Leaders That Don't Support Good Works or Overcoming Sin

[Johann]

I agree with that. I also fall short at times. When it comes to certain deceivers I lose my cool. Guess who?
I see them going after Christians on these boards to convert them, confuse them, divide. They even admitted once to counting their time. I KNOW what they are doing here and what they teach. Many do not. That angers me. They don't call it deceit for nothing. They call Christians, antichrists. Will they tell you that on here? Of course not, but that's the reason they are here to convert you to themselves. false teachers, false prophets with heavy rules of man, plus-- Jesus only died for sin of Adam, you can not belong to Christ, you are not in the new covenant, you can not be born again, you are not a part of His body ETC..................
Tell me what Jesus would say to them?
They have their own discussion board- let them go there. Christians are not allowed. The majority of it they won't even allow to be read.

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So why are they allowed here? I ca not particpate much with believers on here due to constantly having to watch who they are going after.. which is always the ones who don't know who they are or what they teach. They shun us who do know their teachings and expose them.

Keep on promulgating the gospel, the cross and the risen Christ Jesus @PS95 for it is the dunamis of God unto salvation to everyone who believes---

Rom 1:16 The Gospel’s Power for Salvation
¶ For I am not ashamed of the gospel, for it is the power of God for salvation to everyone who believes, to the Jew first and also to the Greek.
Rom 1:17 For the righteousness of God is revealed in it from faith to faith, just as it is written, “But the one who is righteous by faith will live.” [Or “But the one who is righteous will live by faith” (differing only in word order)]
Lexham Bible

Stay strong IN Messiah.
Johann.

 

[amigo de christo]

Keep on promulgating the gospel, the cross and the risen Christ Jesus @PS95 for it is the dunamis of God unto salvation to everyone who believes---

Rom 1:16 The Gospel’s Power for Salvation
¶ For I am not ashamed of the gospel, for it is the power of God for salvation to everyone who believes, to the Jew first and also to the Greek.
Rom 1:17 For the righteousness of God is revealed in it from faith to faith, just as it is written, “But the one who is righteous by faith will live.” [Or “But the one who is righteous will live by faith” (differing only in word order)]
Lexham Bible

Stay strong IN Messiah.
Johann.

spot on right my friend .
now lets look at what todays social diverse sin accepting gospel implies .
and then let us look at what Paul wrote to timothy that would occur BIG TIME in the latter days .
They imply there really is no need to BELIEVE as the wrap all religoins under the same banner
as though we serve the same GOD if we just love and do good works .
SO there it is , A LIE FROM SATAN .
and while it do have a form of godliness , for it do teach to do good works etc
IT SURE DO DENY the POWER OF GOD . THE GOSPEL , the DIRE NEED TO BELIEVE ON JESUS THE CHRIST .
and now a word .
From paul to timothy .
THEY will have a form of godliness but DENY THE POWER thereof . HELLO SOCIAL INCLUSIVE DIVERSE GO SPELL from hell .
THE POWER OF GOD is what . THE GOSPEL pardner
only they OMIT THE BELIEVE YE PART . but still some of them good works like feeding the poor and etc
THEY do keep .
HAVING a form of godliness but DENYING THE POWER THEREOF , FROM SUCH TURN away . HE didnt say just have unity with them
HE said and wrote , FROM SUCH TURN away . This lamb gonna expose this strong delusion for what it is .
And my friend it might even cost me my life in the days ahead , maybe prison time . BUT OH WELL .
THE LORD will be with me no matter what i must endure or go through . NOW lift those hands and praise the LORD .
MY MIND is FULLY PERSAUDED , like flint , i will NOT BE MOVED from the one true gospel , from the biblical pattern given to us .
TO the end my friend , to the very end let us CLING to CHRIST and stay well planted in that bible too .

