EXPECTATIONS AND PREPARATIONS. INSTAGRAMS - PARABLES 1. ONE- THIRD - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

WEDDINGS HAVE GREAT EXPECTATIONS AND PREPARATIONS.

INSTAGRAMS - PARABLES 1. ONE- THIRD OF JESUS’ TEACHING IS IN PARABLES 2. PARABLES ARE MIRRORS & WINDOWS 3. PARABLES GO FROM KNOWN TO UNKNOWN 4. PARABLES BOTH REVEAL & CONCEAL

I. CONTEXT CONCERNING THIS PARABLE A. LOCATED IN THE OLIVET DISCOURSE B. IMMEDIATE CONTEXT IS THAT OF JUDGMENT C. CONNECTED TO SURROUNDING PARABLES D. PARABLE IS JUST DAYS BEFORE CRUCIFIXION

II. CUSTOMS OF THIS MARRIAGE A. PARENTS CHOOSE MATES FOR CHILDREN B. NEGOTIATIONS FOR DOWRY C. EMPHASIS IN BRIDEGROOM D. BETROTHAL OF ONE YEAR E. BRIDEGROOM TRAVELS TO BRIDE’S HOUSE F. BRIDE TAKEN TO BRIDEGROOM’S HOUSE

III. CONCLUSIONS ABOUT THE STORY

A. IN ABSENCE OF BRIDEGROOM WE HAVE A RESPONSIBILITY “ENGAGE IN BUSINESS UNTIL I COME” (LUKE 19:13) GLORIFY, GIVE, & GO

B. LIVE ALERTLY IN CONSTANT EXPECTATION OF HIS RETURN “WATCH THEREFORE, FOR YOU KNOW NEITHER THE DAY NOR THE HOUR” (25:13)

C. LIVE IN DEPENDENCE UPON THE HOLY SPIRIT “FOR THROUGH THE SPIRIT, BY FAITH, WE OURSELVES EAGERLY WAIT FOR THE HOPE OF RIGHTEOUSNESS” (GALATIANS 5:5)

D. LOST OPPORTUNITIES CAN NEVER BE REGAINED UNBELIEVER: “NOW IS THE DAY OF SALVATION” (II CORINTHIANS 6:2) BELIEVER: “MAKE THE MOST OF EVERY OPPORTUNITY” (COLOSSIANS 4:5)

E. THE LORD WILL RETURN – READY OR NOT “BEHOLD, I AM COMING SOON” (REVELATION 22:7)

WILL YOU BE ABLE TO SAY? “LET US REJOICE AND EXULT AND GIVE HIM THE GLORY, FOR THE MARRIAGE OF THE LAMB HAS COME, AND HIS BRIDE HAS MADE HERSELF READY ” (REVELATION 19:7)

WHAT KIND OF WEDDING PLANNER ARE YOU? WISE OR FOOLISH? BRIDEGROOM IS COMING!