Visit www.jewishnotgreek.com for more information “Conditional Immortality” Bible study Why only believers live forever Note: This is from an evangelical Christian perspective. This position is a minority view, but we all know majority does not make truth. I encourage you to look up the scriptures. Pass this information onto a friend. God is good... God is just and fair. He is not a monster. Email me with comments:
[email protected] Summary: This study will show how most Christians have a misunderstanding of the topic of immortality. The Greeks (Plato) taught that the soul was indestructible – that all live forever. The Bible teaches otherwise. Not everyone is or will become immortal. Only God is immortal and immortality is His gift to believers only. The unsaved will be destroyed at the end of the age. Only the saved live forever and never perish.
1) Who is immortal? (1 Timothy 1:17) __________________. 2) Is God immortal alone? (1 Timothy 6:1516)____________. 3) What does mankind have to do to gain immortality? (Romans 2:7) They must s _ _ _ it. 4) If mankind has to seek for something, it means they are not born with it. True / False? 5) If anyone eats of the bread of Jesus, they will (John 6:51)___ __________________. 6) If someone does not eat of the living bread, then they will not ____________. 7) In 1 Corinthians 15:53, what will the mortal become? i _ _ _ _ _ _ _.
8) Who is Paul addressing this section to? (1 Corinthians 15:50) Believers or Unbelievers? 9) Does Paul say the same thing in 1 Corinthians 15:54? Yes / No? 10) Paul tells Timothy that immortality can only be gotten through the g _ _ _ _ _. (2 Timothy 1:10) 11) Then, can the soul be destroyed? (Matthew 10:28) ________. 12) James (Greek: Jacob) tells us that only God can s a _ _ or d e _ _ _ _ _ any person. (James 4:12) 13) In any society, capital punishment means a person is put to _________ for their crimes. (note: this is the worst punishment anyone can receive) 14) Paul tells us the destiny of unbelievers. It will be to be their ___________ (Philippians 3:19). 15) What does King David say the end of the wicked will be? They will be d _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _. (Psalm 145:20) 16) In John 3:16, the word “perish” is the exact same Greek word as “destroy”. John 3:16 tells us, God does not want anyone to be destroyed, but wants them to live f _ _ _ _ _ _ with Him. 17) God gave Israel (and now the rest of humanity) a choice. What is that a choice between? L _ _ _ and D _ _ _ _ . (Deuteronomy 30:19).
18) Paul says the wages of sin are?_________ (Romans 6:23) 19) At the end of the age, the unsaved will be put to d _ _ _ _ (Revelation 20:14-15) and be destroyed forever (Matt 10:28). 20) Jesus came so that we might have _ _ _ _ (John 10:10)