by which have
been given to us exceedingly great and precious promises, that through these
you may be partakers of the divine nature, having escaped the corruption that
is in the world through lust. – 2 Peter 1.4
This is just about a
mind-boggling truth! God has given us exceedingly great and precious promises.
That very statement boggles the mind on the surface. But then we see this
promise.
Ready for this?
God will take our corrupt,
lust filled human nature and make us part of His divine nature.
Wait – we people can have a
part in God’s divine nature? Really?
How do we get to take part
in God’s diving nature?
We accept the atoning power
of Christ on the cross when He takes on place and takes on our sin for us. When
He does that He makes us joint heirs with Him and He gives us access to share
in His divine nature while we are here on earth.
Twice in this context the
divine nature is associated with the word virtue, which we will look at
tomorrow.
Without being partakers of
the divine nature we could not do any of the things we are called on the add in
the next few verses. The divine nature lifts us up out of our carnal nature. Becoming
partakers of His divine nature is only possible because Jesus came to earth to
be a partaker of human nature and in that nature, loaded down with our sins,
take our place on the cross.
This is the greatness of the
atonement. Jesus took our place so that we could have a place with Him.
Who could imagine a man
partaking of a divine nature, but that’s what Jesus did for us.
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