Did the Foolish Virgins Have Oil? Yes or No with Explanation?
No.
The Bible says, “They that were foolish took their lamps, and took no oil with them” (Matthew 25:3). And when the cry came, they said, “Our lamps are going out,” and they tried to borrow and then went to buy (Matthew 25:8-10). Now notice, if they had oil, they wouldn’t need to borrow or go purchase it.
You see, the lamp is the profession; the oil is the Holy Spirit. They were virgins—clean—but without the Oil they had no light when the Bridegroom came, so they were not ready.
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- Some Teach That The foolish virgins Must Have Had Some Oil for Their Lamps to Light Up at All and What the Actually Lacked Was Extra Oil. Is This True
No. That is not true. The parable draws a sharp line: some had oil; some did not. Scriptural explanation: - "They that were foolish took their la
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Church Ages, part 9: The ten virgins, and the 144,000
60-1211M §99
All right, sir, "The great tribulation." Now, now if you... They'll have to go through... Now remember, He said... Now let me get the rest of that. "They were cast into outer darkness, and there would be weeping, wailing and gnashing of teeth." All right, that's the great tribulation, isn't it?---the great tribulation. Now, after this tribulation, those people... Now, let me catch it again here. It is the remnant. Now look. Here is a piece of goods. All right, the lady lays it out like this. Now she's going to make...
Church Ages, part 9: The ten virgins, and the 144,000
60-1211M §95
...the bank ... just "skwop, skwop," right back to the water. And the old crawfish sitting there, say, "Ah, that's a bunch of holy rollers." There he goes back, "Ah-ah-ah! Oh, no!" Right back to the mud, just as hard as he can go. That's right. The ol' snake a-hissing along a little bit, "I believe the days of miracles is past. Dr. So-and-so, and So-and-so told me." Said, "Ah-ah-ah, you can't fool me." There she goes, right over again, you see. Snake to begin with, frog to begin with. Paul said in the Bible, them kind...
Seals 5: The Third Seal
63-0320 §132
Then what does it say to this rider in black? "Don't you hurt my wine and my oil. Don't you touch it, my wine and oil. Now I've got just a little bit of it down there, but there is still a little bit there. Now you can go on through and measure out all that kind of life that you're putting out. That's up to you. You're going to pay for it down there. But when you come across that wine and oil, you leave it alone." Oh, my! "If you can..." In other words, like this: "If you catch some of my little flock that's filled...
Church Ages, part 9: The ten virgins, and the 144,000
60-1211M §122
Now, the sleeping virgin, she lost her place. We know that. She comes up in the judgment. And if she's ever heard the truth, she's condemned. That's right. You'll never find Jesus any place but where you leave Him at. Judas could come up... Remember, the sleeping virgins, you say, could be inspired by the devil? Absolutely. Still living clean? Yes, sir. Judas did---saved, sanctified, preached divine healing, cast out devils. Why, he was just right straight up; almost the same thing that the rest of them was. But wh...
Questions and Answers on Genesis
53-0729 §97
Five of them... Ten of them were virgins. Five was wise that had oil in their lamp, and the other five was just as pure and holy but they had no oil (they were sanctified, without the Holy Ghost). "There's three that bear record in earth: the water, the blood, the Spirit." St. John 5:7 ... I John 5:7, rather, said, "There are three that bear record in Heaven: Father, Son, and Holy Ghost, these three are one." But there's three that bear record in earth: water, blood, and Spirit, they're not one, but they agree as o...