The Perfect You

[Peterlag]

The Bible tells us that since Jesus Christ is glorified, and since we have the spirit of Christ born within is how that puts us into the category of being glorified by God. It is written in Romans 8:29-30, “For whom he did foreknow, he also did predestinate to be conformed to the image of his Son, that he might be the firstborn among many brethren. Moreover whom he did predestinate, them he also called: and whom he called, them he also justified: and whom he justified, them he also glorified.”

What Romans is telling us is that by the knowledge of God, we were appointed to destiny by His divine decision to receive salvation. We will become similar to the image of His Son (who is the first to be risen out from among the dead) when Jesus Christ appears for the gathering together of the saints. Those who are the called of God, are the ones He invited into this extraordinary liberation from the slavery of sin nature, and therefore was able to transform us into a more excellent beauty.

I would like to point out we can only be glorified because it's God’s superiority, and exalted light that has magnified the Christ to shine in such beauty as an image of light, with divine praise, honor and dignity. It's the Christ who blazed a trail to God’s heart of love, and therefore was the first who was transformed into a more splendid and excellent beauty.

[OneLight]

Do you believe Jesus is God, if so, how was He transformed?

[TheBlade]

2 hours ago, OneLight said:

Do you believe Jesus is God, if so, how was He transformed?

Not what he was saying..your changing the subject. 

[OneLight]

 

29 minutes ago, TheBlade said:

3 hours ago, OneLight said:

Do you believe Jesus is God, if so, how was He transformed?

Not what he was saying..your changing the subject. 

Not changing anything,  He made a statement and I was trying to understand what he was saying.

3 hours ago, Peterlag said:

It's the Christ who blazed a trail to God’s heart of love, and therefore was the first who was transformed into a more splendid and excellent beauty.

 

[LearningToLetGo]

4 hours ago, Peterlag said:

What Romans is telling us is that by the knowledge of God, we were appointed to destiny by His divine decision to receive salvation.

Does this mean that God draws us to Him by name or that He puts out the call (possibly also by name) and we choose whether to hear and respond?

[Peterlag]

13 minutes ago, LearningToLetGo said:

Does this mean that God draws us to Him by name or that He puts out the call (possibly also by name) and we choose whether to hear and respond?

I'm not thinking about anything from our perspective. The destiny and decision was His to start this thing in the first place. We are His creation.

[johnthebaptist]

21 hours ago, Peterlag said:

The Bible tells us that since Jesus Christ is glorified, and since we have the spirit of Christ born within is how that puts us into the category of being glorified by God. It is written in Romans 8:29-30, “For whom he did foreknow, he also did predestinate to be conformed to the image of his Son, that he might be the firstborn among many brethren. Moreover whom he did predestinate, them he also called: and whom he called, them he also justified: and whom he justified, them he also glorified.”

What Romans is telling us is that by the knowledge of God, we were appointed to destiny by His divine decision to receive salvation. We will become similar to the image of His Son (who is the first to be risen out from among the dead) when Jesus Christ appears for the gathering together of the saints. Those who are the called of God, are the ones He invited into this extraordinary liberation from the slavery of sin nature, and therefore was able to transform us into a more excellent beauty.

I would like to point out we can only be glorified because it's God’s superiority, and exalted light that has magnified the Christ to shine in such beauty as an image of light, with divine praise, honor and dignity. It's the Christ who blazed a trail to God’s heart of love, and therefore was the first who was transformed into a more splendid and excellent beauty.

I think the Lord glorifies us when we repent of our sin. 

[Justin Adams]

20 hours ago, OneLight said:

Do you believe Jesus is God, if so, how was He transformed?

I and the father are ONE. The Lord our God is ONE. The Lord Yeshua is often seen in the Tanakh at the side of the Father. He is the express image of God.

[OneLight]

6 minutes ago, Justin Adams said:

I and the father are ONE. The Lord our God is ONE. The Lord Yeshua is often seen in the Tanakh at the side of the Father. He is the express image of God.

No disagreement there, but that does not answer the question about how God is transformed, and allow me to add, into what?

[Peterlag]

17 minutes ago, johnthebaptist said:

I think the Lord glorifies us when we repent of our sin. 

I just heard a teaching an hour ago on YouTube saying the complete opposite. A teaching called... The Perfect You - Part 2 by Andrew Farley