2 Peter 1:4…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.
When men get saved by the power of Christ the carnal nature is changed. The moral make-up is changed. Newness occurs within the human soul. New affections and new desires are formed within. Saving Grace regenerates. Greater is He.
1 John 4:4… Ye are of God, little children, and have overcome them: because greater is he that is in you, than he that is in the world.
Reason?
Believing in Christ’s redemptive work on the cross brings forgiveness and regeneration to the heart and soul inwardly in the present tense. Outwardly, confession is made about what Christ did within. Believers testify Christ, His forgiveness, and power to make men new on the inside. Divine power and Divine nature overrules the inherited carnal nature and allows man to “partake” in the person and power of Christ that flows from Calvary and the Throneroom. Such divine operation is maintained by faith in the person of Christ in Salvation.
1 Peter 1:5… Who are kept by the power of God through faith unto salvation ready to be revealed in the last time.
Faith in the power and person of Christ connects and keeps connected. Faith in Christ must be kept, continued in, held to, and kept in memory. Without faith in Christ it is impossible to please God.
The Blessing of such reality?
By partaking in a divine nature in this present life believers become eligible to partake in the heavenly calling or Eternal Life beyond the grave. Such blessing and reward are the elements of Salvation from a present tense life of holiness and right living on this side given from the life in Christ. Partakers of the divine nature are automatically partakers of the heavenly call “if” they continue in the faith and keep Christ’s redemptive work in memory.
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