What Christ Teaches Concerning Future Retribution 63 faith lose their urgency if the ultimate result will be the same if those duties are postponed beyond the present life Is it seriously contended that Judas will eventually be as John, Nero as Paul, Ananias and Sapphira as Priscilla and | | | g | Finally, the doctrines of heaven and hell seem to stand or fall together, for both rest upon the same Divine R a t i o n , both are described metaphorically, and both have the sa word “everlasting” applied to their duration If the threaten- ings of God’s Word are unreliable, so may the promises be 1 the denunciations have no real meaning, S K H B B invitations? Ruskin well terms the denial of hell the most — I because the most attractive, form of modem m- fidelity.” But is it so modern? Is it not an echo of the insinuating doubt: “Yea, hath God said’’? followed by his insistent denial, “Ye shall not surely die, which led to the fall of man? Let us, therefore, believe Gods truth, rathe than the devil’s lie; let us accept Divme revelation rat e than human speculation; and let us heed what Christ so plainly taught, without mitigating, modifying, or minimizing His solemn warnings.
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