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Raptor · 10-25-2021, 05:48 AM

The Bible describes believers as having God´s life and nature, yes. But it never goes beyond that to say man "is God" in life and nature." I think this is overstrechting, not Biblical, pushing the meaning of words beyond what is necessary and leads to confusion and misrepresentation of the believers status and relationship with God.

The word "God" is used throughout the Bible to refer to God Himself, to Deity. Even in the world, even among "unbelievers" the word "God" is commonly understood as refering to the supreme being, the Creator. Using the word "God" to describe believers is an unscriptural use. That's why LSM always has to attach the asterisk and add "in life and nature, but not in the Godhead", etc. etc.

So why not just stick to what the Bible does say about who believers are? The Word refers to the fact that believers have God´s life and nature, yes, but the Bible multiple times identifies believers as "sons of God." That is what is scriptural, not confusing, and that readily places a believer in the proper relationship to God as Creator and Father. We are sons of God, not need to try to change the use and meaning of the word "God", to describe believers, stripping it of Deity and leaving it only with divinity in order to avoid heresy and then have to add paragraphs of explanations about how what you really mean is in life and nature only and not in the Godhead, blah, blah, blah.

Just stick to the Word, just like John said it, from the beginning to the end:

But to all who did receive Him, to those who believed in His name, He gave the right to become children of God—children born not of blood, nor of the desire or will of man, but born of God. John 1:12-13.

The one who overcomes will inherit all things, and I will be his God, and he will be My son. Revelation 21:7.

10-25-2021, 05:48 AM	#69
Raptor Member Join Date: Jun 2019 Posts: 419	Re: Biblical evidence for becoming God in life & nature? The Bible describes believers as having God´s life and nature, yes. But it never goes beyond that to say man "*is God" in life and nature." I think this is overstrechting, not Biblical, pushing the meaning of words beyond what is necessary and leads to confusion and misrepresentation of the believers status and relationship with God. The word "God" is used throughout the Bible to refer to God Himself, to Deity. Even in the world, even among "unbelievers" the word "God" is commonly understood as refering to the supreme being, the Creator. Using the word "God" to describe believers is an unscriptural use. That's why LSM always has to attach the asterisk and add "in life and nature, but not in the Godhead", etc. etc. So why not just stick to what the Bible does say about who believers are? The Word refers to the fact that believers have God´s life and nature, yes, but the Bible multiple times identifies believers as "sons of God."* That is what is scriptural, not confusing, and that readily places a believer in the proper relationship to God as Creator and Father. We are sons of God, not need to try to change the use and meaning of the word "God", to describe believers, stripping it of Deity and leaving it only with divinity in order to avoid heresy and then have to add paragraphs of explanations about how what you really mean is in life and nature only and not in the Godhead, blah, blah, blah. Just stick to the Word, just like John said it, from the beginning to the end: But to all who did receive Him, to those who believed in His name, He gave the right to become children of God—children born not of blood, nor of the desire or will of man, but born of God. John 1:12-13. The one who overcomes will inherit all things, and I will be his God, and he will be My son. Revelation 21:7.