Yes, amen brother Bob! Here are some more definitions of transformation that touched my heart!
And the reason these things touch our hearts is that this is the reality that God has done for us,
and is now doing in us!
What does it mean to be transformed by God?
The Greek word for transformed in Romans 12:2 has the meaning of being changed into another form. It is a total change by the renewing of the mind. It is a complete change for the better. A complete change for the better is not conforming, but rather transforming; being changed into a new creation.
1. To change the form of; to change the shape or appearance; to metamorphose; as a caterpillar transformed into a butterfly.
2. To change one substance into another; to transmute. The alchemists sought to transform lead into gold.
3. In other words, to change the natural disposition and temper of man from a state of enmity to God and his law, into the image of God, or into a disposition and temper conformed to the will of God.
Be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind. Rom. 12.
to change the contemplative soul into a divine substance, by which it is lost or swallowed up in the divine nature.
6. In algebra, to change an equation into another of a different form, but of equal value.
TRANSFORM', v.i. To be changed in form; to be metamorphosed.
transformation
TRANSFORMA'TION, n. The act or operation of changing the form.
5. a change of heart in man, by which his disposition and temper are transformed to the divine image; a change from enmity to holiness and love.
Another powerful thought that thrills my soul, is in the transforming Power of the Blood of Jesus, which turns our sin's from scarlet to WHITER THAN SNOW!