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Matthew 25:1-13 – The Wise and Foolish Virgins

The second coming of Christ will find His Church a mixed body, containing evil as well as good. The Church is compared to ten virgins. Only five have oil in their lamps to feed the flame. The visible Church of Christ is in the same condition. All its members are baptised in the name of Christ, but not all really hear His voice and follow Him. All are called Christians, but not all really are what they profess to be.

Christ’s second coming, whenever it may be, will take men by surprise. When Jesus returns to the world, He will find the vast majority of mankind utterly unprepared. In an hour when no man thinks, the startled world shall be summoned to stand before its lawful King.

When the Lord comes again, many will find out the value of saving faith too late. Knowledge, conviction, the value of the soul, the need of a Saviour, shall all burst on men’s minds one day like a flash of lightning. But it will be too late. It will be too late to buy oil, when the Lord returns. When Christ returns, true Christians shall receive a rich reward for all they have suffered for their Master’s sake. Washed in the blood of atonement, clothed in Christ’s righteousness, renewed by the Spirit, they shall meet their Lord with boldness, and sit down at the marriage supper of the Lamb, to go out no more. They shall be with their Lord – with Him who loved them and gave Himself for them; with Him who bore with them, and carried them through their earthly pilgrimage; with Him, whom they loved truly and followed faithfully on earth, though with much weakness, and many a tear. The door shall be shut at last; shut on all pain and sorrow; shut on a wicked world; shut on a tempting devil; shut on all doubts and fears; shut, to be opened again no more.

Questions

  1. Who are the wise and foolish virgins like?
  2. What will happen to true Christians when Christ returns?

Prayer Points

  1. Give thanks for Christ’s life and death on your behalf.
  2. Use prayer points from your congregation.
  3. Pray for family matters.