To: ALL WHO HAVE EARS TO HEAR
From; GOD THE FATHER, THE LORD JESUS CHRIST
HIS SON and Ministered through the HOLY SPIRIT OF GOD, The Helper,
that He may be with you forever. [John 14:16]
Subject: MY WORD
Matthew 25:1–13 (The Living Bible) 1 “The Kingdom of Heaven can
be illustrated by the story of ten bridesmaids who took their lamps and
went to meet the bridegroom. 2 But
only five of them were wise enough to fill their lamps with oil, while the
other five were foolish and forgot. 5 “So, when the bridegroom
was delayed, they lay down to rest until midnight, when they were roused by the
shout, ‘The bridegroom is coming! Come out and welcome him!’ 7 “All
the girls jumped up and trimmed their lamps. Then the five who hadn’t any oil
begged the others to share with them, for their lamps were going out. 9
“But the others replied, ‘We haven’t enough. Go instead to the shops and buy
some for yourselves.’ 10 “But while they were gone, the bridegroom
came, and those who were ready went in with him to the marriage feast, and the
door was locked. 11 “Later,
when the other five returned, they stood outside, calling, ‘Sir, open the door
for us!’ 12 “But he
called back, ‘Go away! It is too late!’ 13 “So stay awake and be
prepared, for you do not know the date or moment of my return.
Matthew 22:2–14 (NASB95) 2 “The kingdom of heaven may
be compared to a king who gave a wedding feast for his son. 3 “And
he sent out his slaves to call those who had been invited to the wedding feast,
and they were unwilling to come. 4 “Again he sent out other slaves
saying, ‘Tell those who have been invited, “Behold, I have prepared my dinner;
my oxen and my fattened livestock are all butchered and everything is
ready; come to the wedding feast.” ’ 5 “But they paid no
attention and went their way, one to his own farm, another to his business, 6
and the rest seized his slaves and mistreated them and killed them. 7
“But the king was enraged, and he sent his armies and destroyed those murderers
and set their city on fire. 8 “Then he said to his slaves, ‘The
wedding is ready, but those who were invited were not worthy. 9 ‘Go
therefore to the main highways, and as many as you find there, invite to
the wedding feast.’ 10 “Those slaves went out into the streets and
gathered together all they found, both evil and good; and the wedding hall was
filled with dinner guests. 11 “But
when the king came in to look over the dinner guests, he saw a man there who
was not dressed in wedding clothes, 12 and he said to him, ‘Friend,
how did you come in here without wedding clothes?’ And the man was speechless. 13
“Then the king said to the servants, ‘Bind him hand and foot, and throw him
into the outer darkness; in that place there will be weeping and gnashing of
teeth.’ 14 “For many are called, but few are chosen.”
Matthew 13:10–30 (NKJV) 10 And the disciples came and said to Him, “Why do You speak to them
in parables?” 11 He answered and said to them, “Because it has been
given to you to know the mysteries of the kingdom of heaven, but to them it has
not been given. 12 For whoever has, to him more will be given, and
he will have abundance; but whoever does not have, even what he has will be
taken away from him. 13 Therefore I speak to them in parables,
because seeing they do not see, and hearing they do not hear, nor do they
understand. 14 And in them the prophecy of Isaiah is fulfilled,
which says: ‘Hearing you will hear and shall not understand, And
seeing you will see and not perceive; 15 For the
hearts of this people have grown dull. Their ears are hard of
hearing, And their eyes they have closed, Lest they should
see with their eyes and hear with their ears, Lest they should
understand with their hearts and turn, So that I should heal
them.’ 16 But blessed are
your eyes for they see, and your ears for they hear; 17 for
assuredly, I say to you that many prophets and righteous men desired to
see what you see, and did not see it, and to hear what you hear, and did
not hear it. 18 “Therefore hear the parable of the sower:
19 When anyone hears the word of the kingdom, and does not
understand it, then the wicked one comes and snatches away what
was sown in his heart. This is he who received seed by the wayside. 20
But he who received the seed on stony places, this is he who hears the word and
immediately receives it with joy; 21 yet he has no root in himself,
but endures only for a while. For when tribulation or persecution arises
because of the word, immediately he stumbles. 22 Now he who received
seed among the thorns is he who hears the word, and the cares of this world and
the deceitfulness of riches choke the word, and he becomes unfruitful. 23
But he who received seed on the good ground is he who hears the word and
understands it, who indeed bears fruit and produces: some a hundredfold,
some sixty, some thirty.” 24 Another parable He put forth to them,
saying: “The kingdom of heaven is like
a man who sowed good seed in his field; 25 but while men slept, his
enemy came and sowed tares among the wheat and went his way. 26 But
when the grain had sprouted and produced a crop, then the tares also appeared. 27
So the servants of the owner came and said to him, ‘Sir, did you not sow good
seed in your field? How then does it have tares?’ 28 He said to
them, ‘An enemy has done this.’ The servants said to him, ‘Do you want us then
to go and gather them up?’ 29 But he said, ‘No, lest while you
gather up the tares you also uproot the wheat with them. 30 Let both
grow together until the harvest, and at the time of harvest I will say to the
reapers, “First gather together the
tares and bind them in bundles to burn them, but gather the wheat into my
barn.” ’ ”
[Please
Note: Always Read the Word of God in
Context, reading the entire chapter or book, asking the Holy Spirit of the
Living God to give you the interpretation.
2 Peter 1:16–21
(Williams) 16 For it was not mere stories of fancy
that we followed when we told you of the power and coming of our Lord Jesus
Christ, but we had been eyewitnesses of His majesty. 17 For when He
received such honor and glory from God the Father, when from the majestic glory
there was borne to Him a voice like this, “This is my Son, my Beloved, in whom
I take delight.” 18 we heard this voice ourselves borne from heaven
while we were with Him on that sacred mountain. 19 So we have the
message of the prophets more certainly guaranteed. Please pay attention to this message as to a
lamp that is shining in a dismal place, until the day dawns and the morning
star rises in your hearts; 20 because you recognize this truth above
all else, that no prophecy in Scripture
is to be interpreted by one’s own mind, 21 for no prophecy has
ever yet originated in man’s will, but men who were led by the Holy Spirit
spoke from God.]
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