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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His unfailing words of promise
64-0120 §54
Your trouble is a blood clot. It's in your left arm. [The woman says, "That's right."] You had cancer. ["That's right."] Was operated. ["Yes."] They give you some medication. ["Yes."] The medication caused this blood clot to come in here, in a serious condition. Do you believe that God will heal you? ["I do."] Then as you have believed, so let it be done to you. In the name of the Lord Jesus, may you be healed. Look like a healthy woman, strong. Do you believe Jesus Christ, the Son of God, lives? [The woman says, "...
Questions and Answers (God being misunderstood)
61-0723E §26
QUESTION: "Were the five of the virgins lost?" I presume that they are asking the question, the five virgins, the five wise and the five foolish. Now, if you were with us in the last teachings in Revelation, you find out there that those virgins, the five foolish virgins were not lost; but they were not permitted to go in to the wedding supper, but they suffered persecution and was martyred, and raised again at the general resurrection in the last day. Those are the people where He separated the sheep from the goat...
Be certain of God
59-0125 §35
And the oil means the Spirit, as we know according to Ezekiel 4 and so forth. That's the reason we anoint with oil; it's the Spirit. What is it? As St. John 4: "The Father seeketh such to worship Him in Spirit and in truth." Jesus was the truth. He was the meal-offering, and this oil was the Spirit. And the Spirit mixed with the truth has got to bring something. Put it together, it makes a cake. Oh, where's your faith? When God's Word's preached in its simplicity, though in its power that Jesus Christ is the same y...
The Spoken Word is the original seed
62-0318 §190
It's almost ... it shows it does that now even in the denomination. It shows where it's at. Yes, sir, you have to have it. And that's where it will wind up at. That's my prediction, as a servant of Christ through the understanding that I have of the Word and the inspiration; that's where it will come. All signs are pointing to the end. I just got through speaking on that. And it's even to the unwise virgin ... is beginning to cry out for oil. Now remember, she was a virgin, and if she's a virgin, she's a church. Se...
Questions and Answers on Hebrews, part 1
57-0925 §19
Now, you remember, He said there, "And Abraham and Isaac and Jacob," in one place, "would come and sit into the kingdom at the end time. See, and that Abraham, Isaac and Jacob would be in the kingdom; they were, they were the kingdom's blessing people. But the children of the kingdom shall be cast out into outer darkness. Now, where the reference comes from here is the bridegroom. When the Bridegroom come, while they were... Five of the virgins went out to meet the Lord, and they didn't take any oil in their lamps....