it says with the church today, it represents that 161 00:09:40,800 --> 00:09:43,880 everyone had a fullness of spirit, right? 162 00:09:44,160 --> 00:09:48,240 It says all had their lamps. So all went out to me in the 163 00:09:48,240 --> 00:09:50,440 backroom. So everyone wanted to meet 164 00:09:50,480 --> 00:09:52,760 Jesus. Everyone had their lamps, 165 00:09:52,760 --> 00:09:55,640 meaning everyone had what the word of God. 166 00:09:55,920 --> 00:09:57,640 So everyone was reading their Bible. 167 00:09:57,840 --> 00:10:00,800 Everyone was comfortable enough to say I want to meet Jesus, 168 00:10:01,000 --> 00:10:02,480 hopefully understand what's happening here. 169 00:10:02,840 --> 00:10:05,480 But it says they all slumbered and slept. 170 00:10:06,120 --> 00:10:10,000 Many times we look at the story, we think about the five foolish 171 00:10:10,000 --> 00:10:12,560 and we just say, you see, they're the bad ones. 172 00:10:12,840 --> 00:10:16,240 But when we look at the story in entirety, it represents us as a 173 00:10:16,240 --> 00:10:19,080 church. And because the bridegroom 174 00:10:19,200 --> 00:10:23,240 tired, right? They all slumbered and slept. 175 00:10:24,520 --> 00:10:26,640 How many of us have fallen asleep in the church? 176 00:10:27,240 --> 00:10:31,000 Not physically, but spiritually. At some point, we all have fell 177 00:10:31,000 --> 00:10:34,160 asleep. We all have, Mr. Mark, we all 178 00:10:34,160 --> 00:10:37,880 have reached a point where we we say, do I have to go to church 179 00:10:37,880 --> 00:10:40,040 tomorrow? Do I have to have devotions? 180 00:10:40,240 --> 00:10:42,040 Do I have to have my family worship today? 181 00:10:42,320 --> 00:10:44,880 It's so cold outside. Can I just wrap up in my bed and 182 00:10:44,880 --> 00:10:47,080 just not come out to church this morning, right? 183 00:10:47,200 --> 00:10:51,240 It's so cold, right? We all slumbered and slept, 184 00:10:51,640 --> 00:10:55,160 right? But what was important was being 185 00:10:55,160 --> 00:10:58,200 prepared, he says. For a time there was seen no 186 00:10:58,200 --> 00:11:02,680 difference between them. So in the moment before the 187 00:11:02,680 --> 00:11:06,320 bridegroom came, if someone was looking on, they couldn't tell 188 00:11:06,320 --> 00:11:08,520 the difference between the five wives and the five foolish. 189 00:11:08,960 --> 00:11:11,760 Does that make sense? Right we have. 190 00:11:11,800 --> 00:11:15,200 We have to understand that before Jesus comes, sitting in 191 00:11:15,200 --> 00:11:19,000 the church, there'll be two classes of worshippers, those 192 00:11:19,000 --> 00:11:22,440 who will be prepared and those will be unprepared, those will 193 00:11:22,440 --> 00:11:24,400 be wise and those will be foolish. 194 00:11:24,600 --> 00:11:28,040 And through our naked eyes, no one will be able to look upon 195 00:11:28,040 --> 00:11:31,000 the congregation, say hey, this side is wise and this side is 196 00:11:31,000 --> 00:11:32,600 foolish. Will never happen. 197 00:11:32,960 --> 00:11:35,560 But the difference will come when Jesus comes. 198 00:11:36,480 --> 00:11:39,240 And This is why we have to be what prepared. 199 00:11:39,600 --> 00:11:42,640 We have to be ready. And the text says earlier, no 200 00:11:42,640 --> 00:11:44,840 one knows the day or the awe when Jesus will come. 201 00:11:45,480 --> 00:11:47,920 So it's for each one of us to be ready, right? 202 00:11:48,240 --> 00:11:50,360 I can't force you to be ready, right? 203 00:11:50,360 --> 00:11:53,640 We have to take on the challenge to have that love for God. 204 00:11:53,720 --> 00:11:56,520 So we want to be ready. We want to spend time in this 205 00:11:56,520 --> 00:11:59,240 word. We want to have devotions as 206 00:11:59,240 --> 00:12:03,080 leaders of our homes, as men, as priests of our home, we have to 207 00:12:03,080 --> 00:12:06,080 make sure our families are ready, Amen, right? 