Transcript The Parable of the Ten Virgins

The Parable of the Ten Virgins
December 10, 2005
What are the names of the stories that Jesus
used to tell to people?
A parable
What is a parable?
Well, one of the parables that Jesus told was
about these ten young virgins (women) who
were invited to a wedding party.
Back in Jesus’ time, during a wedding party,
there usually would be ten virgins who would
walk the bridegroom into the church with lamps
in their hand.
The ten virgins took their lamps and
went to the place where the marriage
feast would take place
They waited outside for the bridegroom
to arrive
The five foolish virgins did not bring
any oil for their lamps but the five wise
ones brought flasks of oil with them
Why were they called foolish
and wise?
The foolish and the wise virgins
waited for the Bridegroom to
arrive but He was delayed to the
wedding party
So the ten virgins fell asleep
while they waited for the
Bridegroom
All of the sudden, there was a
cry, “Behold the Bridegroom!!
Come out to meet Him!”
So all of the virgins quickly woke up and
immediately got their lamps ready
The foolish virgins looked at their lamps
and realized that they were going out!
So they asked the wise virgins, “Give us
some of your oil for our lamps are going
out!”
The wise virgins
responded and
said, “Perhaps
there will not be
enough for us and
for you. Go to the
store instead and
by yourselves
some oil.”
Unfortunately, while they went to buy
the oil, the bridegroom came and all
those who were ready went inside with
him and the door was shut…
The foolish virgins came later and
yelled, “Lord! Lord! Open for us!”
But the bridegroom replied
and said, “Truly, I say to
you, I do not know you.”
After finishing the story,
Jesus told the people this:
“Watch therefore, for you
do not know neither the
day nor the hour in which I
am coming…”
What do you think
He meant when He
said that?
Let’s think…
Who were the five wise
virgins?
Who were the five foolish
virgins?
Who was the Bridegroom?
What did the oil in the
virgins’ lamps represent?
What does the church
represent? (The place
where the wedding party
was.)
What does the “shut door”
symbolize?
What is it that we can learn from the
Lord’s parable?
We do not know when the Lord is
coming again
We should always be prepared because
of this
We need to keep our spiritual lamps
filled with the oil of good works and
faith
Conclusion
No one knows when we will meet the
Lord (Just like the virgins didn’t know
when the bridegroom was coming)
We have to be awake and careful of our
spiritual life so that we may be ready to
enter into Heaven with the Lord (The
foolish virgins were not allowed into the
church because they were not ready)
When the Lord does come, we want
Him to know us and for us to know Him
well also (The bridegroom told the foolish
virgins that he did not know them)
Memory Verse
“Behold the bridegroom is coming; go
out to meet Him.”
- Matthew 25:6