No they didn't , they came back with oil too late............the door was still shut and the master said he isn't going to open now because he doesn't know them..............NOT HIS SHEEP, if they were he would have opened the door because his sheep hear his voice, he knows them and they know him.
Only the Lord can put you on pause to re-evaluate your beliefs.
If you want to refer to John 10th chapter, then take note:
John 10:
1Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that entereth not by the door into the sheepfold, but climbeth up some other way, the same is a thief and a robber.
2But he that entereth in by the door is the shepherd of the sheep.
3To him the porter openeth; and the sheep hear his voice: and he calleth his own sheep by name, and leadeth them out.
4And when he putteth forth his own sheep, he goeth before them, and the sheep follow him: for they know his voice.
5And a stranger will they not follow, but will flee from him: for they know not the voice of strangers.
Here is a prophesy concerning the latter days:
1 Timothy 4:
1Now the Spirit speaketh expressly, that in the latter times some shall depart from the faith, giving heed to seducing spirits, and doctrines of devils;
2Speaking lies in hypocrisy; having their conscience seared with a hot iron;
So it shows that believers will depart from the faith: does this imply one loses their salvation? No.
The following verses depict how one can be overthrown in their faith and yet this truth is known in verse 19 about the power of God in salvation in Jesus Christ in that they are still His.
2 Timothy 2:
18Who concerning the truth have erred, saying that the resurrection is past already; and overthrow the faith of some.
19Nevertheless the foundation of God standeth sure, having this seal, The Lord knoweth them that are his. And, let every one that nameth the name of Christ depart from iniquity.
20But in a great house there are not only vessels of gold and of silver, but also of wood and of earth; and some to honour, and some to dishonour.
21If a man therefore purge himself from these, he shall be a vessel unto honour, sanctified, and meet for the master's use, and prepared unto every good work.
22Flee also youthful lusts: but follow righteousness, faith, charity, peace, with them that call on the Lord out of a pure heart.
23But foolish and unlearned questions avoid, knowing that they do gender strifes.
24And the servant of the Lord must not strive; but be gentle unto all men, apt to teach, patient,
25In meekness instructing those that oppose themselves; if God peradventure will give them repentance to the acknowledging of the truth;
26And that they may recover themselves out of the snare of the devil, who are taken captive by him at his will.
If not concinced, then read this about those that were considered wicked and unreasonable men as not having faith, departing from the traditions that were taught of us in how they are not the enemy, but are still brothers: even though there is the commandment to withdraw from them.
2 Thessalonians 3:
1Finally, brethren, pray for us, that the word of the Lord may have free course, and be glorified, even as it is with you:
2And that we may be delivered from unreasonable and wicked men: for all men have not faith.
3But the Lord is faithful, who shall stablish you, and keep you from evil.
4And we have confidence in the Lord touching you, that ye both do and will do the things which we command you.
5And the Lord direct your hearts into the love of God, and into the patient waiting for Christ.
6Now we command you, brethren, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that ye withdraw yourselves from every brother that walketh disorderly, and not after the tradition which he received of us.
7For yourselves know how ye ought to follow us: for we behaved not ourselves disorderly among you;.....
14And if any man obey not our word by this epistle, note that man, and have no company with him, that he may be ashamed.
15Yet count him not as an enemy, but admonish him as a brother.
Remember the instruction regarding a brother that was a fornicator?
1 Corinthians 5:
1It is reported commonly that there is fornication among you, and such fornication as is not so much as named among the Gentiles, that one should have his father's wife.....
4In the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, when ye are gathered together, and my spirit, with the power of our Lord Jesus Christ,
5To deliver such an one unto Satan for the destruction of the flesh, that the spirit may be saved in the day of the Lord Jesus....
12For what have I to do to judge them also that are without? do not ye judge them that are within?
13But them that are without God judgeth. Therefore put away from among yourselves that wicked person.
So if the church do not do what is required of them to judge within: guess Who will? May you see by His grace and help that verse 5 above is mirroring what God will do when judgment will fall on the House of God first: as it must come first which is the pre tribulational rapture event.
1 Peter 4:
17For the time is come that judgment must begin at the house of God: and if it first begin at us, what shall the end be of them that obey not the gospel of God?
18And if the righteous scarcely be saved, where shall the ungodly and the sinner appear?
19Wherefore let them that suffer according to the will of God commit the keeping of their souls to him in well doing, as unto a faithful Creator.
May you see God chastening this church at Thyatira as proof of this.
Revelation 2:
20Notwithstanding I have a few things against thee, because thou sufferest that woman Jezebel, which calleth herself a prophetess, to teach and to seduce my servants to commit fornication, and to eat things sacrificed unto idols.
