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The other man is damned because the

The other man is damned because the
Spirit does not secure his salvation"
This is essentially the view taken by
DR.. Clark. Bloomfield, giant in
biblical criticism, says, on Gal.v. 15 {:
"And thus ye will by no means fulfill
any longer, the lust of the flesh"
Fully recognizing the selfhood of
man. Thus iI is shown how totter-
ing, broken and crumbling the props
which make SHINING a necessity from
the teaching of this text. Again. 1sJ.
John, 1:S, is relied on with great con-
fidence. "If we say we have no sin.
we deceive ourselves, and the truth
is not in u.s." You Will remember
the rule requires that "no meaning
can be. admitted which is inconsis-
tent with the context and the reason
ing Of the autnor." What is the
teaching of the context? What is
the apostles reasoning? Context. But
if we walk in the light, as he is in the
light, we have fellowship one with
another and the blood of Jesus Christ
His SSn, cieansesA us teefn' all sin.
Text. If we say We have no sin
have not sinned and do not need
cleansing. Upon this Bloomfield re-
marks: "There is supposed to be a
reference to the GnOstics or Nico-
laitans. Those are said to deny that
they have sinned." We deceive our
selves and the truth is not in us. DIR.
Schaff, i'll his Apostolic Church, says
of the Nicolaitans: "These heretics
taught undoubtedly that a man must
make the whole circuit of sensuali-
ty." John, in Revelation 2:6, speaks
of them thus: "But this thou hast,
that thou hatests the deeds of the
Nicolaitans. which also hate" DR..
Adam Clark agrees with Bloomfield
and says: "To say we have not sim
ned is blasphemous: So he that says
the blood OF Christ cannot or will
not cleanse US from all sin, gives also
the lie to his Maker 1st. Kings,
SAG. eff they sin against Thee, for
there is no man that sinneth not"
The passage says not a word about
the impossibility of being saved from
all sin. Commentators now general
ly agree that the passage should read:
"If they shall sin against Thee, for
there is no man that may not SIM"
Hence the text is in the most COM
plete harmony with our views; SIM
ply asserting the selfhood of man.
Eccl. 7:2O For there is not a Just
man upon the earth, that doeth good
and sinneth not" Take this pas
sage and explain by the tense, giving
it the utmost force of which it is ca
pable, and it does not teach that
none such have ever lived, nor that
they may not live ayaip. There is
nothing in the passage, logically, or
plilologically, that can be made bear
against our proposition. notice,
my friends, this passage. by the learn
ed of all schools, is now read: There
is not righteous man on the earth
who does good and may not sim"
This text simply recognizes the self
hood of man. May not man be
wholly loyal TO his country or to his
family? Certainly, you say. Then
why not be wholly loyal to God!
Such loyalty will not relieve us from
errors and mistakes in either case.
The perfection of the bible is simply
"the perfection of love- Hark!
hear voice ''speak, Lord, thy servant
heareth." "Come now, let us reason
together, saith the Lord, though your
sins be as scarlet, they shall be as
white as snow; though they be red
| like crimson, they shall be as wool"
viii you all join with me i'll the model
prayer given by the Savior "Thy
will be done in earth as ii is in heav-
!