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hearers ~ill ad8lt Ne have tEs EssiLiss
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Ias z1ksls proclaimed. 'fhls same Jesus
saall - cone n Ike manner a. ye have
seen him ~ iolo hsagsc. he made
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sec0nd o0a'iag ~. os equally So. Nov, Il
&c hold any doctrine Whatever that is 10
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Wilh these preliminary remarks aud the
pflpclpie taat hzs been laid down ! pro-
cesd 10 consider the proposition that in
mOrtziisy- Is 70 Dc ha0 above through
Christ That oy no other means can an
individual obtain Immortality. la Rom.
Vi. = We read that the gin OF God Is
eternal lie through Jesus Christ our Lord.
That giIt can be hsd By 40 other agency.
IN the account Of the creation Of man, We
read thai God forned mzn"-tne whole
man-"out OF the dust OF the earth, and
brestheu Into BIS nOstFils the breath OF
life, not an immortal lie but simply the
breath OF hfe. Two roads were set before
Adam God told him that II hs ate OF the
forbidden fruit, ne would die-cesse TO i've.
Satan told them a different story, he told
him that ne would not die IL be psTtOok OF
the fruit Satan told lie. Alter man par
took OF the forbidden fruit God removed
from him the tree OF life, lest be puE forth
mis- hand aud portAke oil Il and live forever.
/ suppose that had not Adam and Eve been
deprived of parLsking OF tne tree OF life.
they would have been alive now, but they
died, just a. the Lord said they would. thus
proving Satan liar.
What became OF Adams consciousness
when ne diea? IL ceased; the Bible says
that the dead know not anything. and II
must De true. Mans consciousness is de-
pendent upon the operations of his brain.
was struck on the skull by flying stone
and rendered unconscious; bis skull Was
pressed upon the brain. causing il 10 cease
acting. AS the stone struck him, he was
in the act OF giving 4 command TO shut
down the gate. he had uttered the word
George" speaking TO bie companion. DE
lay unconscious for three weeks. aud when
the skull was lifted. his first words were
shut down that gate Where was hr
immortal soul during that three weeks?
David tells us that when q man dies. ir
| that very dsy his thoughts perish. How
| Is IL possible for a man to baye an immor-
tai, thinking soul without thought2 The
| wise man informs US that IN the grave
whittier mantle whole man-goeth. there
/ is no knowledge, nor wisdom. nor device
that the dead have no remembrance OF ths
scenes OF earth. Job testihes that mai
dieth and wasteth away, and giveth up The
ghost; and where is he? He answers the
| question. and states that be lieth down and
rlseth no more until the heavens be nc
more. IF a man die, shall he live AGAIN.
is another of his questions, and he
answers it: All the DAYS of nv ap
pointed time will / wait till my chsngs
| GOMEZ In the fifth chapter Of John W.
| read that when Christ come, "all that are
in their graves shall hear His voice" Their
| Christ will lind the dead in their graves
when lie comes. That is where they al,
now; that is where Abraham Isaac anC
! David air. Paul says distinctly that DsviC
| is not vet ascendsd. When Lazarus diee
his sister said that sac knew be would live
/ again al the last day, That was her hope
Lazarus was placed in the grave, aud wher
Jesus called him back 10 life he did not lOok
up to Heaven, aud say, Lazarus, come back
/ to earth. No; he called him from thu
gravs, for that was where he was.
But, says one II We have not Immortality
how can We get it, Christ testified that II,
came that we might nave life and have /
mOre.a undantiy. de repeated the promis,
| several times, that those who are entitled u
have eternal life ne will raise up at the las
J day. Our hope Of eternal lie is IN Christ
| This is the record that God hath given US
| we have life, snd this life Is hid with Christ
| in God" Ye will not come TO Ne that y
might have life" says our Saviour. There
Is no other way 10 get life only through
| Christ.
| When shall we receive eternal life
When Christ, who is our life. shall appear
then shall ys appear with him"
| According to popular theology. when
| Abel died be wen. to heaven, and wheT
Cam died he went 10 hell. If that was so
then Cain has been in hell for nearly sil
thousand years. If Cain could endure bel
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much as though he had eternal life. Bu
the Bible says distinctly that no murdere
hath eternal life abiding in him, aud Cair
was a murderer; therefore. | conclude ths
ne has not sBd never bad eternal life. Il
not now in nell, and never was
The eternal lils that is promised as vii
be given Es st the sst day. when the las
trump ~ill sound, Cnrist shall descend and
| the dead in Carist shall rise first
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sesses eternal life "a one of the creates
robbers tast exists Il robs God of Hi
glory. and Christ Of the great work III
| came 70 accomplish Viz, TO give life. and 4
give II more soanGsntly.
II the doctrine o. mans inherent i'm
mortality be true. then UniveTssism i
tF1a for tAs Bible tells rs plainly that tn.
| time viii come when everything that hath
| breath. IN heaven above. IN the earth be
meath svsryshsre snail prsiss God. Every
| voice o. siB snd 0iasphsmy vii De husned II
eternal silence Is follows that II II De tru'
| that nsn Possesses inherent immortality
! z niversslism must be true. There IS a,
-sy 60 escape this conclusion
The dsclrias Of inhsrsn. immortality i
/ responsible for q loBg list Of srroneoa
/ doctrine, sura ss trsnsmizration of souls
saint worship, Ma Tiolatrv. invocation o
sainfs. rssars a. death. purgstory, baptism
/ for the dead. prs-sxistence Of souls, Is IL
/ Ties tbs second coming Of Christ, th'
resurrection 81 ths body. and TIE genera
/ Judgment The doctrine ~ inherent i'm
| mortality il responsi Die for Spifituslism !
/ i the Toot 0f tnsr sboninshis doctrine.
i responsible for q docfrns tnst IA
rscpatiT arisen VI. pr0bsnon after death
By their tTaitS ys soaa know them
have gwen a fer San - % tie frui
/ cf - DC rius ~ inhersnt in uaorts ity
. how DO ysu like their sssesrsnce'
Hos aauca oeftsr - scceet the BIB,
I doctrine of iuanIortslity alone taf0ugl
( Christ. q 6oc;rins that Ne nave the sur