Christ had a Divine nature - We can too

Col 2:9 For in him dwelleth all the fulness of the Godhead bodily. (KJV)

2 Pet 1:4 Whereby are given unto us exceeding great and precious promises:
          that by these ye might be partakers of the divine nature, having
          escaped the corruption that is in the world through lust. (KJV)

Jesus was born of the Spirit - So should we

John 3:5 Jesus answered, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born
         of water and of the Spirit, he cannot enter into the kingdom of God.

1 John 5:4 For whatsoever is born of God overcometh the world: and this is the
           victory that overcometh the world, even our faith. (KJV)

Eze 18:30 Therefore I will judge you, O house of Israel, every one according
          to his ways, saith the Lord GOD. Repent, and turn yourselves from
          all your transgressions; so iniquity shall not be your ruin. (KJV)
Ezek 18:31 Cast away from you all your transgressions, whereby ye have
           transgressed; and make you a new heart and a new spirit: for why
           will ye die, O house of Israel? (KJV)

Acts 3:19 Repent ye therefore, and be converted, that your sins may be blotted
          out, when the times of refreshing shall come from the presence of
          the Lord; (KJV)

Ezek 36:25 Then will I sprinkle clean water upon you, and ye shall be clean:
           from all your filthiness, and from all your idols, will I cleanse
           you. (KJV)
Ezek 36:26 A new heart also will I give you, and a new spirit will I put
           within you: and I will take away the stony heart out of your flesh,
           and I will give you an heart of flesh. (KJV)
Ezek 36:27 And I will put my spirit within you, and cause you to walk in my
           statutes, and ye shall keep my judgments, and do them. (KJV)
Ezek 36:29 I will also save you from all your uncleannesses: and I will call
           for the corn, and will increase it, and lay no famine upon you.

Jesus Died To Self - So should we

Before we can be reborn we must die to self.

Rom 6:3 Know ye not, that so many of us as were baptized into Jesus Christ
        were baptized into his death? (KJV)
Rom 6:4 Therefore we are buried with him by baptism into death: that like as
        Christ was raised up from the dead by the glory of the Father, even so
        we also should walk in newness of life. (KJV)
Rom 6:5 For if we have been planted together in the likeness of his death, we
        shall be also in the likeness of his resurrection: (KJV)
Rom 6:6 Knowing this, that our old man is crucified with him, that the body of
        sin might be destroyed, that henceforth we should not serve sin.
Rom 6:7 For he that is dead is freed from sin. (KJV)
Rom 6:8 Now if we be dead with Christ, we believe that we shall also live with
        him: (KJV)
Rom 6:12 Let not sin therefore reign in your mortal body, that ye should obey
         it in the lusts thereof. (KJV)
Rom 6:13 Neither yield ye your members as instruments of unrighteousness unto
         sin: but yield yourselves unto God, as those that are alive from the
         dead, and your members as instruments of righteousness unto God.
Rom 6:14 For sin shall not have dominion over you: for ye are not under the
         law, but under grace. (KJV)

Rom 8:10 And if Christ be in you, the body is dead because of sin; but the
         Spirit is life because of righteousness. (KJV)
Rom 8:11 But if the Spirit of him that raised up Jesus from the dead dwell in
         you, he that raised up Christ from the dead shall also quicken your
         mortal bodies by his Spirit that dwelleth in you. (KJV)

Rom 12:1 I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that ye
         present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God,
         which is your reasonable service. (KJV)
Rom 12:2 And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the
         renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good, and
         acceptable, and perfect, will of God. (KJV)

Gal 2:20 I am crucified with Christ: nevertheless I live; yet not I, but
         Christ liveth in me: and the life which I now live in the flesh I
         live by the faith of the Son of God, who loved me, and gave himself
         for me. (KJV)

Phil 3:8 Yea doubtless, and I count all things but loss for the excellency of
         the knowledge of Christ Jesus my Lord: for whom I have suffered the
         loss of all things, and do count them but dung, that I may win
         Christ, (KJV)
Phil 3:9 And be found in him, not having mine own righteousness, which is of
         the law, but that which is through the faith of Christ, the
         righteousness which is of God by faith: (KJV)
Phil 3:10 That I may know him, and the power of his resurrection, and the
          fellowship of his sufferings, being made conformable unto his death;
Phil 3:11 If by any means I might attain unto the resurrection of the dead.
Phil 3:12 Not as though I had already attained, either were already perfect:
          but I follow after, if that I may apprehend that for which also I am
          apprehended of Christ Jesus. (KJV)

How are we to be born of the Spirit ?

