Jesus Is Life: Life And Incorruption
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2 Timothy 1:10 KJV
But is now made manifest by the appearing of our Saviour Jesus Christ, who hath abolished death, and hath brought life and immortality incorruption to light through the gospel:
Beyond abolishing death, the first appearing of Jesus Christ brought something else magnificent to light: life and incorruption! The King James Version translates ‘aphtharsia’ as ‘immortality,’ but the accurate translation is ‘incorruption’. Aphtharsia is not immortality, aphtharsia is incorruption and there’s a difference between the two. You receive life – zoe and incorruption – aphtharsia when you hear the Gospel, receive it, believe it and you are born again and instantly brought into eternal life! You human spirit is now connected or in union with God. With the new birth you were brought into the realm of incorruption! Corruption is when the human spirit is separated and disconnected from God. This is called spiritual death.
ἀφθαρσία aphtharsia incorruption (immortality) – incorruptibility, unending existence
Incorruption is what addresses the issue of spiritual death and the corruption of the human spirit; whilst immortality addresses the issue of physical death and the corruption of the physical body. Incorruption is that state when the human spirit is brought back to life from spiritual death with the life of God through “being born again not of corruptible seed but of incorruptible by the word of God.” (1 Peter 1:23). This regeneration of the human spirit from spiritual death to eternal life also has an impact on the soul and the physical body which also overpowers the effects of mortality causing both the spirit, soul and body to transform and become incorruptible.
Psalm 16:10 For thou wilt not leave my soul in hell; neither wilt thou suffer thine Holy One to see corruption.
The key thing that the word in the scripture above tells us here is that corruption and incorruption is dealing with the spirit/soul and its destination and what should happen to it in that realm of the spirit world; i.e. is the spirit dead – meaning is the spirit separated from God? This state of being spiritually dead condemns that spirit to hell which is what is described in the word as corruption. Or is the spirit born again – united and alive unto God? This connects that human spirit to the living God who is in heaven for a life with God in heaven which is what is described in the word as incorruption. That is the state that every born again child of God is currently living in – incorruption.
So, clearly we have not obtained immortality yet; but in order for your body to be transformed into immortality at the second appearing of Jesus Christ, your spirit must come out of the state of corruption (separation from God) first through the gospel into incorruption and then only can you be changed from incorruption to immortality. The Apostle Paul describes this process of our salvation in 1 Corinthians 15:53 – 54 and says “For this corruptible must put on incorruption, and this mortal must put on immortality. 54 So when this corruptible shall have put on incorruption, and this mortal shall have put on immortality, then shall be brought to pass the saying that is written, Death is swallowed up in victory.”
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When you study Genesis chapter 3 you discover that Adam died two deaths – he died spiritually first and then he died physically years later(Genesis 5:5). Jesus, when He was hanging on the cross also died two deaths.
He died spiritually first when He cried out “Eloi, Eloi, lama sabachthani?” (Matthew 27:46) He was made sin and God the Spirit separated Himself from Jesus. Only then would it be possible for Him to die physically, and shortly after at His own will He gave up His own life to physical death. Now incorruption and immortality together deal with both these issues in that order – incorruption to deal with spiritual death through the gospel and immortality to deal with physical death at the second appearing of Jesus Christ; you get it now? Great!
The Word of God says “being born again, not of corruptible seed, but of incorruptible, by the word of God, which liveth and abideth forever” (1 Peter 1:23). Corruptible seed has to do with a life that is spiritually dead – meaning separated from God. Everyone born into this world from the seed of a man is born of corruptible seed, therefore born into corruption – separated from God. And to correct that our opening scripture says that through the gospel we can receive eternal life and incorruption being born again of incorruptible seed.
So we’ve learnt that incorruption has to do with a life of oneness with Him being connected to God and alive unto Him through being born again. And as a born again child of God right now at this very moment you have incorruption at work in you my brother! You have incorruption at work in you my sister! Hallelujah!
It means that your physical body through the eternal life and incorruption that is now in your human spirit, though it is mortal, is now receiving life from the Spirit of God divine, making it resistant to sickness, disease, decay and every corrupting effect of sin and all the destructive elements of this world! Glory to God! Live everyday in the consciousness of this and enjoy the benefits of aphtharsia – incorruption.
Pray The Word
Heavenly Father, thank You that through the Gospel and the appearing of Jesus Christ, You have brought life and incorruption to light. I rejoice that Your divine life now mingles with my mortal body, making me incorruptible by Your living Word.
Speak The Word
I declare that I have received life and incorruption through the Gospel! The life of God flows in my mortal body, empowering it with divine resistance to decay and corruption. I am born of incorruptible seed!
