Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1922-07-21
MAN ASKS AND GOD
ANSWERS QUESTIONS
ON SIMS PENALTY.
BY The Laymen's Home Missionary
Movement, 1927 Snyder Ave.,
Philadelphia, Pa.
What Scriptures show that death az


Job 81: 8: Is not destruction to the
wicked? Ps. 8: s.: Thou hast Destroy
ed the wicked Thou hast put out
their name forever and ever. Ps 81:
49, But the transgressors shall be de-
stroyed forever; the end Of the wick
ed shall be cut off. Ps. 145: 20: The
Lord preserveth all them that love
Him; but all the wicked will He de-
stroy. Is. L: 81 And the destruction
of trangressors and of the sinners
shall be together Cor. 3: II: LIZ
any man defile the temple of God,
him shall God destroy. Phil. g.: 10:
Whose end Is destruction. Thess. L:
8: Who shall be punished with ever
lasting destruction.
Tim. g: 8: They fall into
temptation and into many
foolish and hurtful iusts, which drown
men in destruction. 2 Pet O: 10: In
which [St. Pauls Epistlesl are some
things hard to be understood, which
they that are unlearned and unstable
wrest unto their own destruction.
Pet. 2: ], II: There shall be false
teachers among you, even de-
nying the Lord that bought them, and
bring upon themselves swift destruc-
ton. These are as natural brute
beasts made to be taken and destroy
ed. Eek. %: 81: Her princes :.
like wolves ravening the prey :.
destroy souls. Matt 10: %: And fear
not them which kill the body, but are
not able to kill the soul; but rather
fear Him which is able to destroy
both soul and body in hell. Acts B.:
%: 1t shall come to pass that every
soul which will not hear that Prophet
shall be destroyed.
What Scriptures show that death AZ
sims penalty means extinction?
Job. g: 15, 10: Ny brethren have
dealt deceitfully and as the
streams Of brooks they pass away.
They go to nothing, and per
ish. Ps. 81: 10, 35, So: For yet lit
tie while, and the wicked shall not be;
yea, thou shalt diligently consider his
place, and it shall not be. have seen
the wicked in great power;
yet he passed away, and 10, he was
not Ps. 104: So: Let the wicked be
no more. Ps. 40: II: Man being in
honor abideth not; he is like the
beasts that perish.
What does Christ's death as our
ransom prove to be sins penaIty2
Matt. 20: %: Even as the Son of
Man came to give His life a
Ransom for many. 1 Tim. 2: g.: Who
gave Himself Ransom for all. Is.
So: 5, 8, 10, II: He was wounded for
our transgressions He was bruised
for our iniquities; the chastisement
of our peace was upon Him; He was
cut Off out Of the land of the living
for the transgression Of my people
was He stricken. Thou shalt make
His soul an offering for SIM He hath
poured out His soul unto death !;
snd He was numbered with the tran
gressors and He bare the sin of
many.
Cor. 10: 3: Christ died for our
sins, according to the Scriptures. Rom.
8: 6, 5, 10; In due time Christ died
for the ungodly. But God
ccmmendeth His love towards US in
that while We were yet sinners Christ
died for us. We we're reconciled to
God by the Death Of His Son. Rom.
4: 25 He was delivered for your Of
lenses, and raised again for our justi-
fication.
2 Cor. s: IA: II one died for all,
then were all dead. Heb. 2: 8: But
we see Jesus, who by the grace Of
| God should taste death for every man.
l Pet. 3: Is: For Christ also hath
once suffered, the just for the unjust,
that He might bring us to God, being
put TO death in the flesh.
How can we be saved from sins
penalty?
(1) Repentance. Luke "a: At: Re
pentance and remission of sins should
be preached in His name among all
nations, beginning at Jerusalem. Acts
! 3: 49, Repent that your sins
may be blotted out. Acts 8: 81 Him
hath God exalted with His right hand
| to be a Prince and a Savior, for to
| give repentance and forgive
ness Of sins.
(2) Faith, John 8: 14-1S: Even 80
must the Son of Man be lifted up, that
whatsoever believeth In Him should
not perish, but have eternal life; for
God so loved the world that He gave
His Only Begotten Son, that whose
ever belieyeth in Him should not per-
ish, but have everlasting life: for
God sent not His Son into the world
to condemn the world, but that the
world through Him might be saved.
He that believeth on Him is not con-
demned. John 5: "a: He thai
believeth on Him that sent Me hath
everlasting life, and is pass
ed from death unto life. John 20: 81
These are written that We might be.
lieve that Jesus is the Christ, the iSon
of God, and that believing, We might