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A
WARNING
It
is not difficult for one who has come to the knowledge of the truth through
receiving the Word of God, "not as the word of men, but as it is in truth
the Word of God" 1 Thessalonians 2:13, to perceive the folly and
futility of all this. But who shall deliver the ignorant, the innocent, and the
unwary from being victimized and eternally despoiled by these men who,
professing themselves to be wise, have become fools? We can but sound
the alarm and give warning, especially to those who are responsible for
bringing up children, of the dangers which infect the intellectualistic atmosphere
of our universities, colleges and seminaries.
A
REASON FOR IT
In
closing we may with profit to our readers point out a profound reason why
the enemy of Christ, and of the men whom He seeks to save, should be
desirous of impressing upon the minds of the latter the conception of pantheism.
That doctrine wholly excludes the idea that man is a sinner, and hence
it puts redemption outside the pale of discussion. Under the influence
of that doctrine man would never discover his corrupt nature and his
need of salvation, and hence, if not delivered from it, he would die in his
sins. An enemy of man could devise against him no greater mischief than
this.
GOD
MALIGNED
But
the doctrine which the philosophy of our day has imported from India works
not only destruction to men, but also dishonor to God. Herein may its
satanic character be clearly perceived by all who have eyes to see. Its foundation
principle is that God and man are truly one in substance and being,
and that the character of God is revealed in the history of humanity.
This
evil doctrine makes God the partner with man in all the manifold and grievous
wickedness of humankind. It makes Him particeps criminis in all the
monstrous crimes, cruelties, uncleanness and unnamable abominations,
that have stained the record of humanity. It makes Him really
the prime actor in all sins and wickedness's, since the thought and impulses
prompting them originate with Him. Thus God is charged with all the
evil deeds which the Bible denounces, and against which the wrath of the
God of the Bible is declared.
SATAN’S
PLEDGE
It
may be that, somewhere in the dark places of this sinful world, there lurks
a doctrine more monstrously wicked, more characteristically satanic than
this, which is now installed in our seats of learning and there openly venerated
as the last word of matured human wisdom; but, if such there be, the
writer of these pages is not aware of its existence. That doctrine is virtually
the assurance, given under the seal of those who occupy the eminences
of human culture, learning and wisdom, that the pledge of the serpent
given to the parents of the race of what would result if they would follow
his track, has at last been redeemed. "Ye shall become as God," he declared;
and now the leaders of the thought of the day unite in proclaiming
that man and God are truly one substance and nature. Beware! Beware!
This teaching is, indeed, according to human tradition —
the most ancient
of all human traditions; it is according to the basic principles of the world
and of the god of this world, and not according to Christ. No greater danger
menaces the younger men and women of the present generation than
the danger that some man, some smooth-tongued, learned and polished
professor, may make a prey of them by means of philosophy and vain
deceit.
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