0874. ARE YOU READY?

ARE YOU READY?

Mat_25:1-12.

I. The Character of Christ. "Behold, the Bridegroom." One pledged to His own.

II. The Church’s Hope. "Behold the Bridegroom cometh."

III. The Condition Revealed. "Few wise and few foolish." The real and the false

IV. The Cry Made. "There was a cry made."

1. It was made at an unwelcome hour. "Midnight."

2. It was an awakening cry. "All slumbered and slept."

3. It was a separating cry. "Come ye forth" (R.V.).

4. It was a self-searching cry. "They arose and trimmed their lamps."

V. The Crisis Reached. Then came the-

1. Security of the Prepared. "They that were ready went in."

2. Doom of the Unprepared. The unready were shut out (Mat_25:10).

Autor: James Smith