The Greeneville daily sun. (Greeneville, Tenn.) 1918-1920, 1919-07-12
ETERNAL. LIFE-WHAT is 1T, AND HOW AMI
WHEN DO WE GET 1T?
(By Rev. Leroy McWherter, D. ~


The word life, like many other prominent words IN
+ho Rble has a number of different meanings we ca
YOUR attention briefly to three different KINDS OF
nbvsca spiritual and eternal Physical lie IS the
of mysterious union between our sous ana oouieo
Ad bvs;ca death is the result of the absence OF th
,n;on II Is mere negative nothing, sustaining tne
same relation to its corresponding life that night ooeS
to day. or darkness to light
spritual life is the result of mysterious union AM
communion between spirits and the DIVINE opni'
AGAIN. spiritual death is another negative nothlng-Sn
NV the absence of spiritual life-soul-llte
Now eternal life is, will be to u.s. when we possess
Il in reality spiritual life conjoined to natural me-
rf +ho result of a reunion of soul and body-eternaE
ernetuated And eternal death will be natural or phys
ica life in the absence of spiritual me- e'erhanS
netuated 1t will not be another negative notnmg ou'
one Of the most positive and fearful realities one ever
contempated-a death that never, never dies-eterha
n ts duration. No humiliation for those who die the
second death--the death eternal
We cannot have eternal life here in reality, but onl!
in pledge and earnest
When we are born of the Spirit we get spiritual III
Va
whether or not our sou-fe will issue in eternal hfe
Or in other words, to whether or not we WILL
children and consequently heirs of Cod inherit eternal
for that is the way we get it, if we get it at ALL
The young ruler asked Jesus what good thing ne mus
do 70 inherit eternal life Jesus did not say you can nc
cot II in that way but told him what to do that ne mgr
inherit T. and have the Holy Spirit as pledge an
earnest of that inheritance
And in the same story Jesus said to His disciples
answer to the question, "Who then can be saved'
There is no man who hath forsaken father and mothe
brother and sister, and houses and lands, but shall ha
an hundredfod in this life, and in the world to con
life eternal" There is where we will get eternal II
in reality.
Havoc M man ever did or ever will lose the life etc
al. for the simple reason that none, not Adal
ever had It to lose This is life that is hid wi
Christ in Cod When inherit it, it is deposited in
divine Urn for safe keeping unto the day of eternal
demption of both soul and body
When we receive the Holy Spirit as the gift OF
Father in spirit baptism we also receive eternal lie
nedoe and earnest as the gift of God, through Jes
Christ our Lord, whom to know Alright is life eternal
that is, the evidence or assurances W do 'h"' w ~ =
forever-live eternaly. Once in possession OIL eter
life always in possession of it. Nothing eternal can
lost.
For this is the promise not to Sinners but to 10
children even the life eternal And If we meet the c.
ditions upon which the promise is made-complete c.
secration and faith in Christ--we are just as sure
eternal life as though it already in our possess
For he that beieveth in Him, not on Him. hath everls
ing, or eternal, life; and God is pledged to keep
unto salvation ready to be revealed in the last I'll
He is pledged to preserve the souls of all His saints
the redemption of both their souls and bodies Tn
God for the hope of life eternal.
Greeneyille, Tenn.