The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1913-11-21

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for he is n liar and the father Of it"
John SAY Pastor Russell said:
We all know that the holy angels Of
Heaven are free from the blights
which sorrow on earth. In
Heaven there is no signing, no crying,
no dying, NJ sickness, no heart-aches'
no headaches. no 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 Cod who made such II 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 own children?
The Bible explains that the reason
for the difference between Gods treat
ment or mankind and His treatment
of the angels is that the human family
became sinners, depmved, alienated,
through the dlsobedlcncc 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-margin.
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 hcredity 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 IN untruth; that
man could not die; TINT he had some
inherent life that even God Himself
could not interfere with. He %persuad-
ell her that God had q 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 Its DEMONSTRATING fruits, that they
might come under the penalty. Dying.
thou shalt die" There never was q
sentence, Thou shalt I've III eternal
torment and be tortured by devils.
Al such Misrepresentation are. sian
dcrs of the Divine character. purpose
and plan. intended to dishonor God
and turn mankind away from Him.
Jesus the Life.GiVer.
Before considering the murderer and
his fate, let us glance ut the murdered
race, which now has numbered approx
lmatcly twenty thousand millions of
souls. They ure all dead or dying.
There is no hope for them except In
God. Has God a gracious provision.
and II so. what Is 1t?
The Bible assures lis that God Is
very compassionate. and that lie so
lOycd the world as not to wish them
to perish like the natural brute beast
He therefore gave His Son, that all ex-
e~rcislng obcdicnt faith In Him might
be saved from perishlng 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 n redemption from
eternal torment. The death penalty on
humanity would have reduced our race
to the same condition as the brute; for
n dead man would have had no su-
pcriorlty over n dead bc0st. But here
Gcd intcrposed. He provided a Savior
and n great One, who could save to
The uttermost. He proposes to save us
from pcrishlng-from dcStructton-not
from eternal torment Of which the b.
Bile knows nothing.
The word Savior signifies Iife.giver'
Father Adam. having fallen into SIN
failed to give his race Ilfe-perfection'
We were all born n dying race. The
thing We need is the thing which We
lost-IIfe, everlasting life. And TINS
is what God has provided for the race.
He purposes that "Nll who Hrei in their
graves shall hear the voice of the Son
Of Man and come forth" The saliva
ton which God has promised is q res
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