208 00:12:06,240 --> 00:12:09,480 Because we want to make sure that when Jesus comes, it's not 209 00:12:09,480 --> 00:12:13,120 just us, but our entire family is ready to go home with Him. 210 00:12:13,160 --> 00:12:14,920 Amen. Amen. 211 00:12:16,120 --> 00:12:19,720 It says without the Spirit of God, a knowledge of His word is 212 00:12:19,920 --> 00:12:23,040 is of no avail. The theory of truth 213 00:12:23,440 --> 00:12:27,120 unaccompanied by the Holy Spirit cannot quicken the soul or 214 00:12:27,120 --> 00:12:30,200 sanctify the heart. One may be familiar with the 215 00:12:30,200 --> 00:12:34,640 commands and promises of the Bible, but unless the Spirit of 216 00:12:34,640 --> 00:12:37,840 God sets the truth home, the character will not be 217 00:12:37,840 --> 00:12:40,600 transformed. Without the Enlightenment of the 218 00:12:40,600 --> 00:12:44,960 Spirit, men will not be able to distinguish truth from error, 219 00:12:45,200 --> 00:12:50,480 and they will fall under the masterful temptation of Satan. 220 00:12:51,200 --> 00:12:53,960 So what is he saying here in Christ's object lesson? 221 00:12:54,320 --> 00:12:57,000 It doesn't matter how many of the Bible you read. 222 00:12:57,400 --> 00:13:00,720 If you don't ask for the Holy Spirit to apply those principles 223 00:13:00,720 --> 00:13:03,560 in your life that would. The Bible will just be another 224 00:13:03,560 --> 00:13:05,760 book that's on your shelf, right? 225 00:13:05,960 --> 00:13:08,360 There's many individuals who have read the Bible back to 226 00:13:08,360 --> 00:13:11,800 front and they, it's, they're very comfortable living a sinful 227 00:13:11,800 --> 00:13:14,160 life. As a matter of fact, there are 228 00:13:14,160 --> 00:13:16,000 people who use the Bible to commit sin. 229 00:13:16,840 --> 00:13:19,920 We know this, right? They would use the Bible to do 230 00:13:19,920 --> 00:13:22,120 all kinds of evil with it, right? 231 00:13:22,240 --> 00:13:26,080 So reading the Bible in and of itself will not save us. 232 00:13:26,160 --> 00:13:29,840 It's asking for the Holy Spirit to apply these principles in our 233 00:13:29,840 --> 00:13:33,800 lives so that we can move it from just words, but to action, 234 00:13:34,200 --> 00:13:36,920 right? So when we look at the five 235 00:13:36,920 --> 00:13:39,760 foolish, it says they were not hypocrites, right? 236 00:13:40,040 --> 00:13:41,560 They have a regard for the truth. 237 00:13:41,560 --> 00:13:43,160 They, they, they had their Bible with them. 238 00:13:43,480 --> 00:13:45,600 They, they have advocated for the truth. 239 00:13:45,760 --> 00:13:48,480 They are attracted to those who believe in the truth because 240 00:13:48,480 --> 00:13:50,160 they were sitting with the other 5, right? 241 00:13:50,400 --> 00:13:53,320 So they were there. So when we think of the five 242 00:13:53,320 --> 00:13:55,480 foolish, they were not hypocrites, right? 243 00:13:55,640 --> 00:14:00,120 There were people who genuinely love Jesus, but they didn't 244 00:14:00,720 --> 00:14:04,280 asked the Holy Spirit to fully take control of their lives and 245 00:14:04,280 --> 00:14:07,080 so that they were they were falling on the rock of Jesus and 246 00:14:07,080 --> 00:14:08,440 broken. Does that make sense? 247 00:14:09,120 --> 00:14:12,400 Right. So we could be there and we 248 00:14:12,400 --> 00:14:15,080 don't even know. So the Bible says they were like 249 00:14:15,080 --> 00:14:18,040 Stony ground hearers. They received the word with 250 00:14:18,040 --> 00:14:21,720 readiness, but they failed to assimilate its principles. 251 00:14:22,240 --> 00:14:27,400 So do not, they do not know God how to trust, look and live? 252 00:14:27,640 --> 00:14:30,760 So they know about God, but they do not know God. 253 00:14:31,240 --> 00:14:33,080 And that's something we have to be very careful of. 254 00:14:33,360 --> 00:14:35,480 It's easy to know about God, right? 255 00:14:35,720 --> 00:14:38,160 Reading the Bible, we could know so many things. 256 00:14:38,440 --> 00:14:41,200 God is everywhere. He's loving his kind, right? 257 00:14:41,360 --> 00:14:44,320 But do you know God? Do you understand God's love in 258 00:14:44,320 --> 00:14:47,440 your in your life, right? Do you love him enough to trust 259 00:14:47,440 --> 00:14:50,480 Him even when we can't trace his ways, even when we don't 260 00:14:50,480 --> 00:14:53,320 understand why we're going through this struggle right at 261 00:14:53,320 --> 00:14:56,080 this time? Do we love him enough to to 262 00:14:56,080 --> 00:15:00,560 still stay true and faithful to who God is? 263 00:15:01,360 --> 00:15:07,360 You see, after a time, service generates into a form, right? 