"Prepared" -- Sermon from December 7, 2024

Bethlehem Lutheran Church Podcast

Waiting and preparing are big themes in Advent as we draw closer the arrival of Jesus at Christmas. So, are you prepared? Sermons on this week’s focus text this week often talk about how half the young women waiting for the Bridegroom were foolish for not being prepared for the long wait and run out of lamp oil. Pastor Chad invites us to look beyond the 13 verses of this Parable to see that being prepared for the arrival of Jesus is bringing light to our community by loving and serving our neighbor as if they were Jesus himself.