my question is on divine nature..what it means to be a child of heavenly father..with Christlike attributes?

Question

im trying to teach a lesson on divine nature and christlike attributes and how we can use that to become better children of our heavenly father and find out what it means to be a child of heavenly father..ok this is a open disscussion to everyone but it is a lds question/ topic. if u need some scriptures please let me know... i need some ideas on how and where to go.

Answer 1

Look in the manual. . .that is what it's for brother.

Answer 2

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Answer 3

Look at the life of Jesus. And also look at what they did in Acts. This is as close as you can get.

Answer 4

Here are some notes I complied for a similar lesson I recentely taught at the county jail. They were just arranged as reminders for me to look at but maybe they can help you some.

Imitators of God - Ephesians 5 - mimētḗs - to copy someones behavior like a mime

1 Imitate (mimētḗs) God, therefore, in everything you do, because you are his dear children. 2 Live a life filled with love, following the example of Christ. He loved us[a] and offered himself as a sacrifice for us, a pleasing aroma to God.

3 Let there be no sexual immorality, impurity, or greed among you. Such sins have no place among God’s people. 4 Obscene stories, foolish talk, and coarse jokes--these are not for you. Instead, let there be thankfulness to God. 5 You can be sure that no immoral, impure, or greedy person will inherit the Kingdom of Christ and of God. For a greedy person is an idolater, worshiping the things of this world.

6 Don’’t be fooled by those who try to excuse these sins, for the anger of God will fall on all who disobey him. 7 Don’t participate in the things these people do. 8 For once you were full of darkness, but now you have light from the Lord. So live as people of light! 9 For this light within you produces only what is good and right and true.

10 Carefully determine what pleases the Lord. 11 Take no part in the worthless deeds of evil and darkness; instead, expose them. 12 It is shameful even to talk about the things that ungodly people do in secret. 13 But their evil intentions will be exposed when the light shines on them, 14 for the light makes everything visible. This is why it is said,

“Awake, O sleeper,
rise up from the dead,
and Christ will give you light.”

Living by the Spirit’s Power

15 So be careful how you live. Don’t live like fools, but like those who are wise. 16 Make the most of every opportunity in these evil days. 17 Don’t act thoughtlessly, but understand what the Lord wants you to do. 18 Don’t be drunk with wine, because that will ruin your life. Instead, be filled with the Holy Spirit, 19 singing psalms and hymns and spiritual songs among yourselves, and making music to the Lord in your hearts. 20 And give thanks for everything to God the Father in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ.

The Bible tells us to imitate God. Since we belong to God’s family, we are supposed to act in such a way that people can tell that we belong to Him and not to a family of sinners. There are some attributes of God that we cannot imitate. We cannot be eternal or omnipresent or all powerful for instance. These are known as God’’s incommunicable attributes. Other attributes of God that can have some degree of manifestation in human beings are known as his “communicable” attributes. When Jesus came to earth as a man He set aside his divine prerogative to exercise some of the divine attributes that a finite man cannot possess (Phil 2:6). The following passages illustrate some of the communicable attributes of God along with calls for us to manifest these same behaviors in our daily lives. God knows that all on our own we can’t live up to these standards. That’s why He has given us his Holy Spirit and his Word so that over time we will become more like Jesus and less like our “old man”(Eph 4:22-32). One of the ways that this process comes about is when we learn what God has to teach us and then meditate on how to put it into practice in our lives, the Holy Spirit will help us by giving us the desire and to power to live a changed life in Christ (Rom 8).

Goodness. Ps. 25:8 "Good and upright is the LORD; therefore he instructs sinners in his ways." Ps. 119:67 "Before I was afflicted I went astray, but now I obey your word. 68 You are good, and what you do is good; teach me your decrees…71 It was good for me to be afflicted so that I might learn your decrees. Mat 5:16

Love. 1 John 4:8. 1 Cor 13:4-7

Grace. Exodus 34:6:And he passed in front of Moses, proclaiming, "The LORD, the LORD, the compassionate and gracious God, slow to anger, abounding in love and faithfulness, 7 maintaining love to thousands, and forgiving wickedness, rebellion and sin. Yet he does not leave the guilty unpunished; he punishes the children and their children for the sin of the fathers to the third and fourth generation." Col 4:6


Grace - the friendly disposition from which the kindly act proceeds, graciousness, loving-kindness, goodwill towards others.

Mercy. Eph. 2:1- 5 John 8:11 Romans 12:17-21

Longsuffering or forbearance. Rom. 2:4.

Holiness. 1 Peter 1:16 - Its fundamental idea is separation, consecration, devotion to the service of Deity, sharing in God's purity and abstaining from earth's defilement.

Righteousness or justice. Ps. 89:14. "Righteousness and justice are the foundation of Thy throne."
Ps. 145:17. "Jehovah is righteous in all His ways, and gracious in all His works."
I Pet. 1:17. "And if ye call on Him as Father, who without respect of persons judgeth according to each man's work, pass the time of your sojourning in fear."

Veracity or faithfulness. Num. 23:19. "God is not a man, that He should lie, neither the son of man, that He should repent. Hath He said, and will He not do it? Or hath He spoken, and will He not make it good?"
II Tim. 2:13. "If we are faithless, 9e9 he abideth faithful; for He cannot deny Himself."