But the Bridegroom answered in these sorrowful words which should be a warning to every one of us as we read them, "Verily I say unto you I know you not."
This story has, as you see, a very sorrowful ending.
And the Lord Jesus would not have told it to us unless He had intended us to take a great warning from it.
The Oil spoken of in this Parable is a type or picture to help us to understand about the Holy Spirit.
For we must have the Holy Spirit in our hearts if we want to go in with Jesus to the Marriage supper, in Heaven.
When Jesus was baptized in Jordan, John saw the Holy Spirit descending like a dove, and resting upon Him.
Perhaps you ask, "Could those foolish virgins have had the oil?" Ah! Indeed they might! Evidently they could have bought the oil.
The Holy Spirit is given to us "without money and without price," for our Lord says, "How much more shall your Heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to them that ask Him."
Some years ago we had a young maid who could not understand how she was to find Jesus. I told her that if she would pray for the Holy Spirit, she would certainly be shown the way.
In ten days she came to me with a joyful face. "I did pray as you told me," she said, "and I have come to Jesus, and He is my Saviour."