Re: Quotes and Quips - "enable men to become sons of God"
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Originally Posted by Sons to Glory!
The quote stated on the homepage of LC Discussions today is: "The Son of God became a man to enable men to become sons of God." (From CS Lewis' Mere Christianity)
This is a much better way to state this mystery than, "God became man so that man could become God." The relationship of father and son is a close one, to be sure, but the Bible doesn't say that sons become the Father. Jus' sayin'
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Very true. I've always felt that often times WL said things mostly for shock value. In other words, he could of expressed certain things in much more meaningful ways.
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Isaiah 43:10 “You are my witnesses,” declares the Lord, “and my servant whom I have chosen, so that you may know and believe me and understand that I am he. Before me no god was formed, nor will there be one after me.
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