1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:21,680 with all your might everywhere the 2 00:00:51,680 --> 00:00:53,680 my strength. 3 00:00:53,680 --> 00:00:57,680 I will serve the Lord with all my heart, 4 00:00:57,680 --> 00:01:00,680 with all my soul, with all my might. 5 00:01:00,680 --> 00:01:03,680 He will call my strength. 6 00:01:03,680 --> 00:01:06,680 He'll call my heart, 7 00:01:06,680 --> 00:01:08,680 He'll call my soul, 8 00:01:08,680 --> 00:01:11,680 He'll call my mind, 9 00:01:11,680 --> 00:01:14,680 He'll call my strength. 10 00:01:14,680 --> 00:01:17,680 I will serve the Lord with all my heart, 11 00:01:17,680 --> 00:01:21,680 with all my soul, with all my mind. 12 00:01:21,680 --> 00:01:24,680 He'll call my strength. 13 00:01:24,680 --> 00:01:53,680 Good evening, it's Tuesday! 14 00:01:53,680 --> 00:01:57,680 Wack up! 15 00:01:57,680 --> 00:01:59,680 That's what we do at this time on Tuesday night. 16 00:01:59,680 --> 00:02:02,680 We're going to talk today about baptism. 17 00:02:02,680 --> 00:02:04,680 Now baptism actually is something fairly simple. 18 00:02:04,680 --> 00:02:07,680 It's when a person decides to follow Jesus their whole life. 19 00:02:07,680 --> 00:02:09,680 Okay, I'm going to do everything that Jesus wants me to do. 20 00:02:09,680 --> 00:02:10,680 The best thing I know how to do, 21 00:02:10,680 --> 00:02:11,680 I know I'll make mistakes along the way, 22 00:02:11,680 --> 00:02:13,680 but I'm going to do that. 23 00:02:13,680 --> 00:02:15,680 And so then they request to be baptized. 24 00:02:15,680 --> 00:02:17,680 That's where it's baptized, you know. 25 00:02:17,680 --> 00:02:20,680 Now when you get baptized, it doesn't wash your sins away. 26 00:02:20,680 --> 00:02:22,680 It doesn't make you a better Christian, 27 00:02:22,680 --> 00:02:26,680 but it does show to everybody that the old you is gone 28 00:02:26,680 --> 00:02:28,680 and the new you has come. 29 00:02:28,680 --> 00:02:29,680 Just like when Jesus went to the grave 30 00:02:29,680 --> 00:02:31,680 and He was in there until the third day. 31 00:02:31,680 --> 00:02:34,680 When you go under the water, it's kind of like that. 32 00:02:34,680 --> 00:02:36,680 It's the old you going out of the water 33 00:02:36,680 --> 00:02:39,680 and the new you coming up out of the water. 34 00:02:39,680 --> 00:02:43,680 Okay, does anybody know where the word baptism comes from? 35 00:02:43,680 --> 00:02:44,680 Baptismo. 36 00:02:44,680 --> 00:02:46,680 That's correct. It comes from the Greek word. 37 00:02:46,680 --> 00:02:47,680 Did you know that as well? 38 00:02:47,680 --> 00:02:48,680 I did. 39 00:02:48,680 --> 00:02:49,680 Alright, awesome. 40 00:02:49,680 --> 00:02:52,680 So it comes from the Greek word, baptismo. 41 00:02:52,680 --> 00:02:54,680 And if you look at the Greek word, 42 00:02:54,680 --> 00:02:57,680 it would look like it says baptismo, 43 00:02:57,680 --> 00:03:01,680 because it ends with a kind of W looking thing. 44 00:03:01,680 --> 00:03:05,680 Okay, and so that makes the O sound. 45 00:03:05,680 --> 00:03:07,680 And then in the middle is a row, 46 00:03:07,680 --> 00:03:08,680 which looks like a P, 47 00:03:08,680 --> 00:03:12,680 but actually normally would make like, 48 00:03:12,680 --> 00:03:14,680 we wouldn't think of it as a P sound, 49 00:03:14,680 --> 00:03:15,680 but anyway, so the point is, 50 00:03:15,680 --> 00:03:19,680 it's baptismo, that it looks like, 51 00:03:19,680 --> 00:03:21,680 and then there really was no good word 52 00:03:21,680 --> 00:03:23,680 to make it into baptism, 53 00:03:23,680 --> 00:03:25,680 because that word didn't exist yet. 54 00:03:25,680 --> 00:03:27,680 There was no English word baptism, like we have now. 55 00:03:27,680 --> 00:03:30,680 And so when they first were translating the Bible, 56 00:03:30,680 --> 00:03:32,680 they translated that word baptism, 57 00:03:32,680 --> 00:03:33,680 because that's kind of what it looks like. 58 00:03:33,680 --> 00:03:36,680 Because it looks like baptism with a W on the end. 59 00:03:36,680 --> 00:03:37,680 There's almost no word, 60 00:03:37,680 --> 00:03:39,680 I can't think of any word in the English language 61 00:03:39,680 --> 00:03:41,680 that has a W on the end, 62 00:03:41,680 --> 00:03:43,680 like baptismo, 63 00:03:43,680 --> 00:03:45,680 or I'm gonna go walk to the store, 64 00:03:45,680 --> 00:03:46,680 we don't do that, right? 65 00:03:46,680 --> 00:03:48,680 There's no W on the end of the word, 66 00:03:48,680 --> 00:03:49,680 so you just drop that one off there 67 00:03:49,680 --> 00:03:51,680 and make it baptism. 68 00:03:51,680 --> 00:03:52,680 Now the main reason to do that, 69 00:03:52,680 --> 00:03:54,680 because to baptismo, 70 00:03:54,680 --> 00:03:57,680 someone is to what them? 71 00:03:57,680 --> 00:03:58,680 How do you do that? 72 00:03:58,680 --> 00:04:01,680 Dunk them or immerse them, right? 73 00:04:01,680 --> 00:04:02,680 So immerse is a big word for dunk. 74 00:04:02,680 --> 00:04:05,680 So if you go to the coffee shop, 75 00:04:05,680 --> 00:04:06,680 if you're a coffee drinker, 76 00:04:06,680 --> 00:04:08,680 and you get coffee and donuts, 77 00:04:08,680 --> 00:04:10,680 and you dunk your donut in your coffee, 78 00:04:10,680 --> 00:04:11,680 some people do that, 79 00:04:11,680 --> 00:04:13,680 I don't do that because I don't drink coffee, 80 00:04:13,680 --> 00:04:14,680 I don't do the do. 81 00:04:14,680 --> 00:04:17,680 And if you dunk your donut in the coffee, 82 00:04:17,680 --> 00:04:20,680 then what you're actually doing is you're baptismo-ing 83 00:04:20,680 --> 00:04:23,680 your donut in the coffee. 84 00:04:23,680 --> 00:04:24,680 You wouldn't say that either. 85 00:04:24,680 --> 00:04:26,680 But the point is you're dunking it in the coffee. 86 00:04:26,680 --> 00:04:27,680 You get dunked. 87 00:04:27,680 --> 00:04:29,680 If you jump in a mud puddle in the spring 88 00:04:29,680 --> 00:04:31,680 when there's a lot of rain on the ground, 89 00:04:31,680 --> 00:04:34,680 you're baptizing your shoes. 90 00:04:34,680 --> 00:04:36,680 Probably not baptizing your knees, hopefully, 91 00:04:36,680 --> 00:04:38,680 but you're baptizing your shoes. 92 00:04:38,680 --> 00:04:39,680 So that's where the word comes from. 93 00:04:39,680 --> 00:04:41,680 Baptism means to dunk or to immerse. 94 00:04:41,680 --> 00:04:43,680 And again, it is symbolic of, 95 00:04:43,680 --> 00:04:44,680 I am living for Jesus now. 96 00:04:44,680 --> 00:04:46,680 No longer living for me or for anyone else 97 00:04:46,680 --> 00:04:47,680 or for anything else. 98 00:04:47,680 --> 00:04:48,680 I'm just living for Jesus. 99 00:04:48,680 --> 00:04:50,680 And it's super important 100 00:04:50,680 --> 00:04:52,680 that you don't make that commitment 101 00:04:52,680 --> 00:04:54,680 unless you mean it. 102 00:04:54,680 --> 00:04:57,680 Because everyone in this room is still fairly young. 103 00:04:57,680 --> 00:04:59,680 Believe it or not, even I am still fairly young. 104 00:04:59,680 --> 00:05:02,680 And so if I were to make that commitment today, 105 00:05:02,680 --> 00:05:04,680 I would be hoping maybe to live for Jesus 106 00:05:04,680 --> 00:05:05,680 for another 50 or 70 years, 107 00:05:05,680 --> 00:05:07,680 but some of you might go 100. 108 00:05:07,680 --> 00:05:10,680 Okay, and so 100 years is a long time, 109 00:05:10,680 --> 00:05:11,680 long, long time. 110 00:05:11,680 --> 00:05:13,680 Don't you easily go 100, shouldn't you? 111 00:05:13,680 --> 00:05:15,680 Easily go 100, yep. 112 00:05:15,680 --> 00:05:16,680 And so that's a long time to say 113 00:05:16,680 --> 00:05:19,680 you're gonna live for Jesus every day. 114 00:05:19,680 --> 00:05:22,680 Okay, but if that's what you're doing, 115 00:05:22,680 --> 00:05:23,680 then you wanna get baptized 116 00:05:23,680 --> 00:05:25,680 to show everybody that's what you're doing. 117 00:05:25,680 --> 00:05:27,680 And we are going to baptize 118 00:05:27,680 --> 00:05:29,680 here in this giant tank of water, 119 00:05:29,680 --> 00:05:30,680 which is empty right now, 120 00:05:30,680 --> 00:05:33,680 so it's just a giant tank, like a bathtub, 121 00:05:33,680 --> 00:05:34,680 for like five people. 122 00:05:34,680 --> 00:05:36,680 They all stand out from the bathtub. 123 00:05:36,680 --> 00:05:38,680 Probably get eight people in the bathtub. 124 00:05:38,680 --> 00:05:40,680 You're not gonna test that. 125 00:05:40,680 --> 00:05:42,680 You could probably get eight people in that. 126 00:05:42,680 --> 00:05:44,680 That being said, yeah, Sunday maybe. 127 00:05:44,680 --> 00:05:45,680 We can draw a line in the floor 128 00:05:45,680 --> 00:05:46,680 and just all people can stand in that space. 129 00:05:46,680 --> 00:05:49,680 But anyway, yeah. 130 00:05:49,680 --> 00:05:50,680 The point is we're gonna do that, 131 00:05:50,680 --> 00:05:53,680 and we are not gonna do it this Sunday. 132 00:05:53,680 --> 00:05:55,680 We're gonna do it the following Sunday. 133 00:05:55,680 --> 00:05:57,680 So if you are a new believer in Christ, 134 00:05:57,680 --> 00:05:58,680 you're living for Jesus, 135 00:05:58,680 --> 00:06:00,680 and you believe that you should be baptized, 136 00:06:00,680 --> 00:06:03,680 or let's say you accepted Jesus Christ 137 00:06:03,680 --> 00:06:04,680 as your Lord and Savior, 138 00:06:04,680 --> 00:06:06,680 and then you never got baptized. 