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Life or Death?, March 6
For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life
through Jesus Christ our Lord.
Romans 6:23
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God, the One infinite and all-wise, sees the end from the beginning,
and in dealing with evil His plans were far reaching and comprehensive.
It was His purpose, not merely to put down the rebellion, but to demon-
strate to all the universe the nature of rebellion.... It will be seen that all
who have forsaken the divine precepts have placed themselves on the
side of Satan, in warfare against Christ. When the prince of this world
shall be judged, and all who have united with him shall share his fate,
the whole universe as witnesses to the sentence will declare, “Just and
true are thy ways, thou King of saints.”
Revelation 15:3
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In the final execution of the judgment it will be seen that no cause
for sin exists. When the Judge of all the earth shall demand of Satan,
“Why hast thou rebelled against Me, and robbed Me of the subjects of
My kingdom?” the originator of evil can render no excuse. Every mouth
will be stopped, and all the hosts of rebellion will be speechless.... The
whole universe will have become witnesses to the nature and results
of sin. And its utter extermination, which in the beginning would have
brought fear to angels and dishonor to God, will now vindicate His love
and establish His honor before the universe.... Never will evil again
be manifest. Says the Word of God, “Affliction shall not rise up the
second time.”
Nahum 1:9
.... A tested and proved creation will never
again be turned from allegiance to Him whose character has been fully
manifested before them.
He who chooses a course of disobedience to God’s law is deciding
his future destiny; he is sowing to the flesh, earning the wages of sin,
even eternal destruction, the opposite of life eternal. Submission to God
and obedience to His holy law bring the sure result. “This is life eternal,
that they might know thee the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom
thou hast sent.”
John 17:3
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