lightfromtheworddevotional

PARTAKERS OF THE DIVINE NATURE (27)

“For if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new.” – 2Corinthians 5:17 LIGHT FOR NOW: The divine nature inaugurates an entirely new creation. Salvation is not the improvement of the old life but the impartation of a new life in Christ.ContinueContinue reading “PARTAKERS OF THE DIVINE NATURE (27)”

PARTAKERS OF THE DIVINE NATURE (26)

“For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus hath made me free from the law of sin and death.” – Romans 8:2 LIGHT FOR NOW: The divine nature introduces a new governing principle into the believer’s life. No longer ruled by the law of sin and death, we now live under theContinueContinue reading “PARTAKERS OF THE DIVINE NATURE (26)”

PARTAKERS OF THE DIVINE NATURE (25)

“And have put on the new man, which is renewed in knowledge after the image of him that created him.” – Colossians 3:10 LIGHT FOR NOW: The divine nature is expressed through the new man. The believer no longer lives from the identity of the old creation but from the life of the new creationContinueContinue reading “PARTAKERS OF THE DIVINE NATURE (25)”

PARTAKERS OF THE DIVINE NATURE (24)

“Whereby are given unto us exceeding great and precious promises: that by these ye might be partakers of the divine nature…” – 2Peter 1:4 LIGHT FOR NOW: The promises of God are not merely words to admire; they are channels through which believers grow in the practical experience of the divine nature. When Peter speaksContinueContinue reading “PARTAKERS OF THE DIVINE NATURE (24)”

PARTAKERS OF THE DIVINE NATURE (23)

“According as he hath chosen us in him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and without blame before him in love.” – Ephesians 1:4 LIGHT FOR NOW: The divine nature is not an afterthought in God’s plan. Before the world began, the Father purposed that those who are in ChristContinueContinue reading “PARTAKERS OF THE DIVINE NATURE (23)”

PARTAKERS OF THE DIVINE NATURE (22)

“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.” – 1John 4:4 LIGHT FOR NOW: The divine nature is a victorious nature. The believer does not fight for victory but lives from the victory of the indwelling Christ. OneContinueContinue reading “PARTAKERS OF THE DIVINE NATURE (22)”