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I am reading a very interesting book called: The Divinization of the Christian, According to the Greek Fathers by Jules Gross. He has studied in depth, the Eleusinian mystery religions of ancient Greek mythology and those of ancient Egypt, where the idea of the divinization of the elite man is...

May the Lord enlighten you one day. Take care.

Then that minister never knew it that's all. It is not an all of our life thing. It is a position that we can gain and lose. Like Peter when he had to be confronted by Paul.

Not intentionally. But yes l do have sins like being afraid of the future.

I already said that is what walking in the Spirit is. I am not there at the moment though. Longing to be back there.. It is entirely in the power of God who can enable me to do all things in His strength.

Using the 'we' is a manner of speech. You know the 'royal we'? Thank you for your contribution, making me long to be home again.

You are taking it out of context. He is rebutting Gnostics who said they can sin but it does not affect their spirits. Just like calvinists.

Interesting, because when you are walking in the blessing, you cannot imagine life not doing so. But outside of it, you cannot imagine life doing so. Having a pure heart can include all of those things yes. And more. The thing is that through the power of God that is within you, you are led...

If we look at verses 6, 7, 8, 9, and 10 in 1 John 1: 6, If we say that we have fellowship with Him and walk in darkness we lie and do not the truth. 7, But if we walk in the light as He is in the light, we have fellowship with one another and the blood of Jesus Christ cleanseth us from ALL sin...

The early church were very much aware that folk would connect their teachings to ancient eastern people which is why they were so thorough in their explanations of this not being the case.

Romans 8:6 For to be carnally minded is DEATH Me. Well previously. As of late the Lord has decided to remove me from that blessings for His own purposes. Water baptism was administered at the same time as Spirit baptism. It was deification that saves. "For the Greek patristic tradition...

@GodsGrace I am not prepared to debate with anyone who has at least done a bit of homework, which you have clearly not done when you say such as the following: There is no-one that I have heard of that says that once we come to Christ for forgiveness, we will not sin again. That is a gross...

Also, there is a distinction between the image of God and the likeness, which we attain through His grace when we are transformed though we never become God and never lose our humanity.

Yes absolutely. I think the problem is that you are just unused to hearing it, a common problem amongst westerners who do not understand the distinction between God's energies and His essence. We never share in His essence. We are in the realm of explaining the mysteries.

Might be useful: https://www.patheos.com/blogs/carlmccolman/2021/02/theosis-a-misunderstood-mystical-concept/#:~:text=Put%20simply%20and%20succinctly,%20theosis%20is

I am finding that my efforts have not helped a great deal because of some healing to the brain done by trauma, which the Lord has chosen to conceal the full extent of till now by His wisdom. In doing the things advised I see a huge change already.

Agreed, and the rot had really set in during the first century. I am not interested in anything other than how to please God as He has shown in the NT as far as sanctification is concerned. I am not the least interested in how man, in any part of the church has interpreted things.

We have to take into account, scholastic distinctions, which are apologetic in function, and as far as union with God, the terms are used to show, in opposition to other parts of the church, that this union available to all, there is no hierarchy as in Catholicism and Protestantism, (no second...

Agreed. Ha! It's hard to find one but I did. It is okay. I have done every diet there is. The macrobiotic helped the most but brown rice has arsenic in it now. I eat red meat but about twice a week and have done the carnivore but my thyroid was not happy. I have read up on vitamin a toxicity...

I say he was a man who was a follower of Christ but had not yet come to the point whereby he could be free from flesh and walk in the Spirit. If you are talking about 1John, I can go over that with you. But yes, she is saying sinless! Agreed ! Wesley said that it is possible to be entirely...