Called To Be God - References

(Here we supply Bible references for the page 'Called to be God')

God's High Hopes for Men

"God works. He is busy."

John 5:17
Jesus said to them, "My Father is always at his work to this very day, and I, too, am working."
(from New International Version)

"He is developing expansive plans"

Isa 9:7
Of the increase of his government and peace there shall be no end, upon the throne of David, and upon his kingdom, to order it, and to establish it with judgment and with justice from henceforth even for ever. . .
KJV

"which he has in mind for the universe"

Rev 21:1
And I saw a new heaven and a new earth: for the first heaven and the first earth were passed away; and there was no more sea
KJV

Heb 1:10-12
. . . 
and the heavens are the work of your hands.
11 They will perish, but you remain;
they will all wear out like a garment.
12 You will roll them up like a robe;
like a garment they will be changed.
. . .
(from New International Version)

". . .agony from improperly evolved leg joints." !!!

Acts 17:25-26
. . . he himself gives all men life and breath and everything else. 26 From one man he made every nation of men, that they should inhabit the whole earth; . . .
(from New International Version)

Ps 139:13-14
13 For you created my inmost being;
you knit me together in my mother's womb.
14 I praise you because I am fearfully and wonderfully made;
your works are wonderful,
I know that full well.
(from New International Version)

"We are part of something big."

1 Cor 2:9
That is what is meant by the Scriptures which say that no mere man has ever seen, heard, or even imagined what wonderful things God has ready for those who love the Lord.
TLB

The Message of The Kingdom of God

"Jesus came to us on earth teaching the Kingdom of God."

Acts 28:30-31
30 For two whole years Paul stayed there in his own rented house and welcomed all who came to see him. 31 Boldly and without hindrance he preached the kingdom of God and taught about the Lord Jesus Christ.
(from New International Version)

[ see also in many places in Luke ]

"Jesus invited us to be one with him and with his Father."

John 17:20-23
20 "My prayer is not for them alone. I pray also for those who will believe in me through their message, 21 that all of them may be one, Father, just as you are in me and I am in you. May they also be in us so that the world may believe that you have sent me. 22 I have given them the glory that you gave me, that they may be one as we are one:
(from New International Version)

"He invites men to be his brothers."

Mark 3:35
Whoever does God's will is my brother and sister and mother."
(from New International Version)

That's FAMILY language !

"If we were to be one with Jesus, who is one with God, we would have God as our Father, and Jesus would be called our brother, and we would be part of the family of God."

Luke 15:20
So he got up and went to his father.
"But while he was still a long way off, his father saw him and was filled with compassion for him; he ran to his son, threw his arms around him and kissed him.
(from New International Version)

Deception

"Man does not understand the purpose for his life."

2 Cor 4:4
The god of this age has blinded the minds of unbelievers, so that they cannot see the light of the gospel of the glory of Christ, who is the image of God.
(from New International Version)

"we hated and despised him as a fool."

Isa 53:3
He was despised and rejected by men,
a man of sorrows, and familiar with suffering.
Like one from whom men hide their faces
he was despised, and we esteemed him not
(from New International Version)

Hos 9:7
the prophet is considered a fool,
the inspired man a maniac.
(from New International Version)

John 10:20
Many of them said, "He is demon-possessed and raving mad. Why listen to him?"
(from New International Version)

Even Jesus's own fleshly family thought he was losing it.

Mark 3:21-22
21 When his family heard about this, they went to take charge of him, for they said, "He is out of his mind." 22 And the teachers of the law who came down from Jerusalem said, "He is possessed by Beelzebub! By the prince of demons he is driving out demons."
(from New International Version)

"When he revealed that God destined us to be Gods, Satan so easily inflamed us to try to seize him and kill him for blasphemy."

John 10:39
Again they tried to seize him, but he escaped their grasp.
(from New International Version)

John 5:18
For this reason the Jews tried all the harder to kill him; not only was he breaking the Sabbath, but he was even calling God his own Father, making himself equal with God.
(from New International Version)

"We are deceived into seeking status and the admiration of others"

Num 12:2
And they said, Hath the LORD indeed spoken only by Moses? hath he not spoken also by us? And the LORD heard it
KJV

Matt 6:2
So when you give to the needy, do not announce it with trumpets, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and on the streets, to be honored by men. I tell you the truth, they have received their reward in full.
(from New International Version)

Esther 6:6-9
6 So Haman came in. And the king said unto him, What shall be done unto the man whom the king delighteth to honour? Now Haman thought in his heart, To whom would the king delight to do honour more than to myself? 7 And Haman answered the king, For the man whom the king delighteth to honour, 8 Let the royal apparel be brought which the king useth to wear, and the horse that the king rideth upon, and the crown royal which is set upon his head: 9 And let this apparel and horse be delivered to the hand of one of the king's most noble princes, that they may array the man withal whom the king delighteth to honour, and bring him on horseback through the street of the city, and proclaim before him, Thus shall it be done to the man whom the king delighteth to honour
KJV

Contrast - John the Baptist

John 3:28-30
28 Ye yourselves bear me witness, that I said, I am not the Christ, but that I am sent before him. 29 . . .  this my joy therefore is fulfilled. 30 He must increase, but I must decrease
KJV

upd. 7, 9apr07