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Held in church of Christ meeting house at Lakeland, Fla. March 9-10.
The proposition was: "The scriptures teach that sinners who died unsaved will have another opportunity."
If Mr. McCall had more power he would be the strongest of that cult. He spent his time the first session trying to show that the "six days" represent 6,000 years in which the world would stand and many would reject the mercies of God and be lost, and the "seventh day" (Sabbath) represents one thousand (or millennium) years in which all would have an opportunity and all would accept.
Bro. Phillips routed him on this when he asked for the scriptures. Mr. McCall referred to these days as "types." Bro. Phillips asked how a sinner could be saved while people rested, as the 7th day was a rest day, and Mr. McCall said it is a type of one thousand years when the unsaved, both and alive, will accept the gospel. McCall then tried to stand on the promise made to Abraham: "In thy seed shall all the nations of the earth be blessed." Bro. Phillips took this away from him by showing that that seed was Christ, and that all nations of the earth are now blessed by the seed in having an opportunity to be saved by the giving of his life for all.
In the second session, no one realized defeat like Mr. McCall. He appealed to the sympathy of his audience. In fact, he said that his opponent had all the advantage, because the hearers were accustomed to hearing the doctrine of bro. Phillips and could readily grasp his meaning, while the argument he put forth was new to them and hard for them to catch his meaning.
Mr. McCall gave his doctrine based on John's declaration in John 1:29 and Lk. 2:11 - but neither even hinted at another chance after death. Bro. Phillips gave him 36 questions. Most of then he did not know, 11 he said he would answer: "I think."
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W. C. Phillips vs E. L. McCall (Russellite)
March 27, 1930
Lakeland, Florida
(By C. C. Brown)
March 27, 1930
Lakeland, Florida
(By C. C. Brown)
Held in church of Christ meeting house at Lakeland, Fla. March 9-10.
The proposition was: "The scriptures teach that sinners who died unsaved will have another opportunity."
If Mr. McCall had more power he would be the strongest of that cult. He spent his time the first session trying to show that the "six days" represent 6,000 years in which the world would stand and many would reject the mercies of God and be lost, and the "seventh day" (Sabbath) represents one thousand (or millennium) years in which all would have an opportunity and all would accept.
Bro. Phillips routed him on this when he asked for the scriptures. Mr. McCall referred to these days as "types." Bro. Phillips asked how a sinner could be saved while people rested, as the 7th day was a rest day, and Mr. McCall said it is a type of one thousand years when the unsaved, both and alive, will accept the gospel. McCall then tried to stand on the promise made to Abraham: "In thy seed shall all the nations of the earth be blessed." Bro. Phillips took this away from him by showing that that seed was Christ, and that all nations of the earth are now blessed by the seed in having an opportunity to be saved by the giving of his life for all.
In the second session, no one realized defeat like Mr. McCall. He appealed to the sympathy of his audience. In fact, he said that his opponent had all the advantage, because the hearers were accustomed to hearing the doctrine of bro. Phillips and could readily grasp his meaning, while the argument he put forth was new to them and hard for them to catch his meaning.
Mr. McCall gave his doctrine based on John's declaration in John 1:29 and Lk. 2:11 - but neither even hinted at another chance after death. Bro. Phillips gave him 36 questions. Most of then he did not know, 11 he said he would answer: "I think."
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