Paul the Apostle, in 1 Timothy 1:7 says of our great God …
“Now unto the King eternal, immortal, invisible, the only wise God, be honour and glory for ever and ever. Amen.”
Wow!
At first I puzzled over this question … “Does the Apostle have Jesus in mind here, or God the Father?”
Jesus is King!
And also Eternal!
But NOT invisible, for sure! (He took human flesh upon Himself! The whole Idea behind the Virgin Birth!)
Then I supposed this to be God the Father. “The Only Wise God” indeed. Who also is “invisible” according to Paul, so he says again in Colossians 1:15 for that matter.
By the way, I do realize that God is ONE! Yet too He manifests Himself triunely. As Father, Son and Spirit! (See 2 Corinthians 13:14 for an illustration … “The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of God, and the communion of the Holy Ghost, be with you all. Amen.”)
But the Trinity is indeed “immortal” in every respect! Undying, incapable of death, in fact.
Yet on the Cross, miracle of miracles, God died! Jesus died! 1 Corinthians 15:3 thunders … “Christ died for our sins.”
How can this be?
Only one way! Jesus (God in flesh) died because God the Father “slew” Him. No one else could have!
Isaiah 53:4 says of our Lord … “smitten of God!” A verb translated “slay” 92 times and “kill” 20 more times in the King James Bible.
Isaiah 53:10 adds … “Yet it pleased the LORD to bruise him; he hath put him to grief: when thou shalt make his soul an offering for sin.” Where the verb “bruise” is rendered “smite” 1 time and “destroy” 2 times and “break in pieces” 3 more times!
Immortality slew Immortality!
God “gave” (on Calvary) His Only Begotten Son!
God the Father made His Darling Son a “sin offering” for you and for me! And you do remember that the wages of sin is _______! Yes, death!
I go back to my original descriptor … “MIRACLE OF MIRACLES!”
“WONDER OF WONDERS!”
Yes, even this being so … God the Son did not remain dead!
That would have been an impossibility!
Peter at Pentecost … “Whom God hath raised up, having loosed the pains of death: because it was not possible that he should be holden of it.” Acts 2:24
IMMORTALITY CAN’T STAY DEAD!
Hallelujah!
— Dr. Mike Bagwell
All the more so now … “Now unto the King eternal, immortal, invisible, the only wise God, be honour and glory for ever and ever. Amen.”
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