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A Discussion on Universal Salvation and Future Punishment
A Discussion on Universal Salvation and Future Punishment Author:Erasmus Manford General Books publication date: 2009 Original publication date: 1870 Original Publisher: Rand, McNally Subjects: Universalism Future punishment History / General Religion / Christian Theology / General Religion / Christian Theology / Eschatology Religion / Christian Theology / Soteriology Notes: This is a black and white OCR r... more »eprint of the original. It has no illustrations and there may be typos or missing text. When you buy the General Books edition of this book you get free trial access to Million-Books.com where you can select from more than a million books for free. Excerpt: We may, then, expect to learn the Will, Purpose, Desire and Pleasure of God relative to human destiny; we may expect to learn how the Love of God, the Justice of God, the Mercy of God, will dispose of mankind; we may expect to learn how God, by his Law and Government, will deal with our race; we may expect, I say, to learn all this by studying the Life and Character of Christ as he was " God manifested in the flesh." I. What was the Will of Christ concerning man's final Destiny ? Did he will our salvation or damnation ? Did he will that we should ascend to heaven, or sink to hell ? Did he will that we should do God's will, or eternally frustate it? I expect Mr. S. will admit that it was the vill of Jesus that all should be reconciled and saved. All that Jesus ever said or did shows that the blessedness of mankind was the will of his soul. " My meat," says he, "is to do the will of him that sent me, and to finish his work." John iv. 34. " Thy -will be done" was his constant prayer. An apostle clearly states what is the Will of God. " God will have all men to be saved and come to the knowledge of the truth." i Tim. 11.4. This being the will of God it was the will of Christ. The will of Jesus never changed. From his baptism in Jordan to his ascension to heaven, under all circumstances, among friends and foes, the will of God was his will. When betrayed by a professed friend, when f...« less