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mediums. not be-
tween dead and living humans. but
between humans and demons the fall
EN- angels. And yet the Pastor said
all this in such kindly. sympathetic
manner that surely none could take Of
Tense Evidently no offense was in
tended. but merely the presentation of
what the speaker assuredly believes to
he the teaching of the Bible.
He opened his address by noting the
fact that the common conception re-
speeding Satan's appearance and where
ahOuts is wholly false. built not upon
the Bible. but upon human tradition.
human imagination. handed down
from darker day. The Pastor be-
lieves In real. personal Satan. and
believes him to be Beelzebub. the
prince of demons. In other words. he
believes the Bible to teach that Satan
Is IN angel of higher rank than or
binary angels and possessed of su-
perior powers. Hence he outranks
those who are with him. and perforce
Is their leader. or prince.
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place with his fallen angels. torturing
millions of the human family in fur
naces. the Pastor made very clear. He
showed that nothing of the kind Is
taught i'm the Scriptures. On the con-
trary. they teach that Satan and his
host. since the Deluge. are under re-
straint. confined to Tartarus. our
earth's atmosphere. They cannot wan
der around the universe. as before.
Satan is very literally. therefore. the
prince Of the power of the air" and
his associate demons are members or
this aerial. or spirit power. malevolent
as respects everything that is of God
and righteousness. and especially the
foes. therefore. of such of humanity as
renOunce the works of the flesh and
the Devil. and seek to walk in the
footsteps of Jesus.
The Lie and Where Told.
The lie was told in Eden. The ser
pent was used as Satan's tool. Satan
himself was originally the only rebel.
His associates. the fallen angels. were
not with him in his rebellion until
some time afterward The Pastor would
not say that the serpent could not
speak under satanic impulse or OBJ
session or hypnosis. but he inclined
to believe that the serpent spoke by
its actions. He quoted the proverb
which declares that ACTIONS spea K
louder than words" He thought that
this was probably the way in which
the serpent spoke to Mother Eve
God had forbidden our first parents
to eat of a certain kind of fruit in the
Garden. without telling them why. 1t
was simply test Of their obedience
their loyalty to Him. He told them
that disobedience. disloyalty. In this
matter would result In their death.
He said nothing about eternal torment.
The wilful sinner according to the
Bible. is to die. to perish as natural
brute beast. Gods favors are for only
: those who will abide in His Love
THE wages Of sin is death; but the
gift of God is everlasting life. through
Jesus Christ our Lord
The serpent. by eating of the forbid
den fruit without dying. but on the con
trary being the wisest of all the beasts
seemed to give the lie to Gods word
Through the serpent Satan declared t.
the woman. I'VE shall not surely die
Through the serpent. Satan also toll
Mother Eve that God evidently wal
trying to keep herself and her husband
: in ignorance. blindness. darkness; ant
that it was time for them to awake. t
assert their rights. and to make TIT
j best of themselves. by eating of TIT
3 forbidden fruit Father Adam knew
! better. but when he found that his dea
. wife had eaten and thus had come I'm
, der the sentence. or curse. Of death. b.
was so discouraged that he determined
to die with his wife, loving her so mucl
s.sthat he would rather die with her thai
:. live without her.
: Satan's object in telling this lie. i
deceiving our first parents. was mad
. very clear by the Pastor. From othe
ScriptLres he pointed out that Sata
: for some time had been saying in hi
heart that he would like to have and [
exercise still higher powers than thos
which he possessed. He would like t
e be "as the Most High" He would b
l. Il sovereign, who might work out hi
= own plans He had no thought of SUI
planting the Almighty. but had th
pride tofsupnose that he could manag
{ the universe better than God could
and that il he had a small section III