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Session #11 How Then Shall We Live? Three Parables

I. PRACTICAL PREPARATION

A. Jesus said that He would come quickly

7 “Look, I am coming soon! Blessed is the one who keeps the words of the prophecy written in this scroll.”
12 “Look, I am coming soon! My reward is with me, and I will give to each person according to what they have done.
20 He who testifies to these things says, “Yes, I am coming soon.” (Rev. 22:7, 12, 20)

44You also be ready, for the Son of Man is coming at an hour you do not expect…
(Mt. 24:44)

B. Parable #1:

45Who then is a faithful and wise servant…to give them food in due season? 46Blessed is that servant…47He will make him ruler over all his goods. 48But if that evil servant says in his heart, “My master is delaying his coming,’49and begins to beat his fellow servants, and to eat and drink with the drunkards, 50the master of that servant will come on a day when he is not looking for him…51There shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.” (Mt. 24:45-51)

C. Parable #2:

1“At that time the kingdom of heaven will be like ten virgins who took their lamps and went out to meet the bridegroom. 2 Five of them were foolish and five were wise. 3 The foolish ones took their lamps but did not take any oil with them. 4 The wise ones, however, took oil in jars along with their lamps. 5 The bridegroom was a long time in coming, and they all became drowsy and fell asleep.
6 “At midnight the cry rang out: ‘Here’s the bridegroom! Come out to meet him!’
7 “Then all the virgins woke up and trimmed their lamps. 8 The foolish ones said to the wise, ‘Give us some of your oil; our lamps are going out.’
9 “‘No,’ they replied, ‘there may not be enough for both us and you. Instead, go to those who sell oil and buy some for yourselves.’
10 “But while they were on their way to buy the oil, the bridegroom arrived. The virgins who were ready went in with him to the wedding banquet. And the door was shut.
11 “Later the others also came. ‘Lord, Lord,’ they said, ‘open the door for us!’
12 “But he replied, ‘Truly I tell you, I don’t know you.’
13 “Therefore keep watch, because you do not know the day or the hour. (Mt. 25:1-13)

2. Virgins:

21 God made him who had no sin to be sin for us, so that in him we might become the righteousness of God. (2 Cor. 5:21)

2I betrothed you to one husband…I present you as a chaste virgin to Christ. (2 Cor. 11:2)

3. Lamp:

15 Neither do people light a lamp and put it under a bowl. Instead they put it on its stand, and it gives light to everyone in the house. 16 In the same way, let your light shine before others, that they may see your good deeds and glorify your Father in heaven. (Mt. 5:15-16)

20 The mystery of the seven stars which you saw in My right hand, and the seven golden lampstands: The seven stars are the angels of the seven churches, and the seven lampstands which you saw are the seven churches (Rev. 1:20)

5 Consider how far you have fallen! Repent and do the things you did at first. If you do not repent, I will come to you and remove your lampstand from its place. (Rev. 2:5)

3 And I will appoint my two witnesses, and they will prophesy for 1,260 days, clothed in sackcloth.” 4 They are “the two olive trees” and the two lampstands, and “they stand before the Lord of the earth.” 5 If anyone tries to harm them, fire comes from their mouths and devours their enemies. This is how anyone who wants to harm them must die. 6 They have power to shut up the heavens so that it will not rain during the time they are prophesying; and they have power to turn the waters into blood and to strike the earth with every kind of plague as often as they want. (Rev. 11:3-6)

2 He asked me, “What do you see?” I answered, “I see a solid gold lampstand with a bowl at the top and seven lamps on it, with seven channels to the lamps. (Zech. 4:2)

For Zion’s sake I will not keep silent,
for Jerusalem’s sake I will not remain quiet,
till her vindication shines out like the dawn,
her salvation like a blazing torch. (Isa. 62:1)

35 John was a lamp that burned and gave light, and you chose for a time to enjoy his light. (Jn. 5:35)

4.Jesus the Bridegroom God:

