PARABLE OF THE TEN VIRGINS / MATTHEW 25:1

(KJV) Matthew 25:1

Then shall the kingdom of heaven be likened unto ten virgins, which took their lamps, and went forth to meet the bridegroom.

This parable (a brief story that makes a specific point or teaches a lesson) points out that all who believe in Christ must constantly examine their own spiritual condition in light of Christ’s coming at an unknown and unexpected time. They must remain true to their faith in Christ no matter what, so that when the day and hour arrive, they will be ready for Him and He will receive them when He returns (Matthew 25:10). Failure to be in a devoted personal relationship with the Lord when He returns will mean being left out of His kingdom. 

1. The difference between the foolish and the wise virgins is that the foolish failed to recognize that the returning Lord (John 14:3) would come unexpectedly, without obvious signs as the time approached (Matthew 25:13; 24:36, 44).
2. Christ indicates here and elsewhere (Luke 18:8) that a large portion of the church will be unprepared at the time of His return (Matthew 25:8-13). He makes it clear that He will not wait until all churches and professing believers are prepared for His coming. 
3. Notice that all the virgins (both faithful and unfaithful) were taken by surprise at the bridegroom’s coming (Matthew 25:5-7). This suggests that the parable of the ten virgins applies to believers living before the tribulation and not to those living during the tribulation, who will have adequate signs preceding Christ’s return at the end of the tribulation. It seems that all the virgins may have at one time been ready for the groom to return, but the foolish failed to prepare for the wait. Perhaps they planned to take care of things later but instead they fell asleep. By the time they awoke, it was too late. This should serve as a challenge to all those who make a decision to follow Christ. That initial choice is one thing but sticking to that decision and staying ready for Christ’s return takes persistence and deduction. If Christians do not stay active and grow spiritually – or if they view His return as being distant – the sense of urgency will easily fade. However, if we maintain a high level of expectancy, we will be ready at a moment’s notice. 
4. The fact that both the faithful and the unfaithful “fell asleep” does not seem to be an issue in this story. In fact, if we are spiritually prepared, we can be at peace and enjoy rest in life. Then, when Jesus returns unexpectedly, we will be ready to go with Him.

