DIVINE
NATURE

IF A PERSON has accepted the Lord Jesus Christ as their Savior, then God has deposited within them a divine nature. Divine nature is the nature of God deposited inside of the believer in seed form. Inside of the seed lies spiritual potential. It’s all in the seed.

When a seed of corn is planted, in that seed is all the potential of a stalk with a bunch of ears. Watermelon seed is planted because inside is the promise of something so much bigger. An acorn has all the makings for a huge oak tree. Planted seeds grow, with the help of a little water and sunshine, into so much more than originally visible. However, they must go through a process of growth in order to fully mature into their possibilities.219

[Spiritual Maturity, Growth; Transformation; Sanctification]

Phil. 2:13; 2 Peter 1:3–10

YOU’RE like an old car that has had a new motor placed inside. When you look at the vehicle, it looks like the same old car. But there is a new life source within it, a new motor. When you have a new motor you don’t need to be concerned about changing spark plugs or connecting wires. All you have to do is understand you have a whole new motor.

Many of us are trying to live our Christian lives by changing spark plugs on Monday, checking connections on Tuesday, changing wires on Wednesday, working on the gas line on Friday, and replacing the belt on Saturday. But all of the work was taken care of when you got the new motor.220

2 Cor. 4:10; 5:17