139 00:06:06,680 --> 00:06:07,680 It should have been months ago, 140 00:06:07,680 --> 00:06:08,680 a year ago even, 141 00:06:08,680 --> 00:06:12,680 or you say, I was living for Jesus, 142 00:06:12,680 --> 00:06:14,680 but I kind of forgot. 143 00:06:14,680 --> 00:06:15,680 I just kind of quit doing that. 144 00:06:15,680 --> 00:06:17,680 And then I came back to Jesus, 145 00:06:17,680 --> 00:06:19,680 and you feel like God wants you to be baptized 146 00:06:19,680 --> 00:06:20,680 and symbolized as a new woman, 147 00:06:20,680 --> 00:06:23,680 and we're gonna do that a week from Sunday. 148 00:06:23,680 --> 00:06:25,680 So you have exactly Wednesday, Thursday, 149 00:06:25,680 --> 00:06:26,680 Friday, Saturday, Sunday. 150 00:06:26,680 --> 00:06:29,680 You have 11 days, 151 00:06:29,680 --> 00:06:30,680 if the Lord is telling you to do that, 152 00:06:30,680 --> 00:06:31,680 to make sure that I know, 153 00:06:31,680 --> 00:06:32,680 so we can be ready 154 00:06:32,680 --> 00:06:34,680 and we'll do it on that Sunday. 155 00:06:34,680 --> 00:06:36,680 And we already know that River, 156 00:06:36,680 --> 00:06:37,680 my young sister, 157 00:06:37,680 --> 00:06:39,680 is getting baptized on that Sunday, 158 00:06:39,680 --> 00:06:41,680 a week from this Sunday. 159 00:06:41,680 --> 00:06:42,680 Okay? 160 00:06:42,680 --> 00:06:43,680 So we'll be doing that. 161 00:06:43,680 --> 00:06:45,680 So when we come in, we'll be ready. 162 00:06:45,680 --> 00:06:46,680 If you're gonna do it, 163 00:06:46,680 --> 00:06:47,680 let me know in advance if you possibly can, 164 00:06:47,680 --> 00:06:48,680 and I'll give you some tips 165 00:06:48,680 --> 00:06:50,680 on how to make it smooth, drainage. 166 00:06:50,680 --> 00:06:52,680 We're gonna pray together at this time, 167 00:06:52,680 --> 00:06:54,680 and we're gonna live for Jesus this way. 168 00:06:54,680 --> 00:06:55,680 We're gonna study the Bible, 169 00:06:55,680 --> 00:06:57,680 we're gonna sing a couple of praise songs, 170 00:06:57,680 --> 00:06:59,680 and we're going to learn 171 00:06:59,680 --> 00:07:00,680 and use new ways to do it. 172 00:07:00,680 --> 00:07:01,680 Okay, let's pray together. 173 00:07:01,680 --> 00:07:02,680 Let's pray together. 174 00:07:02,680 --> 00:07:03,680 Father in heaven, 175 00:07:03,680 --> 00:07:05,680 thank you for letting us be here. 176 00:07:05,680 --> 00:07:07,680 Thank you for making the arrangements. 177 00:07:07,680 --> 00:07:09,680 For the person who drove the vehicle 178 00:07:09,680 --> 00:07:12,680 and the person who gave us the job 179 00:07:12,680 --> 00:07:14,680 to make the money for the gas and the tanks 180 00:07:14,680 --> 00:07:16,680 so we could be here. 181 00:07:16,680 --> 00:07:19,680 Lord, for the person who first shared the God for us. 182 00:07:19,680 --> 00:07:21,680 For the person who decided once and for all 183 00:07:21,680 --> 00:07:23,680 that we had to own this building. 184 00:07:23,680 --> 00:07:27,680 For the person who black cleaned these chairs 185 00:07:27,680 --> 00:07:29,680 for vacuuming the floor. 186 00:07:29,680 --> 00:07:33,680 Thank you for the person who paid the electric bill, 187 00:07:33,680 --> 00:07:34,680 and that in some cases, 188 00:07:34,680 --> 00:07:36,680 that many of the adults in the room all cooperate. 189 00:07:36,680 --> 00:07:37,680 You gotta pay the electric bill 190 00:07:37,680 --> 00:07:40,680 so we got lights so we can see them here right now. 191 00:07:40,680 --> 00:07:42,680 And more coming from the boiler. 192 00:07:42,680 --> 00:07:45,680 And so Father, this time is your time 193 00:07:45,680 --> 00:07:46,680 that they do arrange all of it. 194 00:07:46,680 --> 00:07:48,680 You prepare it so all those things are in place 195 00:07:48,680 --> 00:07:50,680 so that we can be here right now. 196 00:07:50,680 --> 00:07:52,680 And so we're kind of gonna give it back to you now. 197 00:07:52,680 --> 00:07:53,680 We're gonna trust you with it. 198 00:07:53,680 --> 00:07:55,680 We'll keep it so we can grow, so we can learn, 199 00:07:55,680 --> 00:07:56,680 so we can worship you, 200 00:07:56,680 --> 00:07:58,680 so we can have a little fun with our friends 201 00:07:58,680 --> 00:08:00,680 and our brothers and sisters in Christ. 202 00:08:00,680 --> 00:08:02,680 And know we're in the right place 203 00:08:02,680 --> 00:08:05,680 so we're gonna do whatever it is you guys are gonna do 204 00:08:05,680 --> 00:08:07,680 and pray all that can be done. 205 00:08:07,680 --> 00:08:08,680 Thank you. 206 00:08:08,680 --> 00:08:35,680 Your Lord is a lamp to my feet and a light to my path. 207 00:08:35,680 --> 00:08:51,680 Songs 119, 105. 208 00:08:51,680 --> 00:09:14,680 My Lord is a lamp to my feet and a light to my path. 209 00:09:14,680 --> 00:09:21,680 When I feel afraid and I think I've lost my way, 210 00:09:21,680 --> 00:09:27,680 still you're there right beside me. 211 00:09:27,680 --> 00:09:33,680 Nothing will I fear as long as you are there. 212 00:09:33,680 --> 00:09:41,680 Please be near me until the end. 213 00:09:41,680 --> 00:10:06,680 My Lord is a lamp to my feet and a light to my path. 214 00:10:06,680 --> 00:10:18,680 My Lord is a lamp to my feet and a light to my path. 215 00:10:18,680 --> 00:10:36,680 Jesus, be my guide and walk with you to your side and I will love you until the end. 216 00:10:36,680 --> 00:10:45,680 My Lord is a lamp to my feet and a light to my path. 217 00:10:45,680 --> 00:11:01,680 My Lord is a lamp to my feet and a light to my path. 218 00:11:01,680 --> 00:11:03,680 Okay. 219 00:11:03,680 --> 00:11:06,680 Alright, at this time you will release the children 220 00:11:06,680 --> 00:11:09,680 and have the children's leaders through the classroom. 221 00:11:09,680 --> 00:11:12,680 Up and down. 222 00:11:12,680 --> 00:11:36,680 Walk, learn, listen, and grow. 223 00:11:36,680 --> 00:11:55,680 Oh God, you are my God and I will pray to you. 224 00:11:55,680 --> 00:12:04,680 I will see you in the morning and I will love you like you're with me. 225 00:12:04,680 --> 00:12:13,680 Step by step you'll meet me and I'll follow my dream. 226 00:12:13,680 --> 00:12:22,680 Oh God, you are my God and I will pray to you. 227 00:12:22,680 --> 00:12:31,680 Oh God, you are my God and I will pray to you. 228 00:12:31,680 --> 00:12:40,680 I will see you in the morning and I will love you like you're with me. 229 00:12:40,680 --> 00:12:49,680 Step by step you'll meet me and I'll follow my dream. 230 00:12:49,680 --> 00:13:01,680 Step by step you'll meet me and I'll follow my dream. 231 00:13:19,680 --> 00:13:24,680 My head was going other places. 232 00:13:24,680 --> 00:13:27,680 Thank you sir. 233 00:13:27,680 --> 00:13:40,680 I was distracted. 234 00:13:40,680 --> 00:13:41,680 You can get your binder if you want. 235 00:13:41,680 --> 00:13:44,680 Looks like RJ has all of the teenager's papers. 236 00:13:44,680 --> 00:14:09,680 Did he give you a whole stack? 237 00:14:09,680 --> 00:14:14,680 Alicia, when you sit down at some point in time during the lesson, can you look up the, 238 00:14:14,680 --> 00:14:21,680 do you hear what I hear, that song, the verses where he says, do you know what I know? 239 00:14:21,680 --> 00:14:24,680 Which I think is the king. 240 00:14:24,680 --> 00:14:29,680 It's the shepherd to the warm and mighty king. 241 00:14:29,680 --> 00:14:32,680 Okay, I will fix that. 242 00:14:32,680 --> 00:14:34,680 Yes, it was off. 243 00:14:34,680 --> 00:14:36,680 But I wasn't teaching yet anyway, so. 244 00:14:36,680 --> 00:14:43,680 But then what there's out there in the internet world didn't need to know what I just said anyway. 245 00:14:43,680 --> 00:14:44,680 We were talking about you. 246 00:14:44,680 --> 00:14:45,680 No, actually we weren't. 247 00:14:45,680 --> 00:14:47,680 We are now, but we weren't then. 248 00:14:47,680 --> 00:14:52,680 Okay, so look right in the middle at the top of your page. 249 00:14:52,680 --> 00:14:55,680 And it says title and there are three blanks. 250 00:14:55,680 --> 00:15:04,680 And the title is, Do You Know? K-N-O-W. Do you know? That's the title. 251 00:15:04,680 --> 00:15:09,680 K-N-O-W. Do you know? Question mark. 252 00:15:09,680 --> 00:15:20,680 Not know or now, but know. K-N-O-W. 253 00:15:20,680 --> 00:15:32,680 It's right up under my chin now. 254 00:15:32,680 --> 00:15:35,680 I'm going to get much higher. That's as high as I can get. 255 00:15:35,680 --> 00:15:37,680 Got something? 256 00:15:37,680 --> 00:15:38,680 I hear you on the speakers. 257 00:15:38,680 --> 00:15:40,680 Coming out of the speakers. 258 00:15:40,680 --> 00:15:49,680 It must be on the, it could be turned down on the board, the ATEM Mini Pro on that dial on the sound effect board. 259 00:15:49,680 --> 00:15:52,680 One of those is probably turned down. 260 00:15:52,680 --> 00:15:56,680 Test, test, test, testing. 261 00:15:56,680 --> 00:16:05,680 Testing, testing. Definitely coming out the monitors. 262 00:16:05,680 --> 00:16:12,680 Check the board down below. 263 00:16:12,680 --> 00:16:16,680 Testing, testing. Testing, testing. Okay. 264 00:16:16,680 --> 00:16:20,680 No problema. All right. We're on the left hand side to start with. 265 00:16:20,680 --> 00:16:31,680 Okay. So we've got a reference. It is Matthew 25, Matthew 25, 1 to 12. 266 00:16:31,680 --> 00:16:36,680 Okay. And I'm going to start reading and then you'll be able to figure out the blanks as we go, I hope. 267 00:16:36,680 --> 00:16:38,680 That's the plan. All right. 