Exactly.
It's like this, if God instructs me to be compassionate to all humans, as he is compassionate, and if I AM compassionate to all humans, aren't I one with God?
Aren't I glorifying God by being as he is? By having compassion for all things, as he has compassion for all things?
Aren't I 'existing' as a manifestation of his words, by adhering completely to those words?
Aren't I a human manifestation of God's will?
The real issue is people use the trinity as a key to saving from some fiery, fake hell (gehenna, an issue for another day). It's like they say 'I can understand this, I believe this, I'm better than they are and I'm going to heaven'.
When really, the point of God's teaching is to save us from selfishness and silly desire. There's no reason people can't BE like Jesus is - self sacrificing and compassionate to all ends. That's the point. Jesus proved it can be done, and God wants people to be like that.
It's like this, if God instructs me to be compassionate to all humans, as he is compassionate, and if I AM compassionate to all humans, aren't I one with God?
Aren't I glorifying God by being as he is? By having compassion for all things, as he has compassion for all things?
Aren't I 'existing' as a manifestation of his words, by adhering completely to those words?
Aren't I a human manifestation of God's will?
The real issue is people use the trinity as a key to saving from some fiery, fake hell (gehenna, an issue for another day). It's like they say 'I can understand this, I believe this, I'm better than they are and I'm going to heaven'.
When really, the point of God's teaching is to save us from selfishness and silly desire. There's no reason people can't BE like Jesus is - self sacrificing and compassionate to all ends. That's the point. Jesus proved it can be done, and God wants people to be like that.
And our works do not gain merit with God, either (Ephesians 2.8-9).