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Readiness For The Lord Proper 27 | Ordinary Time 32 from the book The Parables Of Jesus Applications For Contemporary Life Richard Gribble Matthew 25:1-13 |
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"Then the kingdom of heaven will be like this. Ten bridesmaids took their lamps and went to meet the bridegroom. Five of them were foolish, and five were wise. When the foolish took their lamps, they took no oil with them; but the wise took flasks of oil with their lamps. As the bridegroom was delayed, all of them became drowsy and slept. But at midnight there was a shout, 'Look! Here is the bridegroom! Come out to meet him.' Then all those bridesmaids got up and trimmed their lamps. The foolish said to the wise, 'Give us some of your oil, for our lamps are going out.' But the wise replied, 'No! There will not be enough for you and for us; you had better go back to the dealers and buy some for yourselves.' And while they went to buy it, the bridegroom came, and those who were ready went with him into the wedding banquet; and the ...
This Proper 27 | Ordinary Time 32 preaching resource, Readiness For The Lord, is based on Matthew 25:1-13 and relates to Proper 27 | Ordinary Time 32 of Cycle A of the lectionary. This preaching resource is excerpted from the book The Parables Of Jesus. SermonSuite offers online sermons and professionally published sermons, lectionary sermons, non-lectionary sermons, children's sermons, sermon illustrations, Preaching resources, preaching resources, sermons on prayer, prayers, Christian drama, lectionary Preaching, lectionary workbooks and homilies. ...