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1. DEVIL AND HIS ANGELS / MATTHEW 25:41
2. MY MASTER IS STAYING AWAY / MATTHEW 24:48-49
3. AN HOUR WHEN YOU DO NOT EXPECT HIM / MATTHEW 24:44
4. THE THIEF / MATTHEW 24:43
5. THEREFORE KEEP WATCH – YOU DO NOT KNOW ON WHAT DAY / MATTHEW 24:42
6. ONE … TAKEN … THE OTHER LEFT / MATTHEW 24:40
7. THE COMING OF THE SON OF MAN / MATTHEW 24:37
8. ONLY THE FATHER / MATTHEW 24:34
9. THIS GENERATION / MATTHEW 24:34
10. ALL THESE THINGS / MATTHEW 24:33
11. THE FIG TREE / MATTHEW 24:32
12. GATHER HIS ELECT / MATTHEW 24:31
13. SON OF MAN COMING / MATTHEW 24:30
14. THE SUN WILL BE DARKENED / MATTHEW 24:29
15. THIS GOSPEL OF THE KINGDOM … THE END – THEN THE END WILL COME / MATTHEW 24:14
16. INCREASE OF WICKEDNESS / MATTHEW 24:12
17. MANY FALSE PROPHETS WILL APPEAR / MATTHEW 24:11
18. YOU WILL BE HATED / MATTHEW 24:9
19. MANY WILL DECEIVE MANY / MATTHEW 24:5
20. SIGNS OF THE END OF THIS AGE / MATTHEW 24:4
21. JESUS ANSWERED / MATTHEW 24:4-51
22. PROPHETIC ADDRESS FROM THE MOUNT OF OLIVES / MATTHEW 24:3 – 25:46
23. YOU WILL NOT SEE ME AGAIN UNTIL / MATTHEW 23:39
24. ON THE OUTSIDE … RIGHTEOUS / MATTHEW 23:28
25. WOE TO YOU … PHARISEES, YOU HYPOCRITES / Matthew 23:13
26. LOVE YOUR NEIGHBOR / MATTHEW 22:39
27. AN EXPERT IN THE LAW / MATTHEW 22:35-36
28. FEW ARE CHOSEN / MATTHEW 22:14
29. WEDDING CLOTHES / MATTHEW 22:11
30. KINGDOM TAKEN AWAY FROM YOU / MATTHEW 21:43
31. IF YOU HAVE FAITH / MATTHEW 21:21-22
32. JESUS OVERTURNED THE TABLES / MATTHEW 21:12
33. RANSOM FOR MANY / MATTHEW 20:28
34. NOT SO WITH YOU / MATTHEW 20:26
35. MEN TO WORK IN HIS VINEYARD / MATTHEW 20:1
36. FIRST WILL BE LAST / MATTHEW 19:30
37. GO SELL YOUR POSSESIONS / MATTHEW 19:21
38. FOR MARITAL UNFAITHFULNESS / MATTHEW 19:9
39. IF TWO AGREE / MATTHEW 18:19
40. IF YOUR BROTHER SINS / MATTHEW 18:15
41. ANGELS / MATTHEW 18:10
42. WOE TO THE MAN / MATTHEW 18:7
43. MILLSTONE … AROUND HIS NECK / MATTHEW 18:6
44. UNLESS YOU CHANGE / MATTHEW 18:3
45. FAITH … NOTHING WILL BE IMPOSIBLE / MATTHEW 17:20
46. UNBELIEVING AND PERVERSE / MATTHEW 17:17
47. WAS TRANSFIGURED / MATTHEW 17:2
48. COMING IN HIS KINGDOM / MATTHEW 16:28
49. KEYS OF THE KINGDOM / MATTHEW 16:19
50. PETER … ROCK … CHURCH – THE GATES OF HADES WILL NOT OVERCOME / MATTHEW 16:18
51. BE ON YOUR GUARD AGAINST THE YEAST / MATTHEW 16:6
52. YOU HAVE GREAT FAITH / MATTHEW 15:28
53. FOR THE SAKE OF YOUR TRADITION / MATTHEW 15:5-6
54. DON’T BE AFRAID / MATTHEW 14:27
55. PRAY ALONE / MATTHEW 14:23-24
56. LOAVES AND FISH / MATTHEW 14:19
57. DANCED FOR THEM / MATTHEW 14:6-7
58. SEPARATE THE WICKED FROM THE RIGHTEOUS / MATTHEW 13:49
59. KINGDOM … A NET / MATTHEW 13:47
60. KINGDOM … TREASURE / MATTHEW 13:44-46
61. THE FIERY FURNACE / MATTHEW 13:42
62. WEED OUT … EVERYTHING THAT CAUSES SIN / MATTHEW 13:41
63. LET BOTH GROW TOGETHER / MATTHEW 13:30
64. GOOD SEED … WEEDS / MATTHEW 13:24-25
65. PARABLES OF THE KINGDOM / MATTHEW 13:3
66. AN EVIL SPIRIT / MATTHEW 12:43
67. JONAH / MATTHEW 12:40
68. BLASPHEMY AGAINST THE SPIRIT / MATTHEW 12:31
69. THE KINGDOM OF GOD / MATTHEW 12:28
70. SABBATH / MATTHEW 12:1
71. COME TO ME / MATTHEW 11:28
72. FORCEFUL MEN LAY HOLD OF IT / MATTHEW 11:12
73. GREATER THAN HE / MATTHEW 11:11
74. JOHN / MATTHEW 11:7
75. PROPHET … RIGHTEOUS MAN / MATTHEW 10:41
76. I DID NOT COME TO BRING PEACE / MATTHEW 10:31
77. ACKNOWLEDGES ME BEFORE MEN / MATTHEW 10:32
78. YOU ARE WORTH MORE / MATTHEW 10:31
79. HELL / MATTHEW 10:28
80. DO NOT BE AFRAID OF THEM / MATTHEW 10:26
81. CITIES OF ISRAEL / MATTHEW 10:23
82. GIVEN WHAT TO SAY / MATTHEW 10:19-20
83. PREACH … THE KINGDOM / MATTHEW 10:7
84. AUTHORITY TO DRIVE OUT EVIL SPIRITS / MATTHEW 10:1
85. ASK THE LORD TO SEND / MATTHEW 9:38
86. THE HARVEST IS PLENTIFUL / MATTHEW 9:37