 

[Johann]

spot on right my friend .
now lets look at what todays social diverse sin accepting gospel implies .
and then let us look at what Paul wrote to timothy that would occur BIG TIME in the latter days .
They imply there really is no need to BELIEVE as the wrap all religoins under the same banner
as though we serve the same GOD if we just love and do good works .
SO there it is , A LIE FROM SATAN .
and while it do have a form of godliness , for it do teach to do good works etc
IT SURE DO DENY the POWER OF GOD . THE GOSPEL , the DIRE NEED TO BELIEVE ON JESUS THE CHRIST .
and now a word .
From paul to timothy .
THEY will have a form of godliness but DENY THE POWER thereof . HELLO SOCIAL INCLUSIVE DIVERSE GO SPELL from hell .
THE POWER OF GOD is what . THE GOSPEL pardner
only they OMIT THE BELIEVE YE PART . but still some of them good works like feeding the poor and etc
THEY do keep .
HAVING a form of godliness but DENYING THE POWER THEREOF , FROM SUCH TURN away . HE didnt say just have unity with them
HE said and wrote , FROM SUCH TURN away . This lamb gonna expose this strong delusion for what it is .
And my friend it might even cost me my life in the days ahead , maybe prison time . BUT OH WELL .
THE LORD will be with me no matter what i must endure or go through . NOW lift those hands and praise the LORD .
MY MIND is FULLY PERSAUDED , like flint , i will NOT BE MOVED from the one true gospel , from the biblical pattern given to us .
TO the end my friend , to the very end let us CLING to CHRIST and stay well planted in that bible too .

What's the problem brother--are you under persecution?

 

[amigo de christo]

What's the problem brother--are you under persecution?

very very mild persecution . its mere words and somtimes being banned or etc .
Often seperated out . VERY light indeed . BUT , take heart my friend , JESUS SAID TO REJOICE when
you are persecuted , cast out etc for HIs name sake .
Though often the tears do flow for them . Even weeping that they are the enemies of the Christ .
I have been yelled at in person before . its light stuff ,
BUT THAT IS GONNA CHANGE JOHANN . i see the way this world and this satanic fake love unite the religoins is taking them all .
captive straight to a lie they think is love and is of GOD . Only IT AINT .
ITS a strong delusion my friend and tis meant to gather a world to be as one .
The laws WILL continue to change my friend . and the number one enemy of all humanity
the terrorist of the day will be , MEN LIKE ME my friend . I SEE WHERE ITS GOING .
But i fear it not . I had rather suffer and die and live for CHRIST than to sit a king in this dung pile world that loved a lie and rejected
the love of the truth .
I had rather be a man in chains in prison
than to live a king in this world . Better to live for CHRIST than to live for a lie that simply will not save .
And no matter how they seemed to gain , to have all in this life
and no matter how much we seem to suffer , I TELL US ALL and remind us all , WE THE ONES WHO HAVE THE REAL HOPE
and we the ones who have A FAR BETTER HOME that awaits us . they do not , but rather a sore and heavy
damnation awaits them . Now seeing i desire none to perish , WELL i gots to do what must do
to point to CHRIST , to offer up no false hope , nothing contrary to HIM , but rather CHRIST and HIM crucified .
Cause , there is NO OTHER HOPE to offer up only death and the second death awaits all who loved a lie
and had rejected the love of the truth whereby they could have been saved .
And johann , i know many think we gonna be wisked away and wont have to suffer persecutoins for CHRIST
BUT THEY ARE DEAD WRONG . TIS COMING , ITS COMING and even now its at the door .
WE MUST come to the mindset that WE WILL SUFFER FOR HIS NAME SAKE . it is appointed unto us to do so .
GREAT TRIBULATION such as not has been seen before , ITS COMING , ITS AT the door johann .
a false unified lovey do religoin will merge as one , with one mind and one heart
and do the will of the dark one and of the beast . and that beast is a lamb killer my friend . we cannot fear to lose
or to suffer for CHRIST or even die for him . Embrace the LORD and know our reward at the end of our faith will be great my friend .

 

[Johann]

very very mild persecution . its mere words and somtimes being banned or etc .
Often seperated out . VERY light indeed . BUT , take heart my friend , JESUS SAID TO REJOICE when
you are persecuted , cast out etc for HIs name sake .
Though often the tears do flow for them . Even weeping that they are the enemies of the Christ .
I have been yelled at in person before . its light stuff ,
BUT THAT IS GONNA CHANGE JOHANN

Thank you for sharing your heart and your concerns. It is true that as followers of Christ, we face opposition and persecution, but we are called to remain steadfast and to find strength in our faith. Let us find encouragement in the Word of God.