264 00:15:07,560 --> 00:15:12,360 And that's why in second Timothy verse 3 tells us we for as a 265 00:15:12,360 --> 00:15:14,960 church, we must be careful unless we have a form of 266 00:15:14,960 --> 00:15:17,920 godliness, right? A form of godliness. 267 00:15:18,280 --> 00:15:20,960 Have you ever been to a place or been to a time in your 268 00:15:20,960 --> 00:15:23,400 experience with God when you feel like you're just going to 269 00:15:23,400 --> 00:15:25,760 the motions? You're just going to church 270 00:15:25,760 --> 00:15:28,040 because it's the thing to do the Sabbath morning. 271 00:15:28,040 --> 00:15:29,640 So you have to be in church, right? 272 00:15:29,720 --> 00:15:31,480 It's divine service. So you have to sing, you have to 273 00:15:31,480 --> 00:15:35,360 pray it's evening to your Bible class and you have AY, it's just 274 00:15:35,360 --> 00:15:39,800 like a form, right? We have to be careful with that. 275 00:15:40,360 --> 00:15:43,280 Church will be more than that. Jesus says we should worship him 276 00:15:43,280 --> 00:15:46,320 in spirit and then in truth right? 277 00:15:46,480 --> 00:15:49,800 It should not just be a form or something we do, it should be a 278 00:15:50,040 --> 00:15:53,120 part of who we are. The love of Christ should fully 279 00:15:53,320 --> 00:15:57,040 take hold of our lives. In Ezekiel 33 verse 31 says And 280 00:15:57,040 --> 00:16:00,480 they come unto thee as the people cometh, and they sit 281 00:16:00,480 --> 00:16:04,040 before thee as my people, and they hear thy words, but they 282 00:16:04,040 --> 00:16:08,600 will not do them, for with their mouth they shoe much love, but 283 00:16:08,600 --> 00:16:11,680 their heart goeth after their Co viciousness. 284 00:16:11,920 --> 00:16:15,480 Talking about the same group of people, right He was. 285 00:16:15,520 --> 00:16:18,400 We will sit in church, we'll hear the words of God, we'll 286 00:16:18,400 --> 00:16:20,760 talk about the word of God, but we'll not do it. 287 00:16:21,400 --> 00:16:25,880 We have to be very careful. The word of God has to be done. 288 00:16:26,760 --> 00:16:30,600 Behold, the backroom cometh. See different starts to show. 289 00:16:30,840 --> 00:16:34,200 When the bridegroom, the announcement was made that the 290 00:16:34,200 --> 00:16:36,200 bridegroom was showing was coming, right? 291 00:16:36,480 --> 00:16:41,760 Are you prepared when we can we be prepared when the eastern sky 292 00:16:41,760 --> 00:16:44,400 is open and and Jesus is coming through is is that time to be 293 00:16:44,400 --> 00:16:47,640 prepared for Jesus coming sounds a little bit too late right? 294 00:16:48,160 --> 00:16:50,760 Not me time. He says no one can supply 295 00:16:50,760 --> 00:16:53,040 another with the Holy Spirit. You remember when they were 296 00:16:53,040 --> 00:16:56,480 asking the five whites they give us some of your oil can. 297 00:16:56,480 --> 00:16:58,160 Can we give others our Holy Spirit? 298 00:16:59,120 --> 00:17:00,520 No, no, no. Right. 299 00:17:00,520 --> 00:17:03,680 In in some congregation, in some churches, they have this thing 300 00:17:03,680 --> 00:17:05,160 where they they could put their hand in. 301 00:17:05,160 --> 00:17:07,440 You had to go prayer with the person and the person start 302 00:17:07,440 --> 00:17:09,880 talking all kind of stuff and say, oh, you've gotten the Holy 303 00:17:09,880 --> 00:17:13,160 Spirit. That's not how it works, right? 304 00:17:13,400 --> 00:17:15,440 That's not how it works. That's not how the Bible work. 305 00:17:15,839 --> 00:17:18,920 You cannot give someone else your Holy Spirit, right? 306 00:17:19,119 --> 00:17:21,280 Each person has to have the Holy Spirit For who? 307 00:17:21,720 --> 00:17:24,760 For themselves. And how do we get the Holy 308 00:17:24,760 --> 00:17:27,599 Spirit? Say ask and it shall be given 309 00:17:27,599 --> 00:17:30,760 unto you. Seek and it shall fine not can 310 00:17:30,760 --> 00:17:32,800 it shall be open unto you, right? 