"JESUS IS LORD" (you think!)

"I give thee charge in the sight of God, who quickeneth all things, and before Jesus Christ, who before Pontius Pelate witnessed a good confession; that thou keep this commandment without spot, unrebukable, until the appearing of our Lord Jesus Christ: which in His times He shall show, Who is the blessed and only Potentate, the King of kings, and Lord of lords; Who only hath immortality, dwelling in the Light which no man can approach unto; whom no man hath seen, nor can see: to whom be honour and power everlasting. Amen." (1 Timothy 6:13-16) I was really scratching my head on this one, Adam. You have started your defence with something that really puts forth the fact that Jesus was and is God; even though, I'm sure you were trying to make some kind of point about Jesus not having immortality because He died on the cross; weren't you? First off, I want you to know something about the death of Jesus on the cross: death did not hold Him!!! And besides that, Jesus needed to go visit those that were in Hell (not the lake of fire), for they had been waiting for Him to show up and visit with them for three days. The Scripture that you specifically quoted was 1 Timothy 6:16, drawing my attention to the fact that "He alone possesses immortality", and then adding "it is His to give!" I am trying to understand what kind of point that you were trying to make with that statement, because Paul is making a point to Timothy about being strong in the faith, and laying hold of eternity; which means taking ownership of eternal life (for you that are in Adam land). The greatest example that Paul could give Timothy of this ability was Jesus, who happens to be "the Author and Finisher of our faith"(Hebrews 12:2). It was how He gave witness of His immortality before Pontius Pilate, in that He refused to be let go when Pilate told him that he had the power to crucify or release Him; even going a step further, by telling Pilate, "Thou couldest have no power at all against me, except it were given thee from above: therefore he that delivered me unto thee hath the greater sin." (John 19:11) Pilate did not like being told that he had no power, therefore, Pilate sought to release Him, but that was not to be. Paul's point to Timothy was about the eternal perspective that Jesus kept, even at the hint of being let go, He pushed onward to the cross; why??? Because, because, because; His death meant LIFE!!!!!! (Some times you have to see it, to believe it; you figure that out on your own! Just read verse 16 again, about a thousand times!!!)