Mindfully Meditating on Matthew Catalogue , the collection of these studies
(First 100 days of 2023, day 56, Feb 25)

Passage Matthew Chapter Twenty-Five

It doesn’t matter which version you choose. It can be digital or paper. You can use one of those fancy coloring bibles and do a page or coloring along with the passage.

I will mostly do Holman Christian Standard Bible because of their copyright freedoms.

• Matthew 25 Parables

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    Mt 21:1-13 Parable of the Ten Virgins

    • 10 had lamps
    • 5 brought oil
    • 10 fell asleep
    • all were awakened
    • 5 had oil to trim their lights, as time had delayed the groom, and their oil was running very low.
    • the other 5 did not have the oil, and had to go get oil
    • While out getting the oil – the groom came and the oily 5 went in
    • The “foolish” ones were not allowed entrance because they were not ready.
    • ¹³ “Therefore be alert, because you don’t know either the day or the hour.
  • Mt 25:14-39 Parable of the Ten Talents
    • Man of Means going on a journey
      • He called his own slaves and turned over his possessions to them. 
      • ¹⁵ To one he gave five talents;^[c] to another, two; and to another, one—to each according to his own ability.
      • Then he went on a journey.
    • slave with 5 invested and got 10, slave with 2 invested and got 4,
      • ¹⁸ But the man who had received one talent went off, dug a hole in the ground, and hid his master’s money.
    • LOOOOOONG time went by – then the master returned.
      • To the five made ten he said ‘Well done, good and faithful slave! You were faithful over a few things; I will put you in charge of many things. Share your master’s joy!’
      • To the two made four he said ‘Well done, good and faithful slave! You were faithful over a few things; I will put you in charge of many things. Share your master’s joy!’
      • The one with one:
        • ‘Master, I know you.
        • You’re a difficult man,
        • reaping where you haven’t sown and
        • gathering where you haven’t scattered seed. 
        • ²⁵ So I was afraid and went off and hid your talent in the ground.
        • Look, you have what is yours.’
    • The Master said: ‘You evil, lazy slave! If you knew that I reap where I haven’t sown and gather where I haven’t scattered, ²⁷ then^[d] you should have deposited my money with the bankers. And when I returned I would have received my money^[e] back with interest.
    • Master took the 1 and gave it to the one with 10 (most faithful?)
      • Master said: ³⁰ And throw this good-for-nothing slave into the outer darkness. In that place there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.’
  • Mt 25:31-46 Parable of the Sheep and Goats
    • ³¹ “When the Son of Man comes in His glory, and all the angels^[f] with Him, then He will sit on the throne of His glory. 
    • ³² All the nations^[g] will be gathered before Him, and He will separate them one from another, just as a shepherd separates the sheep from the goats.
    • Sheep –
      • For I was hungry
        and you gave Me something to eat;
        I was thirsty
        and you gave Me something to drink;
        I was a stranger and you took Me in;
      • I was naked and you clothed Me;
        I was sick and you took care of Me;
        I was in prison and you visited Me.’
    • Goats – DID NOT
    • ⁴⁰ “And the King will answer them, ‘I assure you: Whatever you did for one of the least of these brothers of Mine, you did for Me.’
      • Matthew 7:15-20
        • ²⁰ Therefore by their fruits you will know them.
    • THE END TIMES – SEPARATION
      • ⁴⁶ “And they will go away into eternal punishment, but the righteous into eternal life.”
  • I have several great resources to go deeper into these parables in the QQ section below.

Mindful Meditating

1. choose a verse,
2.  set a timer for 5 minutes, or whatever works for you.
3.  example: Matt 25:23
4. repeat to yourself, and at each word, enunciate the next word in the sentence starting with the first word…

example:

• ‘Well done, good and faithful slave! You were faithful over a few things; I will put you in charge of many things. Share your master’s joy!’
• KJV His lord said unto him, Well done, good and faithful servant; thou hast been faithful over a few things, I will make thee ruler over many things: enter thou into the joy of thy lord.
• WELL DONE, good and faithful servant….Enter thou into the joy of thy Lord.
• Well done, GOOD AND FAITHFUL servant…Enter thou into the joy of thy Lord.
• Well done, good and faithful SERVANT…Enter thou into the joy of thy Lord.

…and so on.  This will cause you to look at the verse more intently, and may have you memorize it before your five minutes are done.

Coloring

Matthew the Book coloring page by Ministry to Children

Parable of the Ten Virgins Coloring page by SuperColoring

Quick Questions – if  you have time, or to think about over the course of the day, and jot down thoughts later.

1. What does the parable of the ten virgins mean for us?
   1. Got questions says this: Parable of Ten Virgins
2. How does the Parable of the Talents apply to us?
   1. Got Questions discusses it a bit generally.
   2. CrossWalk goes into a bit more personal application
3. What does the parable have sheep and goats mean for us?
   1. Got Questions does a great job of explaining the timing and purpose of this parable to us.

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Hi!
My hope in the midst of despair and my joy in the face of depression is because of my relationship with Jesus Christ. If you do not have one, or are not sure you will join him in heaven, please check out these links:

• Got Questions provides a detailed explanation of The Roman’s Road.
• Billy Graham’s version of the Plan of salvation.

Thanks for joining me in this journey,
In His hands and under His wings,
~Christi
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“The Lord does not give me rules, but He makes His standard very clear.
If my relationship to Him is that of love, I will do what He says without hesitation.
If I hesitate, it is because I love someone I have placed in competition with Him, namely, myself.” – from My Utmost for His highest

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