Partakers Of The Divine Nature

Scholars from around the world offer a comprehensive, ecumenical survey of the history and development of deification.

We are children, sons, and Offsprings of God, and we partake of the Nature of God. We have the Life and Nature of God in us. We are representatives of God and His ambassadors here. We are gods and the children of the Most High! The Holy Spirit of the Living God lives inside us. We have the Power and Anointing of God abiding in us. We are supernatural and extraordinary beings. We are heirs of God and joint-heirs with Jesus Christ! Stop seeing yourself as an ordinary man, for you are not one!

Teens' Guide to Identity from FamilyLife All teens wrestle with the question "Who am I?" and wonder, What makes me special? Though these questions linger for life, they are most intense in the teen years, where confusion, awkwardness, and a desperate grab for identity reign. So how does a young person answer these critical questions? Where do young men and women find their significance, worth, and value? True Identity is perfect for parents and youth workers to give to the teenagers (14-16) in their lives to help them in their journey. Drawing on experiences and wisdom from a wide array of experts, the book provides compassionate answers to help teens discover who they really are, emphasizing their identity in Christ above all other ways our culture defines them. As the book walks teens through the steps to make their faith their own, it highlights healthy independence and God-honoring relationships. The Passport2Identity curriculum launched in April 2016, and True Identity is its trade book companion.

Would you like guidelines that clearly illustrate how to become closer to the Lord? Would you like to know how much spiritual devotion you should pledge to Jesus Christ? If you have ever struggled with the specifics of becoming more knowledgeable in the Word and gaining a more meaningful relationship with God, Divinity: How to Partake in the Divine Nature of Jesus Christ is the tool you need. In this inspirational eight-week study, Rosey Summerville uses the teachings of 2 Peter 1:3-9 to provide insight into successfully following God's path. Summerville outlines the same simple but divine biblical principles Jesus Christ operated by during His earthly ministry—faith, virtue, knowledge, temperance, patience, godliness, brotherly kindness, and charity. Simply by applying each step to your own life, you too can live just as Christ did, even during the difficult times. Each week you will receive a new revelation of His Word to meditate upon and put into practice, building upon the lessons from previous weeks. Living the life the Lord desires of us has never been easier to understand. Divinity: How to Partake in the Divine Nature of Jesus Christ will provide an illuminating experience you don't want to miss out on.

This volume is the first attempt to explore Charles Wesley's understanding of "participation in the divine nature," often described by the church fathers as deification and/or theosis, within the full spectrum of his prose and poetical compositions and in relation to many of the church fathers. While the Eastern Church has been the primary harbinger of the doctrine of deification from the patristic era to the present, Charles Wesley's theology illustrates that this emphasis is by no means absent in the West. Though patristic influences on Charles Wesley's thought are primarily through secondary sources such as the writings of Lancelot Andrewes and Richard Hooker, as well as through the influence of his brother John, this volume underscores prominent resonances with the church fathers. The extent of these resonances in Charles's theology as regards "participation in the divine nature" is so widespread in his writings that they form the matrix of his ideas of salvation, perfection, and holiness, all of which are intimately bound with life lived in and through the Eucharist. If taken seriously, Charles Wesley's ideas on "participation in the divine nature" will require a rethinking of the role of Wesleyan theology in spiritual formation and in ecumenical conversation.