311 00:17:33,040 --> 00:17:36,880 It says when we ask for the Holy Spirit, and I can ask for it for 312 00:17:36,880 --> 00:17:41,440 somebody else, you have to open your heart to receive the Holy 313 00:17:41,560 --> 00:17:43,760 Spirit. See, the grace of God has been 314 00:17:43,760 --> 00:17:49,200 given to all men freely. God doesn't love someone more 315 00:17:49,200 --> 00:17:53,000 than somebody else. That's not how it works, right? 316 00:17:53,320 --> 00:17:57,200 God loves everyone the same and if I ask for the Holy Spirit and 317 00:17:57,200 --> 00:18:00,120 it's given unto me, that means if you ask for the Holy Spirit, 318 00:18:00,240 --> 00:18:01,880 God will give you the Holy Spirit just the same. 319 00:18:02,480 --> 00:18:06,040 Amen. See the 10 virgins were are 320 00:18:06,040 --> 00:18:08,720 watching in the evening of this earth's history. 321 00:18:09,040 --> 00:18:13,840 All claim to be Christians, all have call a name a lamb and all 322 00:18:13,840 --> 00:18:15,720 profess to be doing God's service. 323 00:18:16,120 --> 00:18:20,160 All apparently wait for Christ appearing but five are UN ready. 324 00:18:20,400 --> 00:18:24,840 5 will be found surprised, dismayed and outside the banquet 325 00:18:24,880 --> 00:18:27,400 hall. I'm here to tell you when Jesus 326 00:18:27,400 --> 00:18:31,080 comes that does not be found means surprised right? 327 00:18:31,280 --> 00:18:33,640 The Bible tells that just coming as a thief in the night. 328 00:18:34,040 --> 00:18:37,120 But if you are prepared, even if we don't know the day or the 329 00:18:37,120 --> 00:18:39,760 hour when he comes we'll still be ready. 330 00:18:40,160 --> 00:18:42,800 Amen. Let me touch on this real quick. 331 00:18:43,440 --> 00:18:47,600 He says the door was shut. So when they went to get the oil 332 00:18:47,600 --> 00:18:50,760 and come back and they were banging on the door, so the door 333 00:18:50,840 --> 00:18:55,040 was shut. That represents the close of 334 00:18:55,040 --> 00:19:00,760 probation, right? A good way to, to, to, to, to 335 00:19:00,920 --> 00:19:06,880 explain this is using the story of Noah, right? 336 00:19:07,160 --> 00:19:10,320 Using the story of Noah, You remember when, when, when Noah 337 00:19:11,120 --> 00:19:14,040 was preaching for over 100 years, telling these people, 338 00:19:14,040 --> 00:19:17,240 it's going to rain, right? We have to get in, you have to 339 00:19:17,240 --> 00:19:19,640 get in the ark. And they didn't want to follow 340 00:19:19,640 --> 00:19:22,880 what Noah says. And God told Noah time to get 341 00:19:22,880 --> 00:19:25,680 in. And God shut the ark's door, 342 00:19:25,680 --> 00:19:28,280 remember? And the people start crying when 343 00:19:28,280 --> 00:19:31,160 the rain started falling because before then they have never seen 344 00:19:31,160 --> 00:19:34,240 rain before. Just imagine how traumatic this 345 00:19:34,240 --> 00:19:36,920 was, water coming down out of the sky. 346 00:19:36,920 --> 00:19:38,760 They've never seen this before, right? 347 00:19:38,880 --> 00:19:42,120 Because before this time, the earth was watered just by dew. 348 00:19:42,360 --> 00:19:44,800 It was so perfect, was such a perfect time, right? 349 00:19:45,280 --> 00:19:48,600 And for the first, imagine the first raindrops falling out of 350 00:19:48,600 --> 00:19:51,160 the sky. Oh, Trump traumatized his people 351 00:19:51,160 --> 00:19:53,960 were realizing that what Noah says was true. 352 00:19:54,640 --> 00:19:57,880 So now they start banging on the door of the ark, saying open it, 353 00:19:57,880 --> 00:20:00,360 open it. And Noah was about to open the 354 00:20:00,360 --> 00:20:03,840 door, but he couldn't. Why couldn't now open the door? 355 00:20:04,440 --> 00:20:08,480 Because God shut it, right? Their probation was closed. 356 00:20:08,720 --> 00:20:11,240 They had over 100 years. Now I was speaking to them and 357 00:20:11,240 --> 00:20:14,000 they didn't want to listen. Their probation was cool, was 358 00:20:14,000 --> 00:20:16,400 closed. It was over for them, right? 