Section 4
is a once-for-all matter, but to be transformed is a life-long matter. Hence, Paul says that we are "being transformed." The word "being" indicates a process. We are undergoing the process of being transformed.
A METABOLIC SALVATION
It is rather easy to understand the meaning of regeneration, but it is not easy to understand the meaning of transformation. In 2 Corinthi ans 3:18 the King James Version even uses the word "changed" instead of "transformed." The use of "changed" in this verse is not adequate. Al though transformation is a change, it involves more than a mere outward change. Transfor mation involves a metabolic change, an inward change in life. Such a metabolic change requires the working within us of the element of the divine life. This produces a change not only in appear ance and behavior, but also a change in life, na ture, and intrinsic essence.
FOR THE LORD'S EXPRESSION
IN OUR HUMANITY
We are reborn in our spirit, but we are trans formed in our soul. Regeneration is with the di vine life and nature, but transformation is with