Encouragement in Persecution:
Jesus indeed told us to rejoice in the face of persecution:

Matthew 5:11-12: "Blessed are you when people insult you, persecute you and falsely say all kinds of evil against you because of me. Rejoice and be glad, because great is your reward in heaven, for in the same way they persecuted the prophets who were before you."
Finding Strength and Peace:
The Apostle Paul reminds us to find strength in the Lord and to remain steadfast:

Philippians 4:12-13: "I know what it is to be in need, and I know what it is to have plenty. I have learned the secret of being content in any and every situation, whether well-fed or hungry, whether living in plenty or in want. I can do all this through him who gives me strength."
2 Corinthians 12:10: "That is why, for Christ’s sake, I delight in weaknesses, in insults, in hardships, in persecutions, in difficulties. For when I am weak, then I am strong."
Warning About the Future:
You rightly point out that greater tribulation is coming, but we must not fear, for Christ has already overcome the world:

John 16:33: "I have told you these things, so that in me you may have peace. In this world you will have trouble. But take heart! I have overcome the world."
2 Timothy 3:12: "In fact, everyone who wants to live a godly life in Christ Jesus will be persecuted."
Our Blessed Hope:
Despite the trials we face, we hold on to the hope and promise of eternal life:

Titus 2:13: "while we wait for the blessed hope—the appearing of the glory of our great God and Savior, Jesus Christ."
Romans 8:18: "I consider that our present sufferings are not worth comparing with the glory that will be revealed in us."
Holding Fast to the Truth:
As we face the deception and false unity you mentioned, we must remain grounded in the truth of the Gospel:

2 Thessalonians 2:9-12: "The coming of the lawless one will be in accordance with how Satan works. He will use all sorts of displays of power through signs and wonders that serve the lie, and all the ways that wickedness deceives those who are perishing. They perish because they refused to love the truth and so be saved. For this reason God sends them a powerful delusion so that they will believe the lie and so that all will be condemned who have not believed the truth but have delighted in wickedness."
Ephesians 6:13: "Therefore put on the full armor of God, so that when the day of evil comes, you may be able to stand your ground, and after you have done everything, to stand."
Final Encouragement:
We are called to remain faithful, to endure, and to look forward to the ultimate reward in Christ:

Revelation 2:10: "Do not be afraid of what you are about to suffer. I tell you, the devil will put some of you in prison to test you, and you will suffer persecution for ten days. Be faithful, even to the point of death, and I will give you life as your victor’s crown."
Stay strong, brother. Let us continue to encourage one another and hold firmly to our faith in Christ. Our reward is great, and our Savior is faithful.

In Christ's love,
Johann

 

[Lizbeth]

We can find anything we want to in the early teachings. It requires great discernment but they are extremely helpful, the ones that is, that were faithful in carrying forward the spoken teachings of the apostles and their disciples. They spoke the same language for a start and understood the culture.

There were a handful that were considered theologians. Not all were and some had weird beliefs, and yes some were wolves.

The ones that carried forward the spiritual teachings are most useful but one must be careful. Error was already in the church at the outset. It is an error to overlook them though and bring in new doctrines.

Do you know how far back the term "theosis" goes? It isn't in the bible. Paul just used such language as "you who are spiritual", "walk in the spirit", and "as many as be perfect". I'm very leery of extra-biblical terminology......it often tends to being "ecclesiastical" if you get what I mean and turns a concept into something God didn't intend. The same concept in the flesh/carnal mind isn't the concept that God intends in the spirit....it becomes a horse of a different colour. Wish I could explain this better.

2Co 1:12

For our rejoicing is this, the testimony of our conscience, that in simplicity and godly sincerity, not with fleshly wisdom, but by the grace of God, we have had our conversation in the world, and more abundantly to you-ward.

2Co 11:3

But I fear, lest by any means, as the serpent beguiled Eve through his subtilty, so your minds should be corrupted from the simplicity that is in Christ.

 

[Johann]

Do you know how far back the term "theosis" goes? It isn't in the bible. Paul just used such language as "you who are spiritual", "walk in the spirit", and "as many as be perfect". I'm very leery of extra-biblical terminology......it often tends to being "ecclesiastical" if you get what I mean and turns a concept into something God didn't intend. The same concept in the flesh/carnal mind isn't the concept that God intends in the spirit....it becomes a horse of a different colour. Wish I could explain this better.

Correct @Lizbeth

The term "theosis" (or deification) does not appear explicitly in the Bible. It emerged later in Christian theological discourse, particularly in the Eastern Christian tradition, to describe the process of becoming like God or attaining union with God. The concept draws on biblical themes and teachings but is articulated more explicitly in later theological writings and discussions.