359 00:20:16,600 --> 00:20:18,760 God shut the door and now I couldn't open it. 360 00:20:19,360 --> 00:20:21,320 The same thing here in this aspect. 361 00:20:21,680 --> 00:20:24,560 When, when, when the the five virgins were foolish. 362 00:20:24,560 --> 00:20:28,440 They were knocking on the door. They said the door was closed. 363 00:20:28,960 --> 00:20:32,040 Their probation was closed. It was over for them. 364 00:20:32,920 --> 00:20:34,680 My friends, we have to be very careful. 365 00:20:35,880 --> 00:20:38,200 It's why the Bible tells us now is the time of salvation. 366 00:20:38,200 --> 00:20:41,640 If you hear his voice, harden not your heart. 367 00:20:41,840 --> 00:20:45,000 Now is the time of salvation, right? 368 00:20:45,120 --> 00:20:48,480 Because as it was in the days of Noah, the same will be in the 369 00:20:48,480 --> 00:20:50,480 end. The time will come when our 370 00:20:50,480 --> 00:20:54,640 probation can be closed, right? Jesus is in the most holy place 371 00:20:54,760 --> 00:20:57,960 and He's He's bringing our cause in front of the Father to make 372 00:20:57,960 --> 00:20:59,880 sure that we're ready for His second coming. 373 00:21:00,640 --> 00:21:03,960 And if we don't get our lives in order, our probation can be 374 00:21:03,960 --> 00:21:06,120 closed. Remember when these people were 375 00:21:06,120 --> 00:21:09,200 locked out of the ark? They were still alive and 376 00:21:09,200 --> 00:21:12,560 shouted right when the arc door was closed. 377 00:21:12,560 --> 00:21:14,840 It took seven days before the rain start. 378 00:21:14,880 --> 00:21:16,880 They were still out there merrymaking and enjoying 379 00:21:16,880 --> 00:21:19,080 themselves and their probation was already closed. 380 00:21:19,760 --> 00:21:23,080 A time will come when our probation will be closed and the 381 00:21:23,080 --> 00:21:25,720 Bible still be going about doing all the same thing that we'll be 382 00:21:25,720 --> 00:21:27,400 doing. We'll be marrying and giving it 383 00:21:27,400 --> 00:21:30,320 tomorrow to be we having parties, having birthday parties 384 00:21:30,440 --> 00:21:32,560 and and we don't even realize that our time is up. 385 00:21:34,040 --> 00:21:38,520 That is why we have to make sure that what we do now makes sense. 386 00:21:38,760 --> 00:21:41,440 We have to give our life to Jesus before it's too late. 387 00:21:41,440 --> 00:21:48,400 Amen. I know you not. 388 00:21:48,400 --> 00:21:51,800 Luke 13 verse 26 says, Then shall he begin to say, We have 389 00:21:51,800 --> 00:21:54,960 eaten and drink in thy presence, and thou hast taught in our 390 00:21:54,960 --> 00:21:57,760 streets. But he shall say, I, I tell you, 391 00:21:58,040 --> 00:22:02,480 I know, I know you not whence you are, depart from me. 392 00:22:02,680 --> 00:22:05,840 All the workers of iniquity there shall be weeping and 393 00:22:05,840 --> 00:22:09,320 gnashing of teeth, when he shall see Abram and Isaac and Jacob 394 00:22:09,320 --> 00:22:13,120 and all the prophets in the Kingdom of God, and yourself 395 00:22:13,440 --> 00:22:16,680 shall be thrust out. Remember when they were knocking 396 00:22:16,680 --> 00:22:19,120 the door. Jesus, I know you not we have to 397 00:22:19,120 --> 00:22:21,960 be careful my friends. It doesn't matter how much work 398 00:22:21,960 --> 00:22:26,240 we have done in the church, if if our lives is not in in 399 00:22:26,240 --> 00:22:30,040 alignment with God in the end they will say I know you not. 400 00:22:30,280 --> 00:22:33,600 We don't want to be in that position right in matches 7. 