they are in torment eternally. And Christ died to prevent this thing! Q. San Bernardino, California. This ques tion from San Bernardino is one that fascinates scores of folk. It is, “If a per son should fall under the sins of the flesh, such as adultery after being bap tized and filled with the Holy Spirit, would this be considered blasphemy against the Holy Spirit?” A. Since this expression “blasphemy of the Holy Spirit” is found nowhere in literature except the Word of God, then that is the place to find the meaning of it, and you w ill find it in Matthew the 12th chapter. When the Lord healed the man so that he could both speak and s«Se, the/ multitudes said, “Could this be the Son of David?” But the Pharisees did not want the Lord to have the impact of His Miracles for they were proof of His Messianic claims. So the Phari sees said, in effect, don’t be fooled, He isn’t casting out demons except by Be elzebub. This was the name of a heath en god in the Old Testament now transferred to Satan. So the Pharisees claimed that the Lord Jesus was casting out demons by the power of the devil. Thus, they were equating the power behind Christ — which power is the Holy Spirit — with the devil. It is tan tamount to calling the Spirit of God, Satan. That is what you mean by blas phemy. The Scripture reference is Matthew 12:22 to 32. Q. Lawrence, Oregon. Is the point of ori
Q. Bend, Oregon. We have been asked that where the Bible speaks of the fam ine of hearing the Word , doesn’t this mean that the enemy w ill again cause the Bibles to be burned? The listener comments that they understand it was true in Communist countries. A. It could be very definitely that Com munism, rationalism or unbelief will have taken over the pulpits of Protes tant churches to such an extent that the hearing of the Word will be a very unique thing. Ministers w ill be preach ing everything under the sun except the message of the Word of God. We are inclined to think that that is the reference to the famine of the hearing of the Word at the end of the age. Q. Tucson, Arizona. One who is quite in terested asks, “W ill sinners who are dead live on after the second death?” A. In reply to this question we say with a heavy heart that sinning indi viduals who reject the Lord Jesus Christ in this life, w ill live on throughout eternity in that place that has been pre pared for the devil and his angels. It is called hell in the Word of God. It is also called the lake of fire. They are there in a conscious condition through out eternity. So, the dead who die out of Christ, die physically; that is the first death. Then, as we read in the 20th chapter of the Revelation, they stand before the Great White Throne for judgment and whoever is not found written in the Book of Life is cast into the lake of fire — that is the second death and
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