Partakers of the Divine Nature: Those Who Partake and Share in God's Divine Nature

 

Partakers of the Divine Nature: Those Who Partake and Share in God's Divine Nature

 

1 John 3:1 "See what kind of love the Father has given to us, that we should be called children of God."

John 1:12-13 "But to all who did receive him, who believed in his name, he gave the right to become children of God, who were born, not of blood nor of the will of the flesh nor of the will of man, but of God."

2 Corinthians 12:9 "My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness."

Matthew 28:20 "And behold, I am with you always, to the end of the age."

John 1:4 "In him was life, and the life was the light of men."

John 10:10 "I came that they may have life and have it abundantly."

 

Category	Content	Related Scriptures and Content
Definition	• Children of God, God-men, born of God • Possess God's life and nature • Belong to God's species • Receive divine nature through regeneration • Have the right to enjoy God's nature	• 2 Peter 1:4 "By which he has granted to us his precious and very great promises, so that through them you may become partakers of the divine nature, having escaped from the corruption that is in the world because of sinful desire." • John 3:3,5-6 "Truly, truly, I say to you, unless one is born again he cannot see the kingdom of God... Unless one is born of water and the Spirit, he cannot enter the kingdom of God. That which is born of the flesh is flesh, and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit." • John 3:15 "That whoever believes in him may have eternal life." • John 11:25 "I am the resurrection and the life. Whoever believes in me, though he die, yet shall he live." • John 6:57 "As the living Father sent me, and I live because of the Father, so whoever feeds on me, he also will live because of me." • 2 Peter 1:4 "By which he has granted to us his precious and very great promises, so that through them you may become partakers of the divine nature, having escaped from the corruption that is in the world because of sinful desire." • 1 Peter 1:8 "Though you have not seen him, you love him. Though you do not now see him, you believe in him and rejoice with joy that is inexpressible and filled with glory." • 2 Peter 1:3 "His divine power has granted to us all things that pertain to life and godliness, through the knowledge of him who called us to his own glory and excellence."
Means	• Divine life • God's precious and exceeding great promises • Believing into the Son of God
Conditions	• Escape the corruption in the world caused by evil desires • Live in the cycle of escaping and partaking • Live by the divine life
Constitution	• Enjoy what God is • Partake of God's riches, elements, and constituents • Become the same as God in life and nature (but not in Godhead) • Express Him in all our being and doing
Development	The riches of the divine nature develop fully to include: • Faith • Virtue • Knowledge • Self-control • Perseverance • Godliness • Brotherly kindness • Love	• 2 Peter 1:5-7 "For this very reason, make every effort to supplement your faith with virtue, and virtue with knowledge, and knowledge with self-control, and self-control with steadfastness, and steadfastness with godliness, and godliness with brotherly affection, and brotherly affection with love."

 

Note:

1.      This privilege of partaking in the divine nature is obtained through regeneration

2.      This is an ongoing process that requires our active participation and cooperation

3.      Although we become the same as God in life and nature, we do not become God in His Godhead

 

*Please refer to the 2024 Thanksgiving International Blending Conference for God’s Economy, Living the Christian Life and the Church Life under God’s Administration, Chapter 6 Participating in the Divine Nature and Developing the Divine Life and the Divine Nature , enter the eternal kingdom with abundance