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 Seal of God
54-0514 §64
But you see how that spirit moved right up here. And Jesus looked and foresaw that through that Catholic church, coming out. Said "Don't call no man 'father'; don't use vain repetitions"---all these things coming out. Said, "Now, be careful, the antichrist will be so close till it'll deceive the very elect if possible." Look, there were how many virgins went to meet the Lord? Ten. All of them were virgin. What does sanctify mean? "Pure, holy, virgin." Ten of them were virgins. Five had no oil in their lamps. Five h...
Escape hither, come quickly
58-0202 §39
Christ declared Himself to every nation, and through every generation. He's doing it today. The church nominal sits asleep. The church spiritual is awake. The sleeping virgin has went off to sleep, that'll take the tribulation period. But the one that had oil in her lamp is ready. Blessed be the name of the Lord. How I love that parable of the virgin. You know the old coal oil lamps we used to have. We never had lights till just recently. And looky here. The oil's in the bottom of the lamp. And there's a wick that...
Questions and Answers
59-0628E §63
Look, all ten of them that went out were virgins. Now, there were ten virgins went to meet the Lord. Now, the word virgin means "sanctified (does anybody know that?), holy, pure, sanctified." There were ten of them that went out to meet the Lord. Now remember, they had been falling asleep in one watch, two watch, three watch, on till the seventh watch. But these really went to meet the Lord. And remember, as they went, the Lord came. That was the coming of the Lord's time. Not who was in the watch... Jesus spoke wh...
Church Ages, part 9: The ten virgins, and the 144,000
60-1211M §82
Now watch. They, both of them, were virgins. Now let me get this. Here let's take these two right here. This is a virgin, and this is a virgin. This was a foolish virgin, and this was a wise virgin. But both of them are virgins. Now if you'll take that name "virgin," and run it down, it means holy, clean, sanctified. The word "sanctified" comes from the word "sainted," which means clean. Like the Hebrew word... Now, that's a Greek word. "Sanctify" means clean. Now, the Hebrew word is "make holy," see. And ours is "...
Questions and Answers on Genesis
53-0729 §95
Now, there were ten went to meet the Bridegroom. Jesus said so. That right? How many agree with that, say "Amen." Ten went to meet Him. Now, watch. All of them were holy. Well, in order to be holy they had to be sanctified, because that's the only cleansing, holy stream, that God has, is sanctification. Is that right? Now, watch. All ten of them were sanctified, but five didn't have any oil in their lamps, and five had oil in their lamps. Is that right? What does the oil represent? Now, not the purity, the virgincy...