Spiritual Transformation ………………………………………..
Salvation is a defining experience in which we literally become new persons. We take on the identity of Jesus. This is such a profound, definitive experience that it can be said God gives believers a new spiritual DNA, a new genetic origin, a new nature. Believers are set apart for God’s glory at the moment of new birth in Christ (John 3:5-6) and they become part of the household of God—joint heirs with Christ (Eph. 2:19-20). Jesus describes the genetic link of this new identity in John 14:20: “I am in my Father, and you are in me, and I am in you.”