The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1909-03-09

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thereof thou shalt surely die."-Gen.
PIT.
Looking at these words from our
race history and from our physical
view, we would say that this last ut
terance of God is false. But the Bible
is GODS word, and, therefore, abso-
lutte truth. Too often, just because
the words Of the Bible do not accord
with our physical view of things, and
we don't, therefore, understand them,
higher criticism" steps in to enlight-
n rs and. instead of enlighten-
ing us. destroys the truth that
God uttered and gave us-puts
out the light. God said an immediate
death was to follow the eating of that
fruit. The time to die is positively
stated-''the day that thou eatest
thereof" and the word surely" en-
phasizes the death. But a physical
death was not meant. Had it been a
physical death none Of us would be
here today. They ate and hat glori-
ous spirit in Adam and Eve, which
could think only Gods good
thoughts and talk with God, died in
stantly. IT was a spiritual death,
that God spoke Of.
8. The soul was then left alone the
single custodian and user of the brain
and other parts of the body. The soul,
with all it's veritable God-like powers
and capabilities of thought and knowl-
edge, emotion and Will having the
brain to express its thoughts and
knowledge and its medium for the
control of the body, was then left the
only thinking subject" or mind in
man and Wonan And thus man is
a soul that has a body" is DR.. Saw
age says.
4. Immediately, instantly upon the
death Of the good spirit that God
formed in Adam n Eve. Satan, the
"evil spirit" entered into them as He
dc into JUDAS after the sop"
just before his betrayal of Christ,
and claimed supremacy owe the o
of each and the sole right to use
the physical body Of man and woman,
for his purposes n especially the
brain for the expression of his satanic
thoughts, feelings and will. And then
began, as it continues today, that aw-
full conflict between the soul, God in
and Satan. the carnal mind: awful
in itself and in its history,
for the use of our body. including
our brain the latter Gods crown
ing physical creation IN earth. Each
of us continually recognizes this con-
fict, as grand old ST. Paul recognized
it, and so graphically tells us of it in
the last half of the seventh chapter
of Romans. We daily and hourly
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stand it. Sadly we experience it.
Some souls "a actually feel the pres
nee of Satan in others h moment
they get in the presence of the persons
in whom he is.
5. And then, to every one, espe-
cially to those who earnestly call
for it and really want it, comes
promise, and enters into each thus
wanting Him. TO q tho
soul and to aid it to victory
over Satan in his conflict, to drive
him out, to "cast out the evil spir-
it." just as Christ did. to give and
make US free and ito guide US into
all truth And hen we are born
again and restored nearly to our
first estate in Eden. Then, being
born again, we can "see the kingdom
of Cod and feel it and be free"
It is uncomfortable, with our con-
slant view of perfection in all of
Gods works around US, that He mould
have created man in his present de-
fective state of mental doubt, uncer-
ever came from the hands of a Crea-
tor who made all else, that we see
and know to be His work. SO good"
and who pronounced man very
good,' that is, better than all else
that He had made. And man was
better than all other creations on this
earth, in his perfection, when the
spirit that God formed in him. and
the soul, which God breathed into
him, as a unified perfect thinking sub
iect. tremendously and happily lived
and acted together as one, which they
in fact were until the spirit died. The
same duality Of our constitution ex-
lists now as then. the only but vast
difference being in the spirit that took
the place of the e spirit.
That we must be born again" or
from above" as the Greek word.
another, means. clearly indicates that
there must be" a new life, from
same source above whence man