268 00:16:38,680 --> 00:16:48,680 So in Matthew 25, it says, Then the kingdom of heaven will be comparable to ten virgins who took their lamps and went out to meet the bridegroom. 269 00:16:48,680 --> 00:16:53,680 So you got a box and then you got a word that starts with V. Ten virgins. 270 00:16:53,680 --> 00:16:58,680 So the box is ten and the V is virgins. 271 00:16:58,680 --> 00:17:04,680 25, 1 to 12. 272 00:17:04,680 --> 00:17:05,680 That's correct. 273 00:17:05,680 --> 00:17:12,680 Then the kingdom of heaven will be compared, comparable to ten virgins who took their lamps and went out to meet the bridegroom. 274 00:17:12,680 --> 00:17:13,680 Verse two. 275 00:17:13,680 --> 00:17:17,680 And five of them were foolish and five were prudent. 276 00:17:17,680 --> 00:17:21,680 So you got two boxes. 277 00:17:21,680 --> 00:17:24,680 That doesn't fit in there. Just five and five. 278 00:17:24,680 --> 00:17:29,680 Five and five. 279 00:17:29,680 --> 00:17:35,680 Okay. And then we got the first five, which you kind of look ahead, could figure out the boxes a little bit there, give you a little hint there. 280 00:17:35,680 --> 00:17:37,680 The first five we're going to talk about. 281 00:17:37,680 --> 00:17:42,680 So now as we talk about the first five, I want you to figure out what goes in these blanks. 282 00:17:42,680 --> 00:17:44,680 Are you with me, Kashawn? 283 00:17:44,680 --> 00:17:45,680 Yes. 284 00:17:45,680 --> 00:17:50,680 So from the beginning of verse two, it says, and five of them were foolish and five were prudent. 285 00:17:50,680 --> 00:17:51,680 Now, verse three. 286 00:17:51,680 --> 00:17:57,680 For when the foolish took their lamps, they took no oil with them. 287 00:17:57,680 --> 00:17:58,680 Okay. 288 00:17:58,680 --> 00:18:03,680 So looking at the two fives that you have there, which one is it? 289 00:18:03,680 --> 00:18:05,680 The top one or the bottom one? 290 00:18:05,680 --> 00:18:07,680 It is the bottom one. That's very good. 291 00:18:07,680 --> 00:18:10,680 And the first phrase is? 292 00:18:10,680 --> 00:18:11,680 Say it again. 293 00:18:11,680 --> 00:18:13,680 No, no extra oil. 294 00:18:13,680 --> 00:18:14,680 That's right. 295 00:18:14,680 --> 00:18:15,680 No extra oil. 296 00:18:15,680 --> 00:18:16,680 Okay. 297 00:18:16,680 --> 00:18:20,680 So the fools are on the bottom. 298 00:18:20,680 --> 00:18:24,680 For when the foolish took their lamps, they took no oil with them. 299 00:18:24,680 --> 00:18:25,680 Verse four. 300 00:18:25,680 --> 00:18:30,680 But the prudent took oil in flasks along with their lamps. 301 00:18:30,680 --> 00:18:33,680 So now look up at the other five. 302 00:18:33,680 --> 00:18:35,680 And the first phrase is extra oil. 303 00:18:35,680 --> 00:18:36,680 All right. 304 00:18:36,680 --> 00:18:40,680 So the first five took no extra oil. 305 00:18:40,680 --> 00:18:41,680 They're on the bottom. 306 00:18:41,680 --> 00:18:47,680 And the prudent five, which is wise or they make decisions that make sense. 307 00:18:47,680 --> 00:18:49,680 Basically, that's what prudent means. 308 00:18:49,680 --> 00:18:50,680 Bless you. 309 00:18:50,680 --> 00:18:54,680 The prudent took oil in flasks along with their lamps. 310 00:18:54,680 --> 00:18:55,680 Verse five. 311 00:18:55,680 --> 00:19:01,680 Now, while the bridegroom was delaying, they all got drowsy and began to sleep. 312 00:19:01,680 --> 00:19:02,680 Okay. 313 00:19:02,680 --> 00:19:07,680 So notice there's an S under both fives. 314 00:19:07,680 --> 00:19:08,680 Not very complicated. 315 00:19:08,680 --> 00:19:11,680 It probably means sleep. 316 00:19:11,680 --> 00:19:12,680 All right. 317 00:19:12,680 --> 00:19:13,680 Very good. 318 00:19:13,680 --> 00:19:14,680 Okay. 319 00:19:14,680 --> 00:19:16,680 So you put sleep under both. 320 00:19:16,680 --> 00:19:18,680 Now there's a difference coming up though. 321 00:19:18,680 --> 00:19:22,680 So you see that one of them is going to get a T and one of them is going to get a B. 322 00:19:22,680 --> 00:19:24,680 All right. 323 00:19:24,680 --> 00:19:26,680 So going back up to verse four. 324 00:19:26,680 --> 00:19:29,680 But the prudent took oil in flasks along with their lamps. 325 00:19:29,680 --> 00:19:34,680 Now, while the bridegroom was delaying, they all got drowsy and began to sleep. 326 00:19:34,680 --> 00:19:36,680 But at midnight, there was a shout. 327 00:19:36,680 --> 00:19:37,680 Behold! 328 00:19:37,680 --> 00:19:38,680 The bridegroom! 329 00:19:38,680 --> 00:19:40,680 Come out to meet him. 330 00:19:40,680 --> 00:19:45,680 Then all those virgins rose and trimmed their lamps. 331 00:19:45,680 --> 00:19:51,680 And the foolish said to the prudent, give us some of our oil for our lamps are going out. 332 00:19:51,680 --> 00:19:52,680 Okay. 333 00:19:52,680 --> 00:19:58,680 So the bottom group does one response to him coming and the other group does the other. 334 00:19:58,680 --> 00:20:01,680 Now they kind of both trim their lamps, right? 335 00:20:01,680 --> 00:20:05,680 But then as they're trimming their lamps, the other group does something different. 336 00:20:05,680 --> 00:20:08,680 And we'll take a stab at what that B might be. 337 00:20:08,680 --> 00:20:10,680 No, it's not behold. 338 00:20:10,680 --> 00:20:13,680 That's before that. 339 00:20:13,680 --> 00:20:15,680 So it's in this. 340 00:20:15,680 --> 00:20:20,680 The foolish said to the prudent, give us some of your oil for our lamps are going out. 341 00:20:20,680 --> 00:20:22,680 Okay. 342 00:20:22,680 --> 00:20:25,680 You could say borrow, except the response is no. 343 00:20:25,680 --> 00:20:27,680 They're told no, they can't borrow. 344 00:20:27,680 --> 00:20:28,680 Say it again. 345 00:20:28,680 --> 00:20:29,680 Say it again. 346 00:20:29,680 --> 00:20:30,680 Begs. 347 00:20:30,680 --> 00:20:32,680 Begging or begs. 348 00:20:32,680 --> 00:20:33,680 Right. 349 00:20:33,680 --> 00:20:39,680 So they're begging oil from those who brought extra oil. 350 00:20:39,680 --> 00:20:42,680 The T is trimmed. 351 00:20:42,680 --> 00:20:43,680 Okay. 352 00:20:43,680 --> 00:20:48,680 So both technically trim them, but you really can't do only so much trimming your lamp if 353 00:20:48,680 --> 00:20:50,680 you don't have any oil in it. 354 00:20:50,680 --> 00:20:51,680 Right. 355 00:20:51,680 --> 00:20:54,680 So they went, so while they were trimming, they went to begging because they realized, 356 00:20:54,680 --> 00:20:56,680 hey, we didn't bring any oil. 357 00:20:56,680 --> 00:20:58,680 The other group just trimmed their oil and it stops there. 358 00:20:58,680 --> 00:21:00,680 Trimmed their lamp and it stops there. 359 00:21:00,680 --> 00:21:01,680 Okay. 360 00:21:01,680 --> 00:21:04,680 So verse 8 was, and the foolish said to the prudent, give us some of your oil for our 361 00:21:04,680 --> 00:21:06,680 lamps are going out. 362 00:21:06,680 --> 00:21:11,680 Verse 9, but the prudent answered saying, no, there will not be enough for us and you 363 00:21:11,680 --> 00:21:12,680 two. 364 00:21:12,680 --> 00:21:15,680 Go instead to the dealers and buy some for yourselves. 365 00:21:15,680 --> 00:21:16,680 Okay. 366 00:21:16,680 --> 00:21:21,680 So now we're down, we're past where the two groups are broken down and it says no. 367 00:21:21,680 --> 00:21:23,680 The N is no. 368 00:21:23,680 --> 00:21:25,680 Go buy. 369 00:21:25,680 --> 00:21:26,680 Okay. 370 00:21:26,680 --> 00:21:28,680 So that was their response. 371 00:21:28,680 --> 00:21:30,680 Go buy your own oil. 372 00:21:30,680 --> 00:21:32,680 Basically go buy some for yourself. 373 00:21:32,680 --> 00:21:37,680 Then verse 10 says, and while they were going away to make the purchase, the bridegroom 374 00:21:37,680 --> 00:21:43,680 came and those who were ready went in with him to the wedding feast. 375 00:21:43,680 --> 00:21:44,680 Went in. 376 00:21:44,680 --> 00:21:45,680 Very good. 377 00:21:45,680 --> 00:21:48,680 No, go buy your own oil. 378 00:21:48,680 --> 00:21:52,680 Then while they were waiting, while those five went off to buy more oil and the bridegroom 379 00:21:52,680 --> 00:21:53,680 came, they went in. 380 00:21:53,680 --> 00:21:54,680 Okay. 381 00:21:54,680 --> 00:22:00,680 Now notice they were all there with lamps. 382 00:22:00,680 --> 00:22:02,680 They were all waiting for the bridegroom. 383 00:22:02,680 --> 00:22:03,680 Right. 384 00:22:03,680 --> 00:22:04,680 That's what started them out. 385 00:22:04,680 --> 00:22:06,680 And then they're in two separate groups. 386 00:22:06,680 --> 00:22:10,680 Half of them are prudent and ready with extra oil. 387 00:22:10,680 --> 00:22:11,680 Half of them are not. 388 00:22:11,680 --> 00:22:13,680 That's what separated them out. 389 00:22:13,680 --> 00:22:14,680 Okay. 390 00:22:14,680 --> 00:22:18,680 Verse 11 says, and later the other virgins came. 391 00:22:18,680 --> 00:22:21,680 These are the ones that went into town to buy more oil. 392 00:22:21,680 --> 00:22:26,680 They also came and said, Lord, Lord, open up for us. 393 00:22:26,680 --> 00:22:31,680 But he answered and said, truly I say to you, I do not know you. 394 00:22:31,680 --> 00:22:40,680 And verse 13 says, be on alert then, you do not know the day nor the hour. 395 00:22:40,680 --> 00:22:41,680 Okay. 396 00:22:41,680 --> 00:22:47,680 So the arrow points to that and it says there's an A, a K, a T, a B, and an R. 397 00:22:47,680 --> 00:22:51,680 Everyone want to take a stab at it? 398 00:22:51,680 --> 00:22:52,680 Okay. 399 00:22:52,680 --> 00:22:55,680 So the first two words are wrong, but to be ready is correct. 