1 Pet 1:23 Being born again, not of corruptible seed, but of incorruptible, by
           the word of God, which liveth and abideth for ever. (KJV)

Psa 33:6 By the word of the LORD were the heavens made; and all the host of
         them by the breath of his mouth. (KJV)
Psa 33:9 For he spake, and it was done; he commanded, and it stood fast. (KJV)

Heb 6:18 That by two immutable things, in which it was impossible for God to
         lie, we might have a strong consolation, who have fled for refuge to
         lay hold upon the hope set before us: (KJV)

Rom 10:17 So then faith cometh by hearing, and hearing by the word of God.

Gen 1:3 And God said, Let there be light: and there was light. (KJV)

2 Cor 4:6 For God, who commanded the light to shine out of darkness, hath
          shined in our hearts, to give the light of the knowledge of the
          glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ. (KJV)

Jesus overcame tempatation thru God's Word.

Heb 11:1 Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of
         things not seen. (KJV)
Heb 11:3 Through faith we understand that the worlds were framed by the word
         of God, so that things which are seen were not made of things which
         do appear. (KJV)

Rom 1:17 For therein is the righteousness of God revealed from faith to faith:
         as it is written, The just shall live by faith. (KJV)

Matt 4:4 But he answered and said, It is written, Man shall not live by bread
         alone, but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of God.

His Word says to us - I can do all things

Matt 5:48 Be ye therefore perfect, even as your Father which is in heaven is
          perfect. (KJV)

Matt 19:25 When his disciples heard it, they were exceedingly amazed, saying,
           Who then can be saved? (KJV)
Matt 19:26 But Jesus beheld them, and said unto them, With men this is
           impossible; but with God all things are possible. (KJV)

Luke 1:37 For with God nothing shall be impossible. (KJV)

Matt 17:20 And Jesus said unto them, Because of your unbelief: for verily I
           say unto you, If ye have faith as a grain of mustard seed, ye shall
           say unto this mountain, Remove hence to yonder place; and it shall
           remove; and nothing shall be impossible unto you. (KJV)

Rom 8:37 Nay, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him that
         loved us. (KJV)

1 Cor 15:57 But thanks be to God, which giveth us the victory through our Lord
            Jesus Christ. (KJV)

2 Cor 10:4 (For the weapons of our warfare are not carnal, but mighty through
           God to the pulling down of strong holds;) (KJV)
2 Cor 10:5 Casting down imaginations, and every high thing that exalteth
           itself against the knowledge of God, and bringing into captivity
           every thought to the obedience of Christ; (KJV)

Jude 1:24 Now unto him that is able to keep you from falling, and to present
          you faultless before the presence of his glory with exceeding joy,
          
1 Cor 10:13 There hath no temptation taken you but such as is common to man:
            but God is faithful, who will not suffer you to be tempted above
            that ye are able; but will with the temptation also make a way to
            escape, that ye may be able to bear it. (KJV)

What does this Word do For us ?

John 17:17 Sanctify them through thy truth: thy word is truth. (KJV)

1 Pet 2:2 As newborn babes, desire the sincere milk of the word, that ye may
          grow thereby: (KJV)

1 Thes 2:13 For this cause also thank we God without ceasing, because, when ye
            received the word of God which ye heard of us, ye received it not
            as the word of men, but as it is in truth, the word of God, which
            effectually worketh also in you that believe. (KJV)

2 Pet 1:4 Whereby are given unto us exceeding great and precious promises:
          that by these ye might be partakers of the divine nature, having
          escaped the corruption that is in the world through lust. (KJV)

John 15:3 Now ye are clean through the word which I have spoken unto you.

Psa 17:4 Concerning the works of men, by the word of thy lips I have kept me
         from the paths of the destroyer. (KJV)

Psa 119:9 Wherewithal shall a young man cleanse his way? by taking heed
          thereto according to thy word. (KJV)
Psa 119:10 With my whole heart have I sought thee: O let me not wander from
           thy commandments. (KJV)
Psa 119:11 Thy word have I hid in mine heart, that I might not sin against
           thee. (KJV)

John 6:57 As the living Father hath sent me, and I live by the Father: so he
          that eateth me, even he shall live by me. (KJV)
John 6:58 This is that bread which came down from heaven: not as your fathers
          did eat manna, and are dead: he that eateth of this bread shall live
          for ever. (KJV)
John 6:63 It is the spirit that quickeneth; the flesh profiteth nothing: the
          words that I speak unto you, they are spirit, and they are life.

