Yazoo City herald. [volume] (Yazoo City, Miss.) 1878-1976, 1914-09-11

the end OF the world?' In reply Je-
sus gave the disciples his Ollvet dis
course and prophecies found In chap.
ters "a and 25 To fully comprehend
this parable we ought to review all
OF this teaching. The discourse as a
whole falls into these parts % 24:t-44
deals with Israel as a nation; (2)
24:45.25:30 deals with the church as
being responsible for the king dur
ing the period between his two adj
vents; and CD 25:31-46 deals with the
Judgment Of the nations when the Son
Of Man comes in his glory twill be
seen then that this lesson comes In
the second part and rs one Of three
parallels concerning the responsible
ity OF the church. Jesus IS the BRIDE
groom, John 1928, %; Eph. 5:25; II
Cor. 11;2; Rev 219, and sets forth
the love Of Christ for the church
Eph. 5;25, 2S, 1892.
Two Glasses.
|. "While the bridegroom tarrled"
w. rs. The first and strongest idea
Of this section is that he, Jesus, the
bridegroom, is coming again. Among
those vino wait are two classes, the
wise and the foolish though both
were right intentioned The lamps
symbolic Christian profession, Luke
1926. II Tim. 3:5, and the oil that
which is essential TO give us power
whereby wo maintain our profession,
Acts 1898; ! John 2:20.27. The fool
ish virgins were superficial and had
not enough to maintain their profess
sions. The wise virgins had enough
oil so also may the believer have the
abiding spirit Of Christs presence
wherein to maintain his Christian
profession. Waiting they vi mo- we'd
(slumbered) and others evidently lay
down slept. The wise virgins could
afford to rest as they had all things
ready If they had been awake, how
ever. they might have seen and rem
dered aid to those who were in the
sorry plight OF not being ready. The
tarrying was n test of the faith and
patience of both the wise and the
foolish as both awaited the "fulness
of time when he should appear
Tho Great Question.
II. Behold the bridegroom eometh"
w. 6.t3. All are awakened by this
midnight cry. The hour was one
when he was least expected, and the
church of today needs to be awak-
ened to realizing sense of this truth.
Both the wise and the foolish have to
meet him. but the wise were the only
ones whose lights could shine and
show the way into the banqueting
room They all outwardly appear alike
even to the very point Of separation.
The church OF God individually and
collectively, has yet to sense the dam
ger to II and to others II its light for
any reason be not continuous, This
cry was a call to meet him" AMI we
all need TO ask ourselves. ARE we
ready to meet him. The hour was
too late to make needful preparation
to meet him. In their emergency they
turned to the FIVE wise ones bat the
wisdom of one cannot supply the de-
ilcency or The foolishness of others
w. 81. There is no Scripture to sup
port the teaching that one mans merit
is applicable to another except the
merit af the Goldman Jesus as ap.
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