Imperishable

"He alone has immortality," 1 Timothy 6:16.

Who he? God. Has what? immortality. Who else? None else. God alone. Yeah. But wait a minute! What about immortal souls? You know, souls that float out of bodies when they die? Well. Hmm. Actually. (This is hard to get.) The Good Book does not ever mention humans with immortal souls. Not ever. Not even once. Now, it does talk about resurrection. Yeah. Anyway, there are all sorts of religions (and lots of Christ followers) in the world that talk about immortal souls, but the Book insists that God, and God alone, has immortality. It's one of the basics that make God, God. Too, one of those basics is that God can give immortality to whom he wishes. And he does. Through Christ. He abolishes death. He brings life and immortality to light through the Gospel. That's what our hope of resurrection is about.

We meet with a brother or sister today so that we may praise God's sharing of his divine nature. And thankfully together we commit to our Lord Jesus with imperishable love.