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saw the conclusion but to save his cause he says “that
is not universalism.” His saying so did not make his
argument true that it was not, for it is and no evading
it. The writer further says, “This more abounding
grace which redeemns men from abounding sin and
thereby delivers men from under the law is not univer-
salism, if having been delivered from the law and plac-
ed under grace, the sinner chooses to be a
sinner—chooses to jump off the pier into sin and
death he will perish in the second death.” Rom. 6:16;
Rev. 20:14.
The first trouble in the above argument is that
all men are set free from under the law. The Bible
says we are still under the law and its condemnation
“that every mouth may be stopped and the whole
world become guilty before God.” Rom. 3:19. Next
the only way to get out from under the law is to accept
the Gospel by faith having our sins forgiven as indi-
viduals. All such will be under grace. The rest will
be under the law still. The trouble is, the writer gets
the grace which is extended to the whole world to give
all a chance, mixed with the grace and pardon to those
who accept of the chance. Those who accept are no
longer under the law the rest are still under the law.
But grace is extended to these who accept even to for-
givness on condition of repentance and faith. So any
position taken to show that the position held is not
universalism only proves that it is, and we advise the
abandonment of the position. That is the only way
out. “For the grace of God that bringeth salvation
hath appeared to all men teaching them to deny un-
godliness and worldly lusts. We should live soberly
and godly and righteously in this present world, look-
ing for that blessed hope and the glorious appearing
of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.”—Titus 2:11-13.
The above text tells the story in few words, name,
ly, that the Grace of God came to all men that they
might repent and be prepared to receive the blessed
hope, which hope is the resurrection at the glorious
appearinz of the Lord. Grace is extended to all the
world to give them a chance to be saved if they wish.
There is not a single text that teaches that the debt of
the whole world was ever paid. There is not a singie
text that teaches that when Christ died the whole
world was forgiven for the Adamic transgression.
When we stop to think, would it not be a strange
thing for God to condemn the whole world to death
and then His son turn right around and forgive the
whole world for their crime? It would seem that the
Son would be working against the Father. But “the
council of peace was between them both” to provide
the free Gift of Grace to all the world and give all the
world a chance to repent and be saved. We can see
some logic and consistency in that, but to forgive the
whole world without any conditions whatever, and
grant free and full forgiveness without any require-
ment on the part of man would show there was no need
of condemning the world. It would be acknowledging
that a mistake had been made. But the grace of God
extended to a rebel, shows that God is just and wishes
to give the man every chance possible to be saved. It
shows love in the extreme to give his only son to die, to
give the man every chance possible to be saved. Law
had been broken, but unconditional forgiveness dis-
credits the law, and the justice of the condemnation
which had been passed on the sinner. One of the de-
finitions of Grace is, “probation granted.” And that
is just what the Grace of God is. Probation is extend-
ed to the whole world for a certain length of time.
That time is six thousand years or near that before
the decree passes and when the decree passes that
marks the close of probation then Grace ends. And
all who have not accepted the grace of God and accept-
ed the terms of reconciliation for eternal life, their
case is then eternally settled. This grace extends to
a resurrection of all and a judgment, wherein it will be
demonstrated -to all that God has been just. Was it
not for this grace, there would be no resurrection.
Neither would there be any need of a judgement. Both
the resurrection and the judgement grow out of the
extention of grace to the sinner.”
There is another text that comes in just at this
point which says “He is the Savior of all men especially
them that believe.
All are saved to live again, and all will be judged.
And every knee shall bow and every tongue confess
that God has dealt justly with all men. But He is
especially the Savior of them that believe, for they are
saved to life everlasting, while the other is saved to
life but must die the second death.
Faith is that which grows out of this grace being
offered to all. Faith is to believe that Christ is able
to perform that which he has promised, namely, to
redeem us from eternal death by our accepting him as
our Savior and believing that as he died and rcre again,
so he will also Lring us from the grave in the iast day.
Here is where true faith comes in. As we accept this,
the next step is to follow our Lord in baptism, for it
says if we believe that Jesus died and rose again so we
also should walk in newness of life, for if we have been
planted together in the likeness of His death, we shall
also be in the likeness of his resurrection. All the
ordinances of the Lord’s house are simply to show that
we have faith in the death and resurrection of Christ,
and that he will raise us up at the last day. Now when
we accept of this gospel, and repent of our sins, and
confess our sins, and excercise this faith, then comes
the promise of forgiveness and not tii then... You
can find plenty of scripture that speaks of the for-
giveness of the child of God who has accepted Christ.
1t is then Christ becomes our advocate. It is then we
are made the righteousness of God in him. It is then
all our sins are forgiven. It is then the work of re-
conciling the world is going on. Can not the reader
see there is a difference between tasting death for
every man, dying for every man, and all such expres-
sions, and that of forgiving every man, and freeing
every man from sin? There is a big difference be-
tween the death of Christ bringing salvation to all men,
and saving all men. The saving of all men depends on
the acceptance by all. The bringing salvation to all is
to offer it to all. Do not let any deceive you by making
you feel that the death of Christ paid it all and set
you free from all sin, for it is not true. The old way
of the Gospel still continues to be sound doctrine.
There is no easing it. It is still a truth that unless “ye
also repent” “ye shall like wise perish.” It is still a
truth that when we look into God’s law we find that
we are “chief among sinners.” It is still true that with
out Christ “we are without God and without hope in
the world.” It is still true that we are then “aliens
from the common wealth of Israel and strangers from
the covenant of promise.” It is still true that the car-
nal mind, which all possess, when born in the world “is
not subject to the law of God neither indeed can be.”
It is still true that “ye must be born again or “ye can-
not enter the Kingdom of heaven.” It is still true that
nothing but an amendment of life will ever please the
Lord. It is still true “if any man be in Christ he is a
new creature.” And it is still true that the Judgment
still stares us in the face and “we are judged according
to our works.” Oh sinner, be in earnest about this
Grace which is extended to you, that every sin may be
put far from you. Do not let any flight of feeling come
over you and make you happy that Christ paid all the
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