401 00:22:33,600 --> 00:22:36,720 It says many will say to me in that day, Lord, Lord, have we 402 00:22:36,720 --> 00:22:40,920 not prophesied in thy name and in thy name have cast out devils 403 00:22:40,920 --> 00:22:45,360 and in thy name done many wonderful works and then will I 404 00:22:45,360 --> 00:22:49,960 profess unto them, I never knew you depart from me. 405 00:22:50,120 --> 00:22:54,280 He that work iniquity. Just imagine how traumatic this 406 00:22:54,280 --> 00:22:57,480 is you have done you have prophesied in the name of the 407 00:22:57,480 --> 00:22:59,800 Lord. You were casting out demons, 408 00:23:00,160 --> 00:23:01,600 right? That's all that's a big thing 409 00:23:01,600 --> 00:23:04,560 you're doing the church right. You're healing the sick and 410 00:23:04,560 --> 00:23:06,560 Jesus says get away from me. I don't know you. 411 00:23:07,680 --> 00:23:12,160 We have to be careful that everything we do is in light of 412 00:23:12,160 --> 00:23:16,440 the Spirit of God, because if we can do all these things, if we 413 00:23:16,440 --> 00:23:20,160 don't do it with the Holy Spirit, we'll be missing out on 414 00:23:20,160 --> 00:23:23,000 heaven. He sees the five wives and the 415 00:23:23,000 --> 00:23:26,240 parable of the wise virgins. They add oil in their vessels 416 00:23:26,240 --> 00:23:29,800 with their lamps, Their light burnt with undimmed flame 417 00:23:29,960 --> 00:23:33,320 through the night of watching. It helped to swell the 418 00:23:33,320 --> 00:23:36,960 illumination of the bridegroom, honour shining out in darkness. 419 00:23:37,120 --> 00:23:40,400 It helped to illuminate the way to the home of the bridegroom, 420 00:23:40,680 --> 00:23:44,600 to the marriage feast. So the five wives, one, they had 421 00:23:45,000 --> 00:23:47,440 oil in their lamp. So when the bridegroom was 422 00:23:47,440 --> 00:23:49,960 coming, there was light at the door already. 423 00:23:49,960 --> 00:23:53,560 I wanted to understand this, when we accept the Holy Spirit 424 00:23:53,560 --> 00:23:57,240 in our lives and we our light is shine, it's a letter of light. 425 00:23:57,240 --> 00:24:00,400 So shine before men, right? That they may see a good work 426 00:24:00,400 --> 00:24:05,080 and glorify God. People always see a way towards 427 00:24:05,080 --> 00:24:06,200 Jesus. Does that make sense? 428 00:24:06,600 --> 00:24:09,160 They'll see a way. I think this morning was 429 00:24:09,160 --> 00:24:13,600 mentioned for many people, the only light they'll see it's 430 00:24:13,600 --> 00:24:17,800 through our lives is the way we live or we treat people, right? 431 00:24:17,920 --> 00:24:21,440 Imagine this storm that just happened, this snowstorm and we 432 00:24:21,440 --> 00:24:24,880 have neighbors who were stuck inside and we as as at the same 433 00:24:24,880 --> 00:24:27,760 events, Christian living next door and we didn't help them to 434 00:24:27,760 --> 00:24:30,720 clean their sidewalk. If they can't do it, imagine 435 00:24:30,720 --> 00:24:33,280 what they're thinking about us. I thought they were the loving 436 00:24:33,280 --> 00:24:36,040 Christians and they know I was struggling here. 437 00:24:36,040 --> 00:24:39,720 My, my children are not here and no one come to help me right? 438 00:24:40,200 --> 00:24:43,080 We have to make sure that our light is there. 439 00:24:43,400 --> 00:24:46,240 The Bible says at midnight. What time did the bridegroom 440 00:24:46,240 --> 00:24:49,480 came at midnight? I want us to get this before I 441 00:24:49,480 --> 00:24:52,160 close. The coming of the bridegroom was 442 00:24:52,200 --> 00:24:55,360 at midnight. Midnight is the darkest hour of 443 00:24:55,360 --> 00:24:57,640 the day. The coming of Christ will take 444 00:24:57,640 --> 00:25:01,400 place in the darkest period of earth's history. 445 00:25:03,200 --> 00:25:06,880 And you look at the time, look at it back on the time of Noah, 446 00:25:07,280 --> 00:25:10,520 the Bible says every thought of man was evil. 447 00:25:10,840 --> 00:25:12,600 Everything they think about was evil. 448 00:25:13,280 --> 00:25:15,000 And God said, no, no, no, I can't deal with this. 449 00:25:15,440 --> 00:25:18,520 This is too much. We've looked at the world today, 450 00:25:18,520 --> 00:25:21,240 my friends. Is the world in a wonderful, 451 00:25:21,240 --> 00:25:24,280 loving, kind manner, or is it just dark and evil? 452 00:25:25,360 --> 00:25:30,080 It's dark and evil, right? It doesn't matter what aspect of 453 00:25:30,080 --> 00:25:31,800 the world we're thinking about, right? 454 00:25:32,080 --> 00:25:35,200 It's just dark and evil. The world is in one of the 455 00:25:35,240 --> 00:25:38,120 darkest place that we have ever seen it. 456 00:25:38,400 --> 00:25:41,280 There's a sin everywhere. Sin is celebrated. 