The advocate. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1901-1913, 1912-09-12

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Certainly ,whoever gets the eYart1 d
life will not perish; whoever 1oss ~ - as
get 1t will perish, How plain Gel 6;
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Notice again, the various .tsSJa q
in respect to the Savior ana HI Moga N
The word Savior signifies Giyee.ts
We would have seen tAs beasif olS ttt
II we had not been hefoSEs4 aa1s xk3Sj
spects the penalty, death. IN 8 hosvN
sees that the wages OF sinsi deat
must perforce see that the great nSe0 "
or the world IS "a life SrescGqtSS
them from the death penalty by q rtI-s N
direction. Again, our Lord TeRfes1xts q
Himself as the Great Physici6 who II y
able not only to rescue from TIA tomb 7 3
but to heal all diseases. sallss the I'm
PROJECTIONS which come tosmanttind III d
incidentals Of the death penalty t VS.
Hss99ri again Jesqs 1Terdiss that y
hath the Son hath Hte;;t he TINT hatld
not the. Son shqU not see lites but
wrath OF God Gas expressed In TN
death penalty abideth on himD-to HIM
It becomes the Second Death. This ext
plains also the meaning scf Jesus
words, eye will not come unto Me that \
We may have 1ite." And again, s"I ami
come that they might havesl ara
that they. might have It more album
dantly." What can be plainsY thaIs
that '"The wages Of sin sTdeafh, hut
the gift Of God Is eternal life, through
Jesus Christ our Lord ?"'- Romand
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Unto. Everlasting Punishmsnt~
-" We are asked. Does not The: wurM
everlasting, as applied to the goat class
signify as long period as the saraa
word applied to the sheep cIasBf We
reply, Most assuredly So The pnniRh
ment of sin is to, be everlasting, anG
the reward Of righteousness is to ba,
everlasting. There is no, question ont
this point. The question Is, What ts
the punishment for sin? The thought III
less at once will say, Fire, torment
smoke, blaZes. devils with horns anSY
tails and pitchforks, la Danta'B In
ferno. .s'"' = ..i.,'.:,, & ~ NH 5.5e h:
But we ask for scrfptural answer
What does the Bible say is the punish z
ment for sin? Nothing like Danta,as
answer Is to be found in the BiblGj
however much we might lima CINE that
it was printed In every page and that
we have read it scores Of times. The
Bible is most explicit. It declaresa
1.-THE wages Of sin Is DEATH" "A11 the;
wicked will God Destroy" 'The souH
that snneth, it shall die;ri spunished
with everlasting destruction" Theses;
abundant and redundant ScripturaR
testimonies on the subject should SET
tie the matter of future punishment tO:
every reasonable mind-especiall whem
there is not a Scripture to the icon-
trary' either in the Old or in the New
Testament. >% *@ u
do indeed remember certain OF our
Lords parallels which, taken literally.
might mean the literal cutting of OF
hand or foot, the literal pluckfng Out
/ Of the eye, the biting. worms possessed
of immortality, and literal blazes uM-
quenchable. These we have already
discussed and may yet again refer to-
but not, now. We content ourselves
, with the generally accepted and rea+
sonable proposition that parallels are
never to be accepted as teaching doc
trines, but at very most as illustrating
them. .5@>&.
The Bible contains not a single sug-
gestion of eternal torture as a penalty.
for sin. 1t tells Of no place. Beyond
the bounds Of time and space where
Dante's poem will find it's fulflIf1ent.
1t does tell Of God of infinite Justice,
Wisdom, Love and Power, whose de- :
/ cree is that eventually all the wicked
shall be destroyed; that eventually,
there will not be one inharmontous
note throughout the Universe. to mar
the glorious harmony and perfection
that every knee shall bow and every
tongue confess to the glory Of Gods
that there shall be no more dying, cry
ing, signing; that Gods will shah be-
done on earth even as it Is done In
heaven; that eventually, Every erea-
ture in heaven and in earth and under
the earth shall be; heard saying, Praise,
glory, dominion and might be unto
! Him that sitteth upon the Throne and
unto the Lamb forever .
/ Analysing II Carefully. 4 |
Let US look still more. deeply into
our text: Let us note this word pun.
ishment in the Greek. It Is koFasin.
Its usage in the Greek classics stgni-
fes, to ptune, to cut off. A secondary
meaning Of the word Is, to restrain.
Death Is n most clfectual restraint
The punishment which God has pro
vided for sinners is that they shall be
cut Off from life, cut off from ali the
blessed privileges which God provided,
not for them, not for rebels, but for
sous in fellowship with Himself.
The punishment against Father
Adam WINS cutting off from Eden and