Matthew 25:31-34

Verse 34 is one of the most beautiful verses I've ever read: "Receive the kingdom God has prepared for you since the world was made." That will be so awesome to hear Jesus say that to me when I get to heaven. Imagine how awesome heaven is going to be if he's been working on it since the world was made. He made the universe in 6 days, and it's really not all that bad. He's had a lot more time to work on heaven, so I'm going in with pretty high expectations. But God doesn't usually disappoint. JM

Matthew 25:1-13

You have to be prepared. I like that they don't share. I mean, it's a Bible story, so you think the bridesmaids would share, but they say that they are concerned about themselves above all else. They won't let anything compromise their chance of getting into the wedding feast.
I'm not really sure how that relates to how we should live our lives, but I know there's something there. Maybe we should always be willing to help people find their way to God, but we don't need to go so far as to compromise our own relationship with God. We can go to a bar to talk to people about Jesus, but we can't get drunk. Just a thought. JM

Matthew 24:40-51

So yeah, I guess if you want to go to heaven you better act like a disciple of Jesus. At least that's what I'm getting out of this. JM

Matthew 22:1-14

Why would people not want to go to a wedding feast hosted by the king? Why would they say that they've got other things to do. It doesn't make a lot of sense. It makes even less sense to show up and not be prepared by wearing something nice. I mean, you are eating at the wedding feast of the king.
I love this analogy because we spend so little time preparing ourselves to worship God forever in heaven. I hope that when I get there that it is not all that shocking of a transition for me. That I am so used to following God and so familiar with his presence that it seems like I am home rather than in some foreign place. JM

Matthew 21:33-46

I love that Jesus uses stories to illustrate his points. I always wonder if he's just making them up on the fly, or if he prepared them like a few nights before. It's really great stuff. Such an amazing speaker.
I love verse 43 because it's my ticket into the kingdom of God. Man, I wonder if the Jews had really been obedient to God if I'd be invited to the party or if I'd be stuck out in the cold still. JM