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Pastor Russell's Sermon
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DAILY CAPITAL JOURNAL, SALEM, OREGON, SATURDAY, MAT 4 1912.
HOW JESUS PREACHED
TO SPIRITS IN PRISON
Who They ire and M Was
Their Offense.
"CAST DOWN TO TARTARUS,"
Paator Rustall, at Qeorgia'a Capital,
Talli How Angala Onoa Matarializad
and Took to Thamaalvaa Wivaa From
Among tht Daughtara of Man Now
Impriaonad In Earth'a Atmoaphara.
Atlanta, Ga.,
April 28.-"Chrlst
also batb once suf
fered for sins, the
Just for the un
JUBt, t b a t He
might bring ui to
God, being put to
dcatb lu tbe flesh,
but quickened In
tbe spirit, by
which two experi
ences death and
resurrection He
preached unto tbe
(PASIOR RUSSELL)
spirits In prlson.M-I Peter 111, 18, 19.
This text, 8ii Id Pastor Russell, has
been made the basis for some peculiar
presentations. From It some have de
duced an Intermediate state touting
between death and the resurrection.
Others have claimed It as an authority
for the doctrine of Purgatory. The
difficulty In every case seems to be the
failure to remember that the Bible al
ways and everywhere teaches that the
dead are really dead, that they know
nothing, and that,. therefore, It would
be Impossible to do any preaching to
the dead humans. Undoubtedly the
theory that people are more'allve after
tbey die than when tbey were alive Is
responsible for nearly all of the fool
ish things which we have all at some
time professed to believe. '
Before dismissing tbe thought that
these "spirits In prison" are human
spirits, let us note the fact that to say,
"human spirits," Is an absurdity of it
lielf, because human beings are not
spirits and spirit beings are not hu
mans. "Who makctb His angels spir
its," Is tbe Scriptural proposition.
True, we do sometimes speak of hu
mans as possessing a spirit of life, but
by this we merely mean that be pos
sesses the power or energy of life, and
the same would be equally true of the
lower orders of creation, beasts, fish,
fowl, etc.
Again, we sometimes speak of the
Cburcb as spirit beings begotten of
the Holy Spirit. Thus the Apostle
speaks of tbe natural man In contrast
with the New Creature, n spirit belug.
To appreciate this statement we must
remember that the Church class re
ceives tbe begetting of tb Holy Spirit
to tbe end that, If faithful, they may
attain unto a spirit resurrection and
become spirit beings, like unto the an
gels and like to the Redeemer. But we
are not spirits yet. xcept by faith by
hope. However, the context shows
that the Apostle bad no reference to
the Church, either: we were not In
prison; we received the Mexsnge of sal
vatlon through the Apostles.
Spirits Onoa Diaobadiant.
The spirits to whom the message
was given had proven themselves dis
obedient, says 8t Peter, lie even
tells us the time of their dlsobcillence,
namely, that It was "In the days of
Noah, while the ark was preparing."
Surely, If noticing these particulars
mentioned In the context, no ono would
be excusable for misunderstanding this
Scripture and considering It lu any
way applicable to humanity of our day
or to humanity In generul. However,
It Is helpful to us to learn the full par
' ticulars of the matter. What wus their
disobedience, and when and how were
they Imprisoned?
Turning to Genesis vt, 1-5, we find
there the cause of the disobedience of
those angels, who for a time bad been
permitted to see what they could do
for the uplift of humanity, or, rather,
permitted to demonstrate that tbe
downward tendency of sin is Incurable
except lu the manner which God has
, already arranged for through Messiah
V. snd Ills glorious reign of a thousand
years.
Instead of those angels helping man
kind out of sin they helped themselves
Into sin, and by so doing tbey Increased
the depravity amongst humanity uutll
the astounding record Is that "the wick
edness of man was great in the earth,
and that every Imagination of the
thought of his heart wus only evil con
tinually." The particular sin of those
angels was that when they were grant
ed tbe privileges of materializing of
taking human bodies for the sake of
helping and Instructing mankind tbey
misused this power and took to them
selves the daughters of men for wives.
Thus these angels came gradually to
prefer to live as men amongst men and
to rear earthly families rather than
to abide In tbe condition In which they
were created-splrtt beings, higher
than bumnns. Not only was this
Wrong In tbe sense that it was taking
course lu opposition to tbe Divine
arrangement, but It was wrong also
because the thing was done for tfio
cultivation and gratification of lust,
and it led to their own moral defile
ment as well as having a baneful In
fluence upon humanity; for we can
readily see that for the angels, of su
perior powers, and Intelligence, to be
come leader In lustful practices would
mean great Influence upon mankind
toward sin and defilement of mind and
tod.
