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Title: There were 5 wise virgins in the Ten Virgins parable    
  
  
  
  

    

  
  
  
  


A Wise Virgin is a believer who stakes their faith in the Word Of The Lord and not men's interpretations of it.   They have first-hand knowledge of the Truth both in Word and in Spirit.   

Too many believers do not have intimate personal relationships with the Lord Jesus Christ.   
    They get the Word second hand.   
    They trust that their minister is giving them what they need.   
    They trust the writers of books to give them Truth.   

The oil in the parable of the Ten Virgins represents the Holy Spirit who is the Spirit Of Christ Jesus.   The Foolish Virgins who took no oil with them were shallow in their relationship allowing other influences to direct and sustain them.   

The following is from Ten Virgins    
To understand this parable we must understand two things:
1.     that oil represents the Holy Spirit.     
2.     that there is no oil in the 5 Foolish Virgins` lamps

Jesus was talking to Jews who were banking on self-righteousness to please God.     

Virginity represents purity through self-control.     

A Lamp is just a tool for containing oil and providing a wick for the energy in the oil to produce light.     

The Scripture says the 5 Foolish Virgins took lamps but no oil .     
So, we should not assume there was any oil in there lamps.     

The 5 Foolish Virgins represent religious people who do not receive Christ.     

Jesus told Nicodemus: "You must be born of the Spirit to see or enter the kingdom of heaven."

When we are Born Again we are born of the Holy Spirit.     We enter the kingdom of heaven at that point.     

The door was shut in the face of the 5 Foolish Virgins because they rejected Christ and therefore were never born of the Holy Spirit.     

So, Jesus was not introducing a new doctrine regarding acceptability to God.     
He was restating the requirement that we be Born Again to enter His kingdom.     
Jesus says unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man comes unto the Father, but by me.
Jesus is the Holy Spirit in flesh.       

It is necessary to believe this about Jesus in order to be Born Again of His Holy Spirit.       

Those who reject Jesus, reject His Holy Spirit.       
    The Way: Jesus is the path to His Holy Spirit.       
    The Truth: Jesus is the Truth about His Holy Spirit
    The Life: Jesus is the giver of life by His Holy Spirit.       

As disciples of Christ we must share this Gospel Truth with everyone in our lives.       

Our testimony of the Lord Jesus Christ will either be a testimony for them leading to Eternal Life with Christ or a testimony against them in The Judgment leading to Eternal Death in the Lake Of Fire.