Matthew 25:1-13; Spencer W. Kimball; The Ten Virgins
“In the parable, oil can be purchased at the market. In our lives the oil of preparedness is accumulated drop by drop in righteous living. Attendance at sacrament meetings adds oil to our lamps, drop by drop over the years. Fasting, family prayer, home teaching, control of bodily appetites, preaching the gospel, studying the scriptures – each act of dedication and obedience is a drop added to our store. Deeds of kindness, payment of offerings and tithes, chaste thoughts and actions, marriage in the covenant for eternity – these, too, contribute importantly to the oil with which we can at midnight refuel our exhausted lamps”.
(Spencer W. Kimball, Faith Precedes the Miracle, 1972, 256)
(Matthew 25:1-13)
Posted in Gospel Doctrine - New Testament, Spencer W. Kimball by admin at November 16th, 2009.
Tags: Chastity, Controlling Appetites, Eternal Marriage, Faith Precedes the Miracle, Family Prayer, Fasting, GD-NT, Home Teaching, Kindness, Matthew, Matthew 25, Matthew 25:1-13, Preaching the Gospel, Sacrament Meeting, Spencer W. Kimball, Studying the Scriptures, The Ten Virgins, Tithes and Offerings
Tags: Chastity, Controlling Appetites, Eternal Marriage, Faith Precedes the Miracle, Family Prayer, Fasting, GD-NT, Home Teaching, Kindness, Matthew, Matthew 25, Matthew 25:1-13, Preaching the Gospel, Sacrament Meeting, Spencer W. Kimball, Studying the Scriptures, The Ten Virgins, Tithes and Offerings