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We are partakers of the divine nature

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2 Peter 1:

2 May grace and peace be multiplied to you in the knowledge of God and of Jesus our Lord. 3His 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, 4by which he has granted to us his precious and very great promises, so that through them you may become partakers of the divine nature [G5449], having escaped from the corruption that is in the world because of sinful desire.
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Peter contrasted between divine nature and sinful desire.

Strong's Greek: 5449. φύσις (phusis) — 14 Occurrences

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5449 phýsis – properly, inner nature, the underlying constitution or make-up of someone (something).
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon:

  1. the nature of things, the force, laws, order, of nature; as opposed to what is monstrous, abnormal, perverse
  2. birth, physical origin
  3. a mode of feeling and acting which by long habit has become nature
  4. the sum of innate properties and powers by which one person differs from others
Jesus has a divine nature and we are imitators of him and partakers of his divine nature.
 
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tonychanyt said:
Jesus has a divine nature and we are imitators of him and partakers of his divine nature.
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Who can you name in the Bible who was an imitator of Jesus ?
Who can you name likewise in the world today, anywhere, who is an imitator of Jesus?
 
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NKJ 1 Cor. 4:16 Therefore I urge you, imitate me.
  • Paul, Christ's Apostle, summons to imitate him.
NKJ 1 Cor. 11:1 Imitate me, just as I also imitate Christ.
  • Paul, Christ's Apostle, commands we imitate him as he imitates Christ
NKJ Eph. 5:1 Therefore be imitators of God as dear children.
  • Paul, Christ's Apostle, commands we imitate God our Father
    • Like Father like son
NKJ Heb. 6:12 that you do not become sluggish, but imitate those who through faith and patience inherit the promises.
  • Hebrews expresses a desire that we imitate those who went before us in faith
NKJ 3 Jn. 1:11 Beloved, do not imitate what is evil, but what is good. He who does good is of God, but he who does evil has not seen God.
  • John, Christ's Apostle commands we imitate good.
 
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Aaron112 said:
"Who can you name likewise in the world today, anywhere, who is already known to be an imitator of Jesus?"
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I know many are trying as works in process, like the 3 of us on this thread so far. I also like the meme I read recently, 'If Paul were alive today, the church would be getting a letter!"
 
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