The Potential of Sons - Father God's Freedom

You are predestined to take on the image of Jesus. We are already experiencing these possibilities becoming reality.

The articles that follow will expand upon the amazing potential of a fully awakened son of God. To wet your appetite, we have listed these scriptures so that you can see that God‘s purpose has always been to make us look just like Jesus, our older brother.

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2 Peter 1:3-4 NASB
…His divine power has granted to us everything pertaining to life and godliness, through the true knowledge of Him who called us… so that… you may become partakers of the divine nature…

Jeremiah 17:7-8 NASB
[7] “Blessed is the man who trusts in the LORD And whose trust is the LORD. [8] “For he will be like a tree planted by the water, That extends its roots by a stream And will not fear when the heat comes; But its leaves will be green, And it will not be anxious in a year of drought Nor cease to yield fruit.

Psalm 1:1-3 NASB
[1] How blessed is the man who does not walk in the counsel of the wicked, Nor stand in the path of sinners, Nor sit in the seat of scoffers! [2] But his delight is in the law of the LORD, And in His law he meditates day and night. [3] He will be like a tree firmly planted by streams of water, Which yields its fruit in its season And its leaf does not wither; And in whatever he does, he prospers.

Ezekiel 47:12 NASB
[12] By the river on its bank, on one side and on the other, will grow all kinds of trees for food. Their leaves will not wither and their fruit will not fail. They will bear every month because their water flows from the sanctuary, and their fruit will be for food and their leaves for healing.”

Romans 8:14,17 TPT
[14] The mature children of God are those who are moved by the impulses of the Holy Spirit. [17] And since we are his true children, we qualify to share all his treasures, for indeed, we are heirs of God himself. And since we are joined to Christ, we also inherit all that he is and all that he has. We will experience being co-glorified with him provided that we accept his sufferings as our own.

Romans 8:14 NKJV
[14] For as many as are led by the Spirit of God, these are sons of God.

John 5:25-27 NASB
[25] Truly, truly, I say to you, an hour is coming and now is, when the dead will hear the voice of the Son of God, and those who hear will live. [26] For just as the Father has life in Himself, even so He gave to the Son also to have life in Himself; [27] and He gave Him authority to execute judgment, because He is the Son of Man.

Romans 8:29 NASB
[29] For those whom He foreknew, He also predestined to become conformed to the image of His Son, so that He would be the firstborn among many brethren;

Galatians 3:26-27,29 NKJV
[26] For you are all sons of God through faith in Christ Jesus. [27] For as many of you as were baptized into Christ have put on Christ. [29] And if you are Christ’s, then you are Abraham’s seed, and heirs according to the promise.

Ephesians 4:20-21,23-24 NKJV
[20] (you having) learned Christ, [21] if indeed you have heard Him and have been taught by Him, as the truth is in Jesus: [23] and be renewed in the spirit of your mind, [24] and that you put on the new man which was created according to God, in true righteousness and holiness.

1 John 2:5-6 NASB
[5] but whoever keeps His word, in him the love of God has truly been perfected. By this we know that we are in Him: [6] the one who says he abides in Him ought himself to walk in the same manner as He walked.

Luke 9:23-24 NASB
[23] And He was saying to them all, “If anyone wishes to come after Me, he must deny himself, and take up his cross daily and follow Me. [24] For whoever wishes to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for My sake, he is the one who will save it.

2 Peter 1:3-4 TPT
[3] Everything we could ever need for life and complete devotion to God has already been deposited in us by his divine power. For all this was lavished upon us through the rich experience of knowing him who has called us by name and invited us to come to him through a glorious manifestation of his goodness. [4] As a result of this, he has given you magnificent promises that are beyond all price, so that through the power of these tremendous promises you can experience partnership with the divine nature, by which you have escaped the corrupt desires that are of the world.