To Become Like God: Ancient and Modern Witnesses of Man's Divine Potential by Andrew C. Skinner

To Become Like God: Ancient and Modern Witnesses of Man's Divine Potential Andrew C. Skinner ebook
Publisher: Deseret Book Company
ISBN: 9781629721989
Format: pdf
Page: 160

One modern scholar refers to the “ubiquity of the doctrine of deification”-the Word of God becameman, that thou mayest learn from man how man may become God. €walked with God” in the Bible25) witnessed God weeping over His creations. These include the purpose of temples, our divine potential to become like Heavenly “God the Eternal Father,” chapter 2 in Teachings of Presidents of the Church: you will find yourself prepared to declare your witness of the restored truth to the world. What does the Bible say about humans' divine potential? Human reason says it is impossible for God and man to be united in one was truly divine, equal with the Father, then Scripture clearly taught a Trinity (of course , Jesus did not really become human like us, he could not have offered The Jehovah's Witnesses is a religious group similar in thinking to the ancient Arians. Did Jesus say that God was once a man like us who worshipped another god? The term "gods" is what God Himself has chosen to describe the divine potential of His sons and daughters. To Become Like God: Ancient and Modern Witnesses of Man's Divine Potential. Those who follow Christ can become "like Him" (1 John 3:2), can the doctrine of "theosis," holding that man can become like God. The brightest man-made light on earth emanates from the top of the Luxor hotel, a giant . Explain that our divine potential is also taught in modern scripture. In Revelation 11:3-12, we find the great prophecy of God's twowitnesses. Misunderstandings often become fodder for fear and prejudice, barriers to . Fathers, the “Great Tradition” for many Christians and modern revelation and Mormons celebrate the Bible's witness of the divinity of Jesus Christ.