Almost Prepared

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Hello, good night, good afternoon, good morning, whoever you are at this time. Thank you for joining me today in the Fandam Kambo sermon series. We're so delighted for this message, and I have learned so much from this sermon that was uh I heard last weekend, and it's been in my mind to prepare this message to show the importance of not being ready. So the sermon was talking about the ten versions, the ten, the five wise and the five foolish. And before we get into this one, to uh open with a word of prayer. Heavenly Father, we're so thankful for your love and your mercy. We're thankful for this opportunity to break down this parable, dear Father, and how it's so important for us to apply it to everyday lives, dear Lord. Please speak through me so we can get a clear understanding of the importance and hopefully it resonates with someone today. We ask of you in your son's precious name. Amen. So we're very familiar with the story, but there is a missing link to the story and how we can apply it to everyday lives of people. Easy it is, the enemy can use this uh tactic to have us to be not prepared when the bridegroom comes. So as we look back on the story, they went to see the bridegroom, they were prepared to see the bridegroom, all of them were prepared to see the bridegroom, right? Just like in today's day, all of us go to church, we all are serious Christians, we all um we're talking about all the ones who serve Christians, we go through the same motion, whether it's a different day we worship on a different different denominations, the different religions, we all do the same thing, but what separated the virgins, and this is the most crucial part of the message, is they were all prepared. Right? They're all had their lanterns, right? And they were all slept, they all were sleeping, right? The missing part of this story that a lot of people don't emphasize is that when the bridegroom uh ended up coming, the five that had to go seek um their oil end up missing out on the the Lord's return. For us, which is the Lord's return, for them, they missed the bridegroom. The the to to to enter into now the building, the door was closed. So this was correlated with not only just that parable, but Noah's Ark, how once the ark was closed, there was no more opportunity to get inside the ark. So I'm gonna type to us every day today, now how important it is. We all are Christians, we all say we we we have a relationship with the Lord, right? Just like all the virgins, they were all had their lamps, they all was uh waiting for the bridacom to come. They all slept, all ten of them slept, right? But here's the missing piece: they all had lamps, just like we all have our Bible, we have our faith, but the ones who weren't that small, that small part of missing the oil, that's the missing relationship that we have that will bring us through to the kingdom, is the ones who don't have that missing relationship with the Lord, the ones who don't have that personal relationship with the Lord, they all were Christians. The virgins were all they all slept, so I correlated too. We all give, right? We all give, they all had their lamps, you know. We all do missionary work, we all go out there and feed the homeless, they all slept, right? That missing piece who didn't have the oil, the ones who didn't have enough oil, and to go and get more oil is what's gonna delay our relationship with the Lord. Just like just like us today. We we say we're Christians, nobody can't tell us. We request to be a Christian and we're gonna make it to the kingdom, but because we don't know each other's hearts, we don't know what's in people's hearts, we don't know what kind of relationship they have with the Lord, you'll be surprised to see who claims to be Christians and not make it because why that missing peace that that minute part of the peace is the missing oil that allow the virgins to go seek oil for them to miss the bridegroom, it's the same way we can easily miss the second coming of Christ because we're not prepared. They all wanted to go, they all had a desire to see him. Remember now, they had a desire to see him. It's not like they didn't want to see him, but they weren't prepared enough to see him. That's the message I want to drive home today. They all went, they all slept, they all had their lanterns, they all wanted to. The desire was there, but the desire alone won't make it. You have to have that missing peace, you have to have that personal relationship with the Lord, not just a desire to see him, not just a desire, because the virgins, the foolish virgins, had a desire to see him, they wanted to see him, that's why they went in the first place, but they they they weren't prepared all the way. That little piece of missing link can can separate your making it to the kingdom or to be lost. This is a very important lesson I learned from this sermon is that not because you have the desire to make it to the kingdom that doesn't make you gonna make it. There's some other things you have to do, you have to put some things in place for that to happen. You have to have that personal relationship, you have to do you have to do a lot more than just than just have the desire, preparation, spend time in the word, put yourself in a position where you can you can uh fight the temptations on this world and put yourself in a better position spiritually for you to have that bond with the Lord. Put away the cell phones, put away the the distractions and have that personal relationship. That's what I'm thinking is gonna make the difference. I hope someone can fully get this point. What I'm trying to make and resonate with someone today. The desire alone cannot make it. That small thing that you need can be the difference between being lost and making it to the kingdom. Hope this message really I was able to break it down to you to fully understand what I'm trying to say to you. So let's pray, Heavenly Father. We are thankful for this opportunity for me to elaborate more on this particular topic, Lord, and to shed a different perspective on this particular parable. For someone to see the importance having of being fully prepared for your second coming, not just have the desire to like the five foolish virgins, but actually have the desire and fully prepared for to have that relationship with you, so we don't have that same mistake, that that that set that uh that special link with you, dear father, so we don't fall into the traps of temptations. We don't we don't have that ability to not serve you. And Lord, it's just so important for us to understand why we have to be fully prepared. So we're asking you now that someone who's hearing my voice can resonate with them and hopefully they can see the importance of making sure they make their calling and election sure with you so you can have that personal relationship with you, dear Lord, to make the difference between them being lost and then get to see your face. Lord bless and keep everyone else in hand on hearing my voice. We ask that Father continue to be with this ministry, continue to be with me as I deliver these messages for you, dear Father. In your son's precious name we pray. Amen. Amen. Thanks again for listening wherever you are this time. Good night, or good morning, and we see you in the next episode. Bye bye.