Message 11: Transformation, Conformation, Glorification and Building Up
III. Conformation—Rom. 8:29
Romans 8:29 Because those whom He foreknew, He also predestinated to be conformed to the image of His Son, that He might be the Firstborn among many brothers.
Philippians 3:10 To know Him and the power of His resurrection and the fellowship of His sufferings, being conformed to His death.
Philippians 1:19–21a For I know that for me this will turn out to salvation through your petition and the bountiful supply of the Spirit of Jesus Christ. 20 According to my earnest expectation and hope that in nothing I will be put to shame, but with all boldness, as always, even now Christ will be magnified in my body, whether through life or through death. 21 For to me, to live is Christ….
1 John 3:2 Beloved, now we are children of God, and it has not yet been manifested what we will be. We know that if He is manifested, we will be like Him because we will see Him even as He is.
A. Conformation is the consummation of the believer’s transformation in life
B. Conformation is to be conformed to the image of God’s firstborn Son
1. God’s firstborn Son being Christ as the God-man
2. To be conformed to the image of God’s firstborn Son being that the believers become full-grown in life as God-men
a. To be conformed to Christ’s death in all things through the power of His resurrection—Phil. 3:10
b. To live Christ for magnifying Him through the bountiful supply of the Spirit of Jesus Christ (who is the God-man)—Phil. 1:19–21a
c. To be the reprints of the God-man, Christ, that the believers may be exactly like Him, the firstborn Son of God—1 John 3:2
Read over the outline points and verses above and use these for your prayer to spend time with the Lord in the Word in the morning. After your prayer time, jot down in your notebook one or two things that the Lord touched you with.
Later, watch the following short video podcast sometime during the day.