The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1913-03-29

brews 1889 Their reward will be
that instead of being awakened In an
imperfect condition, TO rise gradually
with the rest Of the world, they will
be awakened In a perfect condition,
Another class that will not share with
the world in the gradual resurrection
is the Church-not the nominal church
Of mere professors. but the real Church
Of C~hrist-those who walk In the foot.
steps Of Jesus to the best Of their
ability. This class had its beginning
at P~entecost.
There, through the merit OF Christs
sacrifice, God began the acceptance
of the Elect to be the Bride of Christ,
JGint-heir in His Messianic Kingdom.
Their special blessing begins by their
being begotten Of the Holy Spirit con.
stitutfng their start as spirit beings.
Thenceforth their portion is to become
dead to all earthly things and alive to
all Heavenly hopes, ambitions. etc.
AS their change of nature began
when they received the Holy Spirit, Il
will be completed in the First Resur.
rection. when they will be given per.
feet spirit bodies. St Paul says, speak
ing OF this class, I'VE shall all be
changed; for flesh and blood cannot
inherit the Kingdom Of God" q Cor.
tnthians 1884, 50.) This is the glori.
u hope set before Us in the Gospel,
Opportunity to gain a part In this
First Resurrection is limited to this
Gospel Age. Only faithful followers
Of Jesus have any promise Of a share
in tt-Revelat1on 20;4.
UnhsEisF staossPs Some.
All familiar with their Bible know
we'll that the doctrine OF the Resurrec.
ton Of the Dead is one Of It's fuDda,
mentals. But their faith staggers al
the thought Of the Resurrection of the
Dead, and this leads them to deny the
entire matter. They do not tell US
that they do not believe In the ReSur-
rection OF the Dead: but they teach
that nobody Is ~dead-that when people
appear to die they are really more
alive than they were before. Unwilling
10 admit that the really dead could be
brought back to life, they claim that
death is a transition from a lower form
of life to a higher n
After n takes this position, the
whole Bible becomes twisted. When
ever we deny the death penalty we
deny the Bible, whether we wish to do
so or not. The Bible does not say that
the soul that sinneth shall experience
transition, but 1.-THE soul that sinneth,
1t shall die" ezekiel 1874, 20.) The
Bible does not say that the wages OF
sin is trGnsitton, but '"The wages Of sin
Is death" Romans 6:23) God did not
say to Father Adam and Mother Eve,
Because Of your disobedience you shall
experience tT0nsttton, but Eye shall
surely DIE" Whoever would be loyal
to the Bible must face this question.
II he repudiates the Bible position be
gets more and more into darkness.
Those who a that death is moi
death, must logically ask themselves,
Where do those go who seem to die,
but really become more alvey Then
come in human speculations; for the
Bible declares that the dead are dead
Jesus said. mo man hath assembled into
Heaven" (Jphn 3:1a.) st. Peter said
that David the Prophet had not as
cended to Heaven~Acts 2:34.
The Scriptures declare that the dead
are asleep waiting for the morning OF
the resurrection. The preaching Of the
Apostles In substance was that there il
no hope Of future life except by a res.
direction of the dead; and that there
could be no resurrection had not
| Chrtst's death made possible the resur.
rection hope for mankind~1 Cortnth.
ians 1922.
God Able TO Raise the Dead.
Whoever realizes Gods Power as
manifested In the creation should have
no doubt whatever of His Power to
~resurrect the dead being, or soul. God
is so high and has Power 30 much
greater than ours that we cannot com.
prehend Him, or understand the meth
DDS Of His operations. They are so
much beyond US that we call them
miracles, though surely they are in no
difficult for the Almighty One.
Each member Of Adams race has his
own personality, and SO great is our
God that he knows all these. We may
be sure that He has promised no more
than he can perform-the resurrection
of the dead. both Of the Just and the
unjust-Aets 24;14, il.
Jesus is Gods great Representative
and Agent in the bestowment Of all the
blessings He has for mankind. The
Divine Power will operate through
Jesus. first for awakening the sleep
era, and afterwards for bringing to per.
lection all the willing and obedient
Only the wiIfully disobedient will suf-
fer extinction in the Second Death,