Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1910-06-23

evil, thou shalt not eat Of it; for IN
the day thou eatest thereof thou shalt
surely die" Wherefore as by one
man ADAM sin entered into the
world, and death by sin; and 50 death
passed upon all men, for that all have
sinned. Gen. 2:17; Rom. 5:12.
1.-THE soul that sinneth it shall die.
For the wages of sin is death. " Such
language cannot be misunderstood ex-
cent by those who will not hear, Death
is the opposite of life. For that
which befalleth mems souls befalleth
beast souls; as the one dieth, so dieth
the other; yea they have all one
breath; so that man hath no pre-em-
inence above a beast.-Ecc. 3.19.
Man that is in honor and understand
eth not, is like the beasts that perish. .
1.-The wicked shall perish. :" His
breath goeth forth, in that very day
his thoughts perish" "The herd OF
swine persisted in the waters. -
A little reasoning on these Scrip
lures should surely convince all that
death is cessation of existence. Are
brute beasts in a place of torment?
Did the herd of swine go to eternal
torment? 1t is written they all alike
perish. "If the dead rise not, then
they that are fallen asleep in Christ
are perished =" Surely these are not
| in torment.
''God so loved the world that He
gave his only begotten Son, that who
soever believeth in him should not
perish, but have everlasting life. "
Here life and death are placed as OPP
posites. Eternal life is promised only
| to the believers and this is very notice
able all through the Scriptures. He
that hath the Son hath life; he that
hath not the Son hath not life" Eter-
nal life as it will apply to men during
the Millennium, will, as in father Ad-
ANS case, be conditioned on obedi-
ence. 1t will still be true, 1.-THE soul
that sinneth shall die" But while all
| die as result of Adams sin, it will
be different then, as it is written of
that time that every man shall die
| for his own SINS and not for the sins
of another And again, This proverb
shall not be heard any more, to- wit:
that the fathers have eaten sour grapes
OF sin and the children's teeth are set
on edge -
Having seen that life and death are
opposites; and having seen that etern-
al life is conditional, we come now to
notice that eternal life and immortal
ity are different propositions, that is,
they differ in degree, but are the same
in extent. That which is immortal is
indestructible God and Christ only
hath this degree of life, dwelling in
light which no man can approach I'M
to: whom no man hath seen nor can
see." However, during the Gospel
age immortality is held out as a re-
ward to the saints, but there are con-
ditions that must be met. 1t must be
sought by 'patient continuance in
we'll doing" "This mortal must put
on Immortality. rom. 2:17; l Cor.
1888. two things that woull not be
necessary wero it already possessed by
man. Immortality is the Divine ma
ture and all who ever partake of il
must be 'begotten of God, ''begot-
ten by the word" my words are
spirit, and they are life to those that
find Them" All who would run for
this prize must enter the straight
gate Because straight is the gate,
and narrow is the way, which leadeth
unto life Immortality and few there be
that find t"--2. Pet. Ia; Cor.
AIS; Matt. 7:13,14 We note, too,
that the way to immortality now is
much more difficult than will be the
way to eternal life during the Millen.
mum. For then, we read, the righte.
GUS will be rewarded, whereas now, the
wicked spreads himself and pros
pers'', while the righteous suffer.
"All that will live go1ly in Christ Je-
sus, shall suffer persecution. How
ever, the reward of immortality is
much higher and grander than will be
eternal life. and the time much short
er in which to be developed.
Because then the world will have
thousand years as compared to the
short time allotted now to individual
J members of the Church of Christ
Now what is the sum of the matter
Briefly, we have seen that "sheol'
! and "hades' are identical, one an(
the same place or condition, and tina
''hell' "grave" and pit properl,
convey the same meaning. We hav'
seen this to be the place or condition
of the dead, and we have found nj
signs of life, fire, or of torment there
, We have seen that 'sheol", "hades'
''hell differ from ''gehenna in that
resurrection is provided from the form
, er while whoever or whatever come
under the ''gehenna" sentence are an
: initiated, hopelessly destroyed. W
, nave seen that ''tartaroo' refers not t
mans condition at ALL but to the an
] gels that sinned before the flood, an
t that, contrary to reports, there are n
{ | "disembodied spirits or fire there