457 00:25:41,280 --> 00:25:45,320 And in order to, to stop the sin in the world, they, they said we 458 00:25:45,320 --> 00:25:48,960 need to do more sin, right? So because of all the bad things 459 00:25:48,960 --> 00:25:50,440 happening in the world, you know what we're going to do? 460 00:25:50,600 --> 00:25:52,560 We're going to drop some bombs and kill some people. 461 00:25:54,080 --> 00:25:57,720 So sin is begetting sin. The very every thought of man is 462 00:25:57,720 --> 00:25:59,560 sinful. Does it sound like the same 463 00:25:59,560 --> 00:26:01,880 time? Does it sound like midnight in 464 00:26:01,880 --> 00:26:04,480 the world? It's midnight reference. 465 00:26:05,000 --> 00:26:08,120 And because it's midnight, we know that the coming of the Lord 466 00:26:08,280 --> 00:26:12,360 is very near. That's why Isaiah 60 says, arise 467 00:26:12,360 --> 00:26:14,480 and shine. For the light has come, and the 468 00:26:14,480 --> 00:26:16,360 glory of the Lord is risen upon thee. 469 00:26:16,560 --> 00:26:20,840 For behold, the darkness shall cover the earth, and gross 470 00:26:20,840 --> 00:26:24,720 darkness to people, but the Lord shall arise upon thee, and this 471 00:26:24,720 --> 00:26:29,320 glory shall be seen upon thee. There's darkness on the world, 472 00:26:29,320 --> 00:26:32,280 my friends, but there's gross darkness on the people. 473 00:26:33,200 --> 00:26:35,360 People will be hating you right now for no reason. 474 00:26:36,120 --> 00:26:39,120 People hate you just because or you look or you sound where 475 00:26:39,120 --> 00:26:42,120 you're from, where you live. People just hate people. 476 00:26:43,240 --> 00:26:47,880 It's telling us that Jesus about to come soon and the world need 477 00:26:47,880 --> 00:26:50,600 to see the love of Christ through US. 478 00:26:51,080 --> 00:26:52,960 Amen. The world need to see the love 479 00:26:52,960 --> 00:26:55,880 of Christ through us through what we do or we live in the 480 00:26:55,880 --> 00:27:00,640 small things that we can do in our homes, in at school, at 481 00:27:00,640 --> 00:27:05,440 work, at church, right? We need to share the love of 482 00:27:05,440 --> 00:27:07,120 God. So I'm here to tell you, my 483 00:27:07,120 --> 00:27:09,840 friends, let's get ready and stay ready. 484 00:27:10,280 --> 00:27:13,840 So we cannot be ready to meet the Lord by waking up when the 485 00:27:13,840 --> 00:27:17,000 Christ hurled, behold, the bridegroom comet will be too 486 00:27:17,000 --> 00:27:19,600 late. We cannot live separate from God 487 00:27:19,600 --> 00:27:22,920 here and expect to live with him in heaven, right? 488 00:27:23,080 --> 00:27:26,800 So if the only time we have worship or we come together or 489 00:27:26,800 --> 00:27:29,760 we read the word of God is on Sabbath or will you be 490 00:27:29,760 --> 00:27:35,840 comfortable in heaven where 24/7 you have God around you, right? 491 00:27:36,080 --> 00:27:38,680 All the time is the things you'll be doing, the things of 492 00:27:38,680 --> 00:27:41,240 the Lord. But if you're on earth, the only 493 00:27:41,240 --> 00:27:44,000 time you're you're comfortable with God is on Sabbath, you're 494 00:27:44,520 --> 00:27:46,360 going to be in a bad place when Jesus comes. 495 00:27:47,120 --> 00:27:51,400 You won't be comfortable, right? We have to be careful, my 496 00:27:51,400 --> 00:27:56,240 friends. We have to be careful so it says 497 00:27:56,240 --> 00:27:59,480 Matthew 25 verse 13. Watch therefore for you know, 498 00:27:59,480 --> 00:28:03,320 neither the day nor the hour where when the Son of Man cometh 499 00:28:03,840 --> 00:28:06,840 as I close, I'm here to tell you watch. 500 00:28:08,400 --> 00:28:11,640 Watch because we don't know what Jesus is coming. 501 00:28:13,000 --> 00:28:14,920 You may ask me what should be watch for. 502 00:28:14,920 --> 00:28:19,800 I'm here to tell you, watch for your families, lookout for your 503 00:28:19,800 --> 00:28:22,760 families. Pray with your families. 504 00:28:23,440 --> 00:28:25,560 Watch out for your children, right? 