Life and Aphtharsia (Incorruption) Brought to Light

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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 to light through the gospel:

Beyond abolishing death, the appearing of Jesus Christ brought something else magnificent to light: life and incorruption! The King James Version translates ‘aphtharsia’ as ‘immortality,’ but the more accurate translation is ‘incorruption’. What happens when you heard the Gospel, received it, believed it and responded to it you are instantly brought into the God life – a new kind of life, the divine life!  You were brought into the reality realm of incorruption!

ἀφθαρσία  aphtharsia  incorruption (immortality) – incorruptibility, unending existence

 What is incorruption? It’s not yet immortality, where this mortal body cannot die. No, your body is still mortal! But incorruption is that state when the life of God, the eternal life, mingles with your mortal body, and overpowering mortality causing it to transform to become incorruptible. That is the state that every child of God is currently living in – incorruption. You have not obtained immortality yet.  Remember how the Word of God says we are born again, “not of corruptible seed, but of incorruptible, by the word of God, which liveth and abideth forever” (1 Peter 1:23). You have incorruption now, my brother! You have incorruption now my sister! Hallelujah! What does this mean? It means that this body, though mortal, is now receiving life from God divine, making it resistant to sickness, disease, decay and every corrupting effect of sin! 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!