The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1913-11-29
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was Noah doing wAue building the
Ark I suppose he Just went about
day after day doing his work aud say
ing nothing TO anyone about the on-
coming tIoods tor as he reasoned.
|they VIII have d butter chAree later
on ls Whit ne Bible says
upon this point Ret And
spared not The old world but saved
Noah the eighth person pteaeher
Eof righteopsness; bringing the
ao6dSupont the world otthe angodf
It says here that Noah wa preach
er sof Righteousness What
preacher? (Websterl zone Who
breaches to proclaim or publish lid
Eings. To proclaim the gospel or
the bible manning, One sent With
a message Revised version Iii
marginal reference for t6
kpreacher, says from the G
herald IL Noah was preacher one
sent with aEmessage. herald then
he must have had definite nesag
to give and that message was
oncoming flood and tt the World had
Iacceptcd this message and Hpent
lof their sins, God would not have
Edone assRe did but would haEespared
1.-The world as He did in the Instance
Iof Ninlyeh. Does this look astheugh
IGod did not try to save the worldly
The call Of Abraham was next no
lticed and in connection with this Il
was stated that there were only
four men Of God living upon the
leartii at this times Melchisedek, ADJ
raham, Isaac, and Jacob. These four
and no more. Let us 90 a little far
ther. Who was Melchizedek. He
was the king OF Salem, priest oofstheS
Most High God. Gen. 1873. II will
be noticed that this man held TWO
very important offices, ie king and
priest. A. king Is one who rules Y
a people. Then combined with this
lie was a priest Of the Most High God
This SLOWS that he was a sorshiper
oGthe true G0d,sNaturallyw we want
whaGg @erk Of q priest y.
IThe Bible aRsye fH~isgauestion Tor
luss Heb. 5:t$. H6ty high
Iptiest taken from affpne men lis or
Idaincd for mem hdZthings pertaining
Eto God, that he may offer both gifts
ana sacrifices for sins: Who can have
ooinpassioa on the ignorant, and on
them that are out Of the way; for
that he himself is comprised with
infirmity. And by reason thereof hei
ought, as for the people, so also for
himself, to offer for SINS It
reasonable to conclude that Melcht2e
dek must have had a sanctuary IL lie
was a priest, and If a prlst must have
performed the work of a priest. The
work of a priest is that Of iaterceds
ing between God and man. 1t natur=
ally follows that there must have
heen a people worsfiping the true
God with him, and for whom hesoffi
ciated. Thus we can see another
oversight on the part Of the, speaker.
Again, IT was inferred that because
Lot left Abraham and went toward
sodom and Gomorrah that he was not
one of the elect of God and Abraham
Idid not seek. to warn him Of tile
danger and the evils of these cities
of The plain, therefore Lot was not
one of the chosen. Let us read an
other answer from the Bible on this
2 Pet. -2:7, s. Here 1t speaks of Lot
being a just person and a righteous
man. This proves to us that there
was at least one more living in the
days Of Abraham whose name should
be added to the list OF the elect which
our brother carries. We are afraid
that u brother is afflicted himself
with an optical illusion, or short
s~ightedpess which is very deceptive;
The rails are evidently conyerging
together, toward Millenialdawnfsm
but not toward the Bible.
God in sending the children 81
real against the Canaanites was
nothing more than justice. They
had filled Up their cup Of iniquity
and turned from the worship Of the
Ftrue God to the worship Of idols,
therefore God sent the children o
Isreal against them just as He had
previously done with the antideip
Wan world. But all from these mas
| tions who wished to join lsreal had
the privilege. BY the. children of
Isreal the knowledge Of the true Cod
|.was kept before tile world: Fsas%
Christ truly came to His own peo=
bldsand He sent His diciples first to-
lfhR. dewRahaf
gave them a world wide commission.
Mark 1915, Acts 1:S, Matt. t2S: 10.