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THE NATURE OF MAN

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Publishing Committee · Battle Creek, Mich. · Jun 12, 1860

FromReview and Herald, Vol. 16, No. 4.

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THE NATURE OF MAN.

“Lord, what is man?” Ps. cxliv, 3.

I. MAN'S FORMATION IS ENTIRELY OF THE EARTH.

“Dust thou art and unto dust shalt thou return.” Gen. iii, 19; ii, 7; xviii, 27; Job x, 9; xxxiv, 15; Ps. ciii, 14; Eccl. iii, 20; xii, 7; Isa. lxiv, 8; 1 Cor. xv, 47.

II. HE IS MADE ALIVE BY BREATH, OR SPIRIT.

“And the Lord God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life, and MAN became a living soul.” Gen. ii, 7; vii, 22; [Heb. breath of the spirit of life]; Job xii, 10; xxvii, 3; xxxiii, 4; Isa. ii, 22; xlii, 5; Eze. xxxvii, 5, 6, 8, 9, 10; Acts xvii, 25; James ii, 26; [margin, breath].

III. MAN IS MORTAL.—“Shall mortal man be more just than God?” Job iv, 17. He is told to seek for immortality [Rom. ii, 7], and will obtain it at the resurrection. 1 Cor. xv, 51-54.

GOD ALONE IS IMMORTAL.—“Who only hath immortality, dwelling in the light which no man can approach unto.” 1 Tim. vi, 16; i, 17. “Life and immortality are brought to light [made clear, Macknight], through the gospel.” 2 Tim. i, 10,