Diana, I hear you!!! This is all so familiar to me, I've been working on understanding this and arrived much the same way you have. I hear you.....thank you so much for spelling it all out....for showing the scriptures too. This makes a whole lot of sense to me.

Last night was walking one of the dogs in the meadow, musing upon a friend who believes we are God, while I believe we are aspects/fragments of God. I heard the voice within saying to me we are part of God and God is part of us, but we (human self) are not God, until we become Christ and then are fully at~one with God. It was crystal clear to me, God made it plain as day. We are not God, although God is in us!

Thank you Diana. I love to learn and explore all this....God~Stuff!

Love,
Barb