Our True Conversion

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2 Cor. 5:17 “Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; the old has gone, the new has come!”

The late D.L. Moody is arguably one of the greatest evangelists of the 19th Century. One night while riding a train, a drunken man approached him and talked to him. “Mr. Moody, I’m one of your converts,” said the drunken man. Moody replied, “Yes, I can see that. I’m afraid you are, because you’re obviously not a covert of the Lord.”

If we are the one who converts a person, that person is actually not converted. No true conversion had happened. Because true conversion starts by quickening our spirit (Eph. 2:1). And only the Lord Jesus can do that. If God isn’t involved in our conversion, if we are mere professors, we won’t last. But those that the Lord justifies, He glorifies. They will last. It is sure. “He who began a good work in you WILL carry it on until the day of completion.” (Phil 1:6)