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Consider Now our Ta5,
Go we into all the world of
the gospel TO every creature IL,
llevetk and In baptized. snlii bc e,
but he that believeth not. shgu .,
damned. MARK xvi, 10, l6
One of the most important of these
interpretations or poisonous additi is
engrafted upon the Word of God Is in
/ the sixteenth chapter of Mark. all OF
which. from the ninth verse to the end
Of the chapter. is spurious-fraudulent
1t Is additional to anything that ST.
Mark wrote. as evidenced by the fact
that these verses are not found In any
of the three oldest Greek MSS.
or course some of the items of
these verses are found In other Cos.
pels. 1t would never do to add lie
/ without a certain amount of covering
Of Truth to sugarcoat IL! But notice
our text and what a wrong thought 1t
gives--inconsisten with the remainder
of the Scriptures Its intlmatlon Is
that the preaching Of the Gospel to
every creature will result either In his
believing II and being baptized, and
thus being saved, or IN his disbelleving
and being damned. And this word
ddmned carries with 1t. In the light of
other misunderstandings. fire and
blazings. roasting and torture. shrek
ing and woes indescribable. This Is
all wrong-contrary to the authentic
Scriptures.
The authentic Scriptures inform us
that this Gospel Age Is one In which
God is gathering from the world
"little flock" of footstep followers,
sanity and elect. to constitute the
Bride of Chrlst-his joint-heirs In his
coming Kingdom. They show that not
all are expected to hear this message
at the present time--not many wise.
great. learned or rich. but chiefly the
poor. They assure us that to have the
hearing ear is special favor. saying,
blessed are your ears for they hear,
and your eyes for they see" St Paul
tells us that the world in general is
blind ana deaf to the message now sent
forth Romans Xi. u. and the expert
ences of eighteen centuries corrobOrate
Gods work in the present time is not
the conversion of the world (Which GER
tainly Is not being accomplished but
that he is now taking out of the world
people for his name ito bear the
name of Christ, as his Bride). The nu-
thentlc Scriptures everywhere teach
us that the poor. blind. deaf world.
which has never yet heard fully and
clearly of 1.-The only name given under
heaven or amongst men whereby we
may be saved" is not on this account
condemned or damned. They tell us
that the whole world was born con-
demned. because children of Adam and
sharers in his condemnation. but that
God has provided In the sacrifice Of
Jesus redemption for Adam and all
his race They tell us that as result,
in Gods due time. Christ, as the true
Light. the Sun of Righteousness, shall
enlighten every man that cometh into
the world. They explain that God is
now calling out special class while
the darkness is upon the earth and the
gross darkness upon the heathen. and
that the Sun of Righteousness, which is
to enllghten the whole world. will not
arise until the elect Church shall first
have been gathered out They tell us
that, In the New Dispensation yet to
dawn. all the families of the earth will!
be blessed through The Christ-.Iesus,
the Head, and the Church his Body or
Bride. They tell us that then "all the
blind eyes shall be opened and all the
deaf ears shall be unstopped" Usaiah
XXXv. 81. They tell us that then the
, Sun of Righteousness shall arise with
healing in his beams, flooding the whole
earth with the light of the knowledge
of the glory of God They assure us that
that will be the period of Messiah's
dom come; thy will be done on eartl
, as in heaven" They tell us that the
, object of that reign will be that the
, world in general muy have a trial tC
, determine whether, with the light ant
. knowledge and experience then grant
r cd. they will choose God and righteous
, ness and the reward of eternal life, ol
a will choose sin and its penalty, the
? Second Death.
: Unbelievers Damned Already.
0 Our word damned, from misusage ant
a the bad theology of the Dark Ages
: has sulphurous odor, whereas lts
5 plain, simpe meaning is the same as
a the word cOndsmR. Adam was damned
;. or condemned 6000 years ago because
/ of his disobedience. And all his chill
0 dren, by heredlty, share his weak
: nesses and thus share his condemna
0 ton. But Adam Is not condemned OF
I damned to eternal torture nor to Pur
: gatory. The Bible distinctly says IL
/ so many words that his sentence. hi
3 condemnation. his damnation. is I,
l. death. "In the day that thou Gates
g thereof, dying thou shalt die" tGenesi
I, II, II, margln). After his dlsobedience
$ God said. Unfit is the earth for tn!
o sake Thorns and thistles shall 1
Il bring forth unto thee. In the swea
Q of thy face shalt thou eat bread unit
Q thou return unto the ground from
which thou vast taken; for dust thol
M nd d,,ot shalt rY.i