The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1915-09-16
TO KNOW THE TRUE con
Is TO LOVE HIM
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Satan a Lar and Murderer.

- NNi al ~ lNtNAtN respecting hBt lIRAt ul
the forbidden tree In the day that
thou catcst thereof, dying thou shalt
die" But Satan, through the serpent
I said, This is not true Ye shall not
G surely die Thus he made God a liar,
: while he himself became a murderer.
: for he slew our race. John SAD But
! God remained quiet He did not smite
Satan down, although He sentenced
Adam and Eve TO death and drove
them out Of Eden.
Practically the whole world has be-
lieved Satans lie Mankind believe
that when they appear to die they real.
ly become more alive-that what Is
called death is really good thing for
them. Practically everybody believes
that God spoke falsely when He said,
dying, thou shalt die" This has
greatly dshonored the Heavenly Fa-
Their Throughout the entire six thou
sand years He has been misrepresent
| ed. Satans lie became the foundation
for other falsehoods and misrepre-
sensations. Ii has continued and null
tiplied; and upon 1t have been built all
sorts of wrong suggestions regarding
God and His character.
This lie is today at the bottom OF
nearly oil wrong doctrine. God has
been misrepresented to be the One
who originally planned all the terrible
a. 4..I. tAII IxIta
inflicted In places called Hell and Pur-
gatory. That God had to put men
somewhere is the theory A dead per
son could remain In the tomb, uncon-
scious; but If the supposedly dead per
son is alive, he must be put some
where. "Only handful fear God and
therefore the great mass" they say,
must have gone to place of torture;
being alive and unfit for Heaven, they
must be in Hell or Purgatory."
Many say, God would be glad to
destroy man If He could, but He made
man too WE'LL and although He said
that man would die, He can not kill
the soul, which is immortal" Nearly
everybody believes this nonsense about
our Heavenly Father. They SANDER
Him, making Him out to be the worst
Being that ever lived. One cannot pic
ture any more wicked being than we
have been told that our Heavenly Fa-
Their is. We are given all sorts OF de-
scriptions, according to the measure of
ignorance or wilfulness Of the one de-
scribing God-the God of all grace and
mercy. Why has He not smitten those
who have thus blasphemed His Holy
Name? But He has not. He has even
allowed some of His children to do
this In ignorance and blindness.
To some In his day the Apostle Paul
expressed the fear that Satan would
beguile many Of the Church just as
he had beguiled Mother Eve-by false
doctrine, disappearing the Almighty
q Corinthians 11:3) 1t is very diff
cult for us to realize that we ever
came into such condition that we be- |
lieved such lies; yet we must have |
done so. 1t Is difficult for us to SYM |
pathize with others who are in that |
condition; but we were once just as
blind ourselves. Ignorance is the great |
tool which the Adversary has used to
blind the whole world. = Acts 3:17;
/ Corinthians 2:s; 2 Corinthians Al.
Satan is a rebel against Jehovah.
He wishes that the glory of God
should not shine into the hearts of
for 1t has a saIatifying in
fuence, causes us to will and to do
Gods good pleasure, Satan would
hinder us, would keep us In the dark
Gods real character
Gods Purposes Viii Be Accomplished
The idea of some evangelists that (
God Is weeping and crashing His ,
eeth over the condition of our race is ,
because they do not know that there
$ God Of all Wisdom and Power, who
las full control of the situation. He
has a broad, deep Plan that will all .
work out properly. He is not giving ]
t any anxious concern whatever; for ,
it mas idli the IcDDDilolDllly upon ! Y
lis Son Jesus, as the Bible sets forth.
In this great work Of human uplift o
he Church will be associated with her u
ord. For a thousand years 1t will =
rogress. As the Bible declares, Mes y
iah will bless all Of Adams race, re- ;,
toring to them all that was redeemed n
or them at Calvary. 1t was a man v
hat was lost Ii was an earthly home II
4 Eden that was lost. 1t was an s
arthly likeness Of God that was lost.
esus came to seek and 10 recover that n
hicb was lost; and by the end Of the al
Age the world will have q,
cen restored and will be ready to be n
aeeved Of the Father--1 Cor. 1J:242S.
Then, the Bible tells us, God will
ave another work for Christ to do.
will be for Him, as Jehovah's Agent, GO
test all mankind In their rich per te
.ction at the end Of the Millennial bl
ge; and whoever Is not In full heart re
'mpathy with righteousness, whoever 70
PES NOD hate iniquity, will be destroy nc
from amongst the people. Every ch
ing unfayorable 10 mankind will be ar.
'oted out. He will destroy all who a.
We unrighteousness and sin, both root