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"God's reason for creating Adam was His desire to reproduce Himself. . . .
He was not a little like God. He was not almost like God. He was not
subordinate to God even."3
--Kenneth Copeland
"Did you know that from the beginning of time the whole purpose of God
was to reproduce Himself? . . . Who are you? Come on, who are you?
Come on, say it: 'Sons of God!' Come on, say it! And what does work inside
us, brother, is that manifestation of the expression of all that God is and all
that God has. And when we stand up here, brother, you're not looking at
Morris Cerullo; you're looking at God. You're looking at Jesus."4
--Morris Cerullo
"God duplicated Himself in kind! . . . Adam was an exact duplication of
God's kind!"5
--Charles Capps
"God has to be given permission to work in this earth realm on behalf of
man. . . . Yes! You are in control! So, if man has control, who no longer
has it? God."6
--Frederick Price
This is nothing but pure heresy! Blasphemy! No matter how you slice such statements
theologically they come out sounding more like the teachings of Armstrongism, Mormonism, the
New Age and other cults than historic Christianity. No matter how you try to contextualize such
claims you still end up with unmitigated heresy. John, in his gospel, shows us that Jesus Christ,
the Word (logos), became the Son of God in order that we might become "sons of God" (Jn.
1:12-13, etc.). While we as human beings share in the divine nature by virtue of the fact that we
are made in God's image and become participants of that "divine nature" as we are redeemed by
God, it is Jesus who is God—the Redeemer—who saves us, who makes our sharing in the divine
nature possible. While we share in God's nature, Jesus possesses that nature.