Ps 1:1 Blessed is the man that walketh not in the counsel of the ungodly, nor
       standeth in the way of sinners, nor sitteth in the seat of the
       scornful. (KJV)
Ps 1:2 But his delight is in the law of the LORD; and in his law doth he
       meditate day and night. (KJV)
Ps 1:3 And he shall be like a tree planted by the rivers of water, that
       bringeth forth his fruit in his season; his leaf also shall not wither;
       and whatsoever he doeth shall prosper. (KJV)

2 Tim 2:15 Study to shew thyself approved unto God, a workman that needeth not
           to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth. (KJV)

Hosea 4:6 My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge: because thou hast
          rejected knowledge, I will also reject thee, that thou shalt be no
          priest to me: seeing thou hast forgotten the law of thy God, I will
          also forget thy children. (KJV)

2 Tim 3:15 And that from a child thou hast known the holy scriptures, which
           are able to make thee wise unto salvation through faith which is in
           Christ Jesus. (KJV)
2 Tim 3:16 All scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for
           doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in
           righteousness: (KJV)
2 Tim 3:17 That the man of God may be perfect, throughly furnished unto all
           good works. (KJV)

Col 3:16 Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly in all wisdom; teaching
         and admonishing one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs,
         singing with grace in your hearts to the Lord. (KJV)

What happens when God's Word dwells in us ?

Col 2:9 For in him dwelleth all the fulness of the Godhead bodily. (KJV)

John 17:21 That they all may be one; as thou, Father, art in me, and I in
           thee, that they also may be one in us: that the world may believe
           that thou hast sent me. (KJV)
John 17:22 And the glory which thou gavest me I have given them; that they may
           be one, even as we are one: (KJV)
John 17:23 I in them, and thou in me, that they may be made perfect in one;
           and that the world may know that thou hast sent me, and hast loved
           them, as thou hast loved me. (KJV)

John 15:5 I am the vine, ye are the branches: He that abideth in me, and I in
          him, the same bringeth forth much fruit: for without me ye can do
          nothing. (KJV)
John 15:7 If ye abide in me, and my words abide in you, ye shall ask what ye
          will, and it shall be done unto you. (KJV)
John 15:10 If ye keep my commandments, ye shall abide in my love; even as I
           have kept my Father's commandments, and abide in his love. (KJV)

Rom 13:14 But put ye on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make not provision for the
          flesh, to fulfil the lusts thereof. (KJV)

Col 3:3 For ye are dead, and your life is hid with Christ in God. (KJV)
Col 3:4 When Christ, who is our life, shall appear, then shall ye also appear
        with him in glory. (KJV)

Col 1:26 Even the mystery which hath been hid from ages and from generations,
         but now is made manifest to his saints: (KJV)
Col 1:27 To whom God would make known what is the riches of the glory of this
         mystery among the Gentiles; which is Christ in you, the hope of
         glory: (KJV)

1 John 2:6 He that saith he abideth in him ought himself also so to walk, even
           as he walked. (KJV)

What else did Jesus do - Prayer

Heb 5:7 Who in the days of his flesh, when he had offered up prayers and
        supplications with strong crying and tears unto him that was able to
        save him from death, and was heard in that he feared; (KJV)

Matt 21:22 And all things, whatsoever ye shall ask in prayer, believing, ye
           shall receive. (KJV)

Luke 6:12 And it came to pass in those days, that he went out into a mountain
          to pray, and continued all night in prayer to God. (KJV)

Phil 4:6 Be careful for nothing; but in every thing by prayer and supplication
         with thanksgiving let your requests be made known unto God. (KJV)
Phil 4:7 And the peace of God, which passeth all understanding, shall keep
         your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus. (KJV)

Col 4:2 Continue in prayer, and watch in the same with thanksgiving; (KJV)

1 Pet 4:7 But the end of all things is at hand: be ye therefore sober, and
          watch unto prayer. (KJV)

1 Thes 5:17 Pray without ceasing. (KJV)

John 14:13 And whatsoever ye shall ask in my name, that will I do, that the
           Father may be glorified in the Son. (KJV)
John 14:14 If ye shall ask any thing in my name, I will do it. (KJV)

Matt 7:11 If ye then, being evil, know how to give good gifts unto your
          children, how much more shall your Father which is in heaven give
          good things to them that ask him? (KJV)

John 16:23 And in that day ye shall ask me nothing. Verily, verily, I say unto
           you, Whatsoever ye shall ask the Father in my name, he will give it
           you. (KJV)
John 16:24 Hitherto have ye asked nothing in my name: ask, and ye shall
           receive, that your joy may be full. (KJV)

Matt 26:41 Watch and pray, that ye enter not into temptation: the spirit
           indeed is willing, but the flesh is weak. (KJV)

Why then don't I always overcome when I pray ?

