Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1909-09-09
and will be until it is "fini shed.

We have produced enough proof to
convince the truth-seeker, thongh our
'storehouse of things new and old
Is barely touched. However, there Is
one thing more to be noticed and that
is the significance of the words NOR
tai. immortality, incorruptible and in
compatibility. Much confusion re-
suits unless this is known and proper
ly applied. Immortal deathiess,
does not occur once in the original,
and only once in the common version,
! Tim. 1:17, where it ought to be
rendered incorruptible. 1t applies to
God" Immortality, deathlessness.
occurs three times, | Cor. 1853 "a;
l Tim. 8:15. applies exclusively to
God and the glorified bodies of the
saints" 'Incorruptible, God is,
rom. ;23; Tim. 1870 SO also his
word Il Pet. 1:23) the bodies of the
saints will be Il Cor. 1852 also the
inheritance Il Pet Ia The Chris
tian's crown will be. incorruptible,
Il Cor. 9:2s. ''Incorruptability, to
be sought after Rom. 2:7), brought
to view and illustrated in the Gospel
Il Tim. 1:10); corruptible natures
must put it on in order to inherit the
kingdom of God, Il Cor. 15:4e, 80, SO,
3D. /" These quotations are from the
Diaglot and we will now quote from
Pastor Russell's works, Life and
Immortality, Vol, 3, Scripture Stu
dies, page $50, and Vol. l. page 1856:
Mortality signifies state or eondi-
tion of liability to death; not condi-
tion of death, but condition in
which death is possibility I'm
mortality signifies state or condi-
tion not liable to DEATH not merely
condition of freedom from death but a
condition in which death is an I'M
POSSIBILITY. . The above detini-
tion of immortality properly repre-
sents the common idea but perhaps
some might object to the above idea
of mortality, claiming that one could
not be mortal and yet escape death.
But the thoughtful will discern that
Adam, though created mortal, liable
to a death penalty. was, nevertheless,
capable of living on and ON eternally
under conditions of obedience. This
is the logical conclusion. else Adam
could not have been threatened with
death and afterwards driven from
Eden and away from the life'sustain-
ing grove or trees of life, lest he by
eating continuously live forever.
(Gen. 3:22.) Aud this is the state of
the case. Adam was created mortal,
else the warning and sentence of
death would have been an idle one.
Bearing this in mind and the manner
of Adam creation, how the breath or
spirit of life was blown into the new
" formed organism and resulted in a
living soul, a sensible being. and hav-
ing seen that the same breath or spir-
it of life is common to all flesh, we
properly conclude that Adam was
created mortal, and according to- the
laws of heredity his offspring have
partook of his dying nature, and the
road having grown more slippery with
sin the transmitted spark of life is
comparatively extinguished. As the
Scriptures put it, man is Cut down
like the grass, and As the flower of
grass he shall pass away, and with
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none would claim that there is life in
cut grass, and from this figure we see
that as the life of the grass is in the
root, so mans hope depends upon God
and Christ and not upon any merit OF
filthy rags of his own.
Now, 1 wish to notice a few of the
weak places in our dear brother let
ter, He asks from Job, IF a man
die shall he live againT' 1t appears
inconsistent for one who claims to be
death proof to ask such question.
What did Job think about it? Let ,Jot
answer: Man lieth down lin death
and riseth not (of his own power).
But all the days of my appointed time
will l wait in sleep until my change
come. Though am cut down like a
flower and tieeth as a shadow, though
| give up the ghost (life) and waste
away, yet / know thou shalt call and
will answer thee. The dead shall
hear thy voice and come forth. Thi.
is Jobs language, arranged and slight.
ly paraphrased with our Lords words
in re the resurrection. Jobs S trust is in
God, not in himself. tJob H.. He
quotes Jesus words 10 show that meI
may kill the body but cannot kill the
soul, and then exultantly declare.
that this "Strlkes away the no-Hell
lite etc. Our Lord warning is t.
fear God rather than men who car
terminate the present existence, but
cannot prevent future life But
mark you, it does say that God car
DESTROY. and that is our conten
tion. that He will destroy the IRE
claimable wicked, both root ant
/ branch. and Iot perpetuate them il
torment. | thank him for the poin
and believe he will see it. His refer
ence to the parable of Dives and Laz
arus and Jesus promise to the dyin,
thief as proving that the soul is con
! scious and separate from the bod,
does not prove it TO my understanding
We cannot give a full Interpretation