Why Not Use the Bible?
By Editor
A correspondent sends us a letter of 1,500 words criticizing a tract entitled, "Is Man Immortal?" It will be sufficient to quote but a few of his many words to show how unbiblical is his argument. He says in answer to the title-question of the tract: "I will answer that question. Of course, man is immortal. This question is as foolish as the question, Is there a God? The atheist and the denier of man's immortality are twin brothers. Every atheist denies man's immortality. God is a respecter of persons. He does not treat everybody alike," etc., etc. An atheist is in the broad sense one who denies the existence of God. Of course, he is one who does not believe the Bible. This writer evidently does not believe the plainest passages of the Word of God; for that Book declares that God "only hath immortality" (1 Tim. 6:16); that "life and immortality is brought to light through the Gospel" by faith in which through grace it is possible to all (2 Tim. 1:10); that it is a thing to be sought, not something possessed (Rom. 2:7); that the believer will put it on at the last trump, when Christ comes; "then this mortal must put on immortality," if at all (1 Cor. 15:51-54). It has been the devil's endeavor to make man believe from the beginning that he had life and existence within himself. "Ye shall not surely die;" "ye shall be as God." Gen. 3:4. Man if in Christ has eternal life now. Immortality is God's stamp of an incorruptible character. This gentleman wishes to discuss this question with any competent person that respects truth, etc. But what standard does he have of truth? One utterance of God's Word, stated over and over again, is that "God is no respecter of persons." See Acts 10:34; Deut. 10:17; 2 Chron. 19:7; Rom. 2:11; Eph. 6:9; et al. This critic flatly declares, "God is a respecter of persons," and to show that his pen had made no slip, he continues, "He [God] does not treat everybody alike." The word of man or the Word of God: "What is the chaff to the wheat?"