Our paradise home; the earth made new and the restoration of all things . in is immoral,it is the exact opposite of Gods law — it is the transgression oflaw. And as Gods requirements are exactly right. His law isrighteousness. Righteousness and sin, as such, do not existin inanimate nature, liut are emanations of minds endowed withpower to reason. As Gods mind is right, and only right, it isthe source of all righteousness. And as sin is an emanation frommind, it can not be from the divine mind; for no fountain cansend forth both sweet water and bitter. Sin must have originated either from the
Our paradise home; the earth made new and the restoration of all things . in is immoral,it is the exact opposite of Gods law — it is the transgression oflaw. And as Gods requirements are exactly right. His law isrighteousness. Righteousness and sin, as such, do not existin inanimate nature, liut are emanations of minds endowed withpower to reason. As Gods mind is right, and only right, it isthe source of all righteousness. And as sin is an emanation frommind, it can not be from the divine mind; for no fountain cansend forth both sweet water and bitter. Sin must have originated either from the original mind, orfrom some mind created subsequent to it. The latter must betrue, from the fact that sin is the transgression of the law. Thedivine n^ind gave existence to the law. Consequently sin musthave originated in some mind that was created subsequent toGods requirements. And as the individual who possessed themind had the power of choice to obey or disobey, he alone wasresponsible for his act, and alone accountable for bringing sininto the fair domain of God;. II HE who possessed the mind in which sin was first formed,is named in the Scriptures, Lucifer, Satan, devil, thetempter, and the father of hes. Our Saviour, in speakingof the Pharisees who carried out the work of Satan by their sin-ful deeds, said of them, Ye are of your father the devil, and thelusts of your father ye will do. He was a murderer from thebeginning, and abode not in the truth, because there is no truthin him. When he speaketh a lie, he speaketh of his own, for heis a liar, and the father of it. John 8: 44. It is here stated that he was a murderer from the only beginning which we can comprehend is the beginning ofthe creation of this world. Thus it seems that Satan introduceddeath into the world in the bright morning of time. This heaccomplished when he caused Adam and Eve to sin, and broughtdeath upon the race as a consequence of that sin. And as it isstated that he is a liar and th
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