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 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....
Church Ages, part 9: The ten virgins, and the 144,000
60-1211M §99
All right, sir, "The great tribulation." Now, now if you... They'll have to go through... Now remember, He said... Now let me get the rest of that. "They were cast into outer darkness, and there would be weeping, wailing and gnashing of teeth." All right, that's the great tribulation, isn't it?---the great tribulation. Now, after this tribulation, those people... Now, let me catch it again here. It is the remnant. Now look. Here is a piece of goods. All right, the lady lays it out like this. Now she's going to make...
Church Ages, part 9: The ten virgins, and the 144,000
60-1211M §95
...the bank ... just "skwop, skwop," right back to the water. And the old crawfish sitting there, say, "Ah, that's a bunch of holy rollers." There he goes back, "Ah-ah-ah! Oh, no!" Right back to the mud, just as hard as he can go. That's right. The ol' snake a-hissing along a little bit, "I believe the days of miracles is past. Dr. So-and-so, and So-and-so told me." Said, "Ah-ah-ah, you can't fool me." There she goes, right over again, you see. Snake to begin with, frog to begin with. Paul said in the Bible, them kind...
Seals 5: The Third Seal
63-0320 §132
Then what does it say to this rider in black? "Don't you hurt my wine and my oil. Don't you touch it, my wine and oil. Now I've got just a little bit of it down there, but there is still a little bit there. Now you can go on through and measure out all that kind of life that you're putting out. That's up to you. You're going to pay for it down there. But when you come across that wine and oil, you leave it alone." Oh, my! "If you can..." In other words, like this: "If you catch some of my little flock that's filled...