Good Evening Everyone! We completed our study of 1 Corinthians 15:35-38, the physics of immortality. Walking through the different verses, comparing scripture with scripture, has given us a much clearer understanding of our position in the kingdom of God.
We are bestowed the title of sons of God, or direct creations of God at salvation. 2 Corinthians 5:17 is clear that everyone who is in Christ is a new creature / new creation; the things of our old man / old Adamic nature/ the flesh are passed away, because we are dead to the world, but alive to God.
Colossians 3:1-4: If ye then be risen with Christ, seek those things which are above, where Christ sitteth on the right hand of God. Set your affection on things above, not on things on the earth. For ye are dead, and your life is hid with Christ in God. When Christ, who is our life, shall appear, then shall ye also appear with him in glory.
Our salvation is based on God’s grace and mercy toward us. We receive eternal life immediately with the complete forgiveness of all our sins past, present, and future! We also receive the promise of the physical redemption of our bodies at the rapture / resurrection of all the Church Age saints.
Philippians 3:20-21: For our conversation is in heaven; from whence also we look for the Saviour, the Lord Jesus Christ: Who shall change our vile body, that it may be fashioned like unto his glorious body, according to the working whereby he is able even to subdue all things unto himself.
Titus 1:2: In hope of eternal life, which God, that cannot lie, promised before the world began;
Titus 3:5-7: Not by works of righteousness which we have done, but according to his mercy he saved us, by the washing of regeneration, and renewing of the Holy Ghost; Which he shed on us abundantly through Jesus Christ our Saviour; That being justified by his grace, we should be made heirs according to the hope of eternal life.
Ultimately, we will become just like Christ, immortal and incorruptible, at the Day of Christ. This is the 2nd half of our salvation! It is guaranteed by God!
1 John 3:1-3: Behold, what manner of love the Father hath bestowed upon us, that we should be called the sons of God: therefore the world knoweth us not, because it knew him not. Beloved, now are we the sons of God, and it doth not yet appear what we shall be: but we know that, when he shall appear, we shall be like him; for we shall see him as he is. And every man that hath this hope in him purifieth himself, even as he is pure.
Knowing all that is promised to us in our salvation, why would we not seek to be conformed to Christ, in our inner man now? This is the great war between the flesh and spirit that we all are engaged in on a daily basis. The natural man loves the lust of the flesh, the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life. The new man is empowered to become more like Christ as he matures in his personal walk in Christ, learning to walk in the Spirit, and not fulfilling the lust of the flesh. The fruit of the Spirit will be manifested as a by-product of our growth in Christ. Galatians 5:22-25