Recently, the Lord has released me to preach a message He gave me back in 1985. I was seeking the Lord for the answer to several questions back in those days,"What will happen at the turn and into the 21st century?" He took me to a couple of scriptures.

First Matthew 24:12, 13, "and because iniquity shall abound, the love of many shall wax cold. But he that shall endure unto the end, the same shall be saved." Today we are watching this happen right in front of us.

People who use to be on fire for God, today do not even go to church. Some have no spiritual  life at all! But they all have plenty of time for "other things" in their lives. They call people who have a real, close relationship with God as narrow minded. The devil told the body of Christ in the 80's if you are too spiritually minded you will be no earthlly good. Today let me set the record straight, if you are not spiritually minded in this day we live in, you will be no good to the earth!

In Matthew 25:1-11 we see the story of the 10 virgins. Notice they all carried lamps...they all had the ability to produce light. 5 had oil, 5 did not. They slept next to each other. Oil represents the Holy Ghost (HG). Those with the HG did not share with those who did not have...a trajedy. A cry was made at an unexpected time...the midnight hour. Have you ever been to a midnight wedding? I never have!!

All 10 got up to trim their lamps....represents trimming out of our life through repentance, all that offends God! Why? The char left from a previous burn creates a barrier between the fire and the oil. God's glory is coming to the earth. But he is looking for those who are right with God and are full of His Spirit. When His glory hits a Spirit-filled believer who is walking right with God, an explosive fire of the Spirit will manifest! God is looking to release His glory from Heaven!

The foolish had to go buy oil. When they came back, the bridegroom had already come and gone in to the wedding. When they knocked on the closed door,  the Lord said He never knew them. Why was the door shut? Yes, there will come a time it will be too late. There is a FINAL DAY!! A day will come when the devil, his entire kingdom, and those who follow him will be chained up in the lake of fire once and for all.

But this is not talking about that day! Why is the door shut? How do you keep a door open? You can either use a hinge, a doorstop, or physcially hold the door open your self. Notice no one did that. On the other side of that door was a celebration of the presence and the power of the bridegroom.

This shows us that in the last days, some churches/ministries and Christians would be experiancing such a great presence and power in thier services, that they would get caught up in it and forget about a lost and dying world!! 

We are called to be the "doorstop" to those remaining in the earth. We must keep the door open for others to come in. There are more to come. Notice in the story, not one of the five wise virgins pleaded to keep the door open. Let us not become like them! We must declare to the Lord "there is more coming, keep the door open," even if we have to keep it opened ourselves.

Keep your eyes on the lost and those who have walked away from God! Never loose sight of them. We are here for them!! Go to them!! Do you see them, do you hear them, are you touching them?

Matthew 13:39 Jesus said,"the harvest is the end of the world." The harvest has started. We are now in the season of the return of Christ! Let us get busy and be busy reaching people with the Gospel of Jesus Christ. We do not want any one person to perish!

It  is time for us to KEEP THE DOOR OPEN, so others can come in! 

Are you keeping the door opened, or have you closed yourself off from people who need Jesus? 

Blessings,

Jere