87. NEW WINE INTO OLD WINESKINS / NEW WINE PRESERVED / MATTHEW 9:17
88. THEN THEY WILL FAST / MATTHEW 9:15
89. EAT WITH ‘SINNERS’ / MATTHEW 9:11
90. THEY PLEADED WITH HIM TO LEAVE / MATTHEW 8:34
91. LET THE DEAD BURY THEIR OWN DEAD / MATTHEW 8:22
92. GREAT FAITH / MATTHEW 8:10
93. DON’T TELL ANYONE / MATTHEW 8:4
94. JESUSE TOUCHED THE MAN / MATTHEW 8:3
95. I NEVER KNEW YOU / MATTHEW 7:23
96. MANY WILL SAY LORD, LORD / MATTHEW 7:22
97. DOES THE WILL OF MY FATHER / MATTHEW 7:21
98. BY THEIR FRUIT YOU WILL RECOGNIZE THEM / MATTHEW 7:16
99. SMALL IS THE GATE … AND ONLY A FEW FIND IT / MATTHEW 7:14
100. YOUR FATHER … GIVE GOOD GIFTS / MATTHEW 7:11
101. ASK … SEEK … KNOCK / MATTHEW 7:7-8
102. DO NOT JUDGE / MATTHEW 7:1
103. SEEK … KINGDOM … RIGHTEOUSNESS / MATTHEW 6:33
104. IF THAT IS HOW GOD CLOTHES / MATTHEW 6:30
105. DO NOT WORRY / MATTHEW 6:25
106. MONEY / MATTHEW 6:24
107. EYE IS THE LAMP OF THE BODY / MATTHEW 6:22
108. WHEN YOU FAST / MATTHEW 6:16
109. IF YOU DO NOT FORGIVE / MATTHEW 6:15
110. IF YOU FORGIVE / MATTHEW 6:14
111. DELIVER US FROM THE EVIL ONE / MATTHEW 6:13
112. FORGIVE AS WE ALSO HAVE FORGIVEN / MATTHEW 6:12
113. DAILY BREAD / MATTHEW 6:11
114. YOUR KINGDOM COME – YOUR WILL BE DONE / MATTHEW 6:10
115. THIS THEN IS HOW YOU SHOULD PRAY / MATTHEW 6:9
116. PRAY IN SECRET / MATTHEW 6:6
117. ‘ACTS OF RIGHTEOUSNESS’ BEFORE MEN / MATTHEW 6:1
118. DO NOT RESIST AN EVIL PERSON / MATTHEW 5:39
119. LOOKS LUSTFULLY / MATTHEW 5:28
120. ANGRY … RACA … FOOL / MATTHEW 5:22
121. UNLESS YOUR RIGHTEOUSNESS / MATTHEW 5:20
122. GREAT IN THE KINGDOM / MATTHEW 5:19
123. THE LAW TO FULFILL / MATTHEW 5:17
124. LET YOUR LIGHT SHINE THAT THEY MAY SEE YOUR GOOD DEEDS / MATTHEW 5:14-16
125. SALT OF THE EARTH / MATTHEW 5:13
126. PERSECUTED BECAUSE OF RIGHTEOUSNESS / MATTHEW 5:10
127. THE PEACEMAKERS / MATTHEW 5:9
128. THE PURE IN HEART / MATTHEW 5:8
129. THE MERCIFUL / MATTHEW 5:7
130. HUNGER AND THIRST FOR RIGHTEOUSNESS / MATTHEW 5:6
131. THE MEEK / MATTHEW 5:5
132. THOSE WHO MOURN / MATTHEW 5:4
133. BLESSED POOR IN SPIRIT / MATTHEW 5:3
134. SERMON ON THE MONT / MATTHEW 5-7
135. THE KINGDOM AND HEALING / MATTHEW 4:23
136. FISHERS OF MEN / MATTHEW 4:19
137. SATAN / MATTHEW 4:10
138. IT IS WRITTEN / MATTHEW 4:6
139. FASTING FORTY DAYS / MATTHEW 4:2
140. JESUS … TEMPTED / MATTHEW 4:1-11
141. THE TRINITY IN EXAMPLE / MATTHEW 3:17
142. SPIRIT … ON HIM / MATTHEW 3:16
143. JESUS … BAPTIZED / MATTHEW 3:13
144. WILL BAPTIZE YOU WITH THE HOLY SPIRIT / MATTHEW 3:11
145. FRUIT IN KEEPING WITH REPENTANCE / MATTHEW 3:8
146. PHARISEES AND SADDUCEES / MATTHEW 3:7
147. KINGDOM OF HEAVEN – REPENT / MATTHEW 3:2
148. WARNED IN A DREAM / MATTHEW 2:22-23
149. KILL ALL THE BOYS / MATTHEW 2:16
150. ESCAPE TO EGYPT / MATTHEW 2:13
151. CHIEF PRIESTS AND TEACHERS OF THE LAW / MATTHEW 2:4
152. HEROD – MAGI / MATTHEW 2:1
153. NO UNION WITH HER UNTIL / MATTHEW 1:25
154. VIRGIN … GIVE BIRTH TO A SON / MATTHEW 1:23
155. JESUS / MATTHEW 1:21
156. MARY … JESUS / MATTHEW 1:16
157. GENEALOGY OF JESUS CHRIST / MATTHEW 1:1-16
158. CHRIST – SON OF DAVID / MATTHEW 1:1
159. I AM WITH YOU / MATTHEW 28:20
160. FORGIVENESS OF SINS / MATTHEW 26:28
161. GO … MAKE DISCIPLES … BAPTIZING / MATTHEW 28:19
162. GUIDED BY GRACE HOME

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PARABLE OF THE TEN VIRGINS / MATTHEW 25:1

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This parable (a brief story that makes a specific point or teaches a lesson) points out that all who believe in Christ must constantly examine their own spiritual condition in light of Christ’s coming at an unknown and unexpected time.

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Margarita Crews

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