LSM’s Deification Doctrine—Biblical or Blasphemous? Nigel Tomes

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"by which he has granted to us his precious and very great promises, so that through them you may become partakers of the divine nature"
2 Peter 1:4

and what we will be has not yet appeared; but we know that when he appears we shall be like him
1 John 3:2

When it comes to any major teaching/doctrine, I think it is always best to keep as close to the Word of God as possible, especially one as important as this matter of deification or theosis. Any church father or any early creed should only be allowed to take us as far as the Word of God takes us. In this case, I think it best to stay as close to the scripture writing apostles as possible.

We are all probably very familiar with the two verses I have provided above. One is from the apostle Peter and the other from the apostle John. These were the two closest apostles to the Lord Jesus. I think we would be well-advised to not go too much farther then from these two apostles.

Without boring ya'll with the getting into any of the intricacies of the Greek, I think it might be worth pointing out the most of the major translations use the word "Partaker" in 2 Peter 1:4 (a few using the alternative renderings of "Share" and "Participate".) I am unaware of any English translation of 1 John 3:2 that translates the term "like him" with any other term or phrase.