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 Seed shall not be heir with the shuck
65-0429B §21
Now there, what troubles me at this hour, is knowing that we see all these denominations pulling into this, what we know to be the, what you call the latter rain or the pouring out of the Spirit. Do you realize that Jesus said that when that come to pass it would be the end---when the foolish virgin and the wise virgin was not heirs together? For when the foolish virgin (she was a virgin, just lacking oil) but when she come to buy oil, it was at that time that the bridegroom came. And she was left out, while she wa...
Church Ages, part 9: The ten virgins, and the 144,000
60-1211M §91
We read the other night, where it said, "These people will not be an organization. They'll be wanderers around in the land, dwelling in tents, poor, humble." But said, "Don't you try to curse them, 'cause I'm with them." Now watch. These people believed in the same ritual that they believed in, and worshipped the same God, see. But they didn't have signs and wonders following them. Israel had a brass serpent, a smitten rock, the joy of the king, divine healing, prophets, everything right down here. And they did not...
Church Ages, part 9: The ten virgins, and the 144,000
60-1211M §92
The same thing with the sleeping virgin, and the wise virgin. They were both sanctified people. But this one had oil, and this one did not have oil. So they said, "We're as good as you are. [There's none of us good, as far as that's concerned] Why, you're a bunch of holy rollers." Well, okay, that's all right. There's none of us good. We all sin and come short of the glory of God. But the only way you'll ever know it is not by joining church, not by trying to live good, but by receiving Christ. It ain't what I live...
Church Ages, part 9: The ten virgins, and the 144,000
60-1211M §88
Now watch these two churches. If I could ... if there was some way I could just make the people see it! Just burns in my soul. These churches are just as clean and holy as this one. If they're all virgins, they're all virgins, just as clean. The only difference was the oil in the lamp, the Holy Ghost. And the Holy Ghost, if it's in there, it produces the very same kind of fire it did on Pentecost. But they don't have no fire, no oil in the lamp. They have church ritual (church just as ritualistic as can be), fine c...
Church Ages, part 2: The Patmos Vision
60-1204E §18
Now, these virgins that did not get the Holy Spirit, you remember, the only thing they lacked was oil in their lamps. Is that right? The Bible said the oil symbolizes the Holy Spirit. That's the reason we anoint the sick with oil, and so forth, because it's a symbol of the Holy Spirit. Now. And then if the Holy Spirit did not come upon them, they did not have it. And then when He come, they said... Now, to the virgins that did have the oil, said... You see, they were back in the church age. There was some of them i...