Partake in the Divine Nature, and Train as a Disciple

Not until now have I understood 2 Peter 1:4 "(receiving God's great and precious promises) so that you may become partakers in the divine nature of God to be freed from the world accompanied by corrupt desires.

During my doctoral experience, I learned of an ancient Roman prayer practice, Lectio Divina, or in English, Divine Reading. I was inspired by the 5- step prayer practice: read, meditation, pray, contemplation, and discernment. What I found is that this prayer method dwarfed my ACTS prayer practice, (Adoration, Confession, Thanksgiving, Supplication) and morphed my experience into Divine-human encounters, aka, partaking in God's Divine nature.

Partaking daily in this Divine nature became the door in to new scriptural revelation, the discipleship principles of twenty Greek imperatives (commands) from Matthew's Sermon on the Mount, that which fulfilled Moses' Ten Commandments, a Jesus-Walk prompted by Johns charge in 1 John 2:6, as well as His instruction for glorifying God in found in John 15:8. Adding these principles to Lectio Divina set a new bar for training disciples.

The New Testament was originally written in first-century Greek(koine Greek), not to be confused with contemporary Greek. Koine Greek is a dead, unspoken language, however the reading and writing value is profoundly useful. English translations over the centuries have reduced some significant life-transforming properties that the original language intended.
Dr. Humbert’s extensive Greek scholarship provides the baseline for interpretation of all biblical citations included in the Divine Discipleship experience.

Matthew 16:24-25 Jesus said to His disciples, If anyone desires to come behind me, he is renounced, cross is raised, and imitate me. For if wherefore the intent is to save his life, he will be deprived of it; and if wherefore he loses his life on account of me, he will find it.

John 3:30 (Renounce myself) He must increase; I must become less.

Hebrews 12:2 (Raise up my cross - suffering) Let us fix our eyes on Jesus, the author and perfecter of our faith, who for the joy set before Him suffered patiently the cross.

Philippians 2:3 (Raise up my cross - sacrificed for someone else) In all Humility, regard everyone above yourself.

Deuteronomy 32:47 (Read) They are not just idle words for you; they are your life.

John 14:26 (Meditation) John 14:26 But the paraclete, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in my name, He will teach you all things and bring to your recollection all that I said to you.

Proverbs 15:8 The Lord detests the offerings of the wicked, but the prayer of the righteous pleases Him.

1 Peter 1:4b (Contemplation) becoming partakers in the Divine Nature of God.

Romans 12:2 (Discernment) Do not be conformed to this world, but be (spiritually) transformed by the renewing of the mind to discern what the will of God is...

Matthew 28:20 (Commands) teaching them to keep strict everything I have commanded you up until this point.

1 John 2:6 The one who claims to dwell in Him is indebted to walk just as He walked.

John 15:8 In this My Father is glorified, that you produce much fruit, proving to be my disciples.

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Matthew 14:25 During the fourth watch of the night, Jesus went out to them, walking on the lake.

John 10:27 My sheep listen to my voice.

Matthew 16:8 Upon this rock I will build My church.

Ekklesia is from the Greek New Testament which means, assembly, but in the English version, is translated, church. Jesus built His ekklesia on Peter’s rock-hard statement, that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of the living God.

The ekklesia is a collection of flocks who train to imitate the Christ, the Son of the Living God.