I Am Dude wrote on May 11th, 2017 at 8:42pm: For those who take the word of God seriously, it's a silly and deceptive idea, as it gives people the impression that they themselves are gods and it contradicts much of what the Bible teaches.
I take Yeshua's teachings very seriously Vince. So seriously, that I have much of the NT memorized, though not by specific chapter and verse in number sense.
This is from the NT. It seems that Yeshua taught differently than what you believe and teach.
From John 10:
"31 Again his Jewish opponents picked up stones to stone him, 32 but Jesus said to them, “I have shown you many good works from the Father. For which of these do you stone me?”
33 “We are not stoning you for any good work,” they replied, “but for blasphemy, because you, a mere man, claim to be God.”
"34 Jesus answered them, “Is it not written in your Law, ‘I have said you are “gods” ’ ? 35 If he called them ‘gods,’ to whom the word of God came—and Scripture cannot be set aside— 36 what about the one whom the Father set apart as his very own and sent into the world? Why then do you accuse me of blasphemy because I said, ‘I am God’s Son’? 37"
Yeshua here was referring to OT scripture, which indeed does say that you/we plural are gods. We were made in the image of the original Creator(s), meaning, we are of the same essence and exist within the same Consciousness. We are parts/aspects of God, and as parts, have similar creative potential and awareness. When we transform our selfish, separative, fear self created aspects, and lose our little will in Love and in the Will of the Creator, then do we, like Yeshua, come to truly know our Sonship eternal, our Divine heritage and inheritance.
Very clearly Vince, Yeshua himself believes that all of us are potential gods, or he would not have said the above or used that scripture.
Here is an excerpt from a Cayce reading which touches on this too:
"For when ye have set a vibration by the activity of thy SOUL'S force, ye are then either in parallel, in direct accord, or in opposition to constructive force - whatever may be the position or activity of the soul in infinity. For ye ARE gods! But [are] you are becoming devils or real gods![?]" excerpted from Reading 281-30 []=my inserts.
In the above, Cayce's guidance is referencing to both Yeshua's NT teaching and to the OT scripture that Yeshua quoted in his rebuke of the Pharisees.
With all the above said, though we can become One with God, we are never The God in a total sense. We can partake in the full awareness and creative potential of God when we consciously realize and built up our Oneness with God and the Whole, but The God, is still The God, as the original, prime Creator has retained It's own individuality, just as we keep our own individuality and sense of self.
A much better term than "gods", imo, is that of "Co-Creators" because it's more balanced and humble, and implies that of ourselves, alone, we can do nothing, but when fully connected to the Whole and to our Creator, then we can partake in the Creator's grand Creative process.
Indeed, Yeshua has told me that he is and has long been a Co-Creator, grown up child of God, and that now, there are many, many Co-Creator, fully grown up children of God involved in co-creating new and unique Universes.
We too, can grow up someday and partake in this consciously.
But it won't happen until we become a completely clear channel of PUL and bring our little will into full alignment with the Will of the purely Creative Forces.
So Vince, do you claim to know better than Yeshua? Or was that NT scripture put in by Demons? These are hard questions and implications that you need to face openly and honestly.