Immortality
"In him was life; and the life was the light of men" John 1:4
1. What kind of man are we, mortal or immortal?
"Mortal" Job 4:17
2. What is your life?
"It is even a vapour, that appeareth for a little time, and then vanisheth away" James 4:14
3. What characterizes God the Father and Jesus the Son?
"As the Father hath life in himself; so hath he given to the Son to have life in himself" John 5:26
4. Who is eternal and immortal?
"God" 1 Timothy 1:17
5. God is the only one who has what?
"Immortality" 1 Timothy 6:16
6. Yet for us Jesus has brought to light the possibility of life and immortality through what?
"Through the gospel" 2 Timothy 1:10
7. Who only will receive eternal life?
"Whosoever believeth in him" John 3:16
8. What word describes the fate of everyone else?
"Perish" John 3:16
"He that believeth on the Son hath everlasting life: and he that believeth not the Son shall not see life" John 3:36
9. How does the Bible emphasize that life can exist only when there is a connection with the Lifegiver?
"He that hath the Son hath life; and he that hath not the Son of God hath not life" 1 John 5:12
"For in him we live, and move, and have our being" Acts 17:28
10. What are the two alternatives?
"The wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life" Romans 6:23
11. At what event will this mortal put on immortality?
"At the last trump" 1 Corinthians 15:52, 53
12. When will the unfading crown be received?
"When the chief Shepherd shall appear" 1 Peter 5:4
"When Christ, who is our life, shall appear, then shall ye also appear with him in glory" Colossians 3:4
13. What two trees grew in the midst of Eden?
"The tree of life…and the tree of knowledge of good and evil" Genesis 2:9
14. What was the only tree in the garden from which Adam and Eve were forbidden to eat?
"The tree of the knowledge of good and evil" Genesis 2:16, 17
15. What punishment did God decree for disobedience?
"Thou shalt surely die" Genesis 2:17
16. What did Satan say?
"Ye shall not surely die" Genesis 3:4
17. What are we told about the devil, the truth and lies?
"There is no truth in him…. He is a liar, and the father of it" John 8:44
18. Once Adam sinned, from what tree would he have had to eat in order to live forever?
"The tree of life" Genesis 3:22
19. Because He does not permit sinners to live forever, what did God do?
"He drove out the man; and he placed at the east of the garden of Eden Cherubims, and a flaming sword" Genesis 3:24
20. What river will be in the new earth?
"A pure river of water of life" Revelation 22:1
21. What will grow on either side of the river?
"The tree of life" Revelation 22:2
22. Who only will have right to the tree of life?
"They that do his commandments" Revelation 22:14
23. But don’t sinners also have some undying spark of life in them?
"No murderer hath eternal life abiding in him" 1 John 3:15
"The soul that sinneth, it shall die" Ezekiel 18:20
24. What is the condition for receiving eternal life?
"If thou wilt enter into life, keep the commandments" Matthew 19:17
25. How do we demonstrate that we are seeking for immortality and eternal life?
"By patient continuance in well-doing" Romans 2:7
26. What will happen to all evildoers?
"Evildoers shall be cut off" Psalm 37:9
27. Will the wicked be any more?
"The wicked shall not be; yea, thou shalt diligently consider his place, and it shall not be" Psalm 37:10
28. Into what will they consume away?
"Into smoke shall they consume away" Psalm 37:20