The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1923-12-26
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false hope teaching US that man is
n:CrfaI and death IS Really deth and
that Immortality is the gift of god
through Christ By the Resurrection
from the dead.
Clearly and definitely the Bible
teaches that god Only has immortaIe-
ty: Styling him the Blessed and on
ly Pctentate tic King of Kings and
Lord of lords Who only hath immor-
tally 1 Tim 6: Is. 16.
this picture d,sposes OF every Idea
that man IS immortal By nature and
opens the Way for Consideration Oh
OF the Scripture teaching Concerning
Mans nature. his state in death and
the Promise of life and Immortality
in Christ.
The word mortal as used in the
ancient question By Eliphoe describes
mans nature.
Shall mortal man Be NOR just than
god Job 4:17.
in the Creatian life Was Conditioned
upon the Creatures Relation to Christ
the Creator in Whom all things Con
sists.
all things Was made BY him and
With out him Was not anything made
thatW as made, in him Was life.
John 1: 8. A.
he Was and is as the Palomists says
the foundation of life cut Op from
Vital Connection With him Their
Could Be no Continuance of life the
lord Warned Adam that his life Was
Conditional upon obedience in the day
that thou eatest theirof He Said of
the forbidden tree thou Shalt Surely
die Gen 2:17.
it was a declaration that mar was
not immortal But was Depenent up
on god for life
, When by unbelief and Sin man Re
jected god the Sentence-death eter
: nal-must have been executed had
: not the Plan of Salvation intervended
1 But as the Stroke of divine justis
Was falling upon the Siner the Son
of god interposed himself and re-
! ceived the blow. He was bruised for
our iniquities. in the divine Plan the
4 great Sacrifice for man was as sure
l then as when later it was actually
made on Calvary. Christ was: the
lamb Slain from the foundation of
, the world.
l and there Adam the Sinner now with
> a. fallen human nature which Would
Perpetuated in his descendants in
Subsequent time was granted an ex-
? tension of life every moment of which
Whether for him or for his posterity
A. Was the Purchase of Christ By his
own death in order that in this time
> of Probation man might find forgiv-
7 eness of Sin and assurance of life to
Come.
> Adam was not created immortal But
: Was Placed on Probation and had
he Continued faithful the gift of i'm
; mortality must have been given him
: at some later time. after he had
past the test. as the original plan is
u Carried out through Christ, the Second
adam. the gift of immortality is be-
slowed finally upon all Who Pass
the test of the Judgment and are
found in Christ in Whom alone is life
i having fallen down Adam now pos
sessed of a SINFUL nature must die
n the Wages a Sin is death"
Rom 6:,23
n. it was impossible that Sin Or Sinners
IS Should Be immortalized in gods uni
ID verse. So inasmuch as the tree o.
q life in Eden had been made tn,
lie Channel of Continuance of life t.
lie man the lord said.
" now lest he put forth his hand ant
a take also of the tree of life and ca
r and live forever: therefore the lor,
IN god sent him forth from the gardel
of Eaden Gen 8: %, %
n, this negatives the idea that Their
1t could ever Be an immortal SHINE
en- Who should mar gods creation for
II, ever. Sin Works out nothing bu
ty death. Sin Whin it is finished Bling
eht forth death James 1:1E
70 fallen himself Adam could bequeat
to his p~Osterity only a fallen morts
nature So Begain the Sad histor
by sumed up in the text.
is Wherefore as by one man sin er
le- tered into the World and death B
sin and so death passed upon all me
IN for that all have sinned.-Rom. 5:12
lis God so loved the World that /
gave his only Begotten Son that VIII
nd soever believeth in him should n,
perish But have everlasting life.-
ere John 3:16. AS there is none 9th
OF name under heaven By Which M,
Can Be Saved, So thier is no 9th