The Cairo bulletin., 1913-06-16

>---- have everlasting
lifea John 3:16l He said
/ This text hy some has been styled
| the most precious text In the Bible
/, 70 read It Is to be filled with the
thought Of the sin which has ninrred
lGod's fair creation. Then comes the
Ireviying announcement Of mercy,
through the Son of God our Savior.
through work which He alone could
accomplish fer US. race OF sinners
condemned to death.
Forcefully the Pastor pointed out
that once Christian people, even Bible
students. misunderstood this text, aud
read 1t as though 1t said that God so
loved the world as to keep them from
perlshing, in order that the elect few
might look over the battlcmeuts OF
Heaven and see the non-elect writing
in torture-unable to perish~forced to
. live. that by their sufferings they
= might entertain the more fortunate,
who were guaranteed bliss to the full.
! What right did we ever have. said
the Pastor, thus to put into the mouth
. of our Savior, as our creeds have done.
words which He never uttered words
. which are very untrue-indeed. BIAS
: tphemy against our Maker.
Light Shines Through the Fog.
We are not faulting our forefatbers,
+ said the Pastor Had we been in Their
places, we would have been as con
q fused as they, and we might have IN
i. dulged In retic-burning, etc. And
had they lived in our wonderfui day
= of great light, knowledge, education,
Bibles, etc. doubtless they would have
had as noble ideas as ourselves re-
specting the proprioties Of Christian
and Divine conduct. and Love anu
Justice. The Bible tells US that Satan
and his fallen angels are responsible
for those terrible doctrines of de-
F mons" which have given thinking PEG
st ple such horror and driven so many
I'll away from God into unbelief.
| Let us rejoice in the light Of this
lis better Day. Let us become Bible stu
80 dents in the highest sense OF the term
Never before has there been such ~
opportunity for knowing the real teach
~ ing of Gods Book. We have Bibles
!. concordances, helps. and general edu
in cation which permits us to study these
,icl our forefathers labored against lacl
ev Of education, time, Bibles and good ar
i. tlicial light. Surely the wonders 0
- our day indicate that the New Day !
upon us. that the sunlight of Messiah
Kingdom will soon break forth through
every cloud
What tho Word Perish" Means.
when we think of 1t, the word "pel
A. lsh' contains not the remotest sugge'
=, ton of fire or torture. In our fgnt
m rance we read that meaning Into III
and similar texts, Look critically
our text. 1t corroborates the accouI
In Genesis 3, as explained by st, Pat
In Romans 5.12-1s. BY one mans al
- obedience sin entered the world. an
~ death as a result Of sin, and SO deaf
ysn passed upon all men. because all o.
sinners-by heredity. III,
This death penalty has been carryif
our race to the tomb for six thoussalI
years The Scriptural declaration
that all these would have persisted
us, would have had no future existen'
rn- any more than the brute-had i y
and been for Gods compassion, THE gre
the Love wherewith lie loved us while
Ids. were yet sinners. -Ephesians "a, 3.
aid Other Scriptures tell us that 4
death OF Jesus was a Ransom-price.
price corresponding to the penal
aus upon Adam and bis race BY provl
hey Ing an equivalent price for the sinpe
1t atty against Adam, God can be just
and releasing us from the death penalty.
The All Saved From Psrishins.
The simple proposition of the BIZ
Is that as Adam and all of his ra
legally persisted. so they have all be
,on legally redeemed from that perish
~. condition Jesus death being the )
- isfaction-price. Because of this
.op demption the Bible assures us there
''0' TO be resurrection of the dead, be
of the Just and of the unjust.
The Bible further assures us that
resurrection of mankind must wait
I'll the completion of the Church
lays Christ. Then the Second Coming
the Christ will be In order. that He n
the exalt His Church with Himself as
Tor reigning Power. the Spiritual Seed
Abraham, which God has prohi'
shall be exalted to glory for the y
purpose of blessing all the families
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