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====================R725 : page 5WILLFUL SINS.It may be asked, What if in business or on any other account,one should tell that which he knows to be untrue and not fromAdamic weakness, etc., but wilfully and deliberately, tomisrepresent-- Is such a sin unforgivable?We answer No. To our understanding such a sin is not coveredby the ransom. But we doubt if there be such sins as this oftencommitted, if ever. It is usually in the heat of discussion, or inthe anxiety to make a trade, that for the moment the moredepraved elements of the being carry away as by storm the betterqualities which in the fallen condition are the weaker.Notice the reasonableness of this. If the man should sin wilfully,and premediatedly, and should thus gain five dollars and shouldapply to God for forgiveness and remission of his sin because ofJesus' sacrifice, and if it should be thus forgiven, and if hecontinue so to do, it would be making Jehovah and Jesus partiesto and abettors of his evil deeds--an evident absurdity.On the contrary, no man or woman can wilfully commit sinwhile under the control of the Spirit of Christ. And should suchbe overtaken in a fault; it would certainly be the result of theweakness of the flesh. When such would discover the error oftheir way, they would not only apply for remission through theprecious blood of cleansing, but would under the exercise of truerepentance confess and repair the wrong to the extent of theirability. Wrong doing under such circumstances would be tooexpensive to be willingly indulged.R725 : page 5====================SATAN'S OUTLOOK.Some are inquiring: If there is hope for "those angels who keptnot their first estate" may there not be hope for Satan that he mayyet be reclaimed? If not, why not?We reply that it is for any who so think to produce the passage ofScripture which holds out one ray of hope for Satan. It is notincumbent on us to prove that he will not be saved, for this mayreasonably be assumed if no hope is held out for him inScripture. Nevertheless we believe our position so strong, thatwe will take the offensive and say that it can be demonstratedfrom Scripture that Satan will not be permitted to exist beyondthe Millennial age.