“At that time the kingdom of heaven will be like ten virgins who took their lamps and went out to meet the bridegroom. (Mt. 25:1)

6. The “oil” speaks of the presence of the Spirit

21 Now it is God who makes both us and you stand firm in Christ. He anointed us
(2 Cor. 1:21)

20 But you have an anointing from the Holy One, and all of you know the truth.
27 As for you, the anointing you received from him remains in you, and you do not need anyone to teach you. But as his anointing teaches you about all things and as that anointing is real, not counterfeit—just as it has taught you, remain in him. (1 Jn. 2:20, 27)

7. The foolish took their lamps

3 The foolish ones took their lamps but did not take any oil with them. (Mt. 25:3)

8. The wise ministries took oil in their vessels with their lamps.

4 The wise ones, however, took oil in jars along with their lamps. (Mt. 25:4)

8The foolish said to the wise, “Give us some of your oil, for our lamps are going out.” 9The wise answered, “No, lest there should not be enough for us and you; but go rather to those who sell, and buy for yourselves.” (Mt. 25:8-9)

10. Jesus exhorts us to “buy oil,”

18I counsel you to buy from Me gold refined in the fire, that you may be rich… (Rev. 3:18)

D. Parable #3:

21Well done, good and faithful servant; you were faithful over a few things, I will make you ruler over many things…24He who had received the one talent…said, “Lord, I knew you to be a hard man, reaping where you have not sown…25 I was afraid, and went and hid your talent in the ground...”26His lord…said to him, “You wicked and lazy servant…”
(Mt. 25:21-26)

F. Jesus described His servants as being tempted with wickedness and laziness

1Know this, that in the last days perilous times will come: 2Men will be lovers of themselves, lovers of money…3without self-control…4and lovers of pleasure… (2 Tim. 3:1-4)

H. The message is that God sees and rewards our efforts and that there can be loss of reward.

23Whatever you do, do it heartily, as to the Lord and not to men, 24knowing that from the Lord you will receive the reward…for you serve the Lord Christ. (Col. 3:23-24)

II. WATCH AND PRAY

A. Jesus gave us practical counsel on how to be wise and faithful

42Watch therefore, for you do not know what hour your Lord is coming. (Mt. 24:42)

13Watch…for you know neither the day nor hour…the Son of Man is coming.
(Mt. 25:13)

9 “You must be on your guard. You will be handed over to the local councils and flogged in the synagogues. On account of me you will stand before governors and kings as witnesses to them.

33 Be on guard! Be alert! You do not know when that time will come. 34 It’s like a man going away: He leaves his house and puts his servants in charge, each with their assigned task, and tells the one at the door to keep watch.
35 “Therefore keep watch because you do not know when the owner of the house will come back—whether in the evening, or at midnight, or when the rooster crows, or at dawn. 36 If he comes suddenly, do not let him find you sleeping. 37 What I say to you, I say to everyone: ‘Watch!’” (Mk. 13:9, 33-37)

36 Be always on the watch, and pray that you may be able to escape all that is about to happen, and that you may be able to stand before the Son of Man.” (Lk. 21:36)

6 So then, let us not be like others, who are asleep, but let us be awake and sober.
(1 Thes. 5:6)

15 “Look, I come like a thief! Blessed is the one who stays awake and remains clothed, so as not to go naked and be shamefully exposed.” (Rev. 16:15)

Ten times to general Christian living

38 Then he said to them, “My soul is overwhelmed with sorrow to the point of death. Stay here and keep watch with me.”
39 Going a little farther, he fell with his face to the ground and prayed, “My Father, if it is possible, may this cup be taken from me. Yet not as I will, but as you will.”
40 Then he returned to his disciples and found them sleeping. “Couldn’t you men keep watch with me for one hour?” he asked Peter. 41 “Watch and pray so that you will not fall into temptation. The spirit is willing, but the flesh is weak.” (Mt. 26:38-41)

