The Watchtower Society and John and Morton Edgar - A2Z.org

tliey would also b? proofs of the immortality ofevery animal and every plant. Surely no reasonable. man - believes that the lower animals and plants areImmortal IWe have karned thdt' tlie'best definition of thesoul .is that it is the whole sentient being. Thedokinant part of the being' is the mind,, the will,- but this cannot exist without organism. Accordingly,while in a restricted sehse the soul may bedescribed ag the mind, the will, the conscious ago,nevertl~eless, in order to exist, the Ego must havea body pf some kind. We have learned also thatthere is no ve'rse in the,Bible whieh ,states that thesoul 'is immortal, but that, on the coqtrary, theWord of Goil teaches distinctly that the .soul_ which,sins shall - die.When is the Just Recompense of Reward?- -.The popular* idea, derive from that little' bookwhich contains 'so many precious truths. .the ."Shorter Catechism," is that " The souls ofbelievers are at de:~th made perfect in holiness anddo immediately pass into glory."Is it tnie that all the dead who3 have had faith inGod are now: in heaven? Ipt us take an example.What about David, who; with all his faults, was amangbelpved of the Lord, a man after God's heart?Is David in heaven? I suppose many in this auaiekcebpould answer : " Yes." Let us read what theWord of God says. Se.e Acts IT., 34 : " David. isnot ascended into the heavens. " Nothing couldplainer. than that. The , question is : y6ugoing to believe it? Some of you may say : Thitis strange; I did think that 'David would :be 41iheaven, but e-zidently I am mistaken. - He..waskept15#