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January 10
REDEEMED FROM CORRUPTION
by Ray Prinzing
"Who redeemeth thy life from destruction; who crowneth thee
with lovingkindness and tender mercies."
[Psalm 103:4]
Destruction - the Hebrew
here is actually "corruption." Paul emphatically declared, "for
this corruptible must put on incorruption." [1 Corinthians
15:53.] It is a cause for rejoicing to find redemption
includes a complete change, that we will be clothed upon with
incorruption, i.e., brought into a state where we cannot be
corrupted.
We read that Jesus
Christ "hath abolished (Greek, to make thoroughly inactive)
death, and hath brought life and immortality to light through the
gospel." [2 Timothy 1:10]. Note this word "immortality," a
mis-translation in King James, for the Greek word is INCORRUPTION.
The wages of sin is death, but it is self-evident that if there be
not sin, then there can be no consequence of sin, no wages to be
reaped. We would enter into a state of deathlessness
(Immortality), that is true, but if we are made incorruptible, it is
unnecessary to add that we are immortal. The crowning glory of
that more abundant life which Jesus gives is LIFE IN AN
INCORRUPTIBLE BODY. What a redemption! Freed from all
change and decay.
"Whereby are given
unto us exceeding great and precious promises, that by these ye
might be partakers of the divine nature, having escaped the
corruption that is in the world through lust." [2 Peter
1:4]. The divine nature is incapable of being corrupted.
This fulfills the scripture, "Whosoever is born of God does not
commit sin; for His seed remaineth in him; and he cannot sin because
he is born of God." [1 John 3:9]. This is a place of
incorruptibility, it is in the fulness of the divine nature.
It is to the praise of our Redeemer that He takes that which was
marred, torn, ruined and transforms it completely into His image,
crowned with lovingkindness and tender mercies. Radiating the
splendor of His creative hand, death forever abolished, clothed with
His righteousness, we shall be found to His praise.
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