We continue with our subject: “The wages of sin is death” But the query comes – would not Adam have died anyhow, whether he had sinned or not? – if not, how could he ever go to heaven? We reply, no; if Adam had not sinned, he would not have died, but would have lived on, on the earth. God never promised anywhere in his Word to take Adam to heaven. Adam had no such hope or desire. His desire…
How clear and simple is this statement. How strange it is that so many who profess to believe the Bible as the Word of God persist in contradicting this positive statement, and affirm that they believe, and that the Bible teaches, that the wages of sin is everlasting life in torment. They realize that this is an awful thought, and affects the interests of every human being – because all have sinned and come short. Yet it is what they have…
WHAT SAITH THE SCRIPTURES? Let God’s inspired writers be heard in opposition to heathenized church traditions, and let reason judge which is the sensible and Godlike view, and which the unreasonable and devilish. The prophets of the Old Testament do not mention a word about eternal torment, but they do repeatedly mention destruction as the sinners’ doom, and declare over and over again that the enemies of the Lord shall perish. The Law given to Israel through Moses, never hinted…
A questioner asks, If there is no hell or punishment, then what is it that we are saved from? Our question comes from and admitted believer in the doctrine of eternal torment, he states that the emphasis of the question should be on the word “IF” that in regards to the question, “IF there is no hell or punishment, then what is it that we are saved from?” The answer must be “NOTHING”. However the scriptures state very adamantly that…
The next text cited as a proof of eternal torment is Matt 25:41: “Then shall he say also unto them on the left hand, depart from me, ye cursed, into everlasting fire, prepared for the devil and his angels.” This is from The Parable of the Sheep and Goats and describes the fate of the disapproved ones at the end of the millennial age. Is there anything in this scripture to indicate that those in the fire are preserved alive?…
Consider carefully the scriptures that are used to teach eternal torment. Do not imagine that a study of such scriptures is too elementary, for though convinced the doctrine of eternal torment is false, many mature Bible Students cannot readily explain the scriptures used to support the doctrine. Consider the first: “And he shall be tormented with fire and brimstone in the presence of the holy angels, and in the presence of the Lamb; and the smoke of their torment ascends…
The following excerpt was taken from a discourse by Brother Robert S. Seklemian entitled, “Thus Saith the Lord” “Then opened he their understanding, that they might understand the scriptures; and said unto them, Thus it is written.”–Luke 24:45, 46 The expression, “Thus saith the Lord,” is used over 400 times in the Bible plus many similar expressions such as “It is written,” or “The word of the Lord came unto me,” or “I, the Lord, have spoken it.” They call…
Thus far in our examination of Hebrews 6:4-6 we have determined that those, 1) Who were once enlighten 2) Who have tasted the heavenly gift 3) Who have become partakers of the Holy Spirit 4) Who have tasted the good word of God 5) Who have tasted the powers of the age to come …Were in fact those who were truly consecrated believers, i.e. those fully justified from all things, begotten again through the Holy Spirit to a new nature….
We now continue with our examination of Heb 6:4-6 to determine to whom it applies. In our last post we took a look at the opening part of Verse 4, viz. “For it is impossible for those who were once enlighten…” Upon investigation we established two facts, one that only those who have been justified by faith, constituted righteous and holy in the sight of God could receive true enlightenment, (knowledge of the truth), and two it appears most certain…
It is not good to have zeal without knowledge, nor to be hasty and miss the way.” Prov 19:2 “Many noble hearted Christians have gone out as missionaries and as aid workers amongst the heathen wholly unprepared for what they have encountered—intelligent individuals with app ability to reason for themselves. Many have found that the heathen were full of questions; logical questions too, which they as Christians had never thought of and which they were wholly unprepared to answer. Comparatively…