That Can Never Spoil

"...that can never....spoil..."

spoil: has nothing in it which defiles, unpolluted

Not only is our inheritance imperishable, but it can't spoil. It isn't going to decrease in value or be less tomorrow than it was today. It is protected, unpolluted, unable to spoil.

With the kids: Try a little visual example. Take two pieces of fruit. Leave one completely intact. Cut the other one in pieces. Leave one piece on a plate on the counter and ask your kids to watch it throughout the day and see if it changes. Eat the rest for a snack. :) Help them observe that one piece is protected and held together and isn't going to rot (as quickly anyway) as long as it is protected by its skin. Watch what is happening to the other piece. Show them the intact piece of fruit and talk about how our eternity won't spoil. Talk about how the things we have on earth will break or wear out, but what we have for eternity cannot spoil.

Memorizing:

"Praise be to the God
and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ!

In his great mercy he has given us
new birth

into a living hope

through the resurrection of Jesus Christ
from the dead,

and into an inheritance that can never perish, spoil..."

I Peter 1:3-4a