[font="Verdana, Arial"]Immortality is not received by us at the death of Christ.
Immortality is not received by us at conception.
Immortality is not received by us at birth.
Immortality is not received by us at the "new birth."
Immortality is not received by us at death.
(scriptural exceptions include Moses, Enoch, and Elijah).
Immortality and eternal life is a gift of God through Jesus Christ.
Rom 2
6 God "will give to each person according to what he has done." 7 To those who by persistence in doing good seek glory, honor and immortality, he will give eternal life.
2 Tim 1
10 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.
1 Cor 15
22 For as in Adam all die, so in Christ all will be made alive. 23 But each in his own turn: Christ, the firstfruits; then, when he comes, those who belong to him.
44 it is sown a natural body, it is raised a spiritual body.
51 Listen, I tell you a mystery: We will not all sleep, but we will all be changed-- 52 in a flash, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trumpet. For the trumpet will sound, the dead will be raised imperishable, and we will be changed. 53 For the perishable must clothe itself with the imperishable, and the mortal with immortality. 54 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."
John 14
2 In my Father's house are many rooms; if it were not so, I would have told you. I am going there to prepare a place for you. 3 And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come back and take you to be with me that you also may be where I am.
Lazarus had no tales of conscious life in "Abraham's bosom" between the time he died and before he was resurrected by Jesus (before the death & resurrection of Christ).
Neither did Eutychus have a tale of conscious life between his death and raising by the Apostle Paul (after the death & resurrection of Christ.)[/font]
Immortality is not received by us at conception.
Immortality is not received by us at birth.
Immortality is not received by us at the "new birth."
Immortality is not received by us at death.
(scriptural exceptions include Moses, Enoch, and Elijah).
Immortality and eternal life is a gift of God through Jesus Christ.
Rom 2
6 God "will give to each person according to what he has done." 7 To those who by persistence in doing good seek glory, honor and immortality, he will give eternal life.
2 Tim 1
10 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.
1 Cor 15
22 For as in Adam all die, so in Christ all will be made alive. 23 But each in his own turn: Christ, the firstfruits; then, when he comes, those who belong to him.
44 it is sown a natural body, it is raised a spiritual body.
51 Listen, I tell you a mystery: We will not all sleep, but we will all be changed-- 52 in a flash, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trumpet. For the trumpet will sound, the dead will be raised imperishable, and we will be changed. 53 For the perishable must clothe itself with the imperishable, and the mortal with immortality. 54 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."
John 14
2 In my Father's house are many rooms; if it were not so, I would have told you. I am going there to prepare a place for you. 3 And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come back and take you to be with me that you also may be where I am.
Lazarus had no tales of conscious life in "Abraham's bosom" between the time he died and before he was resurrected by Jesus (before the death & resurrection of Christ).
Neither did Eutychus have a tale of conscious life between his death and raising by the Apostle Paul (after the death & resurrection of Christ.)[/font]
