Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1912-04-13

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is our preaching
vain. and your faith also vain: yea.
and we are found false witnesses Of
God. Then they also which
are fallen asleep In Christ are perish
ed" Il Corinthians XIV. II. Is, 49, He
said
The faith once delivered to the saints
by Jesus aud the Apostles In respect to
the resurrection of the dead has been
very generally lost Christian people
profess belief In the resurrection. he
cause they find II stated In the Bible
yet they are continually in difficulty
In their endeavor TO make the Scrip
tural teaching on the subject square
with some OF the unscriptural theories
received into the Church. and incor-
poraied into many Of the creeds during
the Dark Ages"
ST. Paul warned the Church against
these human philosophers. and called
them science. falsely so called, which
makes void the Word Of God. These
errors have been instrumental In divid.
Ing the faith of Gods people into six
hundred denominations. with six hun.
dred different professions. II Gods
people could all come back 10 the sim
pllciiy OF the Bibles teaching In re-
spcct to the resurrection OF the dead.
NIL Of these differences would speedily
disappear Gods Word would he seen
10 he beautiful and harmonious. salts
factory to the consecrated intellect. as
none Of our scctarian crccds are.
Really the doctrine OF the rasurrec.
ton Of the dead has been repudiatcd
by all denominations. not willingly. not
Intentionally but pcrforce. as Il We're,
An opposite theory received and in
trcnchcd In the minds gives no place
for the doctrine Of the resurrection. ~
the Riblp presents II. Consequently
we have twisted the doctrine OF the
resurrection mud rccite. IL believe IN
the resurrection Of the body"
Yet even this perverted view OF the
resurrection Is not satisfactory TO those
who hold IL. They wish many time
that the doctrine of the resurrection
were not IN the Bible. so much diff
ference does II cause. For instance.
how Inconsistent II seems that they
should say. II believe in the resurrec-
ton Of The body" and then say. rs
many do. Dying is but going home. get
tlng rid Of the mortal flesh. and being
freed from It's limitations. II II Is Y
blessing Ia die and get free from the
limitations of the body. how could II
he blessing to he reincarceratcd In
the body. and hc obliged To keep II
through all eternity: Such Is the in
consistency Of the resurrection. how
ever. from the general view.
The Bible Resurrection Reasonable.
There Is nothing inconsistent in the
Bible presentation of the resurrection
Not from the Bible. hut from men.
comes the suggestion Of the resurrcc.
ton Of the iody The Bible invariably
refers 10 the resurrection Of the som-
II is the som that dies; as we read.
The soul that slnncth. IL shall die"
Adam was created u living soul. hut
his living soul came under the death
sentence because he disobcycd God
II was his spal that was redeemed
from death. not his body. II will re-
deem thy life tlook up the word life Ia
see II II IL from the Hebrew word
meaning som. and II so. add the word
soul after the word life. In parcnthcsisl
from destruction. Psalm ciii. 4.
To accomplish this redemption we
read that Christ Jesus poured out His
soul unto DEATH" He made His soul
nm offering for sin" Moreover. we are
particularly told that II was the soul
of Jesus that WAS raised from the
dead: "rhou wilt not leave My soul IN
shcol" ST. Peter quotes this statement
MS prophctical of the resurrection OF
Jesus. that His soul was not left IN
hadcs: God raised Jesus from the dead
ON the third day With what body de-
they come: * II totally different ques
ton. Some Of the dead souls. in the
resurrection, will come forth with spir
IL bodies and others with human bid
los. according to the Bible. But the
important point il. that II Is the soMi.
the LciHg. that comes forth that Is res
urrectcd not the body. n the soul
dies. NJ the Rih'c declares. then mani
f,>ily the sipl shoull he rcsnrrectcd
The dincnii, with ms has been that
We have made vnid the Word ~
God" by mr. traditions We rcceiv
cd from the crceian philosophers trn
,lliion which Sneritr~ and Plato both
advocated namely Tint nh-n II hu
man being dies he does not ieally die