HEB. 12:23.—Just men may become perfect.
I JOHN 3:2.-The Saints shall be like Jesus.
6. Man's Spirit is Immortal; for it existed before coming to earth (see Preexistence under 2) and it will exist after the body is lain down.
LUKE 16: 19-31.—Jesus teaches this in the parable of the rich man and Lazarus.
I PETER 3:18-20.—Christ, while His body lay in the tomb, visited the spirits in prison. The spirit of the thief went with Him.
LUKE 24:37-39.—There are spirits: "A spirit has not flesh and bones," said Jesus.
DEUT. 34:5; JOSH. 1:1, 2.—Moses died and was buried; yet
MATT. 17:3, 4.—He appeared to Peter, James, and John. This must have been in the spirit; for
I COR. 15:20.—Jesus was the first person resurrected, He being, "the first fruits of them that slept."
7. The Resurrection of Man's Body is assured; for