James 4:3 Ye ask, and receive not, because ye ask amiss, that ye may consume
          it upon your lusts. (KJV)
James 4:4 Ye adulterers and adulteresses, know ye not that the friendship of
          the world is enmity with God? whosoever therefore will be a friend
          of the world is the enemy of God. (KJV)

Jer 29:13 And ye shall seek me, and find me, when ye shall search for me with
          all your heart. (KJV)

James 4:7 Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil, and he will
          flee from you. (KJV)
James 4:8 Draw nigh to God, and he will draw nigh to you. Cleanse your hands,
          ye sinners; and purify your hearts, ye double minded. (KJV)
James 4:9 Be afflicted, and mourn, and weep: let your laughter be turned to
          mourning, and your joy to heaviness. (KJV)
James 4:10 Humble yourselves in the sight of the Lord, and he shall lift you up.

Jesus also resisted temptation - a battle

2 Tim 4:7 I have fought a good fight, I have finished my course, I have kept
          the faith: (KJV)

2 Cor 10:4 (For the weapons of our warfare are not carnal, but mighty through
           God to the pulling down of strong holds;) (KJV)
2 Cor 10:5 Casting down imaginations, and every high thing that exalteth
           itself against the knowledge of God, and bringing into captivity
           every thought to the obedience of Christ; (KJV)

Heb 12:1 Wherefore seeing we also are compassed about with so great a cloud of
         witnesses, let us lay aside every weight, and the sin which doth so
         easily beset us, and let us run with patience the race that is set
         before us, (KJV)
Heb 12:2 Looking unto Jesus the author and finisher of our faith; who for the
         joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising the shame,
         and is set down at the right hand of the throne of God. (KJV)

Heb 12:4 Ye have not yet resisted unto blood, striving against sin. (KJV)

1 Cor 9:25 And every man that striveth for the mastery is temperate in all
           things. Now they do it to obtain a corruptible crown; but we an
           incorruptible. (KJV)
1 Cor 9:26 I therefore so run, not as uncertainly; so fight I, not as one that
           beateth the air: (KJV)
1 Cor 9:27 But I keep under my body, and bring it into subjection: lest that
           by any means, when I have preached to others, I myself should be a
           castaway. (KJV)

1 Pet 4:1 Forasmuch then as Christ hath suffered for us in the flesh, arm
          yourselves likewise with the same mind: for he that hath suffered in
          the flesh hath ceased from sin; (KJV)

Heb 2:18 For in that he himself hath suffered being tempted, he is able to
         succour them that are tempted. (KJV)

Heb 5:7 Who in the days of his flesh, when he had offered up prayers and
        supplications with strong crying and tears unto him that was able to
        save him from death, and was heard in that he feared; (KJV)
Heb 5:8 Though he were a Son, yet learned he obedience by the things which he
        suffered; (KJV)
Heb 5:9 And being made perfect, he became the author of eternal salvation unto
        all them that obey him; (KJV)

What is this battle against : SELF

John 5:30 I can of mine own self do nothing: as I hear, I judge: and my
          judgment is just; because I seek not mine own will, but the will of
          the Father which hath sent me. (KJV)

At which point can we stop the fight and say we have attained savlation ?

Matt 24:13 But he that shall endure unto the end, the same shall be saved.

1 Pet 1:5 Who are kept by the power of God through faith unto salvation ready
          to be revealed in the last time. (KJV)

Heb 9:28 So Christ was once offered to bear the sins of many; and unto them
         that look for him shall he appear the second time without sin unto
         salvation. (KJV)

Rev 2:10 Fear none of those things which thou shalt suffer: behold, the devil
         shall cast some of you into prison, that ye may be tried; and ye
         shall have tribulation ten days: be thou faithful unto death, and I
         will give thee a crown of life. (KJV)

What about once saved always saved ?

Eze 18:24 But when the righteous turneth away from his righteousness, and
          committeth iniquity, and doeth according to all the abominations
          that the wicked man doeth, shall he live? All his righteousness that
          he hath done shall not be mentioned: in his trespass that he hath
          trespassed, and in his sin that he hath sinned, in them shall he die. 

Matt 18:23 Therefore is the kingdom of heaven likened unto a certain king,
           which would take account of his servants. (KJV)
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