The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1911-12-11

! tlon upon our first parents extended to
him: he was horn with fallen nas
ture. he was born under the death
sentence. The killing OF his brot her
Abel did not increase the penalty.
which stood the same-death- curling
!uff from life. THE wages OF sin is
death; 1.-THE soul that sinneth 1t shall
die"
Retribution--sowins and Reapinu.
There would have been no Message
sent to mankind exhorting to right
eousness and to tarn from sin had
God not intended to redeem mar by
the death OF His Son; and rpdrenling
/ them means to give each and all Of
the human family another opportuni
". another trial, another Judgment
to test their worthiness or unworthi-
ness Of everlasting life--to prove to
what extent their acquaintance with
sin and its penalty has taught them
the great lesson respecting the sinful
ness and undesirability Of sin and the
sureness Of its penalty death,
Accordingly. for four thousand
years God sent no Message TO the
world in general until Jesus came
and died. the Just for the unjust. aud
thus made possible the release Of
mankind from the death sentence--a
resurrection from he dead The only
exception to this rule was Gods Cove
nant with Israel under which they
tried 10 gain eternal life by keeping
hhe Law. aud became great exam
pie Of the fallen mans inability and
of the need Of the Savior.
Light Shined In Darkness.
For more than eighteen centuries
this Message has been going forth
namely. thai God has provided for the
race y redemption from the original
death sentence. and that there is to
be n resurrection Of thn dead both
Of the Just and The unjust An man
Kind who hear this Message nre there
by warned that every net Of The pres
e0t life will have rs weight. either
In the uplifting or in fine degrading Of
his own character. and thus have
bearing upon his future interests II
Is in view Of This IN urr opportunity for
life or death everlasting thn, o,r con
duct in the present time has n herring
Those who have the hearing ear and
the eyes of understanding opened. dis
Germ. rs The Apostle says. that In GGd's
estimation all unrightcousncss is sin
however great or small Those who
now accept Gods invitation are in
formed that if they make u conse"ra-
tion of their lives to follow in Jesus
footsteps. God will deaf with them as
with rev creatures. and no longer
iulpute to them their share Of Adams
condemnation. but treat them as hav-
ing passed from death condemnation
to life Justification
Moreover. their flesh will creek
oned MS dead: full arrangements will
be made for The covering over of all
their unintentinnal weaknesses. and
their Judgment in Gods sight will he
according 10 their will or intention. II
be counted rs perfect thror~h the
merit Of their Redpcncr ana Advo
cate, But 81 Paul admoniShes tht
Church smying IF we sin wilfully
after that we have rP"ci"od knowl
edge of the truth and have taStcG
Of the good Word Of God and the
powers Of TIE Age TO come and have
been made rartakers of the Holy
Spirit. II Is impossible to renew us
again 70 Observation-Disclosures IN
the matter would seal our case. how
ever small the transgression- Just ms
1t sealed Adams fate with his minor
transgreSsion.
But let MS not forget that the Amos
tie limits this possibility of sin-the
sin unto deaih--to the Church to the
Spirit hegottcn ones. These. receiving
their share of the great Atouement
sacrifice of Jesus. and failing to con
form TO the Divine requirement. come
Under the Divine penalty second
time. ard theirs will be the Second
Death. from which there will be no
resurrection. no recovery. Compare
Hebrews vi, 4-G ard X. 2G-31
Coming Events Cast Shadows Before.
1t should be clear to us then that. in
harmony with our text. the whole
world is now under the wrath Of God.
which came upon The race through the
disobedience Of our first parents; and
the only ones who have escaped from
that wrath aud gotten back into bar
mony With God are the sanity few. lie
gotten of the Holy Spirit, The ESCAPE
of these from Divine wrath or the
death sentence Is not actual, but by
faith. They reckon themselves ms hav
ing passed from death unto life."
AS for the remainder Of the world
they are not thus reckoned. for they
are yet In their sins. still children Of
wrath and experiencing the peunIiy of
sin. The world will continue under
these conditions until the completion
of the eiec ton of the Church. and then
the Redecnier. who now occupies the
position of Advocate toward he
Church, viii assume Il new Utiice;l lie.
with His Church associated With Him
will become the great Mediator he
tween God and men. lie will mediate
for Israel ana for all the families Of
the earth appropriaiing the merit of
His sacrifice for the sins OF the whole
world. even as in the beginning OF this
Apa He iInDufed this merit ia tho