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Free Moral Agency.

Editor news
thought | would write few words
on what is known among christian
teaching as free moral agency. Ii
Gods word in the Bible is true, man
is free, moral agent, and if L did
not believe the Bible | would not have
one in my house. First, | wish to
say hearing, conviction, godly sorrow,
repentance and faith are conditions OF
salvation. What mean by conditions
is terms of agreement between two
parties. Christ represents himself to
us as a mediator, and as such all chris
tians, as far know, gladly receive
him. Mediatorship implies an agency
employed between parties at variance.
find the Bible clear that Christ was
in the world reconciling the world I'M
to God, or in other words, Christ rec
onciled God to man and man to God.
What use was Christ as mediator, If
there is no condition to salvation2
Look close to the condition set be-
fore us. Says God concerning Israel,
II call heaven and earth to record this
day against you that have set before
you life and death, blessing and ours
ing, therefore choose life that both
thou and thy seed may live" Any
man that can't see mans free agency
here has something wrong with his
thinker and is blind to Bible knowl-
edge. God decreed that the soul that
sinneth shall die. Now, as a condi
ton, God says if the wicked will turn
from all his sins that he has commit
ted and do that which is lawful and
right, he shall surely live, he shall not
die. A man is very weak in his upper
story who can't see a condition there.
Jesus in speaking of Isreal and the
reason they had to be destroyed said,
''ye would not. " Who contracts a
condition here? Suppose the Lord had
said "Ye could not. " There would
have been some excuse for a theology
that man is not free, moral agent.
HE that heareth these sayings of
mine and doeth them" is a passage
from Jesus words that teaches free
moral agency and proves it beyond a
doubt to all unbiased and fair-minded
thinkers. The false theology would
have to read, HE that heareth these
aoviprS IF mi no oul 7 foroo +bo,,, go a.,
them is like unto wise man that
built his house upon a rock. - If a
man does anything of his own free
will, then he is wise, but if he is fore
ed into it then away goes all wisdom,
if thought that a man that believed
such theology would know more about
free moral agency than the Lord
Jesus tells us faith is a condition.
He that beHeveth on the Son hath ev-
erlasting life and if ye believe not that
| am he We shall die in your sins. -
Here is free moral agency and belief is
the condition, He that believeth not
is condemned already. Now, why is
he condemned? Because he hath not
believed. Who cannot see condition
in the Saviour teaching here2 If God
decreed from the beginning that a GER
tain part of the race should be saved
and Il certain part lost, he also decreed
that everyone wanting to be saved
shall be saved, and everyone not want.
ing to be saved shall be lost. This is
reasonable and commends itself to all
fsir-minded thinking people. Every
proposition made to sinners concerning
their salvation by faith in Christ .Ies-
MS, is addressed TO the will of man.
This proves beyond a shadow of a
doubt man. free agency Jesus said
to the man at the pool, "Wilt thou be
made wholeT' This certainly shows
man to be free to accept or reject, or
am certainly lacking in brain CAPACITY.
When Jesus had seated himself on
the Great White throne, he said, "The
spirit and the bride say come, and LEI
him that heareth say come. and whose.
ever will, let him take Of the water OF
life freely. This teaches beyond ,
doubt free moral agency. Whence
cometh the false theology of man moi
being free moral agentY IL come.
from the devil as Jesus.is the authol
Of. free moral agency.
Nm wATCHMAN.