 

[amigo de christo]

Do you know how far back the term "theosis" goes? It isn't in the bible. Paul just used such language as "you who are spiritual", "walk in the spirit", and "as many as be perfect". I'm very leery of extra-biblical terminology......it often tends to being "ecclesiastical" if you get what I mean and turns a concept into something God didn't intend. The same concept in the flesh/carnal mind isn't the concept that God intends in the spirit....it becomes a horse of a different colour. Wish I could explain this better.

2Co 1:12

For our rejoicing is this, the testimony of our conscience, that in simplicity and godly sincerity, not with fleshly wisdom, but by the grace of God, we have had our conversation in the world, and more abundantly to you-ward.

2Co 11:3

But I fear, lest by any means, as the serpent beguiled Eve through his subtilty, so your minds should be corrupted from the simplicity that is in Christ.

very leery to say the very least . I have often watched them use this extra biblical terminology
to simply bring in an error , a concept to follow their own doctrines .
And man i have seen this a whole lot sister .
IF the glasses were put on this is how it would read .
HEY DUMMIES , come learn our extra biblical stuff so we can decieve you into following us . that is what i have often seen big time .

 

[amigo de christo]

Correct @Lizbeth

The term "theosis" (or deification) does not appear explicitly in the Bible. It emerged later in Christian theological discourse, particularly in the Eastern Christian tradition, to describe the process of becoming like God or attaining union with God. The concept draws on biblical themes and teachings but is articulated more explicitly in later theological writings and discussions.

Indeed she was my dear dear friend .
For far too long and far too many days which have turned into weeks and months and years and decades
MANY have fleeced the flocks through this EXTRA biblical stuff .
Now while they sure dont have the same definitions , as many false ones do often teach differing falsehoods
ONE THING they have in common is this , THEY GONNA LEAD ONE ASTRAY through this well clever
well sounding , carnal intellectually driven STUFF .
Now to the trenches johann . THE LORD has spoken through the SON in these last days
and i highly suggest folks get a big reading on what JESUS himself and later the aposetls wrote
as well as all biblical GOD inspired doctrine .
Lest ye be as scholars , I TROW NOT
lest ye be as CHILDREN ye shall in no way enter into the Kingdom of GOD .
and a small child of GOD dont twist HIS SAYINGS either . THEY BELIEVE THEM and thus they do them .

 

[amigo de christo]

Do you know how far back the term "theosis" goes? It isn't in the bible. Paul just used such language as "you who are spiritual", "walk in the spirit", and "as many as be perfect". I'm very leery of extra-biblical terminology......it often tends to being "ecclesiastical" if you get what I mean and turns a concept into something God didn't intend. The same concept in the flesh/carnal mind isn't the concept that God intends in the spirit....it becomes a horse of a different colour. Wish I could explain this better.

2Co 1:12

For our rejoicing is this, the testimony of our conscience, that in simplicity and godly sincerity, not with fleshly wisdom, but by the grace of God, we have had our conversation in the world, and more abundantly to you-ward.

2Co 11:3

But I fear, lest by any means, as the serpent beguiled Eve through his subtilty, so your minds should be corrupted from the simplicity that is in Christ.

extra biblical terminology . glasses off
Hey dummies we gonna sound smart but just twist stuff to decieve ya , THAT IS GLASSES ON .
cause that is what they often do .

 

[amigo de christo]

many wear not and have not the spiritual lenses of GOD and thus
cannot discern .
Time to submit to GOD and simply learn of HIM . be in prayer , in bible reading
being hearers and doers of the word . For a moutain of decievers now walks about
roaming and taking captive many souls to a lie .

 

[Lizbeth]

Correct @Lizbeth

The term "theosis" (or deification) does not appear explicitly in the Bible. It emerged later in Christian theological discourse, particularly in the Eastern Christian tradition, to describe the process of becoming like God or attaining union with God. The concept draws on biblical themes and teachings but is articulated more explicitly in later theological writings and discussions.

I wonder when it first appears in the ECF writings, whether first generation after the apostles, or later. The carnal natural mind is not the same as the mind of Christ. The mind of Christ is His spiritual mind and is in simplicity...it doesn't "formalize" things. We need to have HIS mind on things.

