Quotes about Divinity

God sent Jesus as an example to see if we could retain and maintain the Holy Spirit in human flesh.

Why must we love the Lord? Because as we do so, we become refined, pure, and holy.

For whatever be the knowledge which we are able to obtain of God, either by perception or reflection, we must of necessity believe that He is by many degrees far better than what we perceive Him to be.

But God, who is the beginning of all things, is not to be regarded as a composite being, lest perchance there should be found to exist elements prior to the beginning itself, out of which everything is composed, whatever that be which is called composite.

This understanding of God provides the key to understanding what the Bible means when it declares that humans are made "in the image of God." The imago Dei means that humans, like God, are essentially beings who exist in relationship. We are created to exist in relationship with God and with each other. To the extent that we live in isolation from God and from each other, we are not fully human.

How do we reconcile the fact that Jesus was fully God with the fact that Jesus was fully human? It is an issue that has been discussed in Christian circles throughout the church's history. All Christians believe that Jesus was both fully God and fully man. This doctrinal belief was formalized with the Council of Chalcedon in AD 451 and became one of the central beliefs of Christianity.

The very fact that what God creates is less than Himself introduces limitations and imperfections into the picture.

Jesus is God's way of refusing to give up his dream for the world.

When we deny the spiritual dimension to our existence, we end up living like animals. And when we deny the physical, sexual dimension to our existence, we end up living like angels. And both ways are destructive, because God made us human.

But in the resurrection of Jesus from the dead, this stunning truth is revealed: God is not on the side of the

If Creation were a crime, would not God be the prime suspect?

The world looks like something God had just imaged for his own pleasure, doesn't it?