34 “My soul is overwhelmed with sorrow to the point of death,” he said to them. “Stay here and keep watch.”
37 Then he returned to his disciples and found them sleeping. “Simon,” he said to Peter, “are you asleep? Couldn’t you keep watch for one hour? 38 Watch and pray so that you will not fall into temptation. The spirit is willing, but the flesh is weak.” (Mk. 14:34, 37, 38)

38 It will be good for those servants whose master finds them ready, even if he comes in the middle of the night or toward daybreak. (Lk. 12:38)

31 So be on your guard! Remember that for three years I never stopped warning each of you night and day with tears. (Acts 20:31)

13 Be on your guard; stand firm in the faith; be courageous; be strong. (1 Cor. 16:13)

3 Remember, therefore, what you have received and heard; hold it fast, and repent. But if you do not wake up, I will come like a thief, and you will not know at what time I will come to you. (Rev. 3:3)

D. God’s people need strength to escape the snare of sin and fear so as to stand in victory

35For it will come as a snare on all…36Watch…and pray always that you may be counted worthy [have strength] to escape all these things…and to stand before the Son of Man.”
(Lk. 21:35-36)

III. TO WATCH

F. The command to watch was given to God’s people.

42Watch therefore, for you do not know what hour your Lord is coming. 43But know this, that if the master of the house had known what hour the thief would come, he would have watched and not allowed his house to be broken into. (Mt. 24:42-43)

G. Paul said that we are not in darkness that the Day of the Lord should overtake us as a thief.

2You yourselves know perfectly that the day of the Lord so comes as a thief in the night [the unprepared suffer unnecessary loss]…4But you, brethren, are not in darkness, so that this Day should overtake you as a thief...6Therefore…let us watch and be sober. (1 Thes. 5:1-6)

IV. TO PRAY

9“…ask [persistently], and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and it will be opened to you. 10For everyone who asks receives, and he who seeks finds, and to him who knocks it will be opened. 11If a son asks for bread from any father among you, will he give him a stone? Or if he asks for a fish, will he give him a serpent…? 12Or if he asks for an egg, will he offer him a scorpion?13If you then, being evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to those who ask Him!” (Lk. 11:9-13)

7“…will not God bring about justice for His elect who cry to Him day and night…8He will bring about justice for them quickly. However, when the Son of Man comes, will He find faith on the earth?” (Lk. 18:7-8; NAS)

C. Our inner man is our most important aspect of life.

16…to be strengthened with might through His Spirit in the inner man… (Eph. 3:16)

8For he who sows to his flesh will of the flesh reap corruption, but he who sows to the Spirit will of the Spirit reap everlasting life. 9And let us not grow weary while doing good, for in due season we shall reap if we do not lose heart. (Gal. 6:8-9)

F. Jesus modeled what He taught .

40He said to them, “Pray that you may not enter into temptation” 41He knelt down and prayed, 42saying, “Father, if it is Your will, take this cup away from Me; nevertheless not My will, but Yours, be done.” 43Then an angel appeared to Him from heaven, strengthening Him. 44And being in agony, He prayed more earnestly. Then His sweat became like great drops of blood…46He said to them…, “Rise and pray, lest you enter into temptation.”
(Lk. 22:40-46)

G. In the garden of Gethsemane, Jesus exhorted His disciples to watch and pray.

41Watch and pray, lest you enter into temptation. The spirit is willing, but the flesh is weak. (Mt 26:41)

V. SUMMARY

B. Those who grow in understanding and strength will be strengthened to stand

34 “Be careful, or your hearts will be weighed down with carousing, drunkenness and the anxieties of life, and that day will close on you suddenly like a trap. 35 For it will come on all those who live on the face of the whole earth. 36 Be always on the watch, and pray that you may be able to escape all that is about to happen, and that you may be able to stand before the Son of Man.” (Lk. 21:34-36)