Oil of Spiritual
Preparedness Cannot be Shared Marvin J. Ashton
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responsibility for having oil in our personal lamps is an individual
requirement and opportunity. The oil of spiritual preparedness cannot
be shared. The wise were not unkind or selfish when they refused oil
to the foolish in the moment of truth. The kind of oil needed by all
of us to light up the darkness and illuminate the way is not shareable
... How can one share the blessings that come through visiting the sick?
How can one share in the blessings that come from assissting the widow
or the fatherless? How can one share a personal testimony? How can one
share the lesson of obedience learned in living the principle of tithing?
Certainly each must accumulate this kind of oil for himself.(Marvin J. Ashton, CR, April 1974, pp. 49-50) |
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