The Daily Missoulian., 1913-05-11

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both soul and body" in Gehenna, the
/ second death. The penalty against
Adam, Dying, thou shalt die" signi-
fies the death of his SOUL his entire
being. Under that sentence, unless re-
deemed. Adam and his race would
have had no future life.
| But God from the very beginning
purposed to redeem man from this
death sentence. In due time He sent
forth His Son to pay mans redemp-
tion price. Jesus redemptive WORK
! will restore mans soul from the power
of the tomb. by resurrection of the
dead. Therefore, even, before Jesus
had died for our sins. He said to some
ef the people, Fear not them which
can kill the body" and thus take from
you all that remains of the present
Adamic life. Fear God, with wnom
are the issues of the future life, for
He is able to destroy not merely the
temporary life of the present time, but
also your prospective life, which He
purposes to secure for YOU through the
Redeemer's sacrifice, and by the resur-
, rection from the dead.
We see, then, that God rested every
feature of His plan for mankind upon
the great work which from the begin
ming He intended Jesus should accom-
plish for our race st. Paul, said the
pastor, expresses this in a few words
saying, AS by man came death (not
eternal tormenD, by man also comes
the resurrection of the dead. For as
all in Adam die, even so all in Christ
shall be made alive, every man in his
own order" The first order, or resur-
rection, is that of the Christ, head and
body, to glory. honor, Immortality, on
the divine plane of being. Search
carefully the old Testament scriptures
every word of God through Moses
and the prophets-and we find not a
hint Of any other penalty for sin than
this death penalty.
What the Death Penalty includes.
The pastor declared that many fail
to grasp the full import of the death
penalty. It includes not only the final
act of dying, but all the steps leading
thereto. Had there been no sin and no
sin penalty, there would have been no
dying process-no aches, no pain, no
signing nor crying, nor dying.
Man HVeu III EucN DIS udpplly DIS dU.
gels live in their Heavenly home on
the spirit plane, for he is an earthly
being, adapted only to earthly condi-
tions. Besides, had it not been for sin.
God would not have permitted the
curse, nor brought thorns, thistles
storms, cyclones, drouth and deluges,
winch in death dealing power have
| been permitted to come to man, be-
cause he is a convict. He is already
under sentence Of death and not en-
titled to any consideration.
The favors that God has promised to
him through Christ will come in their
due season. They will make earth a
Paradise garden, with nothing to hurt
or destroy. The divine blessing will
bring to all mankind the opportunity
to return to the image and likeness of
God, and to everlasting life, under the
| new covenant.
Another Of Our Difficulties.
An additional difficulty under which
We labored as Bible students in the
past, said the pastor is that we con-
fused the special work of this Gospel
age with the general work Of the next
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death of Christ, for rolling away the
curse Of sin and death from mankind
applies to the next age, and not to the
present age. When His due time shall
arrive, everything will be in readiness
for the great work which He has
promised shall be satisfactorily con-
summated. Divine wisdom, backed
by divine power, will establish Mes
siah's kingdom in power and great
glory bind Satan. break the shackles
of ignorance, error and sin, and set
humanity free from the slavery of sin
and death, under which it has rested
for six thousand years.
/ This great work is spoken of in two
different ways: % 1t will be time
for overthrowing and breaking down
the powers of sin, darkness and evil.
| (2) It will be time for uplifting man.
kind to the original divine image in
which Adam was created.
AS the entire reign of sin and death
came, through Adams disobedience,
upon the whole world, so the entire re-
lease from the curse will come to ev-
cry member of the race, through Jesus.
The broad basis for this work has al
|
Christ died for our SINS according to
the scriptures" Il Corinthians $3.50
Jesus Christ. by the grace of God,
tasted death for every man. He Is
the Precipitation for our sins; and not
for ours only, but also for the sins of
the whole World."-1 John 2:2.
AS all the race were involved In the
death sentence, the one redemptive
work was necessary for the releasing
Of all, in Gods arrangement He has
divided the redeemed into two great
classes. both of which will attain ever
lasting life. But one class will receive
it on the spiritual, or Heavenly. plane,
while the other will get it on the earth
ly plane This does not signify uni
versalism, for while these two classes
are to be saved, the Bible distinctly
tells Of some who will receive the
grace of God in vain, and die the
second death.-Revelation 21:S.
i From this viewpoint, note the force
OF the apostles words: 1.-The wages OF
sin is DEATH but the gift Of God is
eternal life, through Jesus Christ our