As the church year winds down we here Jesus expounding on a familiar theme, "The Kingdom of Heaven is like..."
Matthew 25 tells us it is like the ten bridesmaid who took their lamps to meet the bridegroom, five were wise and brought extra oil for their lamps, five were foolish and ran out of oil. Next the man going on a trip, entrusting different sums to his servants, two double the sum and the third buries hit only to return it with no interest. Finally, when the Son of Man comes he will separate the sheep and the goats. The sheep get into the kingdom because the king says when he was hungry they fed him, when he was thirsty they gave him something to drink, when he was sick they cared for him, when he was in prison they visited him.
So lets see, we need to keep extra oil for our lamps, double our money and feed the hungry, give water to the thirsty, care for the sick, visit the prisons and we get into the Kingdom of Heaven.
Well keeping extra oil for the lamps seems strange, I wonder if keeping extra batteries will do? Doubling our money can also be risky and somewhat impossible, burying it doesn't seem like a good idea either but just hanging onto it can be hard enough.
Feeding the hungry, giving water to the thirsty, caring for the sick and visiting the prison's can be costly and dangerous.
That seems very difficult to do, how are we supposed to follow those rules?
Matthew 25 tells us it is like the ten bridesmaid who took their lamps to meet the bridegroom, five were wise and brought extra oil for their lamps, five were foolish and ran out of oil. Next the man going on a trip, entrusting different sums to his servants, two double the sum and the third buries hit only to return it with no interest. Finally, when the Son of Man comes he will separate the sheep and the goats. The sheep get into the kingdom because the king says when he was hungry they fed him, when he was thirsty they gave him something to drink, when he was sick they cared for him, when he was in prison they visited him.
So lets see, we need to keep extra oil for our lamps, double our money and feed the hungry, give water to the thirsty, care for the sick, visit the prisons and we get into the Kingdom of Heaven.
Well keeping extra oil for the lamps seems strange, I wonder if keeping extra batteries will do? Doubling our money can also be risky and somewhat impossible, burying it doesn't seem like a good idea either but just hanging onto it can be hard enough.
Feeding the hungry, giving water to the thirsty, caring for the sick and visiting the prison's can be costly and dangerous.
That seems very difficult to do, how are we supposed to follow those rules?
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