The Tulsa star. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1913-1921, 1920-10-16
FULL TEXT OF DEBATE IN CONVENTION HALL


nnn Is dead and that il is the thing
MAT is blesseed with life of end
less bliss or cursed with endless
torment, but | wish to say that such
claim is wholly without foundatian
FOR truth, for the reason that the
phrase, spirit Of life" or breath
Of life" simply means invisible
power. Il would like to have lit
no water, If poSSlble.) In other
words, II means the power God has
gwen llte. When we read III &c
l2:1 that the spirit re-
stuns TO the God that gave 1t, we
are TO understand TINS 10 mean thai
the power to live or TO be reSurrect- I
cd TO life again after death, returns
10 the one who FIRST gave 1t and no :
one can I'VE again until God in HIS
que ume, uses TINS spirit or power
of HE III their benaif.
What Is 1t about man that is to !
be resurrected2 Ii cretainly is not
the body that is re. erected for the
reason that the Scripture plainly
states that God will give ii body
as ii pleaSeS Him, lst Corinthians
1858. III is plain TO see that ii it is
the body that Is reSurrected and
uod gives ii body the person would
nave two bodies. What is the lit
tnat Is toDereSurrected? FOR want
of better words to express the
thought, we term it the character
pattern that will be reSurrected.
10 Illustrate this thought we Will
use the pattern OF a dress or the
patent OF a piano. The dress may
wear out or the piano may be
knocked to pieces and thrown into
ihe scrap pile, but as long as you
have the dress pattern or patent to
the piano, you can reproduce that
dress or that piano out OF such ma
terial as pleaseS you. The charac-
ter of no two individuals is just
alike. We are all shaping charac-
terS different in some respect. God
carries the character pattern" of
every person in the chamber of His
memory and in the resurrection days
will reproduce the character pat
tern" of each person and give them
bodies as il pleaseS Him. Now, con-
corning Gods plan, the Scripture dis
closes the fact that God foreknew
that man would sin and go into
death and that he planned to redeem
| him through the death of His Son
and in due time grant life everlaSt-
ing TO all the willing and obedlent.
| The Scripture further shows that
God is working oul His plan for hui
man salvation throuh three great
periods of time called worlds" OF
| a. ar
runs from the flood to the SECOND
coming of Christ and the thirt
world or age runs from the secont
coming of Christ onward withou
end. 2nd Peter $50, 7, 13. Goo
used the first age from creation Il
the flood principally in permitting
the Holy Angels to convince them
selves that it was not within thell
power to rescue man from death
He used the first part of the secon'
world or age to develop a house o
; servants which includes all person
. lIoyal and faithful to God. down t
the first advent of Christ. He /
, using the latter part OF this Secon'
: world or age known as the GoSpe
Age, to develop the Church, tn
E seed promise, the seed of Abraham
= the Christ, who is TO bless all tn
, families of thel earth during Tn
:. third great period known as TN
:, world to come, wherein dwellet
,, Righteousness. Both the first an
: the second world or age have bee
. and are being used in part to le
> mankind convince themselves o
' inability to establish a government
I that would be the desire of the ma
!. tions. These great periods OF tim
: have also been used in letting ma
: : learn something of the eXceedln
: selfishness of sin.
!. The Gospel Age was opened up 10
!, the sole purpose OF selecting an
! qualifying the officers who are I
: serve in the spirit phase of the II
: coming Kingdom. 1t was not God
!, plan 10 convert the world durin
!, the Gospel Age. God has appoin
y ed a day in. which to judge II
e worldin righteousness, Acts 1873
+ and the length of the day in whiC
man is to be judged is one thousar
~ u years. (2nd Peter 3:7-S)
II Just at this point it might be we
70 for me to explain the meaning
II the word Church" The VOL
II Church" means called out elias
81 it comes from the word "Ecclesia
y 1t is composed Of Jesus, the hei
W and the members of his body &C
"a lossianS 1:8) Just here | w
a. have to stop a moment until |
ID drink of water)
+ REV. II. T. S. JOHNSON: Frien
Ne while we are waiting for our friei
e. to get a drink of water let us si
T. "Guide Me o My Great Jehova
" somebody who can sing start it ol
III (Thereupon the song entitle
ys Gsride Me o My Great Jehovah"
az now sung by the audience.)
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