How does the Deification of Man diminish God? Let me count the ways...
"For thou shalt worship no other god: for the LORD, whose name is Jealous, is a jealous God" -- Exodus 34:14
Men do not become God by being Christians. Through the sanctifying work of the Holy Spirit, we become more and more Christ-like. But we always remain human beings, fallen sinners who are unable to save ourselves and in need of a Savior who will clothe us in His righteousness, His obedience, His mercy.
Your error is the basic lie of the occult -- that men can become gods.
We are saved by Christ within us, not by our becoming Christ ourselves.
It's a distinction upon which our salvation turns.
I asked: How does the Deification of Man diminish God?You answered: Let me count the ways...
"For thou shalt worship no other god: for the LORD, whose name is Jealous, is a jealous God" -- Exodus 34:14
I am not asking any of My God's creations to worship me. No one on this earth should be worshiping anyone but their creator God. However, If a person from this earth should begin to create things after an eternity of creation, would This person not be the God of his creations?
You said: Men do not become God by being Christians. Through the sanctifying work of the Holy Spirit, we become more and more Christ-like. But we always remain human beings, fallen sinners who are unable to save ourselves and in need of a Savior who will clothe us in His righteousness, His obedience, His mercy.
So to you when Jesus said we were God's children this was a metaphor?
Why was Adam created in God's image?
PSALMS 8:4 What is man, that thou art mindful of him? and the son of man, that thou visitest him? I believe as the Jews believed, as the apostles believed that we are indeed The literal sons and daughters of God, and as such we will if we do not defile ourselves, Grow up to be "Like him".
You said: Your error is the basic lie of the occult -- that men can become gods.
You need to click on my name at the bottom of this post and look up the links on my page to Arianism, and Hippolytus, this was an original belief of the early Christian Church and was lost over the ages, the Catholics have tons of documents about the diefication of Man, you are barking up the wrong tree on this one.
You said: We are saved by Christ within us, not by our becoming Christ ourselves.
Mormonism does not teach that we become Christ ourselves. where on earth did you get such a notion?
You said: It's a distinction upon which our salvation turns.
It's a distinction without a difference since we don't teach it either.