The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1920-07-28
HAS MAN MINOR TAL /. I.
SOUL? WHAT BECOMES
Fl. OF HIM AT DEATH?
Questions Answered BY Evan
u |; n geli.t Budd II n. Evening !.
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The subject last night at the Cos
pei tent by Evangelist Budd, twas the;
\ nature OF man, does he have an i'm:
mortal soul, what becomes Of him at
death? Said he, there is a misappre-
hension on the part at 9 great many
people regarding the state Of 81 the
dead. 1t: is a sad fact said he that
a great many il not the majority OF
the people believe the first lie OF Sa-s
said to Eve thou shalt not! surely
die. ',jff# Said, the speaker when God
placed Adam and Eve in the garden.
he; gave them access to all OF the
trees ain the garden, but one, and
that was the, tree of knowledge of
4 good and evil. He, told them plain
~ what the results would lbe&if they
y would partake of the fruit Of this tree
namely, death, but the devil said to
Eve; thous shalt not surely die Gen.
81, ~ urs. ..5Jg' 81 4: 4 + =:
"a Said the speaker which was, right
God or Satan? Although they did
not, die that day, yet they became dy-
ing creatures from that very day, as
the margin of Gen. ALL says, dying,
thou shalt: die. Paul says in Rom.
H6:12 Whereas by, one man sin en-
!. tered the world, and death, by. sin and
SO death passed upon all men, for that
all have, sinned.'"'@% The Evangelist
then showed how man, was formed
S9ne of the dust Of the ground and God
lfeather into his nostrils the breath
1of life and man became 3 living soul.
1T does not say God put q soul in him
and by the union Of the breath and
L the dust Of the earth he became g.
living soul. Some believe the soul
lives after death consequently IS i'm
portal. But, said the speaker, the
bible says man is mortal, Job. 4:172,
while "God only has immortality.
( Tim. e:16-16. When Adam and Eve
spartook of Fthe tree OF knowledge and
Revil they were driven out of the gar
den and not allowed to partakes of
the tree of life any more, thus show
Ing that their immortality depends
upon their access to the tree of life.
Paul in Rom. 1923 says, the wages
ss$of sin is DEATH" not life. The pro-
phet Ezekiel in the 18th chapter and
fourth verse says, "the soul that sin
I meth, it shall die" Said~the speaker,
the soul is the breath of life together
4 with the body which forms living
creature. When the breath leaves the
q body the dust returns to the earth
E$5as it was and the breath or spirit
returns to God who gave it. Said he,
IF the soul went to heaven or place
sof punishment at death, what use
& would there be of the resurrection?
n Paul in ROM 2:7~tells~ us"'to seek
55for glory, Immortality eternal life,
$ssthus showing thatswe do not have:it
now, again Paul us ;wheH We
s1Fput on immortality IN Thess.; ST. g.
w; Cor 15:51-56 which is at the
$$SElast trump when ( this mortal shall
put on immortal lily, and this corrup-
TSStion put on interruption. I job. SIP
Il I'VE are told that we have life only in
Christ The evangelist then read the
scripture in Luke 23:42-43 which is
J4often referred to as proving that the
soul goes to heaven at death. Sadd'
he, let us, notice carefully the read
4 ing of this. scripture: in verse ~, the
thief makes the request of the sa-
vfour to remember him when he COM
eth in. bic tingdom, not ct death.
+ IN verse 43 Jesus said unto him, YER
lily l say unto thee, today shalt thou
fbe with me in paradise. Said the
speaker. the punctuation here is not
Z In the right place TO give. sense to the
]: reading. He further said punctua-
Etion is not inspired and therefore
cannot he depended upon, as clearly
seen in Acts 10: hip, when accord
35ing to the punctuation in this case
Z you would have the aprons and hand
+Skerchiefs sick, and no one with good
sense would stand for that. So in the
ease of Luke 23:43' put the comma
i after the word today, and you will