The Ten Virgins

The parable of the ten virgins makes it abundantly clear that not everyone will enter the kingdom of heaven. Even some who appear fit will not enter: five of the ten virgins. But why ten virgins? We think of the ten commandments and the importance of keeping them. Yet only five were wise and truly kept them by embracing Christ and his merit; for it is only by his work that one can be saved. So the wise live by a baptismal life of faith in him. Sermon for the Last Sunday after Trinity.
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