Immortality Belongs to God Alone
"Immortal" and "Immortality" are constantly used of man. He is said to have an "immortal soul" or an "immortal spirit." Such expressions abound in theology and hymnology. One would naturally expect to find them abundant in the Bible. But this is not so. "Immortal" is found but once in the Scriptures, and there it is applied to "the King eternal, immortal, invisible, the only wise God." 1 Tim. 1:17. "Immortality" is found five times. It is a condition, or state, that men seek after (Rom. 2:7); what the righteous shall put on at Christ's coming and the resurrection (1 Cor. 15:53, 54); that which Christ brings to light thru the Gospel (2 Tim. 1:10); that which is possessed by God, "who only hath immortality" (1 Tim. 6:16). The evidences of these are conclusive that man does not possess immortality here. There is one equivalent Old Testament expression predicted of man, "Ye shall not surely die," but unfortunately the author is not reputable. In Christ alone is immortality for man.