400 00:22:55,680 --> 00:22:56,680 Okay. 401 00:22:56,680 --> 00:23:00,680 So what do you think the A and K are? 402 00:23:00,680 --> 00:23:03,680 It's close. 403 00:23:03,680 --> 00:23:07,680 So the known or new, right, K-N-E-W is new. 404 00:23:07,680 --> 00:23:08,680 Yeah. 405 00:23:08,680 --> 00:23:13,680 They always knew or they all knew to be ready. 406 00:23:13,680 --> 00:23:16,680 So they started out knowing they needed to be ready when the bridegroom came. 407 00:23:16,680 --> 00:23:17,680 That's where they started at. 408 00:23:17,680 --> 00:23:20,680 But there was a division in them. 409 00:23:20,680 --> 00:23:24,680 One group chose to be ready and they went the extra mile to be ready. 410 00:23:24,680 --> 00:23:28,680 You could say they all stayed awake in case he would come, right? 411 00:23:28,680 --> 00:23:29,680 No. 412 00:23:29,680 --> 00:23:34,680 Half of them stayed awake and half of them went to sleep, right? 413 00:23:34,680 --> 00:23:35,680 No. 414 00:23:35,680 --> 00:23:36,680 They all went to sleep. 415 00:23:36,680 --> 00:23:37,680 Okay. 416 00:23:37,680 --> 00:23:42,680 So the difference is there's some kind of a difference in they all knew they were supposed to be ready. 417 00:23:42,680 --> 00:23:44,680 And then they all fell asleep. 418 00:23:44,680 --> 00:23:51,680 And then when the cry went out, half of them woke up and applied the extra oil to their lamps after trimming their lamps and they were ready. 419 00:23:51,680 --> 00:23:55,680 And the other half had no extra oil and they weren't ready. 420 00:23:55,680 --> 00:23:56,680 Okay. 421 00:23:56,680 --> 00:24:02,680 And then if you'll notice there's a up to the right from there, there are five blanks. 422 00:24:02,680 --> 00:24:05,680 And it's from verse 12. 423 00:24:05,680 --> 00:24:07,680 That is correct. 424 00:24:07,680 --> 00:24:09,680 Very good, Caleb. 425 00:24:09,680 --> 00:24:13,680 I do not know you. 426 00:24:13,680 --> 00:24:17,680 And that is the Lord's reply or the bridegroom's reply. 427 00:24:17,680 --> 00:24:24,680 And in this parable, we can pretty much assume that Jesus is the guy that is being credited, right? 428 00:24:24,680 --> 00:24:27,680 The scariest thing about the word Jesus is written in the Bible. 429 00:24:27,680 --> 00:24:28,680 What's that? 430 00:24:28,680 --> 00:24:29,680 Scariest? 431 00:24:29,680 --> 00:24:30,680 Yeah. 432 00:24:30,680 --> 00:24:31,680 Yep. 433 00:24:31,680 --> 00:24:32,680 Pretty scary. 434 00:24:32,680 --> 00:24:33,680 This is not the only place either. 435 00:24:33,680 --> 00:24:34,680 Okay. 436 00:24:34,680 --> 00:24:39,680 So let's just go back and recap for one second, make sure you understand. 437 00:24:39,680 --> 00:24:45,680 There were 10 virgins all waiting for the bridegroom, which is representing Jesus, right? 438 00:24:45,680 --> 00:24:48,680 All 10 of them knew they needed to be ready. 439 00:24:48,680 --> 00:24:53,680 All 10 of them sat out there with their lamps waiting for Jesus. 440 00:24:53,680 --> 00:25:00,680 But five of them took the extra steps to make sure that they were ready when they woke up from their nap. 441 00:25:00,680 --> 00:25:04,680 And five of them didn't take any extra steps to make sure that they're ready. 442 00:25:04,680 --> 00:25:10,680 And so when they woke up, they couldn't put oil in their lamps and they had to go buy it themselves. 443 00:25:10,680 --> 00:25:17,680 And when they came back, the Lord or the master, the bridegroom said, I never knew you. 444 00:25:17,680 --> 00:25:18,680 Okay. 445 00:25:18,680 --> 00:25:22,680 So now we're going to go over and look in the book of Luke. 446 00:25:22,680 --> 00:25:25,680 So you're going to go all the way up to the right hand side of your page. 447 00:25:25,680 --> 00:25:33,680 And the reference there is Luke 12. 448 00:25:33,680 --> 00:25:40,680 And it's 35 to 40. 449 00:25:40,680 --> 00:25:47,680 So we're in chapter 12 verses 35 to 40. 450 00:25:47,680 --> 00:25:51,680 Jesus is speaking. 451 00:25:51,680 --> 00:25:59,680 And he says, be dressed in readiness and keep your lamps lit. 452 00:25:59,680 --> 00:26:02,680 You see it? 453 00:26:02,680 --> 00:26:04,680 Ready to put on that first line, Kashawn? 454 00:26:04,680 --> 00:26:06,680 Ready and? 455 00:26:06,680 --> 00:26:15,680 No, there's no K. It's LL. 456 00:26:15,680 --> 00:26:16,680 I am lit. 457 00:26:16,680 --> 00:26:17,680 Okay. 458 00:26:17,680 --> 00:26:25,680 Be dressed in readiness and keep your lamps lit or alight as how the New American Standard actually says it. 459 00:26:25,680 --> 00:26:27,680 Alight, which I think is kind of more proper English. 460 00:26:27,680 --> 00:26:28,680 Okay. 461 00:26:28,680 --> 00:26:33,680 Verse 36, keep following down with me. 462 00:26:33,680 --> 00:26:47,680 And be like men who are waiting for their master when he returns from the wedding feast so that they may immediately open the door to him when he comes and knocks. 463 00:26:47,680 --> 00:26:50,680 Like men. 464 00:26:50,680 --> 00:26:51,680 To open the door. 465 00:26:51,680 --> 00:26:53,680 What's that W? 466 00:26:53,680 --> 00:26:54,680 Waiting. 467 00:26:53,680 --> 00:26:54,680 Waiting. 468 00:26:54,680 --> 00:26:59,680 Like men waiting to open the door. 469 00:26:59,680 --> 00:27:00,680 Okay. 470 00:26:59,680 --> 00:27:04,680 Now notice it doesn't say be men who are waiting to open the door. 471 00:27:04,680 --> 00:27:05,680 Right. 472 00:27:04,680 --> 00:27:05,680 It doesn't say that. 473 00:27:05,680 --> 00:27:07,680 It says be like men who are waiting to open the door. 474 00:27:07,680 --> 00:27:15,680 So what is, what are men who are waiting to open the door like? 475 00:27:15,680 --> 00:27:17,680 Naked? 476 00:27:17,680 --> 00:27:21,680 In the bath? 477 00:27:21,680 --> 00:27:24,680 Knee deep in the tough project? 478 00:27:24,680 --> 00:27:26,680 Dressed in a proper attire? 479 00:27:26,680 --> 00:27:27,680 Right attitude. 480 00:27:27,680 --> 00:27:28,680 Right attitude? 481 00:27:28,680 --> 00:27:29,680 I like that. 482 00:27:29,680 --> 00:27:30,680 Ready. 483 00:27:30,680 --> 00:27:31,680 Ready. 484 00:27:31,680 --> 00:27:32,680 Right? 485 00:27:32,680 --> 00:27:33,680 If I hear the knock, I'm moving. 486 00:27:33,680 --> 00:27:36,680 I can't tell you how many times I've been here in this building. 487 00:27:36,680 --> 00:27:38,680 Probably a hundred times at least by now. 488 00:27:38,680 --> 00:27:43,680 And I have a scheduled meeting and that person's coming and I'll tell them, I've been telling a lot of times, I'll tell them what door to come to. 489 00:27:43,680 --> 00:27:49,680 Come to this number or that number or that door, back facing door by the ramp or whatever. 490 00:27:49,680 --> 00:27:50,680 And I'm in the building. 491 00:27:50,680 --> 00:27:54,680 And my ear is peeled for their knock. 492 00:27:54,680 --> 00:27:58,680 And then when they knock, I go to the door quickly and I let them in. 493 00:27:58,680 --> 00:27:59,680 Okay. 494 00:27:59,680 --> 00:28:01,680 So a person who is ready is listening. 495 00:28:01,680 --> 00:28:02,680 They're ready. 496 00:28:02,680 --> 00:28:03,680 They're dressed in the proper attire. 497 00:28:03,680 --> 00:28:04,680 They have the right attitude. 498 00:28:04,680 --> 00:28:06,680 They know what the next step is. 499 00:28:06,680 --> 00:28:09,680 They know what's about to happen and they're ready to move. 500 00:28:09,680 --> 00:28:10,680 Okay. 501 00:28:10,680 --> 00:28:13,680 And we're supposed to be like that, like men waiting to open the door. 502 00:28:13,680 --> 00:28:14,680 Okay. 503 00:28:14,680 --> 00:28:17,680 We're going to go a little further in this one. 504 00:28:17,680 --> 00:28:22,680 We were in verse 37. 505 00:28:22,680 --> 00:28:28,680 Blessed are those slaves whom the master shall find on the alert when he comes. 506 00:28:28,680 --> 00:28:40,680 Truly I say to you that he will gird himself to serve and have them recline at the table and will come up and wait on them. 507 00:28:40,680 --> 00:28:42,680 Okay. 508 00:28:42,680 --> 00:28:44,680 So the B is blessed. 509 00:28:44,680 --> 00:28:49,680 What do you got, Kashawn? 510 00:28:49,680 --> 00:28:50,680 Nope. 511 00:28:50,680 --> 00:29:00,680 Blessed are those found ready. 512 00:29:00,680 --> 00:29:02,680 RJ plugged it in for you. 513 00:29:02,680 --> 00:29:04,680 Blessed are those found ready. 514 00:29:04,680 --> 00:29:07,680 The next one is the surprising one. 515 00:29:07,680 --> 00:29:13,680 A little bit. 516 00:29:13,680 --> 00:29:14,680 So what's going to happen? 517 00:29:14,680 --> 00:29:16,680 It says blessed are those found ready. 518 00:29:16,680 --> 00:29:17,680 First of all, let's back up one second. 519 00:29:17,680 --> 00:29:22,680 What does it mean to be blessed? 520 00:29:22,680 --> 00:29:26,680 Or blessed. 521 00:29:26,680 --> 00:29:27,680 Okay. 522 00:29:27,680 --> 00:29:28,680 Yeah. 523 00:29:28,680 --> 00:29:29,680 That's a good way of saying it. 524 00:29:29,680 --> 00:29:30,680 So you're going to get a gift. 525 00:29:30,680 --> 00:29:31,680 You need something good. 526 00:29:31,680 --> 00:29:32,680 Right? 527 00:29:32,680 --> 00:29:34,680 Simply put, that's a good answer. 528 00:29:34,680 --> 00:29:37,680 It really comes from the word well spoken of. 529 00:29:37,680 --> 00:29:41,680 And when God speaks something, what happens? 