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.
Some questions
What does Peter mean by "partakers of the divine nature?" Can a saved new man in Christ partake of God's divine nature? Can he partake of it now, here on earth, with some effort? Can he partake of it before Christ's return or before his bodily death?
The short answer to all of these questions is this: I doubt it. Note that Peter does insert the word "might."
In those awesome moments, when we are filled with the Holy Spirit, so wonderful, so intense, even at those moments we can only get a glimpse of an awesome God. And that is our reward for humility....
Hymn By Charles Wesley
Breathe, O breathe thy loving Spirit
into every troubled breast!
Let us all in thee inherit;
Let us find that second rest.
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