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Matthew 25:10-12, so, the five foolish women disappear into the midnight darkness, frantically searching for an open market, desperately trying to buy the preparation they should have secured days ago and while they were gone, the inevitable happens, the bridegroom comes, the procession moves...

Matthew 25:8-9, the foolish women realize too late that their preparation was entirely superficial, the grand event they have been waiting for is finally happening and they have absolutely nothing to offer, they are standing in the dark watching their tiny insufficient flames smolder and die. In...

Matthew 25:5, the Bible states clearly that all 10 women became drowsy and fell asleep, there is a very common misconception about this specific part of the story, many people who read this parable believe that the foolish virgins were condemned and punished simply because they fell asleep, they...

Matthew 25:2, Jesus introduces the 10 virgins by dividing them into two clear categories, five were foolish and five were wise, what makes this story so chilling is how identical all 10 women look at the very beginning. If you were standing on the street watching these 10 women gather to wait...

Matthew 25:1, in the modern world, weddings are usually a single event planned for a specific afternoon, ancient Jewish weddings, however, were complex, multi-stage events central to the social fabric of the community, understanding these historical customs is vital for unlocking the deeper of...

Romans 3:27-28, if you believe that your good behavior is what gets you into heaven, you will eventually become a very proud and judgmental person, you will start looking down on people who struggle with addiction, you will start feeling superior to people who have messy lives and broken...

Romans 3:25-26, how can a perfectly holy judge just let guilty criminals go free, if a human judge allowed a serial killer to walk out of the courtroom with no punishment, you would all scream that the judge is corrupt. You know that true justice requires evil to be punished, so how can God...

Romans 3:21, the word justified means, to be declared totally innocent and right in the eyes of the judge, you can never be declared innocent by trying to follow the law, because you’ve already broken the law thousands of times. Trying to use the law to save yourself is like looking into a...

Hebrews 9:27-28, verse 27 is one of the most sobering statements in the Bible, every person gets one life, one death and after that, judgment, there is no second attempt, no coming back to try again, this life, the one you are living right now, is the only one you will ever have. But Hebrews...

Hebrews 9:11-12, in any human legal or religious system, the roles are always separate, the priest is one person, the sacrifice is a different creature, the person who writes the will is someone else entirely, these roles are never combined. Jesus Christ fills all three, he is priest, he did not...

Galatians 5:22-23, there is a fake version of this fruit that you can manufacture on your your own, you can fake peace by just numbing yourself with entertainment or alcohol, that is not peace, that is avoidance. You can fake patience by just bottling up your anger until you explode, that is not...

Romans 3:19-20, what is the actual purpose of the moral laws of God? Many people falsely believe that the law of God is a ladder that you climb to reach heaven, they think that if they can just obey enough rules, God will have to accept them, but Paul says the exact opposite, the law is not a...

Romans 3:13-14, Paul wants you to see exactly how deep this sickness of the heart truly goes, he takes you on a tour of the human body to show how sin has infected infected every single part of your nature. A tomb is a place of decay, death and terrible odors, Paul is saying, that the words that...

Romans 3:10-12, when you hear the word righteous, people often misunderstand what it means, they think being righteous means being a generally nice person who does not commit major crimes or holding the door open for strangers or paying their taxes on time, but God does not grade on a curve. The...

Why does God leave believers in this battle, why doesn’t he just remove the flesh away the moment they are saved? It is because this daily conflict forces you to depend on him, if you had no sinful nature left, you would become proud, you would not need to pray, you would not need to rely on his...

Hebrews 9:4, describes the contents of the Ark of the Covenant, inside were three objects, the golden pot of manna, Aaron’s rod that budded and the tablets of the Covenant, most people think of the Ark as a treasure chest, a sacred container holding God’s greatest artifacts, but look more...

Galatians 5:13, if you are free from the law and you are saved only by grace, why not just sin as much as you want, if God’s job is to forgive and my job is to have fun, let us get to it, this is the most common objection to the message of grace. People are terrified that freedom will lead to...

Hebrews 9:14, he offered himself without spot to God, it was voluntary, it was an act of love, it was the most generous payment ever made and there is one more detail in that verse, Christ offered himself through the eternal spirit. This is one of the only places in the entire New Testament that...

Genesis 3:7, after Adam and Eve sinned, they tried to cover their shame with fig leaves, it did not work. Genesis 3:21, God himself made garments of skin and clothed them. An animal died, not because Adam and Eve asked for it, because God provided it, an innocent creature gave its life, so that...

Galatians 5:2, today, most of us are not tempted by circumcision, we look at the Galatians and think their problem was silly, but we have our own modern versions of this trap. People fall for the Jesus plus lie all the time, they think it is Jesus plus their financial success, they think it is...