Zone1 What is the message of the parables in Matthew 25?

[HikerGuy83]

Matthew 25 is 3 parables.

The parable of the ten virgins
The parable of the talents
The parable of the sheeps and goats

Each of these speaks of a division of people/worshippers (whatever you want to call them) based on specific conditions and actions.

In the parable of the ten virgins, the virgins with oil went into the wedding. They COULD NOT share that oil. It had to be obtained by each of them. What does that oil represent?

In the parable of the talents, the first two servants went to work and doubled their master's money. The third, a faithless one, didn't put his master's money to use and wound up in the dark and cold.

In the parable of the sheep and goats. Division was basically based on how we treated others.

These were all works. Christian writers talk about the need to "be close to God", to "show faith through works", to constantly connect with God (i.e. pray which is as much a work as anything).

The other parables are even more clear. Use it or lose it. Visit those in prison, feed the needy......works.

Let's hear how that isn't the case.

 

[Dragonlady]

Matthew 25 is 3 parables.

The parable of the ten virgins
The parable of the talents
The parable of the sheeps and goats

Each of these speaks of a division of people/worshippers (whatever you want to call them) based on specific conditions and actions.

In the parable of the ten virgins, the virgins with oil went into the wedding. They COULD NOT share that oil. It had to be obtained by each of them. What does that oil represent?

In the parable of the talents, the first two servants went to work and doubled their master's money. The third, a faithless one, didn't put his master's money to use and wound up in the dark and cold.

In the parable of the sheep and goats. Division was basically based on how we treated others.

These were all works. Christian writers talk about the need to "be close to God", to "show faith through works", to constantly connect with God (i.e. pray which is as much a work as anything).

The other parables are even more clear. Use it or lose it. Visit those in prison, feed the needy......works.

Let's hear how that isn't the case.

You neglected to mention the Good Samaritan. The man who took in the stranger. Paid his medical bills. Restored his health. With no expectation of being repaid.

Samaritans were considered to be enemies of the Jews and yet the Good Samaritan helped the Jew.

Jesus said that what you have done to the least among you, you have done to Me.

You might want to rethink your treatment of refugees in the richest nation on earth.

Seriously.