Section 10
with God's holy nature, but still lack this con formity. Sanctification probably does not require any suffering. Conformation, on the contrary, needs suffering. In sanctification there is no pat tern, only a change in disposition, in nature; but in conformation there is a mold by which we are conformed to the image of God's Son. Along with this mold is the pressure and the molding and the mixing with water and the burning with fire. Without suffering we cannot be molded into the pattern.
Outwardly by the Working Together
of All Things
We cannot avoid the process of conformation, for it is the purpose of the Holy Spirit's inter cession with groanings. God the Father knows the purpose of the Spirit's groaning, and thus He causes all things to work together (v. 28). Following verses 26 and 27 which speak of the Spirit's intercession, we have verse 28 which says, "And we know that God causes all things to work together for good to those who love God, to those who are called according to the purpose." The Holy Spirit groans within us, interceding for us, and God the Father answers this intercession by causing all things to work together for good. "All