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2 Peter 1:4 (ESV)

4 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, having escaped from the corruption that is in the world because of sinful desire.

God’s goal for us is that we share his divine nature.

  1. What does that mean?

  2. How are we made to share that nature?

  3. Where do you receive encouragement?

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