The fool-killer., 1919-10-01

CI1dpI0T CellS WnaC became OF Cne
wicked PEOPLE that he deceiv-
ed. There you will see that fire
came down out of heaven and
DEVOURED them, and you
Know the result of fire is H
and not eternal burning. "They
shall be ashes under the soles Of
your feet in the day that | shall
do this, saith the Lord of hosts"
4:3. So here we have no
proof that even the devil will
be tormented eternally, although
that wouldn't be so bad. as we
know he only is responsible for
all the sin that has cursed the
earth for these thousands of
years. But he is to be destroy
ed too, along with all his evil
works. But I believe Rev. 2O:10
proves that he is to be tormented
for a time sufficient to punish
him for his evil works, and as
Rev. 14:11 refers to "any man
that worshipped the devil" (Rev.
14:9) | believe a certain class of
sinners will be cast into the same
place of toremnt with the devil.
To worship anything means to
honor and respect and look up to
and ardently love and obey the
object Of worship. But do you
suppose all sinners worship the
devil or any Of his agents? I
don't think so. There are a cer-
tain class of people in the world
that have actually and willingly
sworn allegiance to the devil and
worship him as we worship God,
and they and their like are the
only class Of sinners I can think
would deserve equal punishment
with the devil.
It is a new thought to many
people that the devil will be tor
mented and finally destroyed.
The popular creeds have always
told US that the devil was the
proprietor Of the "hotplace," and
that he was going to punish bad
folks in it eternally, but so far
as | could learn from the preach
ers the devil himself was not 60
ing to suffer any. He was going
to enjoy furnishing the souls he
had deceived, and I even heard
of one good old Baptist Saint
that said God and His saints
would enjoy it. But no such
stuff as that is taught in the
Bible, and I wish the people
would learn to believe what the
Bible says about it instead OF
what men say. Let us remem.
Der that God has not gone into
partnership with satan and hir.
ed him as a sort Of deputy tt
run a hell and torment immor.
tai souls throughout eternity.
Right here | want to give you
q short explanation of the wore
hell. In the original Hebrew
scriptures from which our Bible
was translated, the word hel
was translated from the Hebrew
word sheol, meaning the grave
In the original Greek the wore
hades also meant the grave
Hence hell and hades mean only
the grave or death state, and MOI
q place of fire and birthstone
where souls are to be tormented
as we have always been taught
The Bible speaks of a lake of fire
and birthstone, bottomless pit
etc., the place where the devi
and his angels are to be cast
But a careful study of the verses
in which the word hell occurs
proves that both good and bat
go there. Acts 2:31 proves tina
|Christ Himself went there. S.
it certainly means only death.
The blacklist sinners we are il
the habit of seeing are usual,
made so by the evil influence
around them, and because of tn
evil fires that. have been burne'
into them from the sins of thei
!, parents. And if they do not &C
j. cept the salvation offered thr
Christ, | can see the business Q
, furnishing them duly for thei
) sins and :obliterating them fror
existence, but I cannot see tn
justice of making them feel tn
t torment on through eternity
! For instance, take your ow
f brother who has never made
! profession of religion. We're h
to die without Christ's salvation
p: wouldn't it be bad enough t
think of him sleeping in death t
he resurrected in the judgmer
day only to die again-the- SCI
ond death? Couldn't you fe
g that that plan for the punish
ment of the wicked was repr'
sentative of a juster and kinde
1 God than if He planned the