KNOWLEDGE

Unforgiveness is a Medical Disease • "Fear of getting a disease increases your chance of getting it by 63%" - Dr Caroline Leaf

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"When He has tested me, I shall come forth as gold" (Job 23.10)

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"the testing of your faith" (James 1.2) • "God who tests our hearts" (1 Thessalonians 2.4)

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Jesus made "perfect through sufferings" (Hebrews 2.10)

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Wise virgins become wise because they 'buy the truth.' Jesus is the truth. “Buy the truth, and do not sell it” (Prov 23.23) "I am the way, the truth, and the life" (John 14.6)

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"Wise people store up knowledge" (Proverbs 10.14) "And he who wins souls is wise." (Proverbs 11.30)

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Wise virgins “discern the signs of the times” (Matthew 16.3) & therefore know to prepare extra “oil”

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Wise virgins have the Holy Spirit poured out in their hearts • "Now hope does not disappoint, because the love of God has been poured out in our hearts by the Holy Spirit who was given to us" (Romans 5.5)

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Wise virgins become the “gold refined in the fire” "I counsel you to buy from Me gold refined in the fire" (Revelation 3.18)

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Wise virgins (male & female) are virtuous “wives-to be” of Christ • "Who can find a virtuous wife (a wife of valor, in the sense of all forms of excellence)? For her worth is far above rubies" (Proverbs 31.10)

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Wise virgins memorize God’s word by heart • "Let not mercy and truth forsake thee: bind them about thy neck; write them upon the table of thine heart" (Proverbs 3.3)

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Wise virgins are wise & faithful servants of God • "The king’s favor is toward a wise servant, But his wrath is against him who causes shame" (Proverbs 14.35)

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The wise have strength because they know “the way of the Lord” • "The way of the Lord is strength for the upright, But destruction will come to the workers of iniquity" (Proverbs 10.29)

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Wise virgins abide in Jesus & walk as Jesus walked • "He who says he abides in Him ought himself also to walk just as He walked" (1 John 2.6)

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Wise virgins are doers of the word • "But be doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving yourselves" (James 1.22)

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Wise virgins walk in the light • "Walk as children of light" (Ephesians 5.8) “I am the light of the world. He who follows Me shall not walk in darkness, but have the light of life.” (John 8.12)

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Wise virgins "build" their "house" on the foundation, the Rock, Christ. The foolish virgins "pull it down" • "The wise woman builds her house, But the foolish pulls it down with her hands" (Proverbs 14.1)

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Wise virgins walk in love • "And walk in love, as Christ also has loved us and given Himself for us" (Ephesians 5.1)

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Wise virgins have great faith • "that the genuineness of your faith, being much more precious than gold that perishes, though it is tested by fire" (1 Peter 1.7)

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Wise virgins fast & pray often. Fasting requires discipline & self-control of the body • "But I discipline my body and bring it into subjection, lest, when I have preached to others, I myself should become disqualified" (1 Corinthians 9.27)

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Wise virgins produce fruit by abiding (dwelling) in Jesus • "A man’s stomach shall be satisfied from the fruit of his mouth; From the produce of his lips he shall be filled" (Proverbs 18.20)

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Wise virgins take their cross and follow after Jesus • "And he who does not take his cross and follow after Me is not worthy of Me" (Matthew 10.38)

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All virgins are called, but only wise virgins are chosen • “For many are called, but few are chosen” (Matthew 22.14)

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Wise virgins have the fear of the Lord • "I will teach you the fear of the Lord. 13 Keep your tongue from evil, And your lips from speaking deceit. 14 Depart from evil and do good; Seek peace and pursue it" (Psalm 34.11, 13-14)

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Wise virgins "continually offer the sacrifice of praise to God" • "let us continually offer the sacrifice of praise to God, that is, the fruit of our lips, giving (confessing) thanks to His name. 16 But do not forget to do good and to share, for with such sacrifices God is well pleased" (Hebrews 13.15)

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Wise virgins "seek for glory, honor and immortality” by patiently continuing to do good • "eternal life to those who by patient continuance in doing good seek for glory, honor, and immortality" (Romans 2.7)

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Wise virgins become and remain holy • "let us cleanse ourselves from all filthiness of the flesh and spirit, perfecting holiness in the fear of God" (2 Corinthians 7.1)

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Wise virgins find out what pleases the Lord • "find out what pleases the Lord. Have nothing to do with the fruitless deeds of darkness, but rather expose (reprove) them. (Ephesians 5.10 NIV)

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Wise virgins do the will of God • “Not everyone who says to Me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ shall enter the kingdom of heaven, but he who does the will of My Father in heaven (Matthew 7.21)

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Wise virgins are worthy of Jesus • "He who loves father or mother more than Me is not worthy of Me. And he who loves son or daughter more than Me is not worthy of Me" (Matthew 10.37)

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