Trying to find the words

Some people with some out there ideas of god say that “we” are god. But that is a slippery slope, believing in your own divinity. It’s not our divinity, it is the Father’s. But the father is not selfish and he loves us wholeheartedly.
I believe if we follow Jesus then the Father will replace our hearts with his own, “metaphorically speaking”.
That is how we and the father become one and we become the divine. He shares himself with us, he glorifies us and gives us his gift of eternal light. He does all of this for us, because he loves us.
All the prayer and the worship is to bring you closer to The Father. It is for your benefit, and so that through him you may know yourself better and know the father as your own.

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4meAndyou · F

Human beings were created when God the Father breathed the breath of life into Adam. By doing so, He placed a tiny bit of His own divine spirit inside the first man. That was the Holy Spirit...or God within us.

It is THIS divine spark that leads us to become more...to become better than the rude clay from which God made us.

Vengabus · 36-40

@4meAndyou i like the idea but what happens to serial killers then? Do they ignore it and decide to become insane and evil? I don’t think we are born with a spark of divinity. Just life.

4meAndyou · F

@Vengabus SOME people agree with you.

"No, the idea of a divine spark, as held by Gnosticism and mysticism, is not biblical. But there are some biblical truths that are somewhat similar to the idea of a divine spark. Genesis 1:26 teaches that every human being possesses the image of God. Ecclesiastes 3:11 declares that God has “set eternity in the hearts of men.” In Luke 17:21, Jesus proclaims, “The kingdom of God is within you.” The Bible teaches that every human being possesses an immaterial soul-spirit, and it is this part of us that connects with God (Hebrews 4:12).

From these verses we learn that each of us possesses a soul-spirit, is made in the image of God, and is innately aware of eternity. However, only a person who has been redeemed by Christ can truly connect with God. The indwelling kingdom of God is true only for believers in Jesus Christ. These scriptural principles do not teach a “divine spark,” as commonly defined. Whatever “divine spark” there ever was in humanity was snuffed out by sin (Romans 3:10-23). Without the truth and life of Jesus Christ (John 14:6), there is no “spark.” Without a relationship with the light of the world (John 8:12), there can be no light (2 Corinthians 4:4)."

https://www.gotquestions.org/divine-spark.html