Theosis

THEOSIS: PARTAKERS OF DIVINITY WITH GOD
PROF. M. M. NINAN
In the book Cosmos: the body of God I have suggested that the whole Infinite God may be considered as the
original whose image mankind is.
All the various dimensions and beings are the various organs of the
God’s body. Creation with all the beings and non-beings are all parts of His body with varying functions.
Mankind may be one of the prime parts of God. The fall of man is one of the malfunction and God will heal
mankind which will cause total healing of the whole body.
We cannot seperate God from His creation.
creation, they are all part of God with their own function and purpose.
From the scriptures this is the picture we have.
Once the creation took place, whether organic or inorganic
John
17 After Jesus said this, he looked toward heaven and prayed:
. 22 -23 I have given them the glory that you gave me, that they may be one as we are one I in them
and you in me—so that they may be brought to complete unity. Then the world will know that you
sent me and have loved them even as you have loved me.
This talks evidently of a monism wherein God and creations are united into one organism. This happens
when all creation is also redeemed. Just as an organism contains many parts there will be gradations there
will be variations and differences within the body. Paul talks about it when he talks about the Church.
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Matthew Henry’s Concise Commentary on 1 Corinthians 12:12-26
The body is a unit, though it is comprised of many parts. And although its parts are many, they all form one
body. So it is with Christ. For in one Spirit we were all baptized into one body, whether Jews or Greeks, slave
or free, and we were all given one Spirit to drink.…For the body does not consist of one part, but of many….
Christ and his church form one body, as Head and members. Christians become members of this body by
baptism. The outward rite is of Divine institution; it is a sign of the new birth, and is called therefore the
washing of regeneration, Titus 3:5. But it is by the Spirit, only by the renewing of the Holy Ghost, that we are
made members of Christ's body. And by communion with Christ at the Lord's supper, we are strengthened,
not by drinking the wine, but by drinking into one Spirit. Each member has its form, place, and use. The
meanest makes a part of the body. There must be a distinction of members in the body. So Christ's
members have different powers and different places. We should do the duties of our own place, and not
murmur, or quarrel with others. All the members of the body are useful and necessary to each other. Nor is
there a member of the body of Christ, but may and ought to be useful to fellow-members. As in the natural
body of man, the members should be closely united by the strongest bonds of love; the good of the whole
should be the object of all. All Christians are dependent one upon another; each is to expect and receive
help from the rest. Let us then have more of the spirit of union in our religion.