Partakers of the Divine nature

Title: Partakers of the Divine nature

Scripture: “Through these he has given us his very great and precious promises, so that through them you may participate in the divine nature, having escaped the corruption in the world caused by evil desires.” – 2 Peter 1:4

Partaking of Christ’s Life means not only receiving His Life in our hearts when we are born again, but also living that Life out in our souls. Partaking of His Life is what empowers us to become overcomers the faithful ones who produce “fruit.” It means that the Life of Christ is now being lived out through us. His Life has filled us and the Holy Spirit is now empowering us

God’s plan is not simply to repair us, but to totally recreate us. He wants our old nature to be replaced by His new nature in us. This is what the sanctification process is all about creating the image of Christ in us for the purpose of bringing glory to Him (Romans 8:29)

Partaking of Christ’s Life means that our self-life (our own natural self-centered thoughts and emotions) has been set aside and God’s Life freed to come forth.

When our self-life is replaced with Christ’s Life, it is called “the exchanged life”. We exchange our love for His Love (Ephesians 3:19), our wisdom for His wisdom, our strength for His (Romans 3:22; Galatians 2:16), and so forth. The substitutionary death of Christ on the Cross solved the problem of sin for us, but only the moment-by-moment surrender of our self-life will empower us to become cleansed vessels who produce “fruit.” Consequently we must not only receive Christ’s Life at our new birth, we must also be partakers, vessels, and carriers of His Life to others by the power of the Holy Spirit.

[pullquote] For what is a man profited, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul? or what shall a man give in exchange for his soul? – Matthew 16:26[/pullquote]Many Christians believe that Christ is the Lifegiver, but they forget that He must also be their “Life itself.” In other words, they must not only be recipients of His Life in their spirits, they must also be partakers of His Life in their souls by the power of the Holy Spirit.

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