The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-02-10
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Is Man Immortal?

Editor Richmond Virginian.
Sir--How often have we heard it from the
pulpit, and, from the stage, how often we have
read it in books and in periodicals? 1t has been
preached from high places, out Of which we
expect good thing, yet from 1t all, there still re-
mains the question, with it's doubtful answer.
LIS man immortal? A question OF Vital interest
to each and all of us. two sides for answer,
difference of opinions Is this not suggestive
or the conflict that is being wased between the
adversary OF the human soul and the Holy
Spirit? God through the agency Of the Holy
Spirit and man has spoken and written
The adversary through man finds It his bust
ness to COMPUTE It, that when we and
truth there is the confutatien, the lie against
it, two different explanations division. all going
to show the adversary at work. Inasmuch,
then, 1t behoves us all to cultivate the spirit
wherein may be sensitive unto the adver-.
sary's preaching to be able to discern the spirit.
Where have the creation of man, there
also must find a. distinct clear, decided an
swer. Therefore apart from anything psychol-
ogy physiology any other "ology' let us
put the word OF Inspiration alongside that
which read and hear, rs man immortal!
why OF course not 1t has been said: II he was
what would be the of seeking Tor it II he
already has it. ITO them who by patient con-
ftin.ianee In we'll doing seek for glory, honour
and immortality entertaI life. Rom ?. vii.
To be brief How has God put man together?
He is a triparlite being. l. e, there are three
parts to his personality--spirit soul and
body. Spirit, the highest order in man, linking
him with God morally. Moses said of God. The
God the spirits of all flesh Mum is, xxi; ~,
XVI. Inc Fatner Oh SplTits, FiSp. - IA, @lN
formeth the spirit OF man within him." zech-
Ii2. l. Man at the beginning was an inanimate
piece of clay. when God formed within MIN
spirit which is wise. part of his corpora
grave as proved by the following steven cr1eo,
Lord Jesus receive my spirit ana desout men
carried him to his burial. st. Paul has saio:
Absent from the body present with the Lord
The spirits of the Old Testament saints are said
xiii. They all died in faith; But now they
desire a better country Heb. II xiiI-xvi. II
and, the God of Jacob. God is no, the God OF
the dead, but OF the living Matt. ~ xxi, ].
with the wicked 1t is the same. The wicked
antediluvian spirits are in prison all mesh
died" they were destroyed from the earth" hut
their spirits, separate personalities at present
are in prison. ! Pet 3, xix-xx.
Hell moved at the coming Of the king
of Babylon when he arrived there and was
saluted and tainted by the dead. Isa IA. iv-ix.
The rich man and Lazarus, Luke 8, xiv. Is
there. any to doubt the facts Of the story,
seeing our Lord never used myths OF fables In
parable As the spirit is Immortal is. also,
the SOUL fer mark the Lords own words: Fear
not them which are able to kill the body, but
are not able to kill the soul" Matt. 10, xviii.
Man cannot touch it, he cannot kin it as the
body. but fear him who is able to destroy both
body and soul in heil' not xiii both body and
soul, but destroy. Killing means taking Of life,
but the unerring word changes ii to destroy
which means different state of being for which
he was not created. I. ~. ..3
Not only has man soul In him. but re
also is LIVING soul Soul In contrast to angels
lower animals, but his creation in different than
them all, his moral and spiritual being is formed
by the direct in breathing of God, setting him
infinitely above the irresponsible beast. The
body, like the beast. is corruptible mortal. sub
ject to decay.
without doubt by the teachings OF Scrip
ture man liz immortal He exists beyond this
article Of death. be II in Abrahams bosom, or
Paradise and Tartarus the lowest hell.
God created man perfect pronounced Il good
but the devil spoiled it. Man disobeyed then
apostacy, 1t caused God to regreat he made
man. Adam died two deaths. a spiritual death
the day he partook OF the fruit, and after ne
had lived nine hundred and thirty years dust
ages men have been born dead, dead in
trcspasses and SIM" 'let the dead hury1 THAR
dead on to the Anal Judgment day the end
OF time. We read But now God commandetl,
all men everywhere to repent because he has ,
appointed day in which he will Judge the
world In righteousness mot love) Act IA
AsSx-xstxi. The end of time in Judgment az the
wicked at the Great white thorra Paw 40
The day Is set very well then. What Has be-
come OF those who haven't lived to see it Have
minus a hody) like unto Judas who sfell THAI
he might go to his own place (conrnitted mi 4
eide) Those afsembodied spirits in pa p s,Ise
are looking forward to a better country--..a nav
city-while those in hell praying thar I
message be sent to their friends thai thev rsi~tt
repent and not come to this place Of tormnnt |
The saints whose bodies are said m IA : sis~ -
arc raised TO put on immortality II Cor fE II.
lvl and so be FOR ever with the Lord ~ 3 II
The beast and the false prophet are CAT int
there when the devil ia cast in thon,. III 49,.
after tRey. 40. xl TO be tormentsd 49, .rS
DEATH" sN' - - -
The dead stand before the throne ana ~
Judge according to their, works Death an1 nan
were int0 ~ Hra ~