Biblical evidence for becoming God in life & nature?

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The second path I mentioned that came to mind is regarding "becoming God".

Here is where the distinction between God (the Father) and His Son, Jesus, is important.

What does the Bible say about us? It says:

Romans 8:14
For all who are led by the Spirit of God are sons of God.

Romans 8:16
The Spirit Himself bears witness with our spirit that we are children of God,

Romans 8:19
For the creation waits in eager expectation for the children of God to be revealed.

Romans 8:29
For those God foreknew he also predestined to be conformed to the image of his Son, that he might be the firstborn among many brothers

John 1:12
Yet to all who did receive him, to those who believed in his name, he gave the right to become children of God—

John 20:17
Jesus saith unto her, Touch me not; for I am not yet ascended to my Father: but go to my brethren, and say unto them, I ascend unto my Father, and your Father; and to my God, and your God.

Galatians 3:26
So in Christ Jesus you are all children of God through faith,

Galatians 4:4-7
4 But when the set time had fully come, God sent his Son, born of a woman, born under the law,
5 to redeem those under the law, that we might receive adoption to sonship.
6 Because you are his sons, God sent the Spirit of his Son into our hearts, the Spirit who calls out, “Abba, Father.”
7 So you are no longer a slave, but God’s child; and since you are his child, God has made you also an heir.

Got it? The Bible doesn't say we are God, are becoming God, or will be God in life and nature but not in the Godhead. It says we are children of God, sons of God, the many brothers of the Son of God. That's who we are and who we will be.

Not God. But His sons.

Big difference.

Yes, the Bible says we are partakers of the divine nature, but let's stick to that language then! What are we? Partakers of the divine nature. That's something different than "becoming God". Maybe partaking of the divine nature wasn't enough for Lee? Too bad. "Becoming God" goes way past what Scripture says. So I'm not going to say it.

Remember, you don't become what you eat. Are any of us sitting here as chicken? Okra? Boston lobster? Fish tacos? No. What you take in becomes a part of you, keeps you alive, nourishes you, sustains you. You don't become it!!

The Bible shows a lot of wonderful things about who we are in Christ - many of which I didn't touch on at all in this post. But Lee's doctrine on this subject can, in my digging into it and in my opinion, be tossed aside.

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