Day 48 NO OIL IN THEIR LAMPS MATTHEW 25:3–4 When the foolish took their lamps, they took no oil with them; but the wise took flasks of oil with their lamps. They that were foolish took their lamps of an outward profession. They would go to church, say over several manuals of prayers, come perhaps into a field to hear a sermon, give at a collection, and receive the sacrament constantly, nay, oftener than once a month. But then here lay the mistake; they had no oil in their lamps, no principle of grace, no living faith in their hearts.... In one word, they never effectually felt the power of the world to come. They thought they might be Christians without so much inward feeling.... Whilst I have been drawing, though in miniature, the character of these foolish virgins, have not many of your consciences made the application, and with a small, still, though articulate voice, said, Thou man, thou woman, art one of those foolish virgins, for thy sentiments and practice agree thereto? Stifle not, but rather encourage these convictions; and who knows, but that Lord Who is rich in mercy to all that call upon Him faithfully, may so work upon you even by this foolishness of preaching, as to make you wise virgins before you return home? ~ George Whitefield, His Passion ❤️
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