--- P.T.’s Thoughts --- 9-6-2026

Exodus 25:6a – “Oil for the lamps…”

• Just to borrow a few words from the great preacher Charles Spurgeon…. “My soul, how much you need this, for your lamp won’t keep burning without oil. Without the Holy Spirit’s grace, your flame will sputter and smoke, and soon it will go out. You have no natural source of oil within yourself, so you must go to the One who supplies it, or, like the foolish virgins, you will have to cry, ‘My lamp has gone out!’"

  • Let’s take a second and put this verse in prospective in relation to the time and way it was written…. Even the sacred lamps in the tabernacle couldn’t burn without oil. Though they were sheltered from the winds, they still needed to be filled and trimmed. In the same way….

    • Even under the best conditions, you cannot continue to shine for even an hour without fresh grace from God. But we ALWAYS need to realize that….

      • Not just any oil would do for the Lord’s service; it couldn’t be petroleum from the earth, oil from fish, or nut oil. Only the best olive oil was acceptable. Similarly,

        • Grace that comes from natural goodness, from rituals, or from religious ceremonies will not sustain a true believer.

          • Only the pure oil of gospel grace, drawn from Christ, the true Olive, crushed in Gethsemane, will suffice. Furthermore….

            • Our churches are Christ’s golden lampstands, and if they are to shine in this dark world, they need an abundance of this holy oil.

              • Let’s pray that we, our ministers, and our churches will never lack the oil of the Spirit. Truth, holiness, joy, knowledge, and love—

                • These are all beams of the sacred light, but they can’t shine unless we receive fresh oil from the Holy Spirit.

(some thoughts and words taken from Spurgeon devotional)