God's eternal economy is to ...

What is the difference between a God-man and a good man?

1. Peter is a God-man (Acts 3:6-9; 8:17), a reproduction of Jesus. Simon is not (Acts 8:19-20).

2. Paul is a God-man (Acts 14:9-11; 19:11; 28:3-6), a duplicate of Christ.
The seven sons of a chief priest are not (Acts 19:13-16).

3. No longer I, but Christ (Galatians 2:20). For to me, to live is Christ (Philippians 1:21). Let's not become workers of lawlessness in Matthew 7:22-23.

4. He is the first grain and we are many grains (John 12:24). He is the firstborn Son of God and we are many sons of God (Romans 8:29, Colossians 1:18). He is Christ the Head, we are Christ the Body (Acts 9:4; 1 Corinthians 12:12).

5. To obey is better than sacrifice, and to heed than fat of rams (1 Samuel 15:22). God desires to work Himself into our inner being as His continuation and expansion. God does not want us to work for Him with our own natural strength.

Sing the following hymn and enjoy God's duplicating work in us. Amen!
http://www.hymnal.net/hymn.php?t=ns&n=180
God's eternal economy
Is to make man the same as He is
In life and nature,
But not in the Godhead
And to make Himself one with man
And man one with Him
Thus to be enlarged and expanded in His expression
That all His divine, that all His divine
Attributes may be expressed in human virtues.