"Put On Your White Sombrero"

"Put On Your White Sombrero"

As I listened to the song "Put On Your White Sombrero"  by ABBA a (secular pop group)  

I heard as it were the Bride of Christ singing the words of this song too!  It was deeply impacting.
But how is that possible you may ask? How do you know?
But if the Spirit of Christ is within me witnessing.....faith compels me to speak!

The music may make some cringe.....perhaps so...But have you ever asked yourself what makes the
Lord cringe? When was the last time did you hear anyone ask that question?

We know what the Lord says in scripture about the 7 churches in the book of Revelation.
But what would the Lord say to today's Churches?
The true Bride of Christ will never accept false religion or what is phony.
She will never compromise, and we have many examples in history, servants of God who were martyred, suffered for the Gospel and the Word of God.
  Over the years the powers of Hell, sent the Church - The Bride of Christ, false

teachers and false teaching and many would be suitors to deceive and enslave her,

Subtle heresies, especially the last 50 years or so - Wealth, prosperity, false teaching, a safe comfortable Gospel - a false Gospel!….an attempt to diminish the love of believers for their Lord.

“Whoever has ears, let them hear what the Spirit says to the churches” Revelation 2:29

We do well to remember the words of Jesus and the parable of the ten Virgins
- 5 who were wise and 5 who were foolish.  The foolish ones never knew the Bridegroom, but
they had all the looks of a Bride....imagine that? Dressed for the wedding...but neglected the
most important thing - oil for their lamps!

“At that time the kingdom of heaven will be like ten virgins who took their lamps and

went out to meet the bridegroom.  Five of them were foolish and five were wise.  The

foolish ones took their lamps but did not take any oil with them.  The wise ones, however,

took oil in jars along with their lamps.  The bridegroom was a long time in coming, and

they all became drowsy and fell asleep.

“At midnight the cry rang out: ‘Here’s the bridegroom! Come out to meet him!’  “Then

all the virgins woke up and trimmed their lamps.  The foolish ones said to the wise,

‘Give us some of your oil; our lamps are going out.’ “‘No,’ they replied, ‘there may not be

enough for both us and you. Instead, go to those who sell oil and buy some for yourselves.

“But while they were on their way to buy the oil, the bridegroom arrived. The virgins who

were ready went in with him to the wedding banquet. And the door was shut. “Later the

others also came. ‘Lord, Lord,’ they said, ‘open the door for us!’  “But he replied, ‘Truly

I tell you, I don’t know you.’ “Therefore keep watch, because you do not know the day

or the hour. Matthew 25: 1-13