Know ye not that ye are the temple of God, and that the Spirit of God dwelleth in you? 1 Corinthians 3:16. From eternal ages it was God’s purpose that every created being, from the bright and holy seraph to
The Portion of the Wicked
Behold, all souls are mine; as the soul of the father, so also the soul of the son is mine: the soul that sinneth, it shall die. Ezekiel 18:4. While life is the inheritance of the righteous, death is the
A Goodness in God’s Justice
And fear not them which kill the body, but are not able to kill the soul: but rather fear him which is able to destroy both soul and body in hell. Matthew 10:28. How repugnant to every emotion of love
Man’s State in Death
For the living know that they shall die: but the dead know not any thing, neither have they any more a reward; for the memory of them is forgotten. Also their love, and their hatred, and their envy, is now
Man a Mere Mortal
Shall mortal man be more just than God? shall a man be more pure than his maker? Job 4:17. Man is only mortal, and while he feels himself too wise to accept Jesus, he will remain only mortal. Physical life
Light in the Shadows
But though he cause grief, yet will he have compassion according to the multitude of his mercies. For he doth not afflict willingly nor grieve the children of men. Lamentations 3:32, 33. When my eldest son was sixteen years old,
Changed by Beholding
But we all, with open face beholding as in a glass the glory of the Lord, are changed into the same image from glory to glory even as by the Spirit of the Lord. 2 Corinthians 3:18. As the mind