The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1913-10-14

NARA ~S0ANA ~nS BSA&
abroad that everlasting destinies are
fixed at death. The only text ever
quoted In support Of this thought lis 4
statement that where a tree falleth
there shall it lie" (Ecclesiastes II 81
Sure enough, the fallen tree cannot
raise itself. And sure enough man.;
fallen into death, Is equally powerless.'
There he would be forever were 1t not
for the Divine arrangement for his
awakening by the Lord Jesus Christ. =
| Many OF us have been too free to be-
lieve that the penalty for sin may be
entirely escaped by a simple word OF
prayer, and yet reversely have believed
that there could be no forgiveness OF
sins after death. The only explana-
ton Of this persistent thought in the
minds Of the masses is that they were
taught that destinies were fixed at
death by the taking Of the dying one
ovse to a fiery He'll, or to a blazing
Purgatory, or to a blissfuI Heaven.
After all, in confusion did we not
once say that everybody, for a time Mt
least, would be brought out Of Heaven.
Purgatory and Hell to attend a Judg-
ment s~cene-quite contrary to reason
and the Bible-a Judgment to deter
mine whether any mistake had been
made in regard to who had Heaven,
who had He'll and who had Purgatory?
How foolish we have been-how STU
pid, how inconsistent, how unscrip-
tural!
"Every Knee Shall Bow"
Now we see that the dead are SIM
ply sleeping until the Morning, when
all the sleepers will be awakened by
Him who died for all. Now we see
that no changes take place in the moral
status Of the dead, nor In the Divine
standards. He who forgave us our
sins when we confessed them and for
sock them Is "the same yesterday, to-
day and forever" and will be Just as
ready to forgive the world Of man
kind, when in due time He shall send
them light and they shall believe and
repent
Surely there is no more reason why
a sinner could not be forgiven In the
future than that a sinner could not be
forgiven in the present. When sinners
are forgiven now, it does not mean,
that they obtain full release from some
proper penalty for their sins-stckness,,
sorrow, pain. Nor will the forgiveness
OF sins In the future Age mean that no
stripes will be put upon the trans
gressors. Jesus distinctly tells US re-
specting that future Age that then
those who have sinned against knowI- -.
edge, light, will be punished with many
stripes, while those who have sinned
with less light will be punished with
stripes.-Luke 12:4T, 48. -.
Take for example the son Of the Wild
ow Of Main, or others Of those awak-
ened by our Lord, We know little re-
speeding their relationship to God.
This widows son may have been a
good mar or a wicked man; but the
fact that he had been awakened from
the sleep Of death by the Master would
certainly work no injury to him after
ward in the matter Of forgiving sins
for which he might repent.
Gods entire object in providing the
Of Messiah and in restrain
ing Satan and causing the knowledge
Of Gods glory to fill the earth is to
give mankind a better opportunity
han Is now generally enjoyed for re-
9%entance and reconciliation with Him
self. Now, only the favored few can
see, can hear, q understand. Then,
from the least to the greatest shall
brought to a knowledge of the Lord
Ind His goodness, and unto Him
eventually every knee shall bow and
Every tongue confess"
Judgment Fer a Thousand Years.
Now we see by the light of the Bible
hat good and bad, civilized and heath
N, all go, at death, to the Bible hell ?
Sheol, Hades, the tomb. Now we,
lee that all are waiting for the glorions
Morning, to be ushered in by the Sec,
md Coming Of Jesus. Now we see i"
hat only the few have yet had the, .
light and blessing which determines
heir everlasting destiny; that the OVER :
'omers OF this Gospel Age will be as
violated with Jesus as spirit beings in
he Kingdom, while the Of
previous times will be associated with
same Kingdom as its earthly (
representatives.. In their cases only.
will the Divine Judgment have been
-
The remainder Of mankind, dying inG@
or less ignorance of God and His
erms of acceptance of sinners, are TO
ave their Judgment, or trial, during,
thousand years Of Messiah's King
ON. The willing and obedient shalt
re blessed and enter into life eternal.
he disohedient, wilful sinner will die,
he Second Death.
More Tolerable For Sodomites. 49,
Jesus, In speaking of that coming Z
Judgment Day of the world, declared
hat the Sodomites will be there, al
Ten as the people to whom He preach
d. And significantly. He stated that
! would be more tolerable for, Sodom
Gomorrah In the Day of Judgment
han for Chorazin, Bethsaida and Cas-,
ernaum; for If the Sodomites, had
cen privileged to enjoy the preaching
T Jesus they would have repented In
ackcloth and ashes.
From the Masters words we thus
how serious might be our
OF the hearts of men,
he people Of Bethsaida, Chorazin and
were regular attendants
the synagogues-decent people, hav.
lg a form Of goodness, but knowing