We are particularly told that the off-,
spring of this Improper union between
tbe angels and the daughters of men
were giants, both physically and men
tally superior to the fallen human fam
ily "men of renown." And this state
ment, that they were "men of re
nown," was at a time when manhood's
estate was reached at a hundred years,
and implies that God did not Interfere
to binder or stop tbe progress of sin
for perhaps several centuries. In the
meantime the race had become so cor
rupt that apparently only Noah and
his family were uncontamlnated all
others had more or less come under
the Influence, directly or Indirectly, of
these fallen angels or their giant sons.
Hence, of Noah It was written (not
that he was a perfect man, but), "Now
Noah was perfect In his generation"
(uncontamlnated) and his family appar
ently tbe same. Hence these alone
were saved in tbe ark, while all tbe re
mainder, more or less contaminated,
were destroyed by tbe flood.
"In Chains of Darkneaa."
It was then and there that God im
prisoned those spirits, angels, who kept
not their first estate, and are therefore
called fallen angels, devils, demons.
They were not imprisoned In some far,
off world called bell, nor are tbey en
gaged there In stoking fires for the tor
ture of poor humanity. Following the
leading of the Scriptures we find that
when the flood came tbey were not de
stroyed because, while their fleshly
bodies which they assumed might in
deed perish, yet tlupr would merely de
materlultze, or assume their spirit con
ditions again.
The, record is that God cast them
down, that He condemned them to an
overthrow that they might not any
longer assoclute with the holy angels,
but must be reserved in tartarus our
earth's atmosphere. Here they were
Imprisoned, not in a special place, but
In tbe sense of having their liberties
restrained, "in chains of darkness."
Tbey were no longer permitted to ma
terialize and thus to associate with hu
manity. These things are distinctly
told us by St. Jude and St. Peter
(Judo 6; II Peter 11, 4, 0) an explana
tion in full harmony with the Genesis
account of their full.
Onca Diaobadiant Still Diaobadiant
We of course cannot know that all
of those fullcn angels are still In a dis
loyal condition of heart. On the' con
trary, in harmony with our text, we
may suppose that some of these fallen
angels have since repented of their
wrong course and It would be none
too strong a way to.Btate the matter
that any such repentant ones would
surely have terrible experiences as a
result. To be obliged to be In close
touch and relationship with the more
evil and malignant ones and to have
knowledge of all their evil designs and
efforts would be a terrible experience
and, besides this, we may be sure that
the -rebellious would not hesitate to
persecute the repentant ones In every
conceivable manner, as they would be
lawless, regardless of the Divine will.
On the other hand, the repentant
ones would be obliged to restrain
themselves and to not render evil for
evil, knowing that this would be con
trary to the Divine will. In other
words, repentant ones amongst those
fallen spirits, Influenced by tho preach
ing of Jesus or otherwise, would have
a kind of purgatorial experience, and
the very thought calls forth our sym
pathy. When Imprisoned or cut off from the
privilege of materialization, many of
the fallen spirits, we know not what
proportion, continued their active op
position to God, after tbe manner of
Satan. Hence they are spoken of as
his angels, his messengers, his serv
ants add he Is spoken of as Beelzebub,
the Prince of Demons. Satan, who
sinned uiiich earlier than the others,
and In a different way, tbe Scriptures
tell us was an angel of a higher rank,
or n higher nature, and this superiori
ty of his has made him the Prince or
ruler over the hosts of fallen spirits.
Fighting Agalntt God.
Tbe fight of Satan and his fallen an
gels Is against God, against all who are
In harmony with Him, against all the
regulations of righteousness, and
against ull tbe channels and servants
whom tbe Lord may use. St. Paul's
words along this lino are forceful; be
remarks that. God's people contend not
merely "with flesh and blood," but also
"with wicked spirits In high positions,"
and tho question arises, "Who is suffi
cient for theso things?" The reply is
that none Is sufficient; without the aid
of the Redeemer His church would be
quite overcome and vanquished by evil.
Likewise, without the Redeemer's aid
through His Kingdom, without the
binding of Satan, without our Lord's
releasing of tho world from the bond
age of sin and dentb, there would be
no hope of the world's recovery from
Its present bondage. But with the
Apostle we exclaim, "If God be for us,
who can be against us?" (Romans
Till, 31.)
Through Madlume and Obiatilona.
Satan's original plan of attack was to
bring our race under his Influence by
uittireprescritiitlou-by putting durkness
for light and light for durkness-for lu
ll a nee, the tcinptatlun under which
Mother Eve full. Sutun there repre
sented himself as Eve's friend, giving
her sound udvlte. He represented God
as having a selfish motive behind His
command that our first parents should
not eat of the tree of tbe knowledgo of
good nnd evIL Satan declared that
God bad told an untruth when He said
thut the penalty for sin would be death.
Satan declared that man cannot die.
And has he not since kept up the
same line of falsification? And has he
not deceived the whole world upon
this very subject? Do not all peoples
In every land believe that when a man
dies be docs not die. but gets more
alive exnetly Satan's lie of the first
Instance? How few have believed
God, even amongst His people who
truly love Him, and who truly desire
to believe the teachings of His Word!
