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Living for Ever.
Immortality is a state of deathlessness, and incorruptibility.
God alone is by nature immortal.
"Now to the King eternal, immortal, invisible, the only
God, be honor and glory for ever and ever. Amen." (1
Timothy 1:17).
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God, the blessed and only Ruler, the King of kings
and Lord of lords, who alone is immortal and who lives in
unapproachable light, whom no one has seen or can see. To
Him be honor and might forever. Amen." (1 Timothy 6:15-16).
Men and women are by nature mortal, dying creatures: "To
Adam He [God] said, '
by the sweat of your brow you will
eat your food until you return to the ground, since from it
you were taken; for dust you are and to dust you will return.'"
(Genesis 3:17-19).
God can, and will, make immortal those mortals whom He chooses
from among the human race: "When the perishable has been
clothed with the imperishable, and the mortal with immortality,
then the saying that is written will come true: 'Death has
been swallowed up in victory.'" (1 Corinthians 15:54).
The first step in the change from mortality to immortality
is brought about by accepting God's gift of salvation offered
to us in the gospel of Jesus Christ, and then living as God
requires us to do.
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This grace was given us in Christ Jesus before
the beginning of time, but it has now been revealed through
the appearing of our Savior, Christ Jesus, who has destroyed
death and has brought life and immortality to light through
the gospel." (2 Timothy 1:9-10).
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Idol
Immortal, Immortality
Inheritance
Iniquity
Inspiration
Partial Inspiration
Israel
Israel and Judah
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