Understanding Kingdom:(THE VESSEL)

Over the last couple of days, we have been learning about a very vital kingdom element that I believe every believer must know and understand. We saw through scriptures that God has called us out of darkness into His light, He gave us His light and expects that we shine the light in this dark world. The parable of the 10 virgins gives us a deeper understanding into how the God child can always ensure that his/her light always shines. There were 10 virgins of which 5 were foolish and 5 were wise and we saw how that the wise took oil in their vessels. We want to take time to understand the significance of the vessel, the oil, and the lamp.

Our opening scripture tells us that the wise took oil and this oil was in their vessels. What were these vessels? How many places in the scriptures do you see the bible talk about vessels? One of such is in 2 Timothy 2:20-21. The bible says in every house there are different vessels but then verse 22 tells us exactly the vessels the bible was referring to which are human beings.

The bible says in 2 Corinthians 4:7 But we have this treasure in earthen vessels, that the excellency of the power may be of God, and not of us. Earthen vessels are vessels made of earth and the most lasting vessel made of earth is man. The vessel was meant to contain more oil so that the light will remain on because if the vessel has little or no oil, the light will go dim after a while.