Homilies on the Orthodox Faith · Lecture 017
Partakers of the Divine Nature
A lecture by Nikolaos Sotiropoulos · Δείτε στα Ελληνικά
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Summary
Nikolaos Sotiropoulos warns that the true people of God have always been few, recalling Israel in the days of Elijah, the generation of Noah, and the three youths with Daniel. Expounding 2 Peter 1:3-4, he identifies the divine power as the power of Jesus Christ, a proof that Christ is God and Lord, and presents creation from nothing as His greatest miracle, followed by His ordering and sustaining of the universe. This divine power gives all people material gifts but grants believers the spiritual gifts of a godly life through the knowledge of God, calling them through glory and virtue not only to salvation but to eternal glory and kingship. The precious and great promises are those of the New Covenant, the Messiah, the Holy Spirit, Baptism, and the Eucharist, and participation in the divine nature is union with God through faith, Baptism, Confession, and above all Holy Communion, by which believers become gods by grace. He closes by urging the faithful to flee the world's corruption, resisting evil thoughts, impure sights, greed, and the passions.
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