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NASB | Ezekiel 28:9 'Will you still say, "I am a god," In the presence of your slayer, Though you are a man and not God, In the hands of those who wound you? |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Ezekiel 28:9 'Will you still say, "I am a god," In the presence of him who kills you? But you are [only] a man [made of earth] and not God, In the hands of those who wound and profane you. |
Subject: ye are gods? ps 82:6 |
Bible Note: Hi Ray, Thank you for your message. I think I agree with you! We are actually 'gods' in the sense that we do have power over most creatures on earth (Gen 1:26-29), and we also have much dignity since we ARE indeed the children of God, and heirs of Him, even co-heirs with Christ (Rom 8:16-17). This is really something we should know and live up to! We have our new 'birthrights', to put it that way: we can call God our Father (Rom 8:15), we are His personal concern (1Pet 5:7), we are not under the law any more (Gal 5:18), we are told that we will even judge angels (1Cor 6:3)! But with this comes much responsibility: "Be imitators of God, therefore, as dearly loved children."(Eph 5:1) We must follow the Spirit of God living in us, because we are only His children if we are led by Him (Rom 8:14); we must be careful not to grieve the Holy Spirit in us (Eph 4:30). We also must know that we never deserved this privilege; we should be very thankful for salvation and instead of boasting, exercise humility. Phil 2:5-14 is one of my favorite passages: "Your attitude should be the same as that of Christ Jesus: Who, being in very nature God, did not consider equality with God something to be grasped, but made himself nothing, taking the very nature of a servant, being made in human likeness. And being found in appearance as a man, he humbled himself and became obedient to death-- even death on a cross! Therefore God exalted him to the highest place and gave him the name that is above every name,that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, in heaven and on earth and under the earth,and every tongue confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father." Amen! Even though we are 'gods' in some sense, I think we must be aware of the great dangers of calling ourselves 'gods'; in the body we are still limited, and it is only by God's grace that we can be called His children! Our good self-awareness must not develop into pride... Jesus died so that we might become part of His family, which we are, and He is not ashamed to call us His brothers (Heb 2:11) - but also we have to remember: "What is man that you are mindful of him, the son of man that you care for him?" (Heb 2:6) ...The thought of His Grace never ceases to touch me... Psalm 30:4: Sing to the LORD , you saints of his; praise his holy name! God bless you, Zsuzsi |
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