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 §80
All the way down through, all died---slumbered and slept, see---as they went down through. Now, they're not lost, but they just slumbered and slept. They're waiting, see. It didn't say they was dead, but they're slumbering and sleeping, see. And at midnight there was a cry made, Behold, the bridegroom cometh; go ye out to meet him. And all those virgins arose, and trimmed their lamps. And the foolish said unto the wise, Give us of your oil; for our lamps are gone out. But the wise answered, saying, Not so; lest the...
Questions and Answers on Genesis
53-0729 §94
Now, when a woman goes to cut out a pattern for a skirt, you talk about it. She lays the goods out (is that right?), the piece of goods. And she lays her pattern down on this. She does the fixing where the pattern is to be cut. Right? O brother, this really do you good. Who does the electing? God does the electing! Is that right? It's not me to say; it's Him to say. And He places the pattern over who He will. Is that right? Now, there was ten virgins went out to meet the Bridegroom. Is that right? What is "virgin"?...
Church Ages, part 9: The ten virgins, and the 144,000
60-1211M §93
Now, a sleeping virgin, and a wise virgin with oil in their lamp. Now, all of a sudden, there came a sound, "Behold, the bridegroom cometh; go ye out to meet him." And they wakened. But when they did, this one could go in 'cause they had oil in the lamp. That was the difference. This one could not go in, for there was no oil in the lamp. They went back to pray up, to receive the Holy Ghost. But while they were gone, it was all over. The denominations say, "Well, maybe we've been wrong. Maybe we better go back, seek...
Church Ages, part 9: The ten virgins, and the 144,000
60-1211M §96
the wise virgin with oil in her lamp. She made ready. Now, while she was gone to get some oil... That's what they're trying to do right now. These great evangelical churches, trying to find these great things, you know, do ... go back to the Bible---back. "We need the Pentecostal blessing." Well, you can imagine what kind of a service they're going to have, see. They ain't going to get down there, and spoil all that manicure on them, and all that. Oh, no! They ain't going to give up them sororities, and societies,...
The World is again falling apart
63-1127 §50
But remember, in there is the hour that the sleeping virgin come to buy oil, and that was the same hour that the bridegroom come. We find today, Episcopalians, Presbyterians, and different denominations, that a few years ago, you couldn't have hired to've got around a bunch of Pentecostal believers. Certainly not. But there they are today, coming in. Don't you know what Jesus said? They come in to buy oil, and said, "Give us some of your oil." The ones that had oil, said, "Not so. Go buy it, lest ... from them that...