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Sunday, November 8Christ Church NYC

The Destiny of the Wise and the Foolish

Jesus tells a parable about ten young women waiting for a bridegroom, and half of them are shut out of the wedding because they were not ready. The sermon presses the certainty of final judgment, the lasting cost of folly, and the call to be ready now rather than at the last minute.

What was preached

• Matthew 25:1–13
• Hebrews 9:27
• 1 Peter 4:17
• Matthew 10:28
• Proverbs 9:13–18
• Ephesians 5:7–17
• Matthew 5:16
• John 1:12

• Why does Jesus make ten young women the center of a parable about the kingdom of heaven?
• What separates the five wise women from the five foolish ones when the bridegroom is delayed?
• Why does the bridegroom refuse to open the door for the women who arrive late?

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