Theosis

Mark 11: 22-25 “Have faith in God,” Jesus answered.
THEOSIS: PARTAKERS OF DIVINITY WITH GOD
PROF. M. M. NINAN
“Truly I tell you, if anyone says to this mountain, ‘Go,
throw yourself into the sea,’ and does not doubt in their heart but believes that what they say will happen, it
will be done for them.
and it will be yours.
Therefore I tell you, whatever you ask for in prayer, believe that you have received it,
And when you stand praying, if you hold anything against anyone, forgive them, so that
your Father in heaven may forgive you your sins.”
This is only the power of the believer who has faith as small as a mustard seed.
much higher.
The divine power goes
Again after the resurrection Jesus sending his apostles says in the great commission:
He said to them, “Go into all the world and preach the gospel to all creation. 16 Whoever believes and is
baptized will be saved, but whoever does not believe will be condemned. 17 And these signs will
accompany those who believe: In my name they will drive out demons; they will speak in new tongues;
18 they will pick up snakes with their hands; and when they drink deadly poison, it will not hurt them at all;
they will place their hands on sick people, and they will get well.”
These are only signs. If the divine power is given to each believer individually as above right from now and
here, how much more will that power when all mankind join together as church and then joins with the Son of
God in union!!
in now.
We are told this will bring the whole cosmos into its original freedom from the bondage it is
The whole creation is eagerly waiting for the appearance of the sons of God.
This is theosis.
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