The Children’s Class
Each of the following quotations is a part of a verse in 2 Corinthians. When you have found them, write out each of the seven verses in full. Mark down the chapter and verse also.
1.“Christ died for our sins.”
2.“The Lord’s death till He come.”
3. “Anathema, Maranatha.”
4.“The Gospel of Christ without charge.”
5.“Suffereth long, and is kind.”
6.“Take heed lest he fall.”
7.“All baptized into one body.”
The Young People’s Class Incorruptibility and Immorality
Incorruptibility for the body and life for the soul have been brought to light by the gospel (2 Timothy 1:1010But 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: (2 Timothy 1:10) N.T.), for these things were not revealed in the Old Testament. There were, at times, glimmerings of light, but the interval between death and resurrection, and the (act that believers will have glorified bodies like Christ, was not known. How thankful we should be for this revelation now, in the midst of the darkness in which so many choose to remain, even in Christendom.
Our bodies are mortal (subject to death), but man having received his life directly from God has an immortal soul. He will exist eternally in either heaven or hell. Some claim that because the Scripture says only God has immortality (see Question 1.), therefore the unsaved do not have it. But this verse refers only to God (and it is God the Son here) having it in its source, and so men, having life from God, have immortal souls. The angels too are immortal.
In resurrection we will have incorruptible bodies, bodies that will not show any signs of age or decay.
The Word of God, and the precious blood of Christ, are also spoken of as incorruptible in the Scriptures, for these do not pass away. Through all eternity we will sing of the precious blood of Christ. What a blessed theme!
1.Who “only hath immortality”? 1 Timothy.
2.Is the blood of Christ corruptible like silver and gold? 1 Peter.
3.What verse speaks of the Word of God as incorruptible? 1 Peter.
4.Is the believer’s inheritance a corruptible one? 1 Peter.
5.Is the crown we are to strive for, a couptible one? 1 Peter.
6.Is the believer’s resurrection body a couptible one? I Corinthians.
7.When will the mortal bodies of believers be changed to immortal ones? 1 Corinthians.
ML 12/02/1951