530 00:29:41,680 --> 00:29:42,680 It becomes true. 531 00:29:42,680 --> 00:29:43,680 Right. 532 00:29:43,680 --> 00:29:45,680 So it means well spoken of by God. 533 00:29:45,680 --> 00:29:46,680 Right? 534 00:29:46,680 --> 00:29:48,680 So God is going to do good things. 535 00:29:48,680 --> 00:29:51,680 So the next line tells us what the good things are that God is going to do. 536 00:29:51,680 --> 00:29:53,680 Chris, were you going to answer that? 537 00:29:53,680 --> 00:29:54,680 Did you have your hand up? 538 00:29:54,680 --> 00:30:00,680 What was it? 539 00:30:00,680 --> 00:30:01,680 He will serve. 540 00:30:01,680 --> 00:30:02,680 That's right. 541 00:30:02,680 --> 00:30:03,680 He will serve. 542 00:30:03,680 --> 00:30:04,680 Okay. 543 00:30:04,680 --> 00:30:07,680 So he, the he is Jesus. 544 00:30:07,680 --> 00:30:08,680 Or the Lord. 545 00:30:08,680 --> 00:30:10,680 The master coming. 546 00:30:10,680 --> 00:30:15,680 Right? 547 00:30:15,680 --> 00:30:18,680 Come on. 548 00:30:18,680 --> 00:30:20,680 It's dangerous up in here, man. 549 00:30:20,680 --> 00:30:21,680 Okay. 550 00:30:21,680 --> 00:30:22,680 Yes. 551 00:30:22,680 --> 00:30:23,680 Be ready. 552 00:30:23,680 --> 00:30:24,680 Be ready. 553 00:30:24,680 --> 00:30:35,680 The team, the three stooges. 554 00:30:35,680 --> 00:30:36,680 There's three of them. 555 00:30:36,680 --> 00:30:39,680 There's three of them. 556 00:30:39,680 --> 00:30:42,680 Okay. 557 00:30:42,680 --> 00:30:51,680 So there's an idea when the master comes in out of the field and the servants are waiting for him, what happens? 558 00:30:51,680 --> 00:30:52,680 The servants meet him at the door. 559 00:30:52,680 --> 00:30:54,680 They take his coat. 560 00:30:54,680 --> 00:30:55,680 They take his boots. 561 00:30:55,680 --> 00:30:56,680 They clean up after him. 562 00:30:56,680 --> 00:30:58,680 They feed them. 563 00:30:58,680 --> 00:30:59,680 They feed the master. 564 00:30:59,680 --> 00:31:00,680 They provide for him. 565 00:31:00,680 --> 00:31:01,680 Right? 566 00:31:01,680 --> 00:31:03,680 But that's not what's happening in this case. 567 00:31:03,680 --> 00:31:07,680 He's saying blessed is the one who's found ready. 568 00:31:07,680 --> 00:31:10,680 The master will serve him. 569 00:31:10,680 --> 00:31:18,680 So Jesus will take care of us if we will just be waiting and found ready when the time comes. 570 00:31:18,680 --> 00:31:23,680 So then we are given this direction, which again comes out of verse 40 very clearly. 571 00:31:23,680 --> 00:31:25,680 And I'll read it 39 through 40. 572 00:31:25,680 --> 00:31:26,680 And it says, or 38 through 40. 573 00:31:26,680 --> 00:31:33,680 It says whether he comes in the second watch or even the third and finds them. 574 00:31:33,680 --> 00:31:34,680 And finds them so. 575 00:31:34,680 --> 00:31:37,680 Blessed are those slaves. 576 00:31:37,680 --> 00:31:45,680 And be sure of this, that if the head of the house had known at what hour the thief was coming, he would not have allowed his house to be broken into. 577 00:31:45,680 --> 00:31:46,680 Verse 40. 578 00:31:46,680 --> 00:31:54,680 You too be ready for the son of man is coming at an hour that you do not expect. 579 00:31:54,680 --> 00:31:55,680 Okay. 580 00:31:55,680 --> 00:32:03,680 So based on these two passages of scripture, do we know when Jesus is going to come back again? 581 00:32:03,680 --> 00:32:06,680 Will we know when Jesus is going to come back again? 582 00:32:06,680 --> 00:32:07,680 Okay. 583 00:32:07,680 --> 00:32:10,680 I tend to agree with that. 584 00:32:10,680 --> 00:32:12,680 Let's look at one more passage of scripture. 585 00:32:12,680 --> 00:32:13,680 Okay. 586 00:32:13,680 --> 00:32:15,680 So this one is 1 Thessalonians chapter five. 587 00:32:15,680 --> 00:32:28,680 So if you're looking at the bottom middle, the bottom middle right there, 1 Thessalonians chapter five. 588 00:32:28,680 --> 00:32:32,680 And it's verses one through six. 589 00:32:32,680 --> 00:32:38,680 This is what Paul writes to the church at Thessalonica on this topic. 590 00:32:38,680 --> 00:32:41,680 He says, and you could receive this for yourself. 591 00:32:41,680 --> 00:32:45,680 If you're listening, if you're paying attention today, you could receive this as a letter directly to you. 592 00:32:45,680 --> 00:32:48,680 It's 1 Thessalonians chapter five verse one. 593 00:32:48,680 --> 00:32:55,680 Now as to the times and the epics, brethren, you have no need of anything to be written to you. 594 00:32:55,680 --> 00:32:56,680 So what is he saying? 595 00:32:56,680 --> 00:33:01,680 What does that mean? 596 00:33:01,680 --> 00:33:02,680 Somebody give me in your own words. 597 00:33:02,680 --> 00:33:07,680 What did he just say to the Thessalonians? 598 00:33:07,680 --> 00:33:08,680 Okay. 599 00:33:08,680 --> 00:33:12,680 He doesn't need to be writing them about what? 600 00:33:12,680 --> 00:33:13,680 Because he's writing them. 601 00:33:13,680 --> 00:33:15,680 This is the fifth chapter of the book. 602 00:33:15,680 --> 00:33:20,680 So he's clearly needs to be writing them, but he doesn't need to be writing them about. 603 00:33:20,680 --> 00:33:22,680 Now he's writing all about God. 604 00:33:22,680 --> 00:33:23,680 Let me read it again. 605 00:33:23,680 --> 00:33:30,680 Now as to the times and the epics, brethren, you have no need of anything to be written to you. 606 00:33:30,680 --> 00:33:33,680 So a time is like when something happens. 607 00:33:33,680 --> 00:33:36,680 So like I get out of school at three. 608 00:33:36,680 --> 00:33:43,680 So you know, if I tell you school's out every day at three, from that point on, you know what time you get out. 609 00:33:43,680 --> 00:33:44,680 Or say church at 6.30. 610 00:33:44,680 --> 00:33:46,680 So you're in church at 6.30. 611 00:33:46,680 --> 00:33:47,680 You're in Bible study. 612 00:33:47,680 --> 00:33:48,680 Worship. 613 00:33:48,680 --> 00:33:49,680 11.30 on Sundays. 614 00:33:49,680 --> 00:33:51,680 Worship starts 11.30 on Sundays. 615 00:33:51,680 --> 00:33:52,680 Those are the times. 616 00:33:52,680 --> 00:33:55,680 The epics are like the ages. 617 00:33:55,680 --> 00:34:00,680 They're the seasons, much bigger periods of time. 618 00:34:00,680 --> 00:34:05,680 Like if for, to use a video game or a gamer term, a story arc. 619 00:34:05,680 --> 00:34:06,680 Right? 620 00:34:06,680 --> 00:34:07,680 So how long is it going to last? 621 00:34:07,680 --> 00:34:08,680 What is the goal? 622 00:34:08,680 --> 00:34:09,680 The goal is to do this. 623 00:34:09,680 --> 00:34:11,680 But then you get there and find out, oh, that really wasn't the goal. 624 00:34:11,680 --> 00:34:12,680 So it's actually to do this. 625 00:34:12,680 --> 00:34:13,680 That really wasn't the goal. 626 00:34:13,680 --> 00:34:14,680 It's actually to do this. 627 00:34:14,680 --> 00:34:19,680 And the story arc starts from point A and it goes to the first goal where you find out the second goal was actually the goal. 628 00:34:19,680 --> 00:34:22,680 The third goal, which is actually the goal, that's the story arc. 629 00:34:22,680 --> 00:34:29,680 And what he's saying is, you have no need of me to write to you on those topics. 630 00:34:29,680 --> 00:34:31,680 When it will happen? 631 00:34:31,680 --> 00:34:33,680 How long we will have to wait? 632 00:34:33,680 --> 00:34:35,680 When it will fit in? 633 00:34:35,680 --> 00:34:39,680 Like what will be the time, when it kind of time when it happens like that? 634 00:34:39,680 --> 00:34:40,680 You don't need that. 635 00:34:40,680 --> 00:34:44,680 Which is an encouraging saying because it says they've already gotten it. 636 00:34:44,680 --> 00:34:46,680 They've already figured that out. 637 00:34:46,680 --> 00:34:52,680 And I submit to you the same is true of us if we will listen to this lesson and to the rest of scripture on this topic. 638 00:34:52,680 --> 00:35:01,680 Verse 2 says, for you yourselves know full well that the day of the Lord will come just like a thief in the night. 639 00:35:01,680 --> 00:35:04,680 Okay, so now this so far sounds like he's saying what? 640 00:35:04,680 --> 00:35:07,680 About when Jesus is going to come again. 641 00:35:07,680 --> 00:35:10,680 That it will be unexpected. 642 00:35:10,680 --> 00:35:12,680 That there's no way we can know when it's going to come. 643 00:35:12,680 --> 00:35:13,680 Right? 644 00:35:13,680 --> 00:35:16,680 That still sounds like that's what he's saying, tying it into the other two. 645 00:35:16,680 --> 00:35:18,680 Be ready for you don't know when it's going to come. 646 00:35:18,680 --> 00:35:22,680 Alright, so first of all under the bottom let's get that filled in down there. 647 00:35:22,680 --> 00:35:24,680 Okay, first that's when it's five, one to six. 648 00:35:24,680 --> 00:35:27,680 Now I did not give you any of the first letters. 649 00:35:27,680 --> 00:35:30,680 So this is the hardest thing on the page. 650 00:35:30,680 --> 00:35:32,680 Okay? 651 00:35:32,680 --> 00:35:33,680 But I'll read the verse to you. 652 00:35:33,680 --> 00:35:36,680 If you count the blanks and figure out you might just get it. 653 00:35:36,680 --> 00:35:37,680 Alright? 654 00:35:37,680 --> 00:35:39,680 So here we go. 655 00:35:39,680 --> 00:35:47,680 For you yourselves know full well that the day of the Lord will come just like a thief in the night. 656 00:35:47,680 --> 00:35:50,680 Nope, there's no for you yourselves. 