Does the Bible Say We're Little Gods?
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- You are gods, little G. You are a little god. I am a god and you're a god.
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- Psalm 82, 1. God standeth in the congregation of the mighty, that's you. He judgeth among the gods.
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- Who are the gods? You are. God calling his creation, his man, little gods.
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- Psalm 82 says, God has taken his place in the divine council. In the midst of the gods, he holds judgment and says,
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- How long will you judge unjustly and show partiality to the wicked? Evil kings who perverted justice had let authority go to their heads, so the
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- Lord sarcastically called them gods. But unlike God, they have neither knowledge nor understanding.
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- They walk about in darkness. He goes on to say, You are gods, sons of the Most High. Nevertheless, like men you shall die, reminding them that they are not gods.
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- In John 10, the people wanted to stone Jesus for blasphemy because he called himself God. Jesus said,
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- Is it not written in your law, I said you are gods? If he called them gods, to whom the word of God came, and Scripture cannot be broken, do you say of him whom the
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- Father consecrated and sent into the world, you are blaspheming because I said
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- I am the Son of God? Jesus was saying, You hate the Son of God and you're accusing me of blasphemy?
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- You're among the gods Scripture says will die like men. When God calls men little gods, it's not a description, it's derision.