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2. The rest of the story…

4. A four year old tugged on her dad who had been watching political ads, begging him to stop and read her a fairy tale before bed. Weary of seeing all these endless campaign ads, he agreed and started reading the fairy tale,

5. but she interrupted him, looked up into his face and asked sweetly: "Daddy, do all fairy tales begin with: ‘Once Upon a Time?'" He shook his head and answered cynically, "No sweetheart, most fairy tales begin with: 'And when I'm elected...'"

6. I heard one preacher say that if Christopher Columbus were around today, he could have been the greatest politician of all time. When he left he didn't know where he was going. When he got here, he didn't know where he was. When he went back, he didn't know where he'd been. And he did it all on government money!

7. For the Sake of AmericaPray Vote StandTuesday, November 6 www.FRC.org/Pledge

8. https://drjamesdobson.org/media/get-out-and-vote-pray/?sc=FEM&mc=FEM1018GOVPV&utm_source=SilverpopMailing&utm_campaign=20181023%20-%20Get%20Out%20and%20Vote%20-%20(FEM1018GOVPV)%20(5)&spMailingID=20438499&spUserID=MTk2NDM5NTE5MAS2&spJobID=1361388074&spReportId=MTM2MTM4ODA3NAS2https://drjamesdobson.org/media/get-out-and-vote-pray/?sc=FEM&mc=FEM1018GOVPV&utm_source=SilverpopMailing&utm_campaign=20181023%20-%20Get%20Out%20and%20Vote%20-%20(FEM1018GOVPV)%20(5)&spMailingID=20438499&spUserID=MTk2NDM5NTE5MAS2&spJobID=1361388074&spReportId=MTM2MTM4ODA3NAS2

10. מַתִּתְיָהוּ Mattityahu • (Matthew) 25:5-7

11. Mattityahu (Matthew) 25:5 • כֵּיוָן שֶׁהִתְמַהְמַהּ הֶחָתָן נִמְנְמוּ כֻּלָּן וְנִרְדְּמוּ. • “Now the bridegroom was late, so they all went to sleep.

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19. Mattityahu (Matthew) 25:5 • כֵּיוָן שֶׁהִתְמַהְמַהּ הֶחָתָן נִמְנְמוּ כֻּלָּן וְנִרְדְּמוּ. • “Now the bridegroom was late, so they all went to sleep.

20. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uu_QQLM4biQ

21. Expulsion from Anatevka

22. “Rabbi, Wouldn’t this be a good time for the Messiah to come?” “We’ll have to wait for Him someplace else. Meanwhile, let’s start packing.”

23. Mattityahu (Matthew) 25:6 • בַּחֲצוֹת הַלַּיְלָה נִשְׁמְעָה קְרִיאָה, ’הִנֵּה הֶחָתָן, צְאֶינָה לִקְרָאתוֹ!‘ • It was the middle of the night when the cry rang out, ‘The bridegroom is here! Go out to meet him!’

24. 1 Thes 4.13, 16-17 Now, brothers, we want you to know the truth about those who have died; otherwise, you might become sad the way other people do who have nothing to hope for…For the Lord himself will come down from heaven with a rousing cry, with a call from one of the ruling angels,

25. 1 Thes 4.13, 16-17 and with God's shofar; those who died united with the Messiah will be the first to rise; then we who are left still alive will be caught up with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air; and thus we will always be with the Lord.

26. Mattityahu (Matthew) 25:7 • שאָז הִתְעוֹרְרוּ הָעֲלָמוֹת הָהֵן וְהֵכִינוּ אֶת מְנוֹרוֹתֵיהֶן. • “The girls all woke up and prepared their lamps for lighting.”

27. Mattityahu (Matthew) 25:2 • Remember from last week • [my apologies: too much info] • חָמֵשׁ מֵהֶן הָיוּ כְּסִילוֹת וְחָמֵשׁ הָיוּ נְבוֹנוֹת, • “Five of them were foolish and five were sensible.” • כְּסִיל literary: fool, idiot, imbecile, moron

28. Mtt.25.3 For when the foolish ones took their lamps, they took no oil with them.  Insufficient oil

30. [This root (mōr-) "properly refers to physical nerves causing one to become dull, sluggish(so Hipp., Aristotle); used of the mind, dull, stupid, foolish" (Abbott-Smith); "flat/insipid“ “What were you thinking?”

