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This enables the regenerated person to act holily and pleasingly to God and to grow up to eternal life and glory. According to Webster’s Dictionary conversion is defined as: (1) a change from one state to another, as conversion of coal to ashes; (2) substitution of one thing for another, as conversi
The word “conversion” means “to turn or to be turned, a change of direction.” The word is used spiritually to refer to a cessation of willful sin and a commitment to godliness, howbeit imperfectly. According to the Heidelberg Catechism it consists of “the mortification of the old, and the quickenin
Conversion is a spiritual turning. That must be so, first, because it is a work of the Holy Spirit, who alone has access to the deep recesses of the heart. Only the divine Spirit can work inwardly, so that we are turned from sin to God. Only the omnipotent Spirit can renew our wills, so that we desi
Conversion speaks to the fact that you can take wood from a forest, and gypsum from a mine, and iron ore from a mine, and you can convert it all and turn it into a skyscraper or a church. You can convert a chunk of wood into ash. Conversion simply means there's a change. A change. A turning, of
That's conversion in the narrowest sense of the word, regeneration. Conversion in the broader sense of the word is still the work of God. It's an act of God where He turns the regenerated sinner by the power of His grace, so that that sinner turns from sin and death. unto God and obedience. He t
Conversion is a thoroughly biblical term. Plainly expressed in Holy Scripture, while the term conversion is not common, the verb form converted is. And more often, the term is translated turn. You immediately sense, therefore, that there is a very important distinction between regeneration and
True Conversion Scripture: Matthew 7 Speaker: Rodney Kleyn Series: Heidelberg Catechism LD 33 Heidelberg Catechism LD 33 Event: Sunday Service
And conversion and turning therefore is a great gift of God to his people. What love, what mercy God has on us that he saves us even from our love of sin and our desire to sin and works in our hearts a hatred of that sin and a desire to serve him. That's the truth of conversion. A major part of
Because of Jesus Christ, because of His blood and Spirit, because of the work of His Spirit upon all whom Father gave to Jesus, they, we, turn from sin and turn to God in Jesus Christ. But if turning still sounds a little bit abstract for us, especially for our children, we should understand th
Don't be afraid that you are going to be accused of being a legalist or a Pharisee for saying, yes, I can do good works. Because you're not saying that by those good works you can earn salvation. and you're not saying that you can do those good works in your own power. Remember, the catechism ha