God’s Complete Salvation: refs. include Watchman Nee and Witness Lee

God’s salvation and the three parts of man

Transformation of the soul

God’s salvation does not stop with regeneration. Rather, after we have been regenerated with the life of God in our spirit, God begins a lifelong process of gradually spreading Himself as life from our spirit into our soul (Eph. 3:17). This process, called transformation (Rom. 12:2; 2 Cor. 3:18), is related to man’s soul, and thus especially requires human cooperation (Phil. 2:12). The believer cooperates by allowing the Lord to spread into his entire soul until all his desires, thoughts, and decisions are in oneness with those of Christ.

If we do not allow Him to spread, our spirit becomes a “prison” to Him. The Spirit wants to spread into our soul, thus adding the new divine element to replace the self. When this new element replacing the old is added to our soul, there will be a change in our mind, emotion, and will. (Completing Ministry of Paul 62)

According to 2 Corinthians 3:18, we are being transformed by beholding the Lord with an unveiled face—signifying that our heart is turned to Him. This means that in order to be transformed, we need to remain open to the Lord and let Him shine into us. Then He will infuse us with all the elements of what He is and what He has done in order to replace the elements of our fallen soul with His divine element.

Regeneration of the spirit | Transformation of the soul
Glorification of the body