The Tulsa star. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1913-1921, 1920-10-23

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cause he is not-he was not mem
ber Of any Church. Not being a
member of any Church, he could
not be a preacher; Il man cannot
b a pastor unless he is a preacher.
VOICE FROM OUTSIDE: That's
right
REV. MIR. JOHNSON: Now, if
there is no deafness soul but that
of Divinity, what did Christ mean,
pray tell me, when He said, Fear
not them which kill the body, but
are not able to kill the soul? What
was He talking about | wonder?
Well, ! guess Jesus didn't know; He
didn't have the International Bible
Students to give Him lessons. Gap
plause.
Now, when an institution tells you
that man is not mortal when all
when all men universally believe il
without any teacher-anything men
universally believe is true. it has
something behind it it has a basis
upon which to stand. Men have
tried to dispute the flood, but you
will find that people everywhere
have a tradition of the flood, and
that SubStantiateS what the Bible
said about il and what men believe
everywhere universally believe
Men universally believe that when
they leave here they will live else
where-for that reasonl men who
believe that have religion. don't
care how much heather he is, he
has religion of some kind and if he
! Il ,nI l. 4 tl,. i h. l..
something that represents that God,
"a fetish made with his own hands !;
he bows to that, not because he be-
ieveS that is the true God, but that
is the thing through which he
would serve the God he does not
know and when an institution tells
you or an individual tells you that
man is not immortal, he is flying in
the face of an accepted fact by in
telligent men everywehre.
We have abundance of truth in
The Scriptures that man lives on but
! Will get to that when | discuss the
punishment side of it, ! am going
to say something with reference to
the hell that my opponent says does
not exist-the hell the preachers
make-the churches make. The
idlea that man is not immortal takes
from him the incentive to live his
best. You let man get the idlea
that this is all there is to him-there
is no more to him than there is to
the horse and that man will not con-
form to the principle of right living
as he does with the belief; we some
how feel we are citizens of two
worlds; we are citizens here and
citizens when we leave here in
| another world and because we are
going to live somewhere else, we
rerogniZe this as the place where
we prepare for that other life some
where else and therefore the ne
ceSSity of putting on the brakes and
best. You let a man get the idea
Elements which lead to sin and
rurbing these passions andl appe-
tites of ourselves, that we may be
able to get better ciondition when
we get to that other place.
| Now, when an institution tells YOU
you are not immortal, it is serving
the devil because ii is taking away
the incentive to higher and better
living; that is the very thing God
wants you to have. it is serving
the devil because it attaches ne he'll
and future punishment. You have
heard what the speaker who JUS
left the floor said and in that, he i.
true TO form-he is following hi,
teacher who said, "The world will
receive Divine mercy extended thrl
Jesus by the Fathers arrangement
AHa1t, nnI \.
race, no matter how degraded, nt
matter how fallen no matter how
been shed, the just for the unjus
/ for the sins of the whole world ant
> still more stupendOuS is the reslIr
> rection work which God proposes
, for the world of mankind, thous
ands of millions to be awakened ano
, restored TO the same condition form
p erly enjoyed-conditions of imper
I fectionS from which they will grad
ually carried forward during tn,
p one thousand years, will all be ac
/ cOmpashed by the Fathers power
Q through the Messiah the Mediator
, Of The New Covenant. II will be {;
continuous miracle of awakenin,
e and uplifting the race" Bible Stu
4 ibNh'S hohtbiy, NOlulnC I'OtlI lNuIfi
\ Three. Now the Scriptures say il
the second chapter of James, 1871
verse, "For he shall have judgmen
without mercy who hath showed n,
mercy" but Mr.. Russell says i
4 makes no difference how degraded
e how fallen--it matters not how
: mean, he is going to have chance
1 James says he is not-which ar,
ltyou going to believe? Which ar,
V iyoo going to believe? q
e VOICE FROM THE AUDIENCE
/ Jamesl
d REV. JOHNSON: Mary, 10th chap
e Ter, 10th verse, says "He that be
/ ieveth and is baptized shall b,
e saved; but he that believeth no
d shall be damned" (Applause). Bu
: the International Bible Students
b Association says, "No no, that is no
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