Man, His Nature, Possibilities and Destiny
(Continued from page 6, middle column.) “FRUIT thereof, and DID EAT; and she gave also unto her husband with her, and HE DID EAT.” Gen. 3:6. 7. What did man lose by his disobedience? “And unto Adam He said, Because thou hast hearkened unto the voice of thy wife, and hast eaten of the tree, of which I commanded thee, saying, Thou shalt not eat of it: CURSED IS THE GROUND for thy sake; IN TOIL shalt thou eat of it all the days of thy life; thorns also and thistles shall it bring forth to thee; and thou shalt eat the herb of the field; in the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread, till THOU RETURN UNTO THE GROUND; for out of it wast thou taken; for DUST THOU ART, AND UNTO DUST SHALT THOU RETURN.” Gen. 3:17–19. “Therefore, as through one man sin entered into the world, and death through sin; and so DEATH PASSED UNTO ALL MEN, for that all sinned.” Rom. 5:12. “And the devil said unto Him, To thee will I give ALL THIS AUTHORITY, and the glory of them: for IT HATH BEEN DELIVERED UNTO ME.” Luke 4:6. 8. What new hope was set before man? “And Jehovah God said unto the serpent, . . . I will put enmity between thee and the woman, and between thy seed and her Seed: HE SHALL BRUISE THY HEAD, and thou shalt bruise His heel.” Gen. 3:14, 15. “To this end was the SON OF GOD manifested, that He might DESTROY THE WORKS OF THE DEVIL.” 1 John 3:8. “Therefore it behooved Him [Christ] in all things to be made like unto His brethren, that He might become a merciful and faithful High Priest in things pertaining to God, to make PROPITIATION FOR THE SINS OF THE PEOPLE.” Heb. 2:17. 9. On what conditions may we avail ourselves of the blessings in Christ? “For God so loved the world, that He gave His only-begotten Son, that WHOSOEVER BELIEVETH ON HIM should not perish, but HAVE ETERNAL LIFE.” John 3:16. 10. What possibilities does faith bring to the believer? “But as many as received Him, to them gave He THE RIGHT TO BECOME CHILDREN OF GOD, even to them that BELIEVE ON HIS NAME.” John 1:12. “This is the victory that OVERCOMETH THE WORLD, EVEN OUR FAITH.” 1 John 5:4, A. V. “He that OVERCOMETH SHALL INHERIT ALL THINGS; and I will be his God, and he shall be My son.” Rev. 21:7, A. V. 11. What will come to those who reject this great salvation? “Who shall SUFFER PUNISHMENT, even ETERNAL DESTRUCTION from the face of the Lord and from the glory of His might, when He shall come to be glorified in His saints.” 2 Thess. 1:9, 10. “Whom THE LORD JESUS SHALL SLAY WITH THE BREATH OF HIS MOUTH, and bring to naught by the MANIFESTATION OF HIS COMING.” 2 Thess. 2:8. 12. Then “what shall be the end of them that obey not the Gospel of God” (1 Peter 4:17)? 13. Where will both righteous and wicked receive their reward? “The righteous shall be recompensed IN THE EARTH; how much more the wicked and the sinner!” Prov. 11:31. 14. What will be the final result? “He that sitteth on the throne said, BEHOLD, I MAKE ALL THINGS NEW. And He saith, Write: for these words are faithful and true.” Rev. 21:5. “And there shall be NO CURSE ANY MORE; and the throne of God and of the Lamb shall be therein: and His servants shall serve Him; and they shall see His face; and His name shall be on their foreheads. And there shall be night no more; and they need no light of lamp, neither light of sun; for the Lord God shall give them light: and THEY SHALL REIGN FOREVER AND EVER.” Rev. 22:3–5. “And EVERY CREATED THING which is in the heaven, and on the earth, and under the earth, and on the sea, and all things that are in them, heard I saying, Unto Him that sitteth on the throne, and unto the Lamb, be the blessing, and the honor, and the glory, and the dominion, forever and ever.” Rev. 5:13.