What it means to be Immortal

Is to believe the one God has sent;

John 6:38—40 For I have come down from heaven not to do my will but to do the will of him who sent me. And this is the will of him who sent me, that I shall lose none of all that he has given me, but raise them up at the last day. For my Father’s will is that everyone who looks to the Son and believes in him shall have eternal life, and I will raise him up at the last day. (Not necessarily our last day of living since we are talking about eternal life but the last day of doubt, the day we believe.)

John 11:25—26 Jesus said to her, “I am the resurrection and the life. He who believes in me will live (spiritually speaking), even though he dies (physically speaking), and whoever lives (physically speaking) and believes in me will never die (spiritually speaking).”

Is to hear his word;

John 5:24—25 “I tell you the truth, whoever hears my word and believes him who sent me has eternal life and will not be condemned; he has crossed over from death to life. I tell you the truth, a time is coming and has now come when the dead will hear the voice of the Son of God and those who hear will live.

 

Is to keep his word;

John 8:51 I tell you the truth, if anyone keeps my word, he will never see death.”

Is to listen and follow;

John 10:27—28 My sheep listen to my voice; I know them, and they follow me, I give them eternal life, and they shall never perish; no one can snatch them out of my hand.

Is to know God and Jesus Christ;

John 17:3 Now this is eternal life: that they may know you, the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom you have sent.

Is to be in Christ Jesus;

Romans 8:1—2 Therefore, there is now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus, because through Christ Jesus the law of the Spirit of life set me free from the law of sin and death.

Is to have your mind controlled by the Spirit;

Rom.8:6 The mind of sinful man is death, but the mind controlled by the Spirit is life and peace;

Is to have life for your mortal bodies through Gods Spirit living in you;

Rom. 8:10—11 But if Christ is in you, your body is dead because of sin, yet your spirit is alive because of righteousness. And if the Spirit of him who raised Jesus from the dead is living in you, he who raised Christ from the dead will also give life to your mortal bodies through his Spirit, who lives in you.

Is to be a son (child) of God;

Rom. 8: 13—14 For if you live according to the sinful nature, you will die; but if by the Spirit you put to death the misdeeds of the body, you will live, because those who are led by the Spirit of God are sons of God.                                                          

What it means to be Immortal is to be changed;

1 Cor. 15:51—58, 51 Listen, I tell you a mystery: We will not all sleep, but we will all 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.” 55 “Where, O death, is your victory? Where, O death, is your sting?”

Is to be made new;

2 Cor. 5:16—17 So from now on we regard no one from a worldly point of view. Though we once regarded Christ in this way, we do so no longer. Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; the old has gone, the new has come!

If you see only the ear or any one part of Christ, do you not see Christ none the less? Is not every part of Christ immortal, body, head, and all? Therefore if you are in Christ, a part of his body, that part of his body is immortal also. Living a life of love is to take part in immortality, that life of love is immortal whether we take part in it or not. To believe in that life of love is to be clothed with immortality. The mortal has been replaced. That Spirit of love is called Christ. Before you disagree you need know that the Lord is the Spirit, 2Cor.3:17. The meaning of our life now takes on a new and more, heavenly, dimension. Eph. 2:6 And God raised us up with Christ and seated us with him in the heavenly realms in Christ Jesus,

1Cor. 12:12–27, 2Cor. 3:17—18, Gal. 5:24, Eph. 1:23, 3:19, 4:11—24, Col. Ch. 1 and 2

What it means to be Immortal is to be part of Christ.

Matt. 13:11 “The knowledge of the secrets of the kingdom of heaven has been given to you, but not to them.