Today vast segments of the church and its leaders promote and glorify that which is corruptible and perishing - money, buildings, the size of crowds, an endless range of so-called "full-service" programs, as well as political and social power - to name but a few. But Scripture calls the true people of God to a far different value system. It declares that our hearts and minds must be focused on that which is incorruptible and imperishable.The Bible declares that the believer's present certainty of salvation, and confident expectation of the life to come, is based upon seven incorruptible things. Four have to do with God's own nature. The other three have to do with God's guarantees to every believer in Christ. God's people must root their thinking deeply in these truths. In this series, the Lord willing, we shall examine them in the pages of Scripture http://www.teachingtheword.org Incorruptibility is a vital term in the Word of God. But it is sadly foreign to much of the post-evangelical church. http://www.teachingtheword.org/apps/articles/?articleid=61117&view=post&blogid=5861 Wed, 8 Feb 2017 00:00:00 -0400 The first four "incorruptibles" have to do with God's own nature. Today we consider the first, the incorruptibility of God Himself. http://www.teachingtheword.org/apps/articles/?articleid=61118&view=post&blogid=5861 Tue, 7 Feb 2017 00:00:00 -0400 The believer's present certainty of salvation, and confident expectation of glory, is based on God's incorruptible Word. http://www.teachingtheword.org/apps/articles/?articleid=61119&view=post&blogid=5861 Mon, 6 Feb 2017 00:00:00 -0400 In a literal rendering of 1 Timothy 1:15-17 we find this: "Now unto the King eternal, incorruptible..." http://www.teachingtheword.org/apps/articles/?articleid=61120&view=post&blogid=5861 Sun, 5 Feb 2017 00:00:00 -0400 1 Peter 1:18 tell us that our incorruptible Savior had incorruptible blood. It is forever on the mercy seat. http://www.teachingtheword.org/apps/articles/?articleid=61121&view=post&blogid=5861 Sat, 4 Feb 2017 00:00:00 -0400 Because the first four "incorruptibles" are true of God and His Word, believers in Christ have an incorruptible inheritance. http://www.teachingtheword.org/apps/articles/?articleid=61122&view=post&blogid=5861 Fri, 3 Feb 2017 00:00:00 -0400 Believers in Jesus Christ "shall be like Him, for we shall see Him as He is" (1 John 3:2). http://www.teachingtheword.org/apps/articles/?articleid=61123&view=post&blogid=5861 Thu, 2 Feb 2017 00:00:00 -0400 Today we come to the last of the seven incorruptible things: We shall receive an incorruptible crown. http://www.teachingtheword.org/apps/articles/?articleid=69718&view=post&blogid=5861 Wed, 1 Feb 2017 00:00:00 -0400