Scriptures which Discountenance Life Insurance
1. “For ye are dead, and your life is hid with Christ in God. When Christ, who is our life, shall appear, then shall ye also appear with him in glory.” Col. 3:3, 4. [The life of the believer is in the hands of the “Preserver of men” (Job 7:20), the best security that mortals can have, and that which is committed unto Him he will preserve unto the great day. 2 Tim. 1:12.] 2. “Thus saith the Lord: Cursed be the man that trusteth in man, and maketh flesh his arm, and whose heart departeth from the Lord.” Jer. 17:5. [Life Insurance, in a very seductive sense, is a species of trusting in man, and those who do this do “depart from the Lord.”] 3. “Lo, the people shall dwell alone [the people of God] and shall not be reckoned among the nations.” Num. 23:9. [Let men of the world band together in cliques and human organizations, if they wish; but God’s children should keep separate, and while they are IN the world, be not OF the world.] 4. “Be ye not unequally yoked together with unbelievers; . . . come out from among them, and be ye separate, saith the Lord, . . . and I will receive you, and will be a Father unto you, and ye shall be my sons and daughters, saith the Lord Almighty.” 2 Cor. 6:14–18. [Those who have God for their Father, and are his sons and daughters by the Spirit of adoption, have a far better protection than can be obtained of any Life Insurance company on earth.] 5. “Leave thy fatherless children, I will preserve them alive; and let thy widows trust in Me.” Jer. 49:11. [This is the Lord’s specific command to his people; and it is infinitely better than life insurance policies for widows and orphans.] 6. “Casting ALL your care upon Him; for he careth for you.” 1 Pet. 5:7. [This text is very direct; every syllable is anti-life insurance in its meaning.] 7. “Be content with such things as ye have; for He hath said: I will never leave thee, nor forsake thee.” Heb. 13:5. [In Greek this text is exceedingly emphatic; it has five negatives, thus: “No, I will not leave thee; no, no, I will not forsake thee.” It is the five-fold guaranty of the Eternal.] 8. “Are not five sparrows sold for two farthings, and not one of them is forgotten before God? But even the very hairs of your head are all numbered. Fear not, therefore; YE ARE OF MORE VALUE THAN MANY SPARROWS.”
“Consider the ravens; for they neither sow nor reap; which neither have storehouse nor barn; and God feedeth them: HOW MUCH MORE ARE YE BETTER THAN THE FOWLS?”
“Consider the lilies how they grow: they toil not, they spin not; and yet I say unto you, that Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these. If then God so clothe the grass, which is to-day in the field, and to-morrow is cast into the oven; HOW MUCH MORE WILL HE CLOTHE YOU, O ye of little faith?” Luke 12:6, 7, 24, 27, 28. [Says the psalmist: “I have been young, and now am old, yet have I not seen the righteous forsaken, nor his seed begging bread.” Psalms 37:25. An active worker of the Young Men’s Christian Association once testified that of the multitude of tramps he had met, not one ever claimed to be a devoted Christian.] 9. WE SHOULD TRUST IN GOD. (Ps. 37:5.) “Trust in him AT ALL TIMES.” (Ps. 62:8.) “Trust in the Lord, . . . and verily thou shalt be fed.” (Ps. 37:3.) “Blessed is the man that maketh the Lord his trust.” (Ps. 40:4.) “Whoso putteth his trust in the Lord shall be safe.” (Prov. 29:25.) “He that putteth his trust in the Lord shall be made fat.” (Prov. 28:25.) “It is BETTER to trust in the Lord, than to put confidence in man. It is better to trust in the Lord, than to put confidence in princes.” (Ps. 118:8, 9.) “The word of the Lord is tried: He is a buckler to all those that trust in him.” (Ps. 18:30.) “They that trust in the Lord shall be as MOUNT ZION, which cannot be removed, but abideth forever.” (Ps. 125:1.) “Trust in the Lord with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding.” (Prov. 3:5.) “Trust ye in the Lord forever; for in the Lord Jehovah is EVERLASTING STRENGTH.” Isa. 26:4. [In this list of texts we have commands, promises, and results. The Saviour says: “SEEK YE FIRST the Kingdom of God and his righteousness, and all these things [all needed temporal things] shall be added unto you.” Matt. 6:33. The true child of God has no use for any earthly life insurance, for he is already the child of a KING, and an heir of all things.] Those who would like this circular to hand out to others, can have them sent post-paid through the mail for 50 cents a hundred. Liberal discount in large quantities. Address. BATTLE CREEK MISSIONARY SOCIETY, Battle Creek, Mich.