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C. THE CONSUMMATION OF BEING CONFORMED
TO CHRIST

III THE STARTING POINT, RESTING PLACE AND
GUARANTEE OF BEING CONFORMED TO CHRIST
WITH THE BIBLE ILLUSTRATION.
A. THE BIBLE ILLUSTRATION (SEEDS PRODUCING
AFTER THEIR KIND) IN GENESIS (GENESIS 1:11-
12, 20-21, 24-25; GENESIS 5:3)
B. THE “SEED” OF GOD IS IN THE CHRISTIAN
GUARANTEEING THE CONFORMITY (1 JOHN
3:9)

IV THE PROCESS OF BEING CONFORMED TO CHRIST
WITH A BIBLE ILLUSTRATION
A. THE PROCESS STATED (2 CORINTHIANS 3:18;
JAMES 1:22-25)
B. THE ILLUSTRATION IS THE BIBLE PICTURED
AS A MIRROR (2 CORINTHIANS 3:18)
1. WITH THE NATURAL EYE I SEE MY
NATURAL SELF AS I STAND IN FRONT
OF THE MIRROR
2. WITH AN UNVEILED FACE, I SEE HOW
GOD SEES ME IN CHIRST JESUS
3. RELATING THE GAZE AND THE GLORY
(JAMES 1:24) IF I QUIT GAZING, I QUIT
GROWING
C. ILLUSTRATION OF WHAT THE PROCESS OF
CONFORMITY TO CHRIST LOOKS LIKE (PSALM
23)
V THE CONSUMMATION OF BEING CONFORMED TO
CHRIST AND THE BIBLE ILLUSTRATION

A. THE MIRROR-IMAGE WILL BECOME THE
REALITY (1 JOHN 3:2)
B. THE BIBLE PICTURE IS THE JUDGMENT SEAT
OF CHRIST ( 2 CORINTHIANS 5:10)