We have all been under a kind of
"hoodoo." "The god of this world
Satan hath blinded" our minds on
this subject We are now coming to
see that death Is the penalty for sin
and that the resurrection Is the salva
tion which God has promised and will
provide.
Satan has had powerful allies and
servants In the fallen angels, and It Is
through their persistence that his
lie has triumphed over the Divine
Word of truth "Dying, thou shslt
die." These fallen spirits have made
various manifestations In every land
for centuries, and thereby have ap
parently substantiated the theory that
a dead man Is more alive than when
he was alive. Knowing that mankind
would have nothing to do with them
If their real personality were known
they hide their personality and repre
sent themselves as our dead friends
who desire to Bpealc with us, either di
rectly or through mediums.
A further desire of these angels is
to obsess or to get possession of a hu
man being. Being chained or restrain
ed from the privilege of materialisa
tion, the next most desirable thing In
their estimation Is to gain control over
a human being and to use his body
Instead of tbelr own. This Is styled
obsession, and persons so afflicted to
day are sent to an Insane asylum
where, It Is estimated, they constitute
at least one half of tho entire number.
In the days of our Lord these were
not mistakenly supposed to be Insane,
but rightly declared to bo obsessed.
All remember the New Testament ac
count that our Savior and His Apos
tles cast out legions of fallen spirits
from humanity.
"Know Ys Not That the Sainta Shall
Judge Angala?"
We need not discuss this question
with Bible Students, for it Is too well
recognized to be disputed. We sug
gest a topical study of this subject by
all of our hearers. See how many
times Jesus and the Apostles cast out
demons, and note tho particulars. Al
though wo still have with us spirit
mediums and many obsessed, we can
not know whether the proportionate
number Is greater or fewer than In
our Lord's day. Since the world's pop
ulation today Is so much larger, the
same number of evil spirits (which do
not Increase) would show proportion
ately less. But, however that may
be, we may assume that some frultngo
resulted from the great sermons
preached to theRe In connection w!th
the death and resurrection of, our
Lord, respecting which St. Peter
tells us In our -text. Additionally,
St Taul remarks. "Know ye not
that the saints shall judge angels?"
(I Corlnthlnns vl, 3.) We do know
that the holy angels need no Judging,
no trial, hence the Apostle must In
some way refer to a trial or Judgment
or testing of these spirits In prison
who were once disobedient, In the
duys of Noah. And If the judgment
or testing Is a part of the Divine plan,
It Implies a hope for them, and In con
Junction with St Peter's statement
In our text Jt gives the reasonable In
ference that the preaching which Je
sus did to them was not wholly In vain.
How Jsaua Preached In Death,
Here arises another question: If Je
sus was really dead, as the Scriptures
declare, If "He poured out Ills soul
unto death," and "made His soul an
offering for sin," nnd Ills soul was not
raised from the dead until tho third
day after His crucifixion, how could
no In tho meuutlmo preach to spirits
In prison, of to anybody else? We
reply that He could preach In the
same way that the Apostle refers to,
saying, "Ho, being dend, yet speak
eth" (Hebrews xl, 4); and again, In the
same way that tho blood of Abel Is
said to have cried to God figuratively.
Of ond thing we are sure, namely,
that Jesus gave no oral address while
no was dead. He preached In tho way
we sometimes refer to when we say,
"Actions speak louder than words."
It was the great object lesson which
tbe fullen angels saw that constituted
to them the great sermon that gave
them a ground for hope. On several
occasions the fallen spirits, when com
manded to come out of human beings,
declared that they knew Jesus. In the
long ago tbey bad known HI in. when,
us the Only Begotten of the Father,
and Uls Representative, He had ere
uted them and ull things thut are
made, and was also the mouthpiece for
all Divine orders and regulations.
Tbey realized that He bad come into
tbe world to bo its Redeemer; they per
ceived the great stoop that He had
made from His lofty position on the
heavenly plane to the servant position
on the human plane, They nilinli-cd
His loyalty and faithfulness to God,
but doubtless believed Illin to be fool
ish; they never expected Him to arise
from the dead. But when they per
ceived Ills resurrection on the third
day to glory, honor and Immortality,
"fur above angels, principalities and
powers nnd every name that Is nam
ed," His sermon to them was complete,
namely, that "the wages of sin Is
dentb," but that "the gift of God Is
eternal life." (Romans vl, 23.) And as
they realized thus the Power of God
aud the Love of God for Ills human
creatures, tho Apostle's words Imply
fiat this constituted to the in a mes
sage of hope. Perhaps If they would
show full contrition God eventually
would have mercy upon tliem, even as
He had had mercy and bad provided
for humanity.
The lesson is one for all. God's pow
er Is Infinite, so Is His love, His met-
cy, Ills goodness. Nevertheless, every
, wilful sin will have its punishment,
Just recompense of reward, and only
the willing nnd oliedlcnt shall have the
Divine favor and everlasting life. Let
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