Signs of the Times:Are You Prepared?•
A Sermon by Dr. Bob Griffin, Teaching Elder at Sovereign Grace Church
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I. READINESS
A. EVENTMt 25:1 “Then the kingdom of heaven will be like ten virgins who took their lamps and went to meet the bridegroom.
1. DETAILS
2. DESCRIPTION
Matthew 9:15;
Isaiah 54:4-5;
Isaiah 62:5;
Jeremiah 2:2
B. EVALUATION
1. DULL Mt 25:2b-3 Five of them were foolish, for when the foolish took their lamps, they took no oil with them
2. DISCERNMENT Mt 25:2a,4 Five of them were prudent . . and carried containers of oil with their lamps.
II Tim 3:5;
Mt 22:11;
James 2:17
C. EVENTUALITY
1. DELAY Mt 25:5a As the bridegroom was delayed
2. DROWSY Mt 25:5b they all became drowsy and slept.
II. REACTION
A. EVANGEL
1. DATE Mt 25:6 But in the middle of the night there was a cry, ‘Here comes the bridegroom! Come out to meet him.’
2. DUTY Mt 25:7 Then all those virgins rose and trimmed their lamps.
B. EVASION
1. DEMAND Mt 25:8 And the foolish said to the prudent, ‘Give us some of your oil, for our lamps are going out.’
Ephesians 5:18
2. DILEMMA Mt 25:9 But the prudent answered, ‘Since none of us then would have sufficient oil, you should go to the shops and purchase your own.’
Zechariah 4:7
III. REWARD
A. EVIDENCE
1. DISCRETION Mt 25:10a After they left, the bridegroom arrived, and those who were ready went in with him to the marriage feast
Romans 8:9
2. DOOR Mt 25:10b and the door was closed.
B. EVICTION
1. DESIRE Mt 25:11 Afterward the other virgins came also, saying, ‘Lord, Lord, open to us.’
2. DISPATCHED Mt 25:12 But he answered, ‘Truly, I say to you, I don’t know you.’
IV. RESPONSIBILITY
A. EVERYONE
1. DILLIGENCE Mt 25:13a Watch therefore
2. DAY Mt 25:13b for you know neither the day nor the hour when the Son of Man comes.
B. EVINCING
1. DURATION
Romans 9:16;
Ephesians 1:4-6;
Ephesians 5:25-28;
I Corinthians 6:19;
I Corinthians 6:11;
I Corinthians 11:25;
John 6:62;
John 14:1-2;
Ephesians 4:11-13
2. DELIGHT
John 14:3;
I Thessalonians 4:16;
I Thessalonians 4:17;
Revelation 19:7-9a;
II Peter 1:11;
I Corinthians 15:24-28)