Bible and Tradition Contrasted.
By J. A. GREGORY
“In the day thou eatest thereof thou shalt surely die.”—God. “Thou shalt not surely die.”—Satan. “The soul that sinneth it shall die.”—God. The soul that sinneth it shall not die, but shall live forever, or have eternal life in misery.—Man. The wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through our Lord Jesus Christ.—Paul. The wages of sin is not death, but eternal life in misery without Jesus Christ.—Man. He that hath the Son hath life; he that hath not the Son hath not life.—Christ. He that hath not the Son hath life inherent in himself, and will live forever without Christ.—Man. And this is the record that God hath given to us, eternal life, and this life is in his Son.—John. We have no need of any such record or information, for we have this life in us of ourselves.—Man. But is now made manifest by the appearing of our Saviour Jesus Christ, who hath abolished death, and brought life and immortality to light through the gospel.—Paul. Christ has not brought life and immortality to light through the gospel; for a man knows that he has life and immortality abiding in him without Christ or his gospel.—Man. Who art thou, O vain man, that repliest against God? Know this, that God only hath immortality. 1 Tim. vi, 15, 16.