657 00:35:50,680 --> 00:35:58,680 The day of the Lord dash like a thief in the night. 658 00:35:58,680 --> 00:36:02,680 Okay? 659 00:36:02,680 --> 00:36:06,680 The day of the Lord like a thief in the night. 660 00:36:06,680 --> 00:36:11,680 By this time the Thessalonians know and I think you know, you should know, Jesus is coming back again. 661 00:36:11,680 --> 00:36:16,680 And when he comes there's going to be a lot of people taken off guard by it. 662 00:36:16,680 --> 00:36:17,680 Okay? 663 00:36:17,680 --> 00:36:19,680 Even some who profess to be Christians. 664 00:36:19,680 --> 00:36:28,680 Believe it or not there are people who say that they are Christian that don't even believe that Jesus is coming back again. 665 00:36:28,680 --> 00:36:31,680 They're definitely going to be taken aback by it. 666 00:36:31,680 --> 00:36:33,680 But there are a lot of people who are not Christians. 667 00:36:33,680 --> 00:36:34,680 They don't profess to be a Christian. 668 00:36:34,680 --> 00:36:36,680 They don't profess to be a follower of Jesus. 669 00:36:36,680 --> 00:36:37,680 Right? 670 00:36:37,680 --> 00:36:43,680 And they're living their lives and they're trying with all their heart to not think about these matters. 671 00:36:43,680 --> 00:36:47,680 Because in their heart is evidence of the truth. 672 00:36:47,680 --> 00:36:49,680 That this life is not forever. 673 00:36:49,680 --> 00:36:51,680 That death is very real. 674 00:36:51,680 --> 00:36:54,680 That sin is a thing that is against God. 675 00:36:54,680 --> 00:36:57,680 And since they're in sin they realize they are against God. 676 00:36:57,680 --> 00:36:59,680 That those evidences are in their heart. 677 00:36:59,680 --> 00:37:01,680 So they're trying not to think about it. 678 00:37:01,680 --> 00:37:02,680 Okay? 679 00:37:02,680 --> 00:37:04,680 And verse 3 then says, 680 00:37:04,680 --> 00:37:06,680 While they are saying, 681 00:37:06,680 --> 00:37:08,680 Peace and safety! 682 00:37:08,680 --> 00:37:09,680 With an exclamation point. 683 00:37:09,680 --> 00:37:11,680 Peace and safety. 684 00:37:11,680 --> 00:37:16,680 And that's three words and it goes in the next blanks and there's even the exclamation point to clue it in for you there. 685 00:37:16,680 --> 00:37:19,680 Peace and safety. 686 00:37:19,680 --> 00:37:20,680 Okay? 687 00:37:20,680 --> 00:37:24,680 Then, destruction will come upon them suddenly. 688 00:37:24,680 --> 00:37:28,680 Birth pangs upon a woman with child, 689 00:37:28,680 --> 00:37:32,680 And they shall not escape. 690 00:37:32,680 --> 00:37:33,680 Okay? 691 00:37:33,680 --> 00:37:35,680 So they say peace and safety. 692 00:37:35,680 --> 00:37:39,680 And then there's a little arrow pointing down and the answer they get back is, 693 00:37:39,680 --> 00:37:40,680 Destruction. 694 00:37:40,680 --> 00:37:41,680 That's right. 695 00:37:41,680 --> 00:37:48,680 Very good. 696 00:37:48,680 --> 00:37:53,680 Okay. 697 00:37:53,680 --> 00:37:55,680 So destruction. 698 00:37:55,680 --> 00:38:01,680 Now you've only got the one little area over to the right to fill in and you will have filled in all of your blanks. 699 00:38:01,680 --> 00:38:03,680 Okay? 700 00:38:03,680 --> 00:38:05,680 And that's where it really gets good. 701 00:38:05,680 --> 00:38:12,680 So we've got peace and safety and destruction will come upon them suddenly like birth pangs upon a woman with child. 702 00:38:12,680 --> 00:38:15,680 And they shall not escape. 703 00:38:15,680 --> 00:38:16,680 Verse 4. 704 00:38:16,680 --> 00:38:24,680 But you brethren are not in darkness that the day should overtake you like a thief. 705 00:38:24,680 --> 00:38:26,680 Hear that? 706 00:38:26,680 --> 00:38:30,680 Check the first line. 707 00:38:30,680 --> 00:38:34,680 Yes, you are. 708 00:38:34,680 --> 00:38:36,680 Keep going, Kishan. 709 00:38:36,680 --> 00:38:39,680 On the second, it's an N. 710 00:38:39,680 --> 00:38:41,680 Thank you for critiquing my writing. 711 00:38:41,680 --> 00:38:44,680 You are not in darkness. 712 00:38:44,680 --> 00:38:45,680 Very good. 713 00:38:45,680 --> 00:38:48,680 Also gave you the reference for the verse there, which I just read verse 4. 714 00:38:48,680 --> 00:38:50,680 You are not in darkness. 715 00:38:50,680 --> 00:38:51,680 Okay? 716 00:38:51,680 --> 00:38:57,680 So he says, but you brethren are not in darkness that the day should overtake you like a thief. 717 00:38:57,680 --> 00:38:59,680 Now, verse 5. 718 00:38:59,680 --> 00:39:02,680 You are all sons of light and sons of day. 719 00:39:02,680 --> 00:39:05,680 We are not of night nor of darkness. 720 00:39:05,680 --> 00:39:06,680 Now, verse 6. 721 00:39:06,680 --> 00:39:07,680 Listen closely. 722 00:39:07,680 --> 00:39:13,680 So then let us not sleep as others do, but let us be alert and sober. 723 00:39:13,680 --> 00:39:18,680 And that gives you the phrases for the last two lines. 724 00:39:18,680 --> 00:39:20,680 Did you catch it? 725 00:39:20,680 --> 00:39:21,680 Yes. 726 00:39:21,680 --> 00:39:22,680 Not. 727 00:39:22,680 --> 00:39:31,680 Yes. 728 00:39:31,680 --> 00:39:32,680 Be. 729 00:39:32,680 --> 00:39:38,680 I heard somebody say be. 730 00:39:38,680 --> 00:39:40,680 Alert and sober. 731 00:39:40,680 --> 00:39:42,680 Be alert and sober. 732 00:39:42,680 --> 00:39:49,680 Okay, now sober obviously includes not being drunk or using drugs, but that's not what it's talking about, is it? 733 00:39:49,680 --> 00:39:51,680 And it's not talking about being somber. 734 00:39:51,680 --> 00:39:54,680 Somber is sad, kind of mopey, right? 735 00:39:54,680 --> 00:39:55,680 It's sober. 736 00:39:55,680 --> 00:39:58,680 In other words, take yourself seriously. 737 00:39:58,680 --> 00:39:59,680 Take God seriously. 738 00:39:59,680 --> 00:40:02,680 That's what it means to be sober, is to take things seriously. 739 00:40:02,680 --> 00:40:03,680 This is no joke. 740 00:40:03,680 --> 00:40:04,680 Okay? 741 00:40:04,680 --> 00:40:13,680 So what he's just said to them is you are not in darkness so that the day of the Lord would overtake you like a thief. 742 00:40:13,680 --> 00:40:14,680 Right? 743 00:40:14,680 --> 00:40:16,680 So in other words, they can see it coming. 744 00:40:16,680 --> 00:40:23,680 But you, brethren, are not in darkness that the day should overtake you like a thief, for you are all sons of light and sons of day. 745 00:40:23,680 --> 00:40:25,680 We are not of night nor of darkness. 746 00:40:25,680 --> 00:40:31,680 So then let us not sleep as others do, but let us be alert and sober. 747 00:40:31,680 --> 00:40:33,680 Okay? 748 00:40:33,680 --> 00:40:35,680 All right. 749 00:40:35,680 --> 00:40:37,680 So we've got all the blanks filled in. 750 00:40:37,680 --> 00:40:41,680 Now let me kind of wrap this up neatly for you and then I'll ask some questions here. 751 00:40:41,680 --> 00:40:43,680 Okay. 752 00:40:43,680 --> 00:40:57,680 So going back to the beginning, Jesus is coming again, at which point in time some pretty incredible things are going to happen, including essentially all of creation being remade under God's control. 753 00:40:57,680 --> 00:41:03,680 When that happens, will everybody be surprised? 754 00:41:03,680 --> 00:41:04,680 No. 755 00:41:04,680 --> 00:41:06,680 No, not everybody. 756 00:41:06,680 --> 00:41:13,680 Of the ten virgins, half of them, right, expected it. 757 00:41:13,680 --> 00:41:14,680 Right? 758 00:41:14,680 --> 00:41:18,680 Half of them expected it, right? 759 00:41:18,680 --> 00:41:21,680 Now actually all of them expected it. 760 00:41:21,680 --> 00:41:22,680 You see the difference? 761 00:41:22,680 --> 00:41:25,680 All ten of them actually expected it. 762 00:41:25,680 --> 00:41:28,680 So, exactly. 763 00:41:28,680 --> 00:41:29,680 They got ready. 764 00:41:29,680 --> 00:41:31,680 They got their lamps lit. 765 00:41:31,680 --> 00:41:35,680 They, even when they woke up, even when they woke up from sleeping, 766 00:41:35,680 --> 00:41:36,680 they were expecting it. 767 00:41:36,680 --> 00:41:41,680 That's why they right away went to trim their lamps, at which point in time they discovered, oh, we were imprudent. 768 00:41:41,680 --> 00:41:43,680 We didn't bring oil. 769 00:41:43,680 --> 00:41:45,680 We see that you brought oil. 770 00:41:45,680 --> 00:41:46,680 Give us some of your oil. 771 00:41:46,680 --> 00:41:47,680 Right? 772 00:41:47,680 --> 00:41:52,680 And those who brought extra oil said no, because there won't be enough for you and for us. 773 00:41:52,680 --> 00:41:54,680 So go buy oil all this time. 774 00:41:54,680 --> 00:41:55,680 Right? 775 00:41:55,680 --> 00:41:57,680 You started out thinking you could do it for yourself. 776 00:41:57,680 --> 00:41:59,680 You started out thinking you could buy more. 777 00:41:59,680 --> 00:42:02,680 You could get yourself ready real quick if things didn't go quite right. 778 00:42:02,680 --> 00:42:03,680 Right? 779 00:42:03,680 --> 00:42:06,680 You put it off, you procrastinated, you didn't stay ready. 780 00:42:06,680 --> 00:42:12,680 You weren't alert and sober when you went to sleep, and now you want to be alert and sober now? 781 00:42:12,680 --> 00:42:15,680 Well, now there's not time to all of a sudden get alert and sober. 782 00:42:15,680 --> 00:42:17,680 Do you see what it's getting at? 783 00:42:17,680 --> 00:42:22,680 If you will stay ready, if you will stay focused on the Lord in all things, right? 