31. Why were the foolish young women not prepared? I have four reasons, that we need to address in our lives. They assumed that they would ride the wave of benefit from the others.

32. Mtt. 25.8 Now the foolish ones said to the wise, ‘Give us some of your oil, since our lamps are going out.’

33. Why were the foolish young women not prepared? 2. They need to be guided by a vision.

34. Mishlei/Prov 29.18 Without a prophetic vision, the people throw off all restraint; but he who keeps Torah is happy. So, we train to walk in the vision…to WIN.

35. Guided by a vision: 1 Kefa/Peter 1.3-4,8 Praised be God, Father of our Lord Yeshua the Messiah, who, in keeping with his great mercy, has caused us, through the resurrection of Yeshua the Messiah from the dead, to be born again to a living hope, 

36. 1 Kefa/Peter 1.3-4,8 to an inheritance that cannot decay, spoil or fade, kept safe for you in heaven…Without having seen him, you love him. Without seeing him now, but trusting in him, you continue to be full of joy that is glorious beyond words.  

37. Why were the foolish young women not prepared? 2. They need to be guided by a vision. Our vision: Ro 11.15  What will their [the Jewish people’s] acceptance [of Messiah and the Kingdom] be but life from the dead?

38. 1 Cor. 13.13 Three things last — trust, hope, love; and the greatest of these is love.

39. Why were the foolish young women not prepared? 3. Training failure. No one should expect that serving the King in this antagonistic world will be easy.

40. Acts 14.21-22After proclaiming the Good News in that city and making many people into talmidim, they returned to Lystra, Iconium and Antioch, strengthening the talmidim, encouraging them to remain true to the faith, and reminding them that it is through many hardships that we must enter the Kingdom of God.

41. Why were the foolish young women not prepared? 3. Training failure. In the Israeli military: At the beginning of each basic training course, there are several days of 'integration', where drill instructors convert recruits from civilians to soldiers.

42. These are usually considered the most difficult days of any basic training program, even though they are not physically draining.

43. Shaul’s training regimen: 1 Cor 9.24-27Don’t you know that in a race all the runners compete, but only one wins the prize? So then, run to win! Now every athlete in training submits himself to strict discipline, and he does it just to win a laurel wreath that will soon wither away.

44. 1 Cor 9.24-27But we do it to win a crown that will last forever. Accordingly, I don’t run aimlessly but straight for the finish line; I don’t shadow-box but try to make every punch count. I treat my body hard and make it my slave so that, after proclaiming the Good News to others, I myself will not be disqualified.

45. John Wesley wrote the following words: I am a creature of a day, passing through life as an arrow through the air. I am a spirit come from God, and returning to God: just hovering over the great gulf; till, a few moments hence, I am no more seen; I drop into an unchangeable eternity!

46. I want to know one thing: the way to heaven; how to land safe on that happy shore. God Himself has condescended to teach the way. He hath written it down in a book. O give me that book! At any price, give me the book of God! I have it: here is knowledge enough for me.

47. 1. Set apart a time each day, morning [and evening if possible] to read the Scriptures. Make it a habit to dedicate the best possible time of our day to the unhindered reading of the Bible.

48. 2. At each time, read a chapter out of the Old and one out of the New Testament. If this is not possible, then focus on a single chapter or a part of a chapter. Have an orderly, systematic means of working through the Bible, and that we should do so with relatively small units of Scripture.

49. 3. Read with a focus to know the whole will of God and a firm commitment to do His will as it is revealed to you. The Word of God should both enlighten and change us.

50. 4. As you read, look for any connection, clarification, and explanation you might find between the fundamental doctrines of sin, justification by faith, the new birth, inward and outward holiness.