"If men will turn to purposes of iniquity, and transgression, and sin, a life which is committed to them for a time,
Q: how can the Lord commit to them this gift for eternity?
If this life, which is not their own, they will devote simply as an instrument of unrighteousness unto sin, to rebellion, and unfaithfulness to Him who giveth it,
Q: how shall He give to such immortal life–a life, which, being not subject to cessation, may properly be called their own?
---To do so would be only to subvert His own authority and the principles of His government.
The righteousness which is acceptable with God is the righteousness "which is by faith of Jesus Christ unto all and upon all them that believe; for there is no difference; for all have sinned and come short of the glory of God." Rom. 3:22, 23.
"HE became the Author of eternal salvation unto all them that obey him." Heb. 5:9.
And "God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life." John 3:16.
A.T. Jones