The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1913-11-17

for he is q TAR and the father Of it."
(John S:44.l Pastor Russell said:
We all know that the holy angels Of
Heaven are free from the blights
which causa sorrow on earth. In
Heaven there is no signing, no crying,
no dying, 70 sickness, no heart-aches,
no headaches, nc insane asylums, no
funerals, no doctors. On earth these
things are SO familiar that many as
sumo that they always have been and
always will be. And yet without a
question we all acknowledge that the
same God who made such a splendid
provision for the angels is the God of
humanity, our Maker. Why should
He have done so differently with two
creations Of His own family-His own
creatures, His w children?
The Bible explains that the reason
for the difference between Gods treat
tnent Of mankind and His treatment
of the angels Is that the human family
became sinners, depraved, alienated,
through the disobedience of Father
Adam; that the entire race of Adam
is mentally, morally and physically
impaired; and that these impairments
are all Incidental to the curse, or pen-
atty of sin; namely, Dying. thou shalt
die."-Genesis 2:17-margtn.
Satan the Murderer.
= Jesus declares that Satan is wholly
responsible for the death Of our race.
He was the murderer Of our first par
ents, and by the laws of heredity we
all lost our lives through his terrible
deception. Satan persuaded Mother
Eve that God, who cannot lie, had
lied to her; that the declaration, "Dy-
ing, thou shalt die" is an untruth: that
mar could not die; that he had some
inherent life that even God Himself
could not interfere with. He persuad-
ed her that God had a selfish motive
In making the death threat, in telling
the lie; that God wished to keep her.
self and Adam in ignorance; but that,
by obeying himself, they would become
like God.
Mans sentence was carried out. Our
first parents were driven from Eden,
that they might no longer have access
to it's life-sustaining fruits, that they
might ONE under the penalty, dying,
thou shalt die" There never was a
sentence, Thou shalt live In eternal
torment and be tortured by devils.
All such Misrepresentation are SLAM
ders Of the Divine character, purpose
and plan. intended to dishonor God
and turn mankind away from Him.
VA Jeaus the Life Oliver.
Before considering the murderer and
his fate, let us glance at the murdered
race, which now has numbered approx
imately twenty thousand millions of
souls. They are all dead or dying.
There Is no hope for them except in
God. Has God q gracious provision,
and il so, what is 1t?
The Bible assures us that God is
very compassionate, and that He SO
loved the world as not to wish them
to perish like the natural brute beast.
He therefore gave His Son, that all ex-
escisins ohedient faith in Him might
be saved from perishing and might at
tain everlasting life We must not
overlook the fact that. as we were not
sentenced to eternal torment, neither
did God provide q redemption from
eternal torment. The death penalty on
humanity would have reduced our race
to the same condition as the brute; for
d dead man would have had no SUI
periority over a dead beast. But here
Gcd interposed- He provided a Savior
and a great One, who could save to
the uttermost. He proposes to save us
from perishing-from destruction-not
from eternal torment, of which the BIZ
bile knows nothing.
The word Savior signifies Life-giver.
Father Adam, having fallen into sin,
failed to give his q 6 hfe-perfection.
I'VE were all born a dying race. The
thing we need is the thing which We
lost-life. everlasting life. And this
ID what God has provided for the race.
He purposes that ssall who are In their
graves shall hear the voice of the Son
Of Man aud come forth" The saliva
ton which God has promised Is a res
a1rrecsion-a raising up from death to
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