The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1889-02-09
Some Thoughts on salvation.

To the editor of the NEW DOMINION.
As the different religious sects are !,
religiously engaged in making con-
verts to Christianity-falsely so call
ed-we deem it important to present
to your readers few scriptural
thoughts on the salvation of the soul.
The question naturally arises First,
what is salvation? Second, how oh
tainedf Third, what is the change
wrought? These questions we will
answer in this and other articles.
What is salvation? We can best an
swer the question by first consider
ing it negatively. 1t is not being
filled with joy and emotion though
these may follow true faith in Christ,
but as a rule are proof the CONVEX
sion is not thorough. Christ declares
in Matt. Is, 20-2l; that he who re-
ceived the word Immediately and
with 10Y, withered as soon as the sun
was risen. In John 5, 1886; he told
the Jews they received Johns testi-
mony of him with joy, but rejected
him. Salvation is not n taking away
of one thing and the substitution of
something in its stead. Modern
theology teaches that God takes
away mans old mind and gives
new one; and that he takes away the
heart of stone and gives one of flesh
how absurd. No wonder men lidi-
cule these doctrines. We ask the
reader how many hearts man has
besides the one of flesh and bloods
And the number of minds, above Ale
one with which he was createdi Let
us exercise common sense. We are
taught that the Spirit of God dwells
outside of sinner, and that to be
saved he must open the door OF his
heart and let him in. Turn to acts
1928, in which Paul declares to the
heather that in God they live, move
and have their being. We are also
told that when thu spirit comes into
our hearts then the Father and SOU
come down from a place called lcav.
en- and take up their abode in us.
Psalms 1871 | Kings S27, and Jer-
emiah 1924 teach us that God fills
immensely. Solomon declares that
not only the house he had built but
the heaven OF heavens could not con
tain Him. Then if God is infinite
and fills immensely and il there is no
end to space and their can be no linn
it to the infinite, how absurd to at
tempt to conGne God to one particn-
lar place or location more than an
other; and ut the same time declares
that he Is omnipresent. II we. in
any sense circumscribe God we make
him finite, for the finite alone has
center, circumference, beginning and
end. David in the l39 psalm de-
clares that he could 90 Nc where in
the universe but what God would
not only see him. but he would also
be in his immediate presence We
are told that the moral nalute of
man is tainted and dciilc,l lay inner
lted ana Hcquifeu utprhNllN, aha
that salvation is victory and eoplfpl
over this principle Of corruption in
our moral nature The scriptures
never speak of mans moral nature
as being the seat of sin, hut always
his fleshy or animal nature. Saliva
tion is ever spoken of as deiverance
from and victory over the lusts of
the flesh. See Rom. 6-l2; also 8-13,
1914; Galations 5, 1917; Titus ZIP;
2-14 | Peter 2.l1; ii Pc
ter 2, 1918. These and numerous
other texts prove beyond successful
contradiction that salvation consists
inthe controlling aud using of es cry
power of body and mind to the glory
Of God, and not in any sense using
these or any of his gifts for the graf
ification of self. ALEXANDER