784 00:42:22,680 --> 00:42:25,680 So I used to work for Pizza Hut years ago. 785 00:42:25,680 --> 00:42:27,680 I was a restaurant manager when I left there. 786 00:42:27,680 --> 00:42:31,680 I was a manager of some kind the whole time I was there, and I was a restaurant manager when I left there. 787 00:42:31,680 --> 00:42:36,680 And we would get food inspections by the city, and they would come and inspect you. 788 00:42:36,680 --> 00:42:39,680 If you had too many inspections, they shut down your restaurant. 789 00:42:39,680 --> 00:42:40,680 You couldn't serve pizza. 790 00:42:40,680 --> 00:42:41,680 Okay? 791 00:42:41,680 --> 00:42:43,680 If you can't serve food, you can't make money. 792 00:42:43,680 --> 00:42:48,680 And in fact, even if you got a few bad things on your inspection, it'd go in the newspaper. 793 00:42:48,680 --> 00:42:51,680 And the next thing you know, every customer's coming in the front door and saying, 794 00:42:51,680 --> 00:42:54,680 hey, we saw your, we saw your, and some customers aren't coming anymore, 795 00:42:54,680 --> 00:42:59,680 because they saw that the restaurant is not clean, or if it had rats, 796 00:42:59,680 --> 00:43:04,680 or they had food sitting on the floor, or food that was above temperature, things like that. 797 00:43:04,680 --> 00:43:08,680 All of those were violations, and the restaurant would not be allowed to sell food. 798 00:43:08,680 --> 00:43:11,680 And if they were still allowed to sell food, when people found out about that, 799 00:43:11,680 --> 00:43:15,680 they wouldn't want to buy food from you, because they could get sick, right? 800 00:43:15,680 --> 00:43:20,680 So the restaurants that I served in, the first manager that I was under, 801 00:43:20,680 --> 00:43:23,680 and then the second manager that I was under, and then when I was doing it, right? 802 00:43:23,680 --> 00:43:26,680 We always made sure that we took care of those things. 803 00:43:26,680 --> 00:43:28,680 We didn't store food on the floor. 804 00:43:28,680 --> 00:43:31,680 We cleaned up under the shelves in the walk-in cooler. 805 00:43:31,680 --> 00:43:33,680 We kept the food at right temperature. 806 00:43:33,680 --> 00:43:36,680 We didn't keep the food beyond its date, right? 807 00:43:36,680 --> 00:43:39,680 We didn't, we'd have no rats in the building, none whatsoever. 808 00:43:39,680 --> 00:43:40,680 We never would allow that. 809 00:43:40,680 --> 00:43:42,680 There was nothing for them to eat, right? 810 00:43:42,680 --> 00:43:44,680 And that kind of, we made sure and kept the building ready. 811 00:43:44,680 --> 00:43:48,680 Then whenever the health inspector showed up, he'd check the building, 812 00:43:48,680 --> 00:43:51,680 and he would always find something, because they always find something. 813 00:43:51,680 --> 00:43:54,680 But everything he found was relatively minor. 814 00:43:54,680 --> 00:43:55,680 Why? 815 00:43:55,680 --> 00:43:58,680 Because we were ready for him to show up every day. 816 00:43:58,680 --> 00:44:01,680 That's what Jesus has asked us to do. 817 00:44:01,680 --> 00:44:05,680 He's asked us to live day in, day out, all day long, 818 00:44:05,680 --> 00:44:10,680 ready as if he may come at two, or at five, or tomorrow at one, 819 00:44:10,680 --> 00:44:12,680 or while you're sleeping tonight. 820 00:44:12,680 --> 00:44:14,680 So how do you do that? 821 00:44:14,680 --> 00:44:16,680 Well, you are alert and you are sober. 822 00:44:16,680 --> 00:44:18,680 Did you grab that verse? 823 00:44:18,680 --> 00:44:21,680 Okay, we are, oh, you have the actual music. 824 00:44:21,680 --> 00:44:22,680 I'm impressed. 825 00:44:22,680 --> 00:44:25,680 Okay, so the point is this. 826 00:44:25,680 --> 00:44:31,680 You take the steps to be, are you going to sleep? 827 00:44:31,680 --> 00:44:33,680 You're going to sleep, right? 828 00:44:33,680 --> 00:44:34,680 So how do you go to sleep? 829 00:44:34,680 --> 00:44:37,680 Well, the previous day before you go to sleep, 830 00:44:37,680 --> 00:44:40,680 you're aware Jesus could come before you wake up. 831 00:44:40,680 --> 00:44:45,680 There's a little child's prayer that says, now I lay me down to sleep. 832 00:44:45,680 --> 00:44:46,680 Right? 833 00:44:46,680 --> 00:44:48,680 I pray the Lord my soul to keep. 834 00:44:48,680 --> 00:44:52,680 And if I die before I wake, I pray the Lord my soul to take. 835 00:44:52,680 --> 00:44:54,680 But there is another alternative. 836 00:44:54,680 --> 00:44:58,680 At four o'clock this morning while you're sound asleep, Jesus could come again. 837 00:44:58,680 --> 00:45:01,680 And if you wake to the sound of a roaring trumpet in your bedroom, 838 00:45:01,680 --> 00:45:03,680 which shouldn't probably be happening, right? 839 00:45:03,680 --> 00:45:07,680 Then you know Jesus has come and you should go to bed, 840 00:45:07,680 --> 00:45:11,680 which means you shouldn't be watching porn or reading dirty jokes 841 00:45:11,680 --> 00:45:14,680 or streaming Facebook stuff that you shouldn't be looking at 842 00:45:14,680 --> 00:45:18,680 or soft porn girls in bikinis or cheerleaders doing maneuvers 843 00:45:18,680 --> 00:45:21,680 or watching rated R movies that are violent before you go to sleep. 844 00:45:21,680 --> 00:45:22,680 You shouldn't be doing any of that. 845 00:45:22,680 --> 00:45:24,680 Your dreams should be filled with God things 846 00:45:24,680 --> 00:45:26,680 because that's what you do before you go to bed. 847 00:45:26,680 --> 00:45:28,680 Because what if he comes while you're sleeping? 848 00:45:28,680 --> 00:45:30,680 You can go to bed thinking, well, I'll repent of this in the morning. 849 00:45:30,680 --> 00:45:31,680 I'll live for Jesus tomorrow. 850 00:45:31,680 --> 00:45:32,680 You can go to bed thinking that. 851 00:45:32,680 --> 00:45:34,680 And then if he comes in the middle of the night, you're going to be like, 852 00:45:34,680 --> 00:45:35,680 but I wanted to repent. 853 00:45:35,680 --> 00:45:40,680 Just as the horn ends, that's a little late, 854 00:45:40,680 --> 00:45:45,680 Jesus is saying you don't need to know exactly when I'm coming back again. 855 00:45:45,680 --> 00:45:48,680 You need to be prepared every moment. 856 00:45:48,680 --> 00:45:49,680 This gives us strength. 857 00:45:49,680 --> 00:45:54,680 He also said if it was known when he was coming back again, 858 00:45:54,680 --> 00:45:58,680 then the person, the master of the house basically, 859 00:45:58,680 --> 00:46:00,680 could have been ready for him. 860 00:46:00,680 --> 00:46:04,680 So in other words, if there are those who are pretending to be Christians, 861 00:46:04,680 --> 00:46:08,680 they can pretend really good on the day that Jesus comes. 862 00:46:08,680 --> 00:46:10,680 They can make everybody think the right thing, 863 00:46:10,680 --> 00:46:13,680 which will actually make less people ready, 864 00:46:13,680 --> 00:46:14,680 and that's not what God wants. 865 00:46:14,680 --> 00:46:18,680 So it's all about the fact we don't need to know the times and the epics. 866 00:46:18,680 --> 00:46:20,680 We don't need to know where exactly we're at in the story. 867 00:46:20,680 --> 00:46:21,680 We always feel like it's really close. 868 00:46:21,680 --> 00:46:24,680 Like every time you see things in the news, they line up with scripture. 869 00:46:24,680 --> 00:46:26,680 You're like, oh man, it could be this year. 870 00:46:26,680 --> 00:46:28,680 Jesus could be coming again this year. 871 00:46:28,680 --> 00:46:29,680 It's possible. 872 00:46:29,680 --> 00:46:31,680 A lot of the things that need to be done have happened. 873 00:46:31,680 --> 00:46:34,680 It pretty much looks like the next thing is Jesus comes again. 874 00:46:34,680 --> 00:46:35,680 It could come tomorrow. 875 00:46:35,680 --> 00:46:37,680 So we need to be living accordingly. 876 00:46:37,680 --> 00:46:38,680 But you know what? 877 00:46:38,680 --> 00:46:40,680 It was like that 100 years ago, and it was like that 500 years ago. 878 00:46:40,680 --> 00:46:42,680 They all felt the same way. 879 00:46:42,680 --> 00:46:44,680 And that's the way we're supposed to feel. 880 00:46:44,680 --> 00:46:46,680 We should be living our lives ready. 881 00:46:46,680 --> 00:46:49,680 If there is a knock, if there is a horn, a trump, 882 00:46:49,680 --> 00:46:54,680 we should be ready to answer and let Jesus be king and Lord as he has become. 883 00:46:54,680 --> 00:46:55,680 Okay? 884 00:46:55,680 --> 00:46:57,680 So before we're done, we have two things to do real quick. 885 00:46:57,680 --> 00:46:58,680 So first thing is this song. 886 00:46:58,680 --> 00:47:00,680 Just the verse, you read them out loud to me. 887 00:47:00,680 --> 00:47:03,680 Just the verse where it says, do you know? 888 00:47:03,680 --> 00:47:07,680 The shepherd's voice to the mighty king, do you know what I know? 889 00:47:07,680 --> 00:47:10,680 In your palace, where mighty king, do you know what I know? 890 00:47:10,680 --> 00:47:14,680 The child, the child shivers in the cold, let us bring him silver and gold. 891 00:47:14,680 --> 00:47:17,680 Let us bring him silver and gold. 892 00:47:17,680 --> 00:47:18,680 Okay. 893 00:47:18,680 --> 00:47:20,680 That's the part where the shepherd sings, if you will, 894 00:47:20,680 --> 00:47:23,680 sings because it's a song, right, to the king. 895 00:47:23,680 --> 00:47:24,680 Do you know what I know? 896 00:47:24,680 --> 00:47:28,680 See, because we know this about Jesus, what we just learned, 897 00:47:28,680 --> 00:47:31,680 we should be saying to everyone else, do you know what I know? 898 00:47:31,680 --> 00:47:33,680 Listen, it's going to happen. 