INCORRUPTION BROUGHT TO LIGHT
by Ray Prinzing

"Who hath saved us, and called us with an holy calling, not according to our works, but according to His own purpose and grace, which was given us in Christ Jesus before the world began, but is now made manifest by the appearing of our Saviour Jesus Christ, who hath abolished death, and hath brought life and incorruption to light through the gospel."                                                                                           (2 Timothy 1:9-10)

Christ came bringing light upon incorruption.  He is "the true Light, which lighteth every man that cometh into the world." (John 1:9).  The law, with all its types and shadows, a ministration of condemnation unto death, was given by Moses.  But grace and truth, the reality of the Spirit in the better ministration of righteousness, brought light upon incorruption.

Under the law, the principle was clear, "This do, and live." But man was unable to maintain the doing, hence the law could not bring us into the fulness of life, "in that it was weak through the flesh."  (Romans 8:3).  But Jesus Christ came forth with a more excellent way," to abolish death the word abolish means, to make thoroughly inactive), by imparting a life that cannot be corrupted.  At the risk of being repetitions, where there is no sin, there can be no consequence of sin, which is death.  The good news, the Gospel is that there is a way of sinless living, hence a state of incorruptibility.

May the Spirit continue to purge and purify, deliver us from every root of that which doth corrupt, and mar, and bring decay, and thus bring us into His more abundant life.  One of the crowning glories of this life would be to possess this life in an incorruptible body, thus having life within ourselves.  "For as the Father hath life in Himself; so hath He given to the Son to have life in himself."  (John 5:26). "He that spared not His own Son, but delivered Him up for us all, how shall He not with Him also freely give us all things."  (Romans 8:32).  "As the living Father hath sent Me, and I live by the Father: so he that eateth Me, even he shall live by Me."  (John 6:57).  As we partake of Him, we come into His self-sustaining life, free from all corruption.