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IMPROVED UNIFORM INTERNATIONAL
SUNIGYSQIOOL
LESSON
By REV. P. B. FITZWATER, d. D.,
Teacher OF English Bible In the Moody
Bible Institute of Chicago.)
t9 1920, Western Newspaper Unlon)
LESSON FOR FEBRUARY 20
THE WISE AND FOOLISH VIRGINS.
LESSON TExT-Matt. 25:1.ls.

LESSON TEXT-Matt. 25I-l3.
GOLDEN TEXT-Watch therefore: for
ye know neither the day nor the hour
wherein the Son OF Man comsth.-&att-
26lS ,
REFERENCE MATERIAL - Matt.
7:A-I Al-5l; Eph, $1,000; | Tim. s:l7-fs.
PRIMARY ToPIC-Belng Ready.
JUNIOR ToPIC-Being Ready.
INTERMEDIATES AND SENIOR TOPIC
Prepared for Emergencies.
YOUNG PEOPLE AND ADULT TOPIC.
Christian Watchfulness
This lesson is part of the well'
known Olivet discourse, giving a pro-
phetic view of the course of time from
Its utterance, just before the cruciA.
fxion TO the second advent of Christ.
The order Of events in that time are,r
roughly speaking as follows: '
l. The moral condition of the world
during Christ's absence GA :1.14). ThiS
is the period covered by the parable
Of chapter 10.
z The appearance Of the Antchrist
GA 1929.
3. The great advent GA :27-31), FMS
which there will be mighty commissions
of nature, the mourning Of the earths
tribes, and the gathering of the elect.
4. Warnings to Gods people In view
of the great advent (24:32-51, the
time of advent unknown and unex-
pected.
8. Instructions TO saints in view OF
the unexpectedness of His coming t25s
1860.
6. The judgment of the nations COS:
31-4G).
The present lesson is one OF tho
two parallels designed for the INSTRUCT
ton of the saints in view of the COM
ing of the Christ 1t has a continu-
GUS application in the present time Il
Thess. 4:16-1S; Titus 2:11-13).
!. The Foolish Virgins Took Lamps
But No Oil With Them. w. 81.
/. Lamps signify Christian profess
sion Matt 5:16), and oil, the Holy
Spirit Czech, ~. Having the lamps
and no oil shows that they were pro-
feSsors of religion without possessing
its reality. AS soon as a man is re-
generated the Holy Spirit takes up His
abode with Him. The proof that one
Is child Of God is that he has the
Holy Spirit dwelling within him. IF
any man have not the Spirit Of Christ,
he is none of His" (Rom. 500. The
foolish virgins may have been of good
moral character, but they were I'M
regenerated.
?. The wise virgins possessed both
lamps and oil ". A.. They made
profession and backed II with real
life Of righteousness. These are the
true believers. Both the wise and the
foolish virgins slumbered and slept.
Their eyes had grown heavy and they
fell under the spell Of sleep ". 81.
This shows that as the Christian age
heightened the real and processing
church would cease looking for the
coming Of the Lord. 1t is unspeakably
sad that so many even of Gods saints,
wise virgins, should give up the ex-
pectancy of the return of the Lord.
u. The Coming Bridegroom wv. g.
12).
/. The midnight cry ". 81. In the
midst Of the night when all were asleep
the cry was made, Behold the BRIDE
groom cometh, 90 We ont to meet him."
How sad it is that the church has
lost her hope Is not waking and
watching for the return of her Lordl
.. Activity of the virgins ". -.
They all arose and trimmed their
lamps. There will be great activity
when the Lord comes, on the part Of
both the real Christians and those
who only make profession. The pro-
Tossing Christians will then realize
that they lack that which is essential
to entrance to the marriage feast.
The foolish request the wise to-
share their oil (vv. 8, ~. The reyela1
ton of Christ viii make manifest the
genuineness of our religion and ex-
pose the folly Of mere profession.
When the Lord comes It will be too,
late TO mend ones ways.
4. The wise enter to the marriage
". 10Y. While the foolish were seek
ing to amend their ways trying to buy
OH, the bridegroom came and those
who were ready were admitted to the
marriage.
5. The pItiful position Of the focsisb
". III. They begged the Lord to
open the door that they might enter
to the marriage feast. No one can
open that door but the Lord.
6. Tive awful judgment ". ~. The
Lord declares Il know you not" Those
who put of the personal contact with
Jesus until that day shall be shut out
from the presence Of Christ.
~. The Solemn Obligation ". 49,.
watch, for We know not the day nor
the hour wherein the Son Of man com
.th