RE: Making Unlimited Progress.
Are you having problem interpreting the scriptures, because I expressly pointed it out from the Bible where it says that we are gods, small letter g god, and you should also understand that the master Jesus gave us is a life that is superior to the ordinary life, one which is above human comprehension, for example in Mark 16:18, it says "They will pick up snakes with their hands, and if they drink any deadly poison, it will not harm them; they will lay their hands on the sick, and they will be made well." In Acts 28:3, A serpent fastened itself on the hand of Paul, yet he felt no harm. Concerning the case of Timothy that you mentioned, I'll like you to understand that Timothy was in the making, he was not yet mature in the things of the Spirit, that was the early stage of his ministry, therefore he is not our standard. According to Mark 9:23, it says that nothing shall be impossible to them that believe, if this statement is true, it is also true that we can make unlimited progress.
Moreover, if the child of a goat is a goat and the child of a dog is a dog, isn't it simple arithmetic that a child of God must be nothing but a god?
I quite agree with you that any redeemed child of God has the God-given right to live the God-kind of life on the earth. This life is referred to as eternal life in scriptures.
However, these are scriptural secrets not open to everyone, so they stay perpetually in the "natural".
Mark 4:11 And he said unto them, Unto you it is given to know the mystery of the kingdom of God: but unto them that are without, all these things are done in parables:
Thanks for your comment, the Bible says “Deep calleth unto deep at the noise of thy waterspouts: all thy waves and thy billows are gone over me.” Psalm 42:7. You have good spiritual knowledge. Thanks again for the clarification, I hope @barncat will read your comment and learn from it.