Don’t Stumble – Session 3: The Ten Virgins | Living Church Study | Pastor Ben Conway

Don’t Stumble – Session 3: The Ten Virgins Living Church Study | Pastor Ben Conway Have we been reading the Parable of the Ten Virgins completely wrong? For years, many believers have approached this story with fear — feeling pressure to “keep their oil topped up,” maintain their salvation, and worry about running dry at the worst possible moment. But what if that was never the point? In this third Living Church Study in the Don’t Stumble series, Pastor Ben challenges the traditional, performance-based reading of this parable and shows how it fits the same principle Jesus gives us for all parables: He is the hero — not us. We are not the workers scrambling to qualify. We are not the bridesmaids trying to keep oil. We are the bride — already chosen, already secure, already loved. This session reveals: Why Jesus is the hero of every parable Why the Ten Virgins is prophetic, not written about the Church Why believers don’t “run out” of the Holy Spirit The difference between fear-based religion and grace-based security How understanding your identity removes striving and anxiety When we stop reading parables through effort and start reading them through grace, everything changes. Faith becomes rest, not pressure. Confidence replaces fear. And we live from security, not performance.