Partakers of the divine nature: Daily Devotional

Whereby are given unto us exceeding great and precious promises: that by these ye might be partakers of the divine nature, having escaped the corruption that is in the world through lust. - 2 Peter 1:4

Of course, participating in divine nature does not mean becoming a god. You can't. The essence of God is not that the creation participates in him. There must always be, in essence, an impassable abyss between the creature and the Creator.

However, just as the first man, Adam, was created in the image of God, so we too, being renewed by the Holy Spirit, are created in a more divine sense in the image of the Highest, so that we participate in the divine nature.

We are made like God by grace. "God is love"; we become love “The one who loves is the one who is born of God.” God is truth. We love what is true and true. God is good, and by his grace he has made us good so that we can see God with a pure heart. Moreover, we become partakers of the divine nature in a much higher sense than this, namely, as high as we can imagine, except that we are divine.

Are we not members of the body of the divine person of Christ? That's right. The same blood that flows from the head flows into the hands, and the same life that gives Christ lives his people. For "You are dead, and your life is hid with Christ in God." No, as if that was not enough, we are married to Christ.

He has betrothed us to Himself in righteousness and faithfulness, and he who is united to the Lord is one spirit. Ouch! Awesome riddle! We will get into it, but who will understand it? Because we are one with Jesus and one with Him, the branch is not attached to the vine, but part of our Savior and Redeemer! Rejoice and remember this.

Those who share the divine nature will show nobility and holiness in their fellowship with others, and through their fellowship through their daily activities and desires, they will show that they have avoided corruption in the world. Oh, for the greater divine holiness of life!

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