505 00:28:25,560 --> 00:28:27,520 What are they reading? What are they watching? 506 00:28:27,760 --> 00:28:30,040 What are they playing with, right? 507 00:28:30,360 --> 00:28:31,720 What? What do they giving their 508 00:28:31,720 --> 00:28:33,640 attention to? My friends? 509 00:28:33,640 --> 00:28:37,400 Watch for your relationships, whether it's in church or work 510 00:28:37,400 --> 00:28:40,480 or school, whatever it may be, watch. 511 00:28:41,200 --> 00:28:43,320 Watch your personal relationship with God. 512 00:28:44,400 --> 00:28:46,880 How much time do you spend in devotion? 513 00:28:47,320 --> 00:28:50,040 How many time do you spend in worship, right? 514 00:28:50,280 --> 00:28:53,480 Remember we, we are in the last days right? 515 00:28:54,160 --> 00:28:57,320 Jesus is about to come. How many times do we spend in 516 00:28:57,320 --> 00:29:00,960 prayer? Do we only pray on Sabbath's? 517 00:29:01,840 --> 00:29:05,360 Do we pray when we're just rushing out to go out to school? 518 00:29:05,720 --> 00:29:09,680 Or do we spend meaningful time to pray and have a prayer life 519 00:29:09,680 --> 00:29:13,280 with God? All of us can can increase at in 520 00:29:13,280 --> 00:29:19,360 some point right my friends or oil for the Holy Spirit. 521 00:29:20,640 --> 00:29:22,680 I'm going to give you a challenge as I close. 522 00:29:23,400 --> 00:29:26,600 I'm going to challenge all of us here today to pray for the Holy 523 00:29:26,600 --> 00:29:29,200 Spirit. Then the Bible tells us that in 524 00:29:29,200 --> 00:29:32,600 the last days, we, we, we, there will be an outpouring of the 525 00:29:32,600 --> 00:29:36,680 Holy Spirit because we can't finish this work by ourself. 526 00:29:37,280 --> 00:29:40,880 I'm going to challenge all of you, including myself, to pray 527 00:29:40,880 --> 00:29:44,000 daily for the Holy Spirit. So the Holy Spirit will fill our 528 00:29:44,000 --> 00:29:48,240 lives, will guide us into who to help and how to help, how to be 529 00:29:48,320 --> 00:29:52,240 a light unto the world or to be gracious unto people, or to be 530 00:29:52,240 --> 00:29:55,160 loving and kind even in situations that we can't see the 531 00:29:55,160 --> 00:29:59,080 end from the beginning, right? Let's pray for the Holy Spirit 532 00:29:59,640 --> 00:30:02,720 because I believe with all my heart that we're living in the 533 00:30:02,720 --> 00:30:05,880 last days. The Bible testifies, the world 534 00:30:05,880 --> 00:30:08,400 testifies that we're living in the last days. 535 00:30:08,800 --> 00:30:12,080 Jesus is about to come. There's so many things that are 536 00:30:12,080 --> 00:30:15,880 happening in the world today. Let us recognize that when the 537 00:30:15,880 --> 00:30:18,200 bridegroom come, we'll be ready to meet Him. 538 00:30:18,480 --> 00:30:21,240 He's behold, the bridegroom cometh. 539 00:30:21,920 --> 00:30:24,200 Let us be ready to meet him when he comes. 540 00:30:24,360 --> 00:30:25,960 Amen. Amen. 541 00:30:26,560 --> 00:30:30,680 Father, we don't know when you'll be coming, but we know 542 00:30:30,680 --> 00:30:34,480 that the signs or tell us that your coming is very near. 543 00:30:35,480 --> 00:30:39,840 So Father, I pray that you help us to be ready regardless of 544 00:30:39,840 --> 00:30:43,840 when you may break the eastern sky to come down to, to, to, to 545 00:30:44,280 --> 00:30:47,240 call your children towards to to whom? 546 00:30:47,600 --> 00:30:50,680 Lord, I pray that we'll be ready, that our hearts will be 547 00:30:50,680 --> 00:30:53,960 ready, our families will be ready, and that your church will 548 00:30:53,960 --> 00:30:56,200 be ready. Lord, I pray that you'll forgive 549 00:30:56,200 --> 00:30:59,240 us of all our sins and you'll fill us with Your Holy Spirit 550 00:30:59,440 --> 00:31:03,080 that will do the word that is asked of us and we'll understand 551 00:31:03,080 --> 00:31:05,360 that. Nothing that we can do without 552 00:31:05,360 --> 00:31:07,680 your Father. Honey, to bless and keep us 553 00:31:07,680 --> 00:31:09,280 throughout the rest of this Sabbath day. 554 00:31:09,560 --> 00:31:11,840 This is my prayer in Jesus wonderful name. 555 00:31:12,480 --> 00:31:12,680 Amen.