Conformation For Glorification
CONFORMATION FOR GLORIFICATION
To be saved from our self-likeness, from the expression of the self, we need conformation for glorification. To see this matter clearly we need to join Romans 1:4 with Romans 8:29. In 1:4 we have the formation of the prototype, but in 8:29, the work of "mass production." In 1:4 we have the designation of the Son of God individually, whereas in 8:29 we have the saturation, sancti fication, designation, and conformation of the many sons collectively. The principle in each case is the same.
Concerning the Lord Jesus, the Spirit of holi ness was within Him before His death and res urrection. This Spirit of holiness is the divine essence of holiness. Through the process of death and resurrection, this holy essence saturated and permeated the Lord's humanity, including His flesh. As believers in the Lord Jesus, we also have the divine essence of holiness, which is the Spirit of holiness, the very Christ, in our spirit. Because this holy essence is still concealed within our hu manity, we need to pass through a process under God's sovereign arrangement that will enable this essence to saturate our entire being. For the completion of this process, we need many things