The Mt. Sterling advocate., 1902-10-08


error. But alas men, all men are
by nature the "Sons of Adam "
Scripture abounds in statements of
this truth. 1t is by no means a
subordinate doctrine of the Bible.
1t is one of its two most promi-
nent teachings, the other being
the salvation through the blood of
Christ.
WHAT SAITH THE SCRIPTURE
On this subject? 1t is the same
Paul that tells us that we are the
"otf-spring of God," that speaks
of the natural, sinful human ele-
ment in the soul which we inherit
from Adam, as the f'flesh, this
cement being so truly inseparable
from the living body that the two
are called by one and the same
name, "desh.
That there are two elements of
the soul, "the offspring of God
and "the son of Adam" is clearly
taught by him in Heb. II, 8.
Furthermore we have had fathers
of our flesh which corrected us and
we give them reverence; shall we
not much rather be In subsection
unto the Father of spirits, and live ?
The nature of that ''tlesh' of our
souls, our heritage from human
parents can be judged by it's works.
Gal. 5, 1921 f. C. Now the works
of the flesh are manifest which are
these: Adultery, fornication, un-
cleanness, lascivlousness, idolatry,
witchcraft, hatred, varience, emu
lations, wrath, strife, seditions,
enjoyings, murders, drunkenness,
revellings and such like"
The curtain is drawn aside also
in Rom. 1. 2-9-3l.-"unrighteous
ness, fornication, wickedness, GOV
etousness, maliciousness, full of
envy, murder, debate, deceit, ma
lignity, whisperers, backbiters,
haters of God, despiteful, proud,
boosters, inventors of evil things,
disobedient to parents, without un-
derstanding, covenant-breakers,
without natural affections, impla-
cable, unmerciful.
The slanderers, the thefts, the
deceptions. betrayals, the oppress-
ions, the prosecutions, the murders,
the endless lists of mans brutali-
ties to man would seem enough, if
we had no revelation from God to
attest the fact that the Adamic
heart of man is 'deceiuful above
all things and desperately wicked .
Surely man needs to be "regener-
ated," born again, ""created anew
before he is prepared for that
abode of which 'it is written, -
"And there shall in no wise enter
unto it anything that deffteth.
THE OFFSPRING OF GoD IN THE HU-
MAN HEART is SUBJECT TO DEATH.
Scripture teaches that it fire
quently and even generally, if not
always and inevitable, dies, while
the Adamic offspring, the natural
sinful human spirit, is in vigorous
life that is, the sonship from God
by the natural birth. is so far from
having in it everlasting life" that
lis not necessarily covetness in du-
ration even with the short span Of
human life.
Link together the passages A.
and B., below and afterward add
tn. passage c., and we cannot but
see how general this death must be
in our fellow beings;
(A)-There is no difference, all
have sinned,
(B)-For whosoever shall keep
the whole law and offend in one
point, he is guilty of all.
(C)-The soul that sinneth, il
shall die.
That this death takes place
within the brief span of human life
is evident from the following pass
ages, addressed as they are to per.
sons still living on the earth:
Eph 2. l "And you hath he
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