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efh horizon. The doctrine of end.
less punishment has been modified a
great deal in lio last few centuries,
"nd will DO modified great deal
moro III the ono to como. Most of
the worlds ablcst divines are giving
up tho doctrine of endless misery.
What is Christian salvationY It's
not from the fall. Christ's work
Was not to remedy mistake, or ro.
Par divine blunder. l don't be.
lievo in the fall Of man; believe in
Ills rise. Tho garden of Eden is not
outside of man, brt inside. A pic.
torIal representation Of tho workings
VI tho moral law. just as upplica
Die to man today us to tho first man,
Adam. What beauty and signiG.
c"nce in tho nllogory it represents:
Alan learning to walk--his first lo,son
IN moral education. Tho action of the
morallaw is pictured just as you might
picture little child learning to walk.
Tho child gets a good many bruises,
but thus he learns. The doctrine Of
the fall OF man, in our opinion, is
false, it slanders human nature and
dlshonors God. Therefore Christian
salvation docs not consist in saying
mon from the fall. 1t is not saliva
ton from tho wrath Of God. Jesus
mission was not to appcasc the anger
OF God and persuade him to love
his own offspring. If there is any
wrath to come, that wrath is now,
But how foolish to speak of the
wrath OF love. EvideutIy tho vindic.
tive spirit, or feeling wo call wrath
IN man is not to be found in the
bosom Of God, if God is love-
Christ's mission was not TO inducc
tho hcavenly y Father to love his chill
dron.
What would you say Of mo if |
came into your homo and tried to
persuade the mother to lovo her
babe. God docs not lovo sinful chill
dron because Christ lived and died
Christ lived and died to reveal this
truth TO tho world-the sublime,t
truth this world ever know.
Christian salvation does not con.
slst in saving man from a personal
devil. There is no such being. If
there is, ono Of two thin Is must be
true, either ho co existed with God.
or else God made him. If you sav
tho first, l ask if there could bo two
infinite beings. If the secon,l then
God is not good, A good being
could not max" an evil being. God
does not make evil. Moral evil is u
pervcrsi"n Of Gods good gifts, and
man IS its author, not God. 1t is
incidental to mans moral cducatiop
ana VIII be overrulcd for good
Givo evil an end and all is clenr,
Make it eternal and all is obscurrd
Nor is salvation from q local hell:
there II no personal devil, no local
hell. The only hell thero is i'm this
universe is sin in the sonl of man
Neither does Christian salvation con
s'st III saving man from punishment.
christianity il not Il scheme to defeat
justice. No ono will ever be saved
from punishment. am glad there
IS one church that stands for the Ger
tainty Of punishment, if wo are for.
'unate enough to be a member of that
church, no provision was ever made
Tor man to escape punishment. No
substitute was ever provided to take
tho place Of a gniIty man cxomptine
man from his wrong doing. Punish
mcnt isspiritunl mo"icino, it. is love- s.
mcdlclno TO euro men OF sin and il
will be administered until nll are cured.
tho man who works to escape pun.
ishmcnt is nothing but Il moral COW.
ard. In the first chapter of St.
Matthew wo are told what salvation
is and what Christ came to do in
language, pure and simple, SO clear
that no child could fail to understand.
Thou shalt call his namo Jesus, for
he snail save his people from what {?
The fall OF man, the wrath Of God,
n personal devil, a local he'll, from
punishment, from divine Justice; no!
from sins he shall save his people,
his people before they arc saved from
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