was man's spiritual and moral nature that was affected by the fall; hence, in the work of salvation, the spiritual and moral nature of man is restored. "He restoreth my soul." Psa. 23:3.

The members of the physical body are only the instruments of the soul; therefore, when the soul is restored by salvation to a state of purity and holiness, the members of the physical body act in harmony. For example, when theft is removed from the heart, the hands will not steal. When profanity is cleansed from the soul, the mouth will not send forth profane language. Hence the injunction of Jesus, "First cleanse that within, that the outside may be clean also."

Here is a weighty point. Man must be a spiritual being in order to become morally defiled by sin, and morally purified in the work of salvation. Another thought worthy of consideration: God has promised "to give knowledge of salvation unto his people by the remission of their sins." Luke 1:77. "He that believeth on the Son of God hath the witness in himself." 1 John 5:10.

But what is this witness? "The Spirit itself beareth witness with our spirit, that we are the children of God." Rom. 8:16. How clear! It is by man's spiritual nature that he is made conscious of God. His spirit communicates with our spirit and imparts a consciousness of our acceptance with him. Here again, materialism stands square against the Bible and the great work of man's redemption.

Third. The doctrine of materialism is wrong. be cause it denies spiritual birth in this life himself positively taught that "re must be bro again." John 3:7. He also stated why: "Erept a man be born again, he can not see the king!

God. He can not enter into the kingdom of God John 3:3,5. The kingdom of God Lere referred to may apply to the kingdom of grace here, or to the kingdom of glory above; or, as is most likely. A Lcludes both. However, in any case, the new Link is absolutely necessary in order to enter it. "Ye must be born again." This is defined as being “born of the Spirit"; viz., a spiritual birth. Ver. 5.

But were man only a material being without any spiritual entity, he could not undergo any spiritual change. In order for him to be born again be would have to, in the language of Nicodemus. "enter a second time into his mother's womb, and be born." But hear the words of Christ: "That which is born of the flesh is flesh; and that which is born of the Spirit IS SPIRIT." John 3:6.

That part of man which is born again is not our physical fleshly being, but "is spirit." Here materialism falls. Man, then, is both flesh and spirit. That which is born of the flesh is flesh; viz., that which comes according to the course of naturenatural birth. But that which is born of the Spirit is spirit. Not our fleshly being-impossible, preposterous! Not our breath, nor merely our life, but our spirit. The Spirit of God operates upon our

spirit and changes it from a defiled condition to a righteous state. Thank God for the plain teaching of Scripture on this point.

In order to support their refuge of lies materialists are driven to the extreme position that spiritual birth does not take place until the resurrection of the dead. They say geunao, the Greek word for born, only means begotten. Therefore they argue that we are only in a begotten state until the resurrection of the dead, when we will be born. In the light of God's Word, with all boldness, we declare that this is a shift infernal to deny the immortality of the human soul. It is entirely without foundation in the Word of God. But let us examine their argument.

They say geunao simply means begotten, not really born. "Now when Jesus was born [Greek, geunao] in Bethlehem of Judea in the days of Herod the king, behold, there came wise men from the east to Jerusalem, saying, Where is he that is born [geunao] King of the Jews? . . . And when they were come into the house, they saw the young child with Mary his mother, and fell down, and worshiped him." Mat. 2:1-11. Here the reader will observe that geunao means to bring forth. Jesus was actually born, and the wise men saw the young child. The Greek term, however, was geunao.

Again, "A woman when she is in travail hath sorrow, because her hour is come: but as soon as she is delivered of the child, she remembereth no more the anguish, for joy that a man is born

[geunao] into the world." John 16:21. "I am verily a man which am a Jew, born [geunao] in Tarsus. Acts 22:3. "Moses, when he was born, [geunao], was hid three months of his parents." Heb. 11:23.

Thus we could multiply proof-texts; but any one can see from the above scriptures cited that geunao means actual birth, to bring forth. Now I will give some clear texts where the same word occurs in the original.

"But as many as received him, to them gave he power to become the sons of God, even to them that believe on his name. Which were born [geunao], not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God." John 1: 12, 13. "Ye must be born [geunao] again." John 3:7. "Every one that doeth righteousness is born of him." 1 John 2:29. "Whosoever is born of God doth not commit sin; because he is born of God." 1 John 3:9. "Every one that loveth is born of God, and knoweth God." 1 John 4:7. "Whosoever believeth that Jesus is the Christ is born of God." 1 John 5: 1.

In all these texts the word born is from geunao, which we already have proved means actual birth, to bring forth. There are many other clear texts. which prove that the new birth is effected in this life.

"Seeing ye have purified your souls in obeying the truth through the Spirit unto unfeigned love of the brethren, see that ye love one another with a pure

heart fervently: being born again, not of corruptible seed, but of incorruptible, by the word of God, which liveth and abideth for ever." 1 Pet. 1: 22, 23.

"As new-born babes, desire the sincere milk of the word, that ye may grow thereby." 1 Pet. 2: 2.

The Father does not record the names of his children on the family record until after they are born. "Rejoice, because your names are written in heaven." Luke 10: 20. "And of Zion it shall be said, This and that man was born in her. . . . The Lord shall count, when he writeth up the people, that this man was born there." Psa. 87:5, 6.

God is our spiritual Father. The church is the bride or wife of Christ. Eph. 5: 23-32. She is our mother. Gal. 4:26. "For as soon as Zion travailed she brought forth her children. . . . That ye may suck, and be satisfied with the breasts of her consolations; that ye may milk out and be delighted with the abundance of her glory. . . . Then shall ye suck, ye shall be borne upon her sides, and dandled upon her knees." Isa. 66: 8-12.

Thus having a spiritual Father and mother, we become "sons of God" by being "born of God." See. John 1:12, 13. This is not effected in the resurrection, but, "beloved, now are we the sons of God." 1 John 3:2. "Babes in Christ." 1 Cor. 3:1. "Newborn babes." 1 Pet. 2: 2. Not by natural birth, for "that which is born of the Spirit is spirit." The foregoing truth is utterly fatal to materialism.

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