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Partakers Through God’s Promises, February 20
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.
1 Peter 1:4
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Every promise that is in God’s book holds out to us the encouragement that we
may be partakers of the divine nature. This is the possibility—to rely upon God,
to believe His Word, to work His works, and this we can do when we lay hold of
the divinity of Christ. This possibility is worth more to us than all the riches in
the world. There is nothing on earth that can compare with it. As we lay hold of
the power thus placed within our reach, we receive a hope so strong that we can
rely wholly upon God’s promise; and laying hold of the possibilities there are in
Christ, we become the sons and daughters of God....
He who truly believes in Christ is made partaker of the divine nature, and
has power that he can appropriate under every temptation. He will not fall under
temptation or be left to defeat. In time of trial he will claim the promises, and by
these escape the corruptions that are in the world through lust....
To make us partakers of the divine nature, heaven gave its most costly treasure.
The Son of God laid aside His royal robe and kingly crown and came to our earth
as a little child. He pledged Himself to live from infancy to manhood a perfect
life. He engaged to stand in a fallen world as the representative of the Father. And
He would die in behalf of a lost race. What a work was this! ... I hardly know how
to present these points; they are so wonderful, wonderful....
By His life of sacrifice and death of shame He has made it possible for us to
take hold of His divinity, and to escape the corruption that is in the world through
lust.... If you are partakers of the divine nature, you will day by day be obtaining a
fitting for that life that measures with the life of God. Day by day you will purify
your trust in Jesus and follow His example and grow into His likeness until you
shall stand before Him perfected.
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