21And I gave her space to repent of her fornication; and she repented not.
22Behold
, I will cast her into a bed, and them that commit adultery with her
into great tribulation, except they repent of their deeds.
23And I will kill her children with death; and all the churches shall know that I am he which searcheth the reins and hearts: and I will give unto every one of you according to your works.
So going back to John 10th chpater, you will see a reference to those left behind that followed a stranger's voice, but they will be made to follow His voice. They were not of His fold because they followed the stranger's voice, and then Jesus said they will be.
John 10:
14I am the good shepherd, and know my sheep, and am known of mine.
15As the Father knoweth me, even so know I the Father: and I lay down my life for the sheep.
16And other sheep I have, which are not of this fold: them also I must bring, and they shall hear my voice; and there shall be one fold, and one shepherd.
So there is a fold that follows His voice and there are other sheep which is not of that fold but followed the stranger's voice when after the pre trib rapture event, will be made to follow His voice.
So there are the fold that follow His voice: the vessels unto honour:
Then there are the fold that followed the stranger's voice: the vessels unto dishonour.
The two folds are seperated at the pre tribulational rapture event which is when judgment will fall on the House of God.
So that is how those that went out from us were not of us: the first fold that followed His voice, but a stranger's voice.
And yet because Jesus began a good work in them, He will finish it even in those left behind as such excommnication will bring about a reproving fire.
John 10:
27My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me:
28And I give unto them eternal life; and they shall never perish, neither shall any man pluck them out of my hand.
29My Father, which gave them me, is greater than all; and no man is able to pluck them out of my Father's hand.
Even though one can argue that the above verses only apply to those that follow His voice: but yet the next two verses declares what? That they cannot be plucked out of His hand: or become unsaved. But what about those that had faith? They had to have faith in order to depart from faith. How then can this be rectified?
The pivotal judgment being that He knows His sheep that follow Him.
Matthew 7:13-27 & Luke 13:24-30 declares how false prophets will come in and mislead many by which Jesus will say: I know ye not: depart from me ye that work iniquity : indicative that He knew them not because of iniquity.
And yet if you reread 2 Timothy 2:18-26: the call to every believer is to depart from inqiuity to be that vessel unto honour in God's House: even instructing in meekness those that oppose themselves in the hope that God will peradventure "recover" them from the snare of the devil before Judgment falls on the House of God.
And so we look at the why those led astray that were left behind: why God would bother to "recover" them.
John 6:
38For I came down from heaven, not to do mine own will, but the will of him that sent me.
39And this is the Father's will which hath sent me,
that of all which he hath given me I should lose nothing, but should raise it up again at the last day.
40And this is the will of him that sent me,
that every one which seeth the Son, and believeth on him, may have everlasting life: and I will raise him up at the last day.
So that is why there is a need for the pre tribulational rapture event.
Luke 15:
3And he spake this parable unto them, saying,
4What man of you, having an hundred sheep, if he lose one of them, doth not leave the ninety and nine in the wilderness, and go after that which is lost, until he find it?
5And when he hath found it, he layeth it on his shoulders, rejoicing.
6And when he cometh home, he calleth together his friends and neighbours, saying unto them, Rejoice with me; for I have found
my sheep which was lost.
1 Corinthians 6:
19What? know ye not that your body is the temple of the Holy Ghost which is in you, which ye have of God, and ye are not your own?
20For ye are bought with a price: therefore glorify God in your body, and in your spirit, which are God's.
So that is why the church needs to correct and even excommunicate those that have gone astray: that they may repent and be that vessel unto honour in God's House which is the eternal glory that comes with our salvation which is in Christ Jesus.
2 Timothy 2:
10Therefore I endure all things for the elect's sakes, that they
may also obtain the salvation which is in Christ Jesus
with eternal glory.
11It is a faithful saying: For if we be dead with him, we shall also live with him:
12If we suffer, we shall also reign with him:
if we deny him, he also will deny us: 13If we believe not, yet he abideth faithful: he cannot deny himself. 14Of these things put them in remembrance, charging them before the Lord that they strive not about words to no profit, but to the subverting of the hearers.
So if one denies Him: they will be left behind at the pre tribulational rapture event, but even when they believe not due to being misled by false teachings: He abideth in them and cannot deny Himself being in them, and so He will finish His work in them so that the prodigal son will be returning because he is still son, and the lamp will be shining in those foolish virgins as they will be witnesses of the power of God in salvation which is in Christ Jesus as vessels unto dishonour in Hs House when they came to Jesus and believed in Him.
So yes: those left behind were not His sheep because they were following a stranger's voice: but they are of the other fold as He "must" bring them for they have been bought with a price when they believed.
