Section 11
and taste. We may say that the water undergoes a dispositional change. The more tea that is put in the water, the more the water is "tea-ified." This "tea-ification" is a picture of our subjective expe rience of sanctification. Christ is the heavenly "tea," and we are the "water." The more of Christ that is added to us, the more we are sanctified dispositionally.
TRANSFORMATION
Not only are we sanctified, but we are also transformed. Sanctification involves substance, whereas transformation involves form, a change from one form into another. To be sanctified is to have more of Christ added to us. To be transformed is to be shaped into a certain form through the addition of the divine substance. Transformation is the second aspect of resurrec tion. The more we are transformed, the more we are resurrected.
CONFORMATION
The third aspect of the process of resurrec tion is conformation, which is closely related to transformation. In this process we are conformed to the image of Christ. As Romans 8:29 says, "Be cause whom He foreknew, He also predestinated