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Does God have immortality?
What does 'immortality' mean in the Bible?
Does God have an immortal soul?
Did Jesus have immortality?
What does the Greek word 'immortality' mean?
Can a person be born with an immortal soul?
"But one alone, 'God,' can be said to have immortality," because He, unlike other immortal beings who enjoy their immortality through the will of another, derives it from His own essence. Dwelling in the light which no man can approach unto.
- God Is Immortal
- We Are Not Born Immortal
- How Did Jesus Die If He Is God?
The Word of God does assume the eternal existence of every soul regardless of its destiny, but that is not the same as being immortal. The concept of every person being born with an immortal soul is not found in the Bible; God alone intrinsically possesses immortality and can grant it as a gift to others. He cannot die and neither is He subject to ...
All humans are mortal as they are subject to death. Mortality is the result of sin, the legacy of Adam’s sin, which brought death into the world. Job asked, "Can a mortal be more righteous than God? Can a man be more pure than his Maker?" (Job 4:17). David wrote, "What man can live and not see death?” (Psalm 89:48). The writer to the Hebrews stated...
This is a question which has exercised theologians for centuries. There are aspects of this question which are difficult to understand, never mind explain. It goes to the heart of what took place in the darkness of Golgotha. The Bible does not exhaustively describe or explain the suffering and death of the Lord Jesus. There is a mystery to Calvary ...
1 Timothy 1:17 - Now to the King eternal, immortal, invisible, the only God, be honor and glory forever and ever. Amen.
Now to the King eternal, immortal, invisible, to God who alone is wise, be honor and glory forever and ever. Amen. Young's Literal Translation and to the King of the ages, the incorruptible, invisible, only wise God, is honour and glory -- to the ages of the ages!
In fact, the Bible says only God has true immortality (I Timothy 6:15-16). Human beings can have immortality only through Christ and only through the resurrection from the dead, according to the pattern set by Jesus in His resurrection to eternal life (I Corinthians 15:22, 45-52).
The question of how could Jesus be immortal God and also die for our sins is only arising if one believes in the doctrine of the Trinity. What does the Trinity teach about immortality? Trinitarian’s have been taught that immortality is no different from mortality.
God, who is uncreated and perfectly holy, is uniquely immortal. The unfolding of the principle of sin and death is evidenced in the repeated refrain of Genesis 5, “...and he died,” but preëminently is the virtually total destruction of the race by the Flood (Gen 6:5-7).
