{"id":8791,"date":"2021-01-28T11:54:30","date_gmt":"2021-01-28T17:54:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thedisciplemaker.org\/?p=8791"},"modified":"2021-11-17T20:13:25","modified_gmt":"2021-11-17T20:13:25","slug":"what-is-christ-formation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.navpress.com\/sites\/thedisciplemaker\/2021\/01\/what-is-christ-formation\/","title":{"rendered":"What Is Christ-Formation?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"bsf_rt_marker\"><\/div>\n<p>In 2\u00a0Corinthians 3:18, Paul writes: \u201cWe all, with unveiled face, beholding the glory of the Lord, are being transformed into the same image from one degree of glory to another. For this comes from the Lord who is the Spirit.\u201d Some scholars and church leaders refer to this process of transformation as progressive sanctification. Others describe it as <a href=\"\/sites\/thedisciplemaker\/2021\/11\/what-is-spiritual-formation\/\">spiritual formation<\/a>, spiritual growth, or spiritual maturity. I prefer to use the term Christ-formation because it is more descriptive of what is taking place:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\"><p>We are becoming more like Christ.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>To become more like Jesus Christ includes two lifelong experiences. First, it involves taking on facets of his character that are most easily identified as the fruit of the Spirit: \u201clove, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, self-control\u201d (Galatians 5:22-23). It\u2019s important to recognize that the fruit of the Spirit is singular, not plural. The first fruit of the Spirit is love; the by-product of this love is joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, and self-control.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\"><p>The first fruit of the Spirit is love.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>This understanding of love as the fruit of the Spirit takes us to the second experience of Christ-formation: the abundant life. As we internalize the reality of God\u2019s love in increasing measure, we will begin to experience a different quality of life; a life characterized by joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, and self-control. This is the abundant life. The more we abide in Jesus\u2019 love, the more like Jesus we will become and the more we will experience the abundant life.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator is-style-default\" \/>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-coblocks-author\"><figure class=\"wp-block-coblocks-author__avatar\"><img class=\"wp-block-coblocks-author__avatar-img\" src=\"https:\/\/www.navpress.com\/sites\/thedisciplemaker\/wp-content\/uploads\/BAUGH-Author-Photo-bordered.png\" alt=\"Ken Baugh\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-coblocks-author__content\"><span class=\"wp-block-coblocks-author__name\">Ken Baugh<\/span><p class=\"wp-block-coblocks-author__biography\"><strong>Ken Baugh<\/strong>\u00a0was a wildly successful pastor before a crippling experience of burnout disrupted his career and set him on a journey to better understand the dynamics of spiritual health. With a DMin from Talbot Theological Seminary, Ken is the founder and CEO of the Institute for Discipleship Training.<\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link\" href=\"http:\/\/thedisciplemaker.org\/tag\/ken-baugh\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">More from Ken<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/bit.ly\/39kuNSZ\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img src=\"https:\/\/www.navpress.com\/sites\/thedisciplemaker\/wp-content\/uploads\/UnhinderedAbundance_3D-833x1024.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-8793\" width=\"600\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In 2\u00a0Corinthians 3:18, Paul writes: \u201cWe all, with unveiled face, beholding the glory of the Lord, are being transformed into the same image from one degree of glory to another. For this comes from the Lord who is the Spirit.\u201d &#8230; <\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more-container\"><a title=\"What Is Christ-Formation?\" class=\"read-more button\" href=\"https:\/\/www.navpress.com\/sites\/thedisciplemaker\/2021\/01\/what-is-christ-formation\/#more-8791\">Read more<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">What Is Christ-Formation?<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":8798,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_coblocks_attr":"","_coblocks_dimensions":"","_coblocks_responsive_height":"","_coblocks_accordion_ie_support":"","_FSMCFIC_featured_image_caption":"","_FSMCFIC_featured_image_nocaption":"","_FSMCFIC_featured_image_hide":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[216,306,482,531,548],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v20.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>What Is Christ-Formation? - The Disciplemaker<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.navpress.com\/sites\/thedisciplemaker\/2021\/01\/what-is-christ-formation\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"What Is Christ-Formation? - The Disciplemaker\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"In 2\u00a0Corinthians 3:18, Paul writes: \u201cWe all, with unveiled face, beholding the glory of the Lord, are being transformed into the same image from one degree of glory to another. 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