Donna Williams Supporter

Dear Anonymous, first, I would like to share that we must be born again in order to receive the divine nature of God. 

In the beginning man was created in the image and likeness of God, but when Adam and Eve fell they became sinners because of their disobedience to the commandment of God. 

In Christ, we are new creations, and now have become partakers of His divine nature. It is through the power of the indwelling presence of the Holy Spirit, that God's attributes are produced and manifested in us.

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Jack Gutknecht Supporter Arizona Bible College graduate and Dallas Seminary graduate

There is a hymn, "Members of Christ Are We," which includes the following lines: “Children of God are we; such grace to us is given, to kneel and pray in Christ’s own words, ‘Father, which art in Heaven.’” This hymn is by the hymnwriter, Isaac Williams.

So here we see the new relationship believers have through Christ’s nature imparted to them. This ties with John 1:12-13 (“to all who received him… he gave the right to become children of God”), and with the promise of adoption and intimacy with the Father. I.e. We are God’s children, given the privilege of calling on Him in the very words Jesus taught, “Our Father in heaven.” This reflects the new relationship granted through sharing Christ’s life, fulfilling John 1:12-13 where all who receive Him are given the right to become God’s children, enjoying the closeness of adoption and fellowship with the Father.

There is another line in this hymn that helps answer this question, too. -- From the same hymn, “Members of Christ Are We” (Williams) --

Stanza 3: “Of Heaven’s kingdom we inheritors were made… That one day on each saintly brow a glorious crown may shine.”

If we zero in on 1 John 3:2, it sharpens the overlap with 2 Peter 1:4. The verse points to the future change and glory still to come, echoing John’s words that “what we will be has not yet appeared… but we shall be like him” (1 John 3:2). The hymn affirms our present place in Christ’s kingdom, yet reminds us that the fullness of it, pictured as the “glorious crown,” awaits us, just as John teaches that though we are already God’s children, we will be fully conformed to Christ when He returns.

Here are the 2 relevant stanzas (Stanza 2 & 3) --

2 Children of God are we;
such grace to us is given,
to kneel and pray in Christ’s own words,
'Father, which art in heaven;'
seeking to do his will
as angels do above,
and walking in obedient ways
of holy truth and love.

3 Of heaven’s kingdom we
inheritors were made;
each at the font in Christ’s own robe
of spotless white arrayed.
Upon our forehead now
is traced the suffering sign,
that one day on each saintly brow
a glorious crown may shine.

(bible.org's XRef feature re: 2 Peter 1, verse 4, chatgpt.com, and hymnary.org)

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Leslie Coutinho Supporter

2 Peter 1:4 "Whereby are given unto us exceeding great and precious promises: that by these ye might be partakers of the divine nature, having escaped the corruption that is in the world through lust."

One who discerns in the right spirit, the promises of God, as revealed to the prophets and written in the scriptures, to be the partaker of divine nature, needs to have the right discernment of humbleness. God the Father sent His own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh, and for sin, which is striven by the blood, He condemned sin in the flesh. The divine nature that He had, and that He has today to reveal unto us, mind not to the things of the flesh, but be after the Spirit, for the things of the Spirit. For then you shall be “spiritually minded, which is given unto you, life and peace.” (Rom 8:3-6/John 20:27,21:10-13) One who then has no discernment then loses faith to control their tongue, which then leads them to the striving of their blood in them. As the chief priest and the guards, with the elders, gave large amounts of money to the soldiers, telling them to say the disciples stole Lord Jesus when “He rose from the grave.” (Mat 28:11-12) 

The exceeding great and precious promises given unto us to be “partakers of divine nature.” Zechariah, who was being revealed by God the Father, came to pass. For the daughters of Zion, and the daughters of Jerusalem, shall a King come who is just and having salvation. “He is lowly and riding upon an ass and upon a colt, the foal of an ass.” (Zec 9:9-10) Lord Jesus, when He came nigh to Jerusalem, He sent forth two of His disciples and said, "Ye shall find a colt tied, whereon never man sat on the colt, loose him and bring him to Him." They brought the colt to Lord Jesus and cast their garments on the colt, and He sat on the colt. Many followed Lord Jesus, and Bar-ti-mae’-us, who was blind, sitting on the highway begging, was made whole and received back his sight. They spread their garments on the road, and others brought branches off the trees and strawed them on the way. (Mark 10:51,11:7-9)

One who is led to be spiritually minded shall be the partakers of divine nature, having escaped the corruption that is in the world through lust. By being spiritually minded, you shall bridle your tongue, which shall not deceive your heart. Who then shall be led, whoever is taken in a fault, who are spiritual, to restore such a one in the spirit of meekness, considering thyself lest thou also be tempted. (James 1:26/Gal 6:1) When one groans within thyself for adoption, to wit, the redemption of your body, you shall have the “First Fruits of the Spirit,” within you. The Spirit helpeth our infirmities, for we know not what we should pray, for the Spirit maketh intercession for us with groanings which are not uttered. God the Father searcheth the hearts of men, knowing what the Spirit itself maketh intercession for the saints according to the will of God. (Rom 8:23,26-27)

Galatians 6:8: For he that soweth to his flesh shall of the flesh reap corruption; but he that soweth to the Spirit shall of the Spirit reap life everlasting.

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