When the Holy Spirit joined our spirit to God’s essence, we became partakers of His divine nature. 2 Peter 1:4 “For by these He has granted to us His precious and magnificent promises, in order that by them you might become partakers of a quality of the divine nature, having escaped the corruption that is in the world by lust.”
Nature is the combination of the essence and attributes of a person or thing. John 4:24 “God is spirit, and those who worship Him must worship in spirit and truth.” Attributes are natural abilities that the essence can perform. God’s attributes are: omnipotent, omniscient, holy (set apart), righteous, goodness, love, and truth. We share in a quality of His nature, which is expressed in us by the Holy Spirit when the fruit of the Spirit is produced in us.
Remember, the spirit relates to our rational part, 1 Corinthians 2:11. The part of us that has the ability to intuitively know things. Due to regeneration, we now have a renewed mind. Romans 12:1-2 “ I urge you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies a living and holy sacrifice, acceptable to God, which is your spiritual service of worship. 2 And do not be conformed to this legal age, but be transformed by the renewedness of your mind, that you may prove what the will of God is, that which is good and acceptable and perfect.” This renewed mind has the ability to think the thoughts of God. In other words, we now have the ability to receive the things from the Spirit, which we did not have the ability to receive before we were saved. 1 Corinthians 2:16 “For who has experientially known the mind of the Lord, the one knit together with him? and we have the mind of Christ.”
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