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TRANSFORMED
“And do not be conformed to
this world, but be transformed
by the renewing of your mind,
that you may prove what is that
good and acceptable and
perfect will of God.” (Romans
12:2).
At first glance conformed and transformed look like
the same thing, but they contain very different
ideas.
When something is conformed it outwardly takes
the shape or form of whatever has exerted
pressure on it without changing the substance of
the thing conformed. Pour water into a glass it
conforms to the shape of the glass but it remains
water. But when something is transformed, it is
changed from the inside and it becomes something
different to what it was before. The same water can
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