My dear friend
I don’t want to get into an argument but it’s correct to see ourselves as Gods, sons of the most high once baptised. We must understand that we are beyond adopted since God has truly made us His children. We are not the equals of God though.
Ps.82
0] A Psalm of Asaph.
1] God has taken his place in the divine council;
in the midst of the gods he holds judgment:
2] “How long will you judge unjustly
and show partiality to the wicked? [Selah]
3] Give justice to the weak and the fatherless;
maintain the right of the afflicted and the destitute.
4] Rescue the weak and the needy;
deliver them from the hand of the wicked.”
5] They have neither knowledge nor understanding,
they walk about in darkness;
all the foundations of the earth are shaken.
6] I say, “You are gods,
sons of the Most High, all of you;
7] nevertheless, you shall die like men,
and fall like any prince.”
8] Arise, O God, judge the earth;
for to thee belong all the nations!
John.10
24] So the Jews gathered round him and said to him, “How long will you keep us in suspense? If you are the Christ, tell us plainly.”
25] Jesus answered them, “I told you, and you do not believe. The works that I do in my Father’s name, they bear witness to me;
26] but you do not believe, because you do not belong to my sheep.
27] My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me;
28] and I give them eternal life, and they shall never perish, and no one shall snatch them out of my hand.
29] My Father, who has given them to me, is greater than all, and no one is able to snatch them out of the Father’s hand.
30] I and the Father are one.”
31] The Jews took up stones again to stone him.
32] Jesus answered them, “I have shown you many good works from the Father; for which of these do you stone me?”
33] The Jews answered him, “It is not for a good work that we stone you but for blasphemy; because you, being a man, make yourself God.”
34] Jesus answered them, "Is it not written in your law,
I said, you are gods'? **35**] If he called them gods to whom the word of God came (and scripture cannot be broken), **36**] do you say of him whom the Father consecrated and sent into the world, You are blaspheming,’ because I said, `I am the Son of God’?
Our divine filiation which means we are children of God is the greatest blessing God can give us. To know this is the greatest cause of joy and something that should be top of our list to undertstand and appreciate.
God bless you:thumbsup:
John
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