The Tulsa star. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1913-1921, 1920-10-16
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large degree, tile character, spirit
and disposition of his father. y
true Christian is spiritual son OF
God and he is supposed TO develop
more and more of the character like
ness of God, his Father.
If the teachings OF the Church
Denominations are true,l then the
mob who delight with helilSh grin,
TO hear the groanS of their helpless
victime Whine struggling i'll the
flames, would represent the elect of
God. And, why do | say this? Be
cause, if ii is true that Jehovah,
Tod, delights to torment sinners
throughout eternity, then the mob
winch only had the power TO tor
ture its victim for a short time |
would be showing their fathers |
spirit to the extent of their ability. |
II is harl to 10 anything much !
worse to a person than TO mlSrepre-
sent his character. All the Denom-
nations miSrepresent the character
of God in that they claim that God
planned that a sanity few should 60
10 Heaven while the billions 'of hu-
manity spend eternity i'll a he'll OF
fire and birthstone tormented by
fire-proof devils. There is no
Scripture foundation for the doc
trine of eternal torment. This doc
trine is based upon the false idea
lnat when one dies he is not dead.
There is but one plain statement
in the Bible which seemingly sup
ports the idea that the dead is not
dead. 1t is found in Genesis 3:4
and reads thus, Eye shall not surely
die" This statement was made by
the devil for the sole purpose of
lmisrepreSenting the character of God
The devil intended TO impress and
did Impress our fore-parentS that
God could not be depended upon
and did not tell the truth when he
said to them if they diSobeyed HIS
law, they would surely die. n 9th
er words, the devil told our fore
parents that God was lfing. All
the Denominations with few eXcep-
tions, teach that there is something
about a person that remains alive
and can be punished after death.
BY this teaching, the Denominal-
ions are saying the selfsame thing
that the devil said, THAT man sure
ly does not die" AMI therefore they
! are guilty of openly calling God a
/ liar, whether Intentionally or not.
What is death? What is the
meaning of the term? Whas did
y God mean when He told our fore
n parents they would die if they dis
obeyed His lawY These are very
e. logical questions at this point. God
N answers all these questions him
D self through the Scriptures. He
NJ tells us that when a man dies, he Il
n unconscious, has no memory, can
n not speak cannot breathe, canno
NJ think, cannot give thanks, can az
n no work, neither loves, hates or en-
A vies; has no feelings and knows no
NJ anything. EccieSiaStes 9:5, e, 10
a Psalms 6:5; 115: II; 104: 30; 146:4
IN According 10 Gods own word, a
v shown in ahe Scriptures just cited
there rs nothing left of a man t
N be burned or tsr1nented after he l
N dead.
N The would-be wise preachers o
M the Church Denominations tell tn
Y people that it is the soul of ma
NJ that is blessed or punished afte
g death. This, then, of necesSit
~ brings up the question as to wha
: Is the soul? A soul is moving
y breathing sentient being, that ha
= sense and exercises those senses
9 Man is a soul. Man has not got
= soul. but man himself is sou
9 There is quite difference betwee
= a man having a cow and being
8 COW. Every creature that breathe
= is soul. God appied the word
3 Living sous" to the over orde
= If animals long before the creatio
I Of man. Genesis 1:20-30, margint
= reading. TheN word soul" is al
: piled to both man and beast l
9 Numbers 81 :2S. God declares thu
Z both man and beast die alike and
8 to the same place. The ScripiuI
: reads thus, For that which befal
8 eth the beast; even one thing b'
= falleth them, as the one dieth
3 dieth the other; yea they have a
= one breath; so that man hath I
3 pre-eminence above a beast for a
= is vanity All go to one place; a
: are of the dust, and all turn to du
8 again" EcceStiasteS 3:19-20. N
= opponent, to be consistent, in vie
s of the Scripture just cited, is force
= TO DO one of the two things and tn
3 is, he must either denounce h
3 claim that the wicked dead are to
8 mentel throughout eternity, or tai
3 the position that the bad OK, mul
Z or horse will roast throughout etc
9 nifty and the good ones will go
Heaven of eternal bliss with. m;
s because the Scripture plainly Sa
that both man and beast have o
RI breath,-have the same brea
= and 60 to the same place. To VIII
. plce 10 both mn and beast go? III
place do both man and beast goth
Condition of non-eXistence, the saI