899 00:47:33,680 --> 00:47:35,680 There are going to be people crying, peace and safety. 900 00:47:35,680 --> 00:47:36,680 It's happening right now. 901 00:47:36,680 --> 00:47:39,680 Right now in our country, there are people who profess to be Christian 902 00:47:39,680 --> 00:47:43,680 that are LGBTQ, whatever, and they say that's okay. 903 00:47:43,680 --> 00:47:45,680 My lifestyle is perfectly okay. 904 00:47:45,680 --> 00:47:47,680 There are people who are thieves, and I know I'm okay. 905 00:47:47,680 --> 00:47:50,680 There are people who are murderers, I know I'm okay. 906 00:47:50,680 --> 00:47:53,680 I sat in council with a woman who said, well, I did this, it was sin, 907 00:47:53,680 --> 00:47:58,680 I know it was sin and betrayal, but I'm a Christian, I'm forgiven, 908 00:47:58,680 --> 00:48:01,680 and God's going to take care of me, it's going to be all right. 909 00:48:01,680 --> 00:48:05,680 And I'm like, that's not what our salvation is for. 910 00:48:05,680 --> 00:48:09,680 So the next time you're thinking about doing something you know you shouldn't be doing, 911 00:48:09,680 --> 00:48:11,680 you realize, does that make me ready? 912 00:48:11,680 --> 00:48:13,680 Does that make me alert and sober? 913 00:48:13,680 --> 00:48:18,680 Or am I blowing this day off, wasting this hour that God has blessed me with, 914 00:48:18,680 --> 00:48:24,680 and then Jesus comes and says, hey, you know, you're not ready. 915 00:48:24,680 --> 00:48:26,680 And that would be a mess. 916 00:48:26,680 --> 00:48:28,680 That would be a hot mess. 917 00:48:28,680 --> 00:48:30,680 If we're saved and we said we're going to live for him for the rest of our lives, 918 00:48:30,680 --> 00:48:33,680 we didn't mean just like a few hours each day. 919 00:48:33,680 --> 00:48:36,680 It's every waking moment, and then right before you go to bed, 920 00:48:36,680 --> 00:48:38,680 and right when you wake up, right? 921 00:48:38,680 --> 00:48:40,680 So you can't really control too much what goes on in the middle of the night, 922 00:48:40,680 --> 00:48:43,680 but it matters how you go to sleep and how you get up, 923 00:48:43,680 --> 00:48:46,680 because he might come while you're sleeping. 924 00:48:46,680 --> 00:48:48,680 And we have to be ready every moment. 925 00:48:48,680 --> 00:48:50,680 You're like, oh, that doesn't seem fair. 926 00:48:50,680 --> 00:48:53,680 Listen, there have been times in my life where I've waited for something to happen 927 00:48:53,680 --> 00:48:57,680 for days or weeks or months, and sometimes it's going to be like that. 928 00:48:57,680 --> 00:49:00,680 You're going to be, you've heard of senioritis, right, in high school? 929 00:49:00,680 --> 00:49:03,680 Second half of the senior year, and you're like, I just want to be done. 930 00:49:03,680 --> 00:49:04,680 I don't want to go to school anymore. 931 00:49:04,680 --> 00:49:06,680 I don't want to get up and go to school every day, even though I get to see my friends. 932 00:49:06,680 --> 00:49:07,680 I want to be done. 933 00:49:07,680 --> 00:49:09,680 I want to grab, you can't wait to walk, can't wait to, 934 00:49:09,680 --> 00:49:11,680 I want to get on with the next phase of my life, right? 935 00:49:11,680 --> 00:49:13,680 And you've got months of waiting before it's finally done, 936 00:49:13,680 --> 00:49:17,680 and they call it senioritis because your eyes are somewhere else, right? 937 00:49:17,680 --> 00:49:18,680 And there's nothing really wrong with that. 938 00:49:18,680 --> 00:49:19,680 That's the way it is. 939 00:49:19,680 --> 00:49:20,680 It's like that. 940 00:49:20,680 --> 00:49:21,680 We really want something. 941 00:49:21,680 --> 00:49:22,680 You hear about, you know what? 942 00:49:22,680 --> 00:49:24,680 The first of the year, you're going to get a promotion, 943 00:49:24,680 --> 00:49:28,680 or first of the month, you're going to get a check, right? 944 00:49:28,680 --> 00:49:31,680 And you're like, man, I'm waiting, I'm waiting, and then finally it comes. 945 00:49:31,680 --> 00:49:34,680 We can wait as long as we need to wait. 946 00:49:34,680 --> 00:49:36,680 We can live our whole lives waiting. 947 00:49:36,680 --> 00:49:38,680 Most people live their whole life waiting for their shift to come in. 948 00:49:38,680 --> 00:49:41,680 Like I'm waiting for that money, waiting for my job to get better, 949 00:49:41,680 --> 00:49:43,680 waiting to get a promotion, waiting to get a better job, right? 950 00:49:43,680 --> 00:49:45,680 Waiting for my kids to grow up so I don't have all that extra bills. 951 00:49:45,680 --> 00:49:47,680 You know, it's like, wait for my kids to mature a little bit 952 00:49:47,680 --> 00:49:49,680 so I don't have to fight with them all the time. 953 00:49:49,680 --> 00:49:51,680 We're all waiting for something all the time. 954 00:49:51,680 --> 00:49:52,680 You're made to be able to do that. 955 00:49:52,680 --> 00:49:54,680 You can wait on the Lord to come, and when he comes, 956 00:49:54,680 --> 00:49:57,680 you can be ready and alert and sober. 957 00:49:57,680 --> 00:49:58,680 Okay? 958 00:49:58,680 --> 00:50:00,680 All right. 959 00:50:00,680 --> 00:50:01,680 I have a hat. 960 00:50:01,680 --> 00:50:03,680 This is the other one, last thing I wanted to do. 961 00:50:03,680 --> 00:50:04,680 I made this hat. 962 00:50:04,680 --> 00:50:07,680 You can buy this hat on amaldan.com. 963 00:50:07,680 --> 00:50:11,680 It fits my sense of humor, but I think so far I'm the only one. 964 00:50:11,680 --> 00:50:12,680 Okay? 965 00:50:12,680 --> 00:50:13,680 So you see the hat? 966 00:50:13,680 --> 00:50:18,680 Can you read the hat? 967 00:50:18,680 --> 00:50:22,680 It says, step off, comma, we ain't friends. 968 00:50:22,680 --> 00:50:24,680 Jesus, it's paraphrased. 969 00:50:24,680 --> 00:50:27,680 Okay, paraphrase means that's not what he actually said. 970 00:50:27,680 --> 00:50:30,680 Step off, we ain't friends. 971 00:50:30,680 --> 00:50:32,680 Now you tell me the verse. 972 00:50:32,680 --> 00:50:40,680 First person tells me the verse gets cashews for himself and a friend. 973 00:50:40,680 --> 00:50:42,680 Say it again? 974 00:50:42,680 --> 00:50:45,680 Okay, he says verse what? 975 00:50:45,680 --> 00:50:46,680 Can you read that? 976 00:50:46,680 --> 00:50:48,680 I have terrible handwriting. 977 00:50:48,680 --> 00:50:50,680 Can you read it? 978 00:50:50,680 --> 00:50:53,680 Neither. 979 00:50:53,680 --> 00:51:00,680 But the reference is at the top of the blank. 980 00:51:00,680 --> 00:51:02,680 Matthew 25, one, okay, go. 981 00:51:02,680 --> 00:51:03,680 12. 982 00:51:03,680 --> 00:51:04,680 12 is correct. 983 00:51:04,680 --> 00:51:05,680 And a friend. 984 00:51:05,680 --> 00:51:06,680 Who's your friend? 985 00:51:06,680 --> 00:51:08,680 Take a friend. 986 00:51:08,680 --> 00:51:09,680 Coming in. 987 00:51:09,680 --> 00:51:12,680 Oh, okay. 988 00:51:12,680 --> 00:51:13,680 All right. 989 00:51:13,680 --> 00:51:17,680 So yeah, and actually you can find it elsewhere, but you can find it clearly in this lesson. 990 00:51:17,680 --> 00:51:21,680 Now realize what was the defining factor? 991 00:51:21,680 --> 00:51:26,680 They all, it's the ten virgins, they all knew they were supposed to be ready. 992 00:51:26,680 --> 00:51:35,680 Now if you're in this room, you now know beyond a shadow of a doubt, there's three, six, five, twelve of us. 993 00:51:35,680 --> 00:51:38,680 You all know beyond a shadow of a doubt that you're supposed to be ready and alert. 994 00:51:38,680 --> 00:51:40,680 You're supposed to be alert and sober when Jesus comes. 995 00:51:40,680 --> 00:51:41,680 That's what you're supposed to be. 996 00:51:41,680 --> 00:51:43,680 You know that. 997 00:51:43,680 --> 00:51:53,680 So now if half of us get this wrong, then we're going to be in the half that Jesus says step off. 998 00:51:53,680 --> 00:51:54,680 Right? 999 00:51:54,680 --> 00:51:55,680 So let's not do that. 1000 00:51:55,680 --> 00:51:59,680 So what did they not do? 1001 00:51:59,680 --> 00:52:05,680 What was the, what did they not do? 1002 00:52:05,680 --> 00:52:06,680 Say it again. 1003 00:52:06,680 --> 00:52:08,680 Say it again. 1004 00:52:08,680 --> 00:52:09,680 They weren't prepared. 1005 00:52:09,680 --> 00:52:11,680 That's really all they did. 1006 00:52:11,680 --> 00:52:16,680 They weren't prepared because the other group had the extra oil and they did. 1007 00:52:16,680 --> 00:52:17,680 Both groups fell asleep. 1008 00:52:17,680 --> 00:52:18,680 They woke up. 1009 00:52:18,680 --> 00:52:19,680 They both trimmed their lamps. 1010 00:52:19,680 --> 00:52:20,680 Oh, crud, we don't have enough oil. 1011 00:52:20,680 --> 00:52:21,680 Please can we have some? 1012 00:52:21,680 --> 00:52:22,680 They begged at that point. 1013 00:52:22,680 --> 00:52:23,680 It's too late. 1014 00:52:23,680 --> 00:52:25,680 They weren't prepared. 1015 00:52:25,680 --> 00:52:27,680 So what do you do? 1016 00:52:27,680 --> 00:52:29,680 Prepare. 1017 00:52:29,680 --> 00:52:30,680 That's the answer. 1018 00:52:30,680 --> 00:52:31,680 Okay. 1019 00:52:31,680 --> 00:52:34,680 We're going to pray in closing at this time. 1020 00:52:34,680 --> 00:52:40,680 And then we have a hodgepodge mixture of treats and so we have some cookies that are in there now.