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Originally Posted by Koinonia
This may be the wrong thread for this, but I can't bear to slog through Nigel Tomes' tedious articles anymore. I usually feel like he intentionally tries to misunderstand or misrepresent certain things, not realizing that in the eyes of LCers, this kind of misunderstanding or misrepresentation only justifies their stance and invalidates everything else that he might have to say.
My conclusion about "man becoming God in life and nature but not in the Godhead" is that it is an unnecessarily "shocking" (and possibly in-artful) way of expressing the idea that the believer is born of God with God's life to grow up into that life without inviolating or compromising God's "God-ness."
I know from experience that rejecting this idea out of hand--without an actual attempt at understanding what is meant--completely turns off many LCers.
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In regard to Nigel most of his writings are from a scholarly view that tend to address teachings. If there's one I'm hopeful to read one day is if/when Nigel addresses deputy authority. Until then I'll be reading his articles as they become available and glean from them what I can.
In regard to "man becoming God in life and nature but not in the Godhead", in experience I saw an congregation in Bellevue made uneasy by such a speaking. Whatever the basis is for the teaching, do not add nor take away from what the Bible says. Following are just several verses on adding or taking away from the Bible
Deuteronomy 4:2, 12:32
Proverbs 30:5-6
Revelation 22:18-19