Isn't our very existence itself inherently participation in God - that being is by nature communion? Why do we insist on separating the world from the very source and substance of it's communal being? And then we develop a theology of uniting that which we've convinced ourselves is separate. Perhaps there really is no separation of being, but only a lack of conscious participation in being (i.e., God) - the actualization of that which we always already are. Have we really considered that? Distinctions?! Yes. But separation of being? Why?!?
What need is there to be adopted by God? Are we not already sons of God? Moreso, as Christ quotes, "you are gods, sons of the most high"? Why do we insist on trying to separate ourselves from God?
I think it has to do with perfection... Perfection cannot change and when we will a change or a change from the good we separate ourselves from God and rearrange the the good hence sin / evil... we are only restored to perfection if we are adopted into Christ's perfection... loosely speaking to truly be free is to to be perfect an impossibility separate from God..
Isn't our very existence itself inherently participation in God - that being is by nature communion? Why do we insist on separating the world from the very source and substance of it's communal being? And then we develop a theology of uniting that which we've convinced ourselves is separate. Perhaps there really is no separation of being, but only a lack of conscious participation in being (i.e., God) - the actualization of that which we always already are. Have we really considered that? Distinctions?! Yes. But separation of being? Why?!?
What need is there to be adopted by God? Are we not already sons of God? Moreso, as Christ quotes, "you are gods, sons of the most high"? Why do we insist on trying to separate ourselves from God?
I think it has to do with perfection... Perfection cannot change and when we will a change or a change from the good we separate ourselves from God and rearrange the the good hence sin / evil... we are only restored to perfection if we are adopted into Christ's perfection... loosely speaking to truly be free is to to be perfect an impossibility separate from God..