From what I can see, extra-biblical terminology often tends to either take something away from, or add something to, how God means a thing in scripture. And to name and form a doctrine from terminology not in the bible has also essentially made that doctrine a second-hand doctrine too, and not straight from the source, the plumbline of God's word. Subtle departure from the simplicity of Christ is a subtle deviation from Truth. That is what we need to be cautious about with this subject especially I would think. It strikes me as a kind of "where angels fear to tread" subject. If we dont' get it right (hitting the mark) it can become a deception. Not something we want to handle with hands of flesh......but working out our salvation with fear and trembling.

 

[Lizbeth]

extra biblical terminology . glasses off
Hey dummies we gonna sound smart but just twist stuff to decieve ya , THAT IS GLASSES ON .
cause that is what they often do .

Nail on the head brother. Sometimes wish I could talk Texan, it sure do get to the heart of a matter right quick, hallelujah! :)

Yes, it sure does gender to pride and self-righteousness. There is a kind of re-inventing of the wheel that GOD already invented, only a skewed version because of being in the flesh/carnal mind.

 

[Hepzibah]

@Lizbeth There is nothing wrong with the term Theosis. No it is not in the Bible but neither is Trinity. The concept is sound though and just means the joining or union of man with Christ which is what we believe in.

The Bible talks about partaking in the divine nature and this is just what it means, not becoming God but having His righteousness imparted to us - all of grace.

 

[marks]

Do you know how far back the term "theosis" goes? It isn't in the bible. Paul just used such language as "you who are spiritual", "walk in the spirit", and "as many as be perfect". I'm very leery of extra-biblical terminology......it often tends to being "ecclesiastical" if you get what I mean and turns a concept into something God didn't intend. The same concept in the flesh/carnal mind isn't the concept that God intends in the spirit....it becomes a horse of a different colour. Wish I could explain this better.

2Co 1:12

For our rejoicing is this, the testimony of our conscience, that in simplicity and godly sincerity, not with fleshly wisdom, but by the grace of God, we have had our conversation in the world, and more abundantly to you-ward.

2Co 11:3

But I fear, lest by any means, as the serpent beguiled Eve through his subtilty, so your minds should be corrupted from the simplicity that is in Christ.

One concern I have with the concept of Theosis is that we are already united to God being baptized into Christ. There remains the outworking of what God has worked into us, but to anyone who teaches a "second benefit" spirituality, I ask them how it could be that we don't have everything we need for holy living when the Bible declares we have already received all we need?

Whether you call things Theosis or Latter Rain or Second Benefit or Baptism of the Spirit or any other name, it's saying we lack what we need until we receive this second thing, something added to being immersed into Christ, indwelt by the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit. Something we still lack.

I can speak from my experience on the side of, we need something extra, or I can speak on the side of Scripture, we have everything we need.

Here's what I think we need. We need to have the faith in Christ for all things, first and foremost the totality and finality of our reconciliation to Him. And we need to make those choices to walk in that faith, to live knowing such things are true.

That's when our change comes, and instead of fighting the wrong fight, which will of necessity put us walking according to the flesh, we will be walking in the Spirit, fighting the good fight of faith, because this primary things will have been settled.

And when we are walking in the Spirit, and something triggers us into the flesh, we can return to walking in the Spirit by refocusing our minds on what is true.

Much love!

 

[Johann]

@Lizbeth There is nothing wrong with the term Theosis. No it is not in the Bible but neither is Trinity. The concept is sound though and just means the joining or union of man with Christ which is what we believe in.

The Bible talks about partaking in the divine nature and this is just what it means, not becoming God but having His righteousness imparted to us - all of grace.

that by these you might be partakers of the divine nature; not essentially, or of the essence of God, so as to be deified, this is impossible, for the nature, perfections, and glory of God, are incommunicable to creatures; nor, hypostatically and personally, so as the human nature of Christ, in union with the Son of God, is a partaker of the divine nature in him; but by way of resemblance and likeness, the new man or principle of grace, being formed in the heart in regeneration, after the image of God, and bearing a likeness to the image of his Son, and this is styled, Christ formed in the heart, into which image and likeness the saints are more and more changed, from glory to glory, through the application of the Gospel, and the promises of it, by which they have such sights of Christ as do transform them, and assimilate them to him; and which resemblance will be perfected hereafter, when they shall be entirely like him, and see him as he is:

having escaped the corruption that is in the world through lust; not the corruption and depravity of nature, which is never escaped by any, nor got rid of so long as the saints are in the world; but the corrupt manners of the world, or those corruptions and vices which, are prevalent in the world, and under the power and dominion of which the world lies; and particularly the sins of uncleanness, adultery, incest, sodomy, and such like filthy and unnatural lusts, which abounded in the world, and among some that called themselves Christians, and especially the followers of Simon Magus. Now the Gospel, and the precious promises, being graciously bestowed and powerfully applied, have an influence on purity of heart and conversation, and teach men to deny ungodliness and worldly lusts, and to live soberly, righteously, and godly; such are the powerful effects of Gospel promises, under divine influence, as to make men inwardly partakers of the divine nature, and outwardly to abstain from and avoid the prevailing corruptions and vices of the times.
Gill.

