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Eternal life is often mistaken for Immortality. The two are not the same.
Immortality is a physical kind of life and typically pertains to perpetual
youth.
Eternal life, on the other hand, is a spirit kind of life and typically pertains to
deity because it always was, it always is, and it always shall be.
Now the gift of eternal life doesn't transform people into gods, but it does
enable them to eventually be as naturally pleasing to God as His son Jesus
always is.
"His divine power has given us everything we need for life and godliness
through our knowledge of Him who called us by His own glory and goodness.
Through these He has given us His very great and precious promises, so that
through them you may participate in the divine nature and escape the
corruption that's in the world." (2Pet 1:3-4)
I should think it goes without saying that the divine nature would be a whole
lots more successful at producing an acceptable level of piety than the
human nature could ever hope for because even at its best the human
nature is corrupt; which is translated from a Greek word basically pertaining
to damaged goods, i.e. broken.
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But you believe man is immortal then? Even though John 3:16 says that those who believe have
eternal life. Immortality is a gift, looks like.
Eternal life is often mistaken for Immortality. The two are not the same.
Immortality is a physical kind of life and typically pertains to perpetual
youth.
Eternal life, on the other hand, is a spirit kind of life and typically pertains to
deity because it always was, it always is, and it always shall be.
Now the gift of eternal life doesn't transform people into gods, but it does
enable them to eventually be as naturally pleasing to God as His son Jesus
always is.
"His divine power has given us everything we need for life and godliness
through our knowledge of Him who called us by His own glory and goodness.
Through these He has given us His very great and precious promises, so that
through them you may participate in the divine nature and escape the
corruption that's in the world." (2Pet 1:3-4)
I should think it goes without saying that the divine nature would be a whole
lots more successful at producing an acceptable level of piety than the
human nature could ever hope for because even at its best the human
nature is corrupt; which is translated from a Greek word basically pertaining
to damaged goods, i.e. broken.
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