Divine Nature Replaces Human Nature Mr. Armstrong ended his booklet HUMAN NATURE Did God Create It? under the subhead “Little Children and Human Nature,” with: “This booklet began with the question of whether this evil ‘human nature’ is born in a sweet tiny baby. Let me now, before I conclude, quote three passages from the Bible. “‘And they brought unto Him [Jesus] also infants, that He would touch them…Jesus called them unto Him, and said, Suffer little children to come unto Me, and forbid them not; for of such is the kingdom of God’ (Luke 18:15-16). The evil nature which some erroneously have supposed was born in babies is the nature of Satan’s kingdom, but ‘of such’—these babies—is the Kingdom of GOD. “‘At the same time came the disciples unto Jesus, saying, Who is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven? And Jesus called a little child unto Him, and set him in the midst of them, and said, Verily I say unto you, Except you be converted, and become as little children, you shall not enter into the kingdom of heaven’ (Matt. 18:1-3). “‘Jesus said, Suffer little children, and forbid them not, to come unto Me: for of such is the kingdom of heaven’ (Matt. 19:14). “We humans start out at birth all right. But soon we begin to absorb and ACQUIRE the selfish, self-centered attitude broadcast by Satan. But Satan’s kingdom of angels—now turned to demons—rejected the GOVERNMENT OF GOD, and it was thus removed from earth. “GOD’S PURPOSE in having created and put HUMANS on earth was to develop in them GOD’S own holy and righteous character. God wants a people who will REJECT and overcome Satan’s WAY OF LIFE and turn to THE GOVERNMENT OF GOD—which is GOD’S WAY of life. “That GOVERNMENT OF GOD exists at this time on earth only in the one true Church of God [This is still true]. Satan is angry. He hates it! He subtly tries to inject into minds under that government of LOVE a hostility that MISrepresents it as a harsh and cruel government of Satan. “But I repeat, LUCIFER was created by God ‘perfect in all his ways, until iniquity was found in him.’ He acquired the nature of rebellion and evil by false reasoning. Adam acquired it from Satan. The Ephesians (Eph. 2:1) acquired it from Satan—as has all humanity, except Jesus Christ. But now, IN CHRIST, through His grace, we may ACQUIRE the DIVINE NATURE (II Pet. 1:4). “God’s GREAT PURPOSE is to RESTORE THE GOVERNMENT OF GOD to this earth, in and through the KINGDOM OF GOD! “We CAN, by Christ’s grace, CHANGE ‘human nature’ and eradicate it entirely from us, replacing it with the divine nature!”
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