"God in life and nature but not in the Godhead"

[JJ]

Originally Posted by aron

Yes, we will be like Him. Aspiration enough for this sinner, today. Lord, make me like You.

My dogs are like my cat. All are furry household pets. All come running when I call for dinner (well, my cat, not always). All have the "domesticated mammalian" life and nature.

But my cat is not my dog. (And actually, my three dogs are not identical. Spike is different from Youdy is different from Ralph. Even though two of them are litter-mates.)

Yes, it is best to stick with the exact words of scripture on this topic. The danger is in adding or taking away from it.

I recall that one of the angels, the son's of God, wanted to exalt his throne above the other angels and be like God, and that was Lucifer (Isaiah 14:12-14), and look where that got him.

I also recall Phillipians 2:5-10, which reads:

"Have this attitude in yourselves which was also in Christ Jesus, who, although He existed in the form of God, did not regard equality with God a thing to be grasped, but emptied Himself, taking the form of a bond-servant, and being made in the likeness of men. Being found in appearance as a man, He humbled Himself by becoming obedient to the point of death, even death on a cross. For this reason also, God highly exalted Him, and bestowed on Him the name which is above every name, so that at the name of Jesus every knee will bow, of those who are in heaven and on earth and under the earth, and that every tongue will confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.