The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-12-14

the Divine Program as it relates to the
salvation of mankind plainly teach that
the present Christian Era, from the time
of our Lords first advent to the time OF
His second coming, has been set apart for
the purpose of selecting and developing
special class the members of which in
the resurrection will be changed from
fleshly to spiritual conditions In TINS
present life these are said TO be begotte1
and finally born Of the spirit in the resur-
rection morning. These are to be like
their Lord and see Him as He is, changed
from mortal TO immortal conditions All
others, Adam included, are TO be awaken
ed unto resurrection by judgment (Jonn
V. IS, 29-not damnation- See Revised
Version. a raising up to perfection as hu-
man beings, and these are to mhablt the
earthly plane of existence Only tie
Lord Jesus and His joint-heirs, the
dom of Heaven, the heavenly or spiritual
honors and blessings, while the world or
mankind in general will obtain blessings
and life eternal as natural or fleshly be-
ings- See I Corinthians, XVIII chapter.
of God was manifested that He might de-
stroy the works of the devil" Will TINS
result in a final salvation or a final de-
struction of all the wilfully wicked2
Answer.-The Scriptures show us thai
because of Satan's deception of our Moth
er Eve, sin entered into the world, and
that death followed as a result; therefore
we could properly say that the works or
the devil have been sin and death The
reign OF CErlSI VIII result IN Tie
ton of all who work wickedness, and so
our Lord declared in one of His great
parallels. Depart from Me we cursed into
everlasting fire prepared for the devil
and his angels (Matthew XIV, ~ The
language here used by our Lord SYM
boEcal1y represented condition OF de-
struction. Other Scriptures declare that
only the righteous will be preserved, as
we read: 1.-The Lord preserveth them
that love Him, but all the wicked VIII lie
struction includes Satan himself and all
that are in sympathy with his evil meth
DDS (Iebrews ii, I'd
ON Matthew xviii, Is, we read.
Whatsoever ye bind on earth shall De
bound in heaven: whatsoever We loose on
earth shall be loosed in heaven" Do we
understand from this Scripture that the
Lord meant to turn over his arrangement
to the Apostles and be governed by what
they did?
Answsr-This Scripture does not teach
that the Lord would yield his preroga-
tives and become obedient to the dictates
of the Apostles, but it does teach that |
Holy Spirit, that their decision in the
church, respecting what things should be |
considered obligatory and what things
should be considered optional would |
be proper decisions; and that the /
the church in general thereafter might |
know that the matters were fixed ana |
settled, and that the conclusions arrived |
at were the Lords decisions as well as |
those of the Apostles This was guar |
antee of Divine supervision in the organ |
ization of the Church Jesus assured |
them that they should be guided by the |
Holy Spirit and for this cause we may
be assured that the writings of the
! postIe in the New Testament are for the
approval and constituting the message or
God to the Church.