 

[Hepzibah]

The Early Church Teaching of Deification.

Referring to Jules Gross’ seminal work: La divinization du chrétien d’après les pères grecs , the eminent modern scholar of historical theology, Jaroslav Pelikan says, “Yet salvation was not merely vivification, but deification.

This doctrine for Protestant scholars, that is, deification as salvation, is known as one of the ‘hard’ sayings of the early church, and has generally been ignored in the west or even said to be unscriptural. This is especially so since Adolf von Harnack’s History of Dogma (III:121-304), his well known critique of the doctrine.

Jules Gross in La divinization du chrétien, explains how the early fathers were well aware of the pagan Greek writings and goes to great pains to show that the fathers were not using them as a source, putting to rest that idea."

 

[Hepzibah]

that by these you might be partakers of the divine nature; not essentially, or of the essence of God, so as to be deified, this is impossible, for the nature, perfections, and glory of God, are incommunicable to creatures; nor, hypostatically and personally, so as the human nature of Christ, in union with the Son of God, is a partaker of the divine nature in him; but by way of resemblance and likeness, the new man or principle of grace, being formed in the heart in regeneration, after the image of God, and bearing a likeness to the image of his Son, and this is styled, Christ formed in the heart, into which image and likeness the saints are more and more changed, from glory to glory, through the application of the Gospel, and the promises of it, by which they have such sights of Christ as do transform them, and assimilate them to him; and which resemblance will be perfected hereafter, when they shall be entirely like him, and see him as he is:

having escaped the corruption that is in the world through lust; not the corruption and depravity of nature, which is never escaped by any, nor got rid of so long as the saints are in the world; but the corrupt manners of the world, or those corruptions and vices which, are prevalent in the world, and under the power and dominion of which the world lies; and particularly the sins of uncleanness, adultery, incest, sodomy, and such like filthy and unnatural lusts, which abounded in the world, and among some that called themselves Christians, and especially the followers of Simon Magus. Now the Gospel, and the precious promises, being graciously bestowed and powerfully applied, have an influence on purity of heart and conversation, and teach men to deny ungodliness and worldly lusts, and to live soberly, righteously, and godly; such are the powerful effects of Gospel promises, under divine influence, as to make men inwardly partakers of the divine nature, and outwardly to abstain from and avoid the prevailing corruptions and vices of the times.
Gill.

They never said they shared in God's essence - but in His energies.

 

[Johann]

The Early Church Teaching of Deification.

Referring to Jules Gross’ seminal work: La divinization du chrétien d’après les pères grecs , the eminent modern scholar of historical theology, Jaroslav Pelikan says, “Yet salvation was not merely vivification, but deification.

This doctrine for Protestant scholars, that is, deification as salvation, is known as one of the ‘hard’ sayings of the early church, and has generally been ignored in the west or even said to be unscriptural. This is especially so since Adolf von Harnack’s History of Dogma (III:121-304), his well known critique of the doctrine.

Jules Gross in La divinization du chrétien, explains how the early fathers were well aware of the pagan Greek writings and goes to great pains to show that the fathers were not using them as a source, putting to rest that idea."

And now you can understand why I don't agree with the ECF.

 

[Johann]

They never said they shared in God's essence - but in His energies.

Show me scripture that we share or partake in His "energies"

2Pe 1:4 through δι’ which ὧν He has given δεδώρηται, to us ἡμῖν the τὰ precious τίμια and καὶ magnificent μέγιστα promises, ἐπαγγέλματα so that ἵνα through διὰ these τούτων you might become γένησθε partakers κοινωνοὶ of [the] divine θείας nature, φύσεως, having escaped ἀποφυγόντες the τῆς decay φθορᾶς. in ἐν the τῷ world κόσμῳ in ἐν desire. ἐπιθυμίᾳ

You need to read the whole chapter.