Of himself Jesus declared: "As the Father hath life in himself, so hath he given the Son to have life in himself".
-- John 5:26; 4:14.
[512]This same promise is made to those who participate in his sacrificial death.

(John 6:53,54) These have the promise that they shall be partakers of the divine nature (2 Peter 1:4), and thus shall have power to give life unto others.

The great prize that is here to be given is eternal life; and immortality is that quality of eternal life that is indestructible.

To those who have entered into relationship with the Lord through Christ, he says: "Be thou faithful unto death, and I will give thee a crown of life".

(Revelation 2:10) And again says St.James: "Blessed is the man that endureth temptation [trial]; for when he is tried, he shall receive the crown of life, which the Lord hath promised to them that love him" .-- James 1:12.
[513]When one is begotten to membership in the body of Christ, he has new hopes, new ambitions, and new aspirations.