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LESSON FOURTEEN:
“YIELDING UNTO SANCTIFIED POWER”
Paul often used the illustration of a race to depict the
Christian life (see 1 Cor. 9:24-27, Heb. 12:1:2).
In Romans Chapter 8 we find this race defined. We
begin as “heirs of God” via the new birth, then we
follow a life-long path of “being conformed into the
image of Christ”, in order that, in eternity, we may
inherit the Bride of Christ as “joint-heirs with Christ.”
CHAPTER 8
HEIRS OF GOD, “ALL THINGS JOINT HEIRS
WORK TOGETHER WITH CHRIST…
CHILDREN OF GOD… FOR GOOD
TO THOSE
WHO LOVE GOD,
TO THOSE
WHO ARE THE CALLED
ACCORDING TO HIS PURPOSE.
FOR WHOM HE FOREKNEW,
HE ALSO PREDESTINED
TO BE CONFORMED
TO THE IMAGE OF HIS SON,
THAT HE MIGHT BE THE FIRSTBORN
AMONG MANY BRETHREN.”
Rom. 8:28-29
BEING CONFORMED INTO
THE IMAGE OF CHRIST…
