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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The Lamb's book of life
56-0603 §28
Enoch... Noah was a type that was carried over like the sleeping virgin. But Enoch was translated just before the tribulation struck. And Enoch was took up, and was found not, because God took him: the type of the going forth of the church. And Noah watched him. When he seen Enoch go, he knew it was time to enter the ark, for to be carried through the tribulation. The Bible said there was ten virgins went out to meet the bridegroom. And five were wise, five were foolish. And they were all virgins---every one of the...
Seals 9: Questions and Answers on the Seals
63-0324M §47
QUESTION: What does "...see thou hurt not the oil and the wine" mean in Revelation 6:6? It's the Holy Spirit. See, we just got through that. Probably somebody, you know, come in a little late for the message, for the other tapes, you see. "...hurt not the oil and the wine." What does the oil and wine mean? The oil, as we took it in symbol, means the Holy Spirit, see. Wine is the ... and oil is connected together in the Bible in worship. And the wine, as we put ... that's where I got the idea that it's stimulation....
Expectations and what Love is
54-0228A §71
Now, if God up there says, "By His stripes you were healed," the Holy Ghost entwines ... brings that down by the power of God. Your heart is set on that. Jesus said, "Yes, by His stripes we are healed. God, You said in Mark 11:24, 'Whatsoever things you desire, when you pray, believe you receive it.' Lord, we prayed for a meeting, we've been fasting for a meeting, we've been crying for a meeting. Yes, Lord. I believe a meeting is on the road." Then stand there like ... oh, till the power of God comes down, when it...
We have found Him, come and see
53-0511 §31
You're fearing something, because you're kind of afraid you got cancer. ["Yes."] Isn't that right? ["Yes."] Say, you've had an operat... You've had many ... you've had several operations. ["Yes."] Isn't that right? ["Yes, it is."] I see you move from the hospital back, back, and back. I'm going to say at least four or five times, you've been in the hospital. ["Five times."] Five times. Here's another thing. You have a growth in you now. ["Yes."] Just been examined. ["Yes."] That growth is in the rectal, is it? ["Ye...
Church Ages, part 9: The ten virgins, and the 144,000
60-1211M §14
Did you ever think of Nahum, when he saw Outer Drive in Chicago, four thousand years ago? He did. He said they would jostle through the broad ways. Now, I've been in the old countries where they had their streets, like in Oslo, and different places. There hardly is room to walk. It's just big enough for a chariot to go through in their cities. Probably the distance would be about from here to that wall, is all the wider their streets was---just wide enough for a chariot to go through the street. Well, see, Nahum sa...