12-4-60 Conversion, what is it?

8/6/2019 12-4-60 Conversion, what is it?

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;:__ScriptureL .ton: - .I; ... : r_: ~I'-(J_ Text- - ..Matthew l8~ 1-."Except. ye be co~e~ted

become as little children, ye shall no'b .bte~theifingdom O'f Jfeav ~ ~ :. J.1:titfuJ!uet1on: - The':t'E1bl~ j:.&&cliIJS tbat ;:P0d___1.a.

..'holy a~ righteGu~ God._ He capnot- tolerate _sin. Sin, -=gEipa~aie. trom God .. Itortnss the- wratH r-o~ God(. upon the huma.n


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conversion with the keeping of the law. The law of 1Moses i sat ~orth ~ speoifio er ma inthe Bibleand the purpose of the law 1s made olea.r.It was not offered at any time as a panaoea tor theworld '....8 tila. I : t . _ wa.. given &S"'1l diagnosis ot'_the- ' ~~worlds j,~l.a. ;tt outlines th ~ reason tor our troubl ..... "'h - - - \no v ._ CUl"a.._- - t ' .. -, 1'l'fl,. SQJ;'1Pt~es 8~, "Now we.know ,that what tb~

soaTer tb:e law salth._ 1tsai't.h to -tp~m ''!h-O$zee urlderlthe la.w: 'Ilia't. every rm o uth may be atoppad, ana allthli world. .:may beoome guilty "before Goo.::': (Rom. 3:-1 \the _ali ha..gi"llen a; revelation of man's unrlghteow:-'ness, am.--1iha ,'rord of' GOd;,says IIBy' the ~


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. ,it 0Oonvars~on may fo~low a great crisia ia a_.person-s,life, such as~thEl..:lo8~ or we~lt!l or~a~ -sudden bereavement.

ria may say then, that conver-aaon can be an in-~ B~~~~aous e v e n t , ~ criBi! In-wh~c~ th~ person. r . e e, e ;l v as clear revelation o f the, lovs-of Ged.;)'~'. . . . . -;., - -- _ ~"-O~ it._. _(1_anhe graduaJ. J.til.fbldlIlent~ '.atr_co_mp~edbya-momen~when the line 4 crQBsSd betwee~dar~m e s s aild. Ught~ betwae __eath._ and, ~U"'. flY rl.ast-ing. ,_ ;J, _~

-Ae t u& l l y , biblica.l cOIlYerf3 '>1:on invo~vaS: t.hl'ee et.sft~s. Two of ,these steps -are ae-tlve ana. one ()ft~m_la pa8B2v~.

In an active eonvers1on'1repsnt~ce andrt41~are invo;lved. Repenj:.anc_Et i eonve:-slon_,;Y1 .. ed".1'rom.ite str;a;tlng po.1nt,: the turning away fromr the _former lit.a.itb 1 n d ioat.ea thS objeat1vepoint Q of eonv~rs1on, ...tP! turning LO G - o d . . . T1:ia-thiN p_o1nt .-e- may eall th.e new b_irth, or regen-eration.

Now in or der to get to heav~n, Jesus said hat\,.__ . au must pe CODverted . I didnot ~say it, ,Jesu.s

said it.,; 'l'b.1e 11i n6t man" B ~op1fi1(nl; 'it 1.s God r B. op1.!l1on. J.SjlS aala,~~rExe_aPt"s De eonV' rtec!, _and I

'-....- ,::becoma a. little Qh11dren, ye aha1:l ot. enter in-_t the ~K1ngdGmof .Heavan~ : r _ _,

True, comrers1on will invol e the total.. miM, th~- tota.:l aff ottan.,. and' the total wi-l Th~re are_a.oQ.8al}ia t people who have been tntltl'1.eotual1yeonvertecl to GJ;'&rfst._They bel1ey.e tn satIre.Bib:b Hey believe all ab ou .t J es us , b ut" -" ti n~h~ve neV r been really convertee to him; _J

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,.. ~ .... s-- .~ r~. -There is a vast difference between 'intellectual~ -.0( ,. I:conveps1on and the total c o n v e r - s 1 o n 'tha.t~s~vasthe. . . . . ~~soul. . . .

= - ~'he~e ~.~ thO}~:UU~B of' pa?ple 'who h~ve ! 3 _ . 0 ~ e - 1. f9r~


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God has made tile way ~rrs-alyat10n so plain~hat the "wayfarfng men" tholJ8!l ~ool.,l.shall noter r tb~r e1 n. No per solf ~3.1 1 ever be bar r ed fr.omthe k~om o~ G o d beoause.he did not h~ve the oa,

. erst-and. -The rich li\nd~the poor, theand the s1m~e. all can _be~oonvertoo:. . _. _III.,..

--The converted per son w1 l1 lova what he .&.heha ed, ami hate what he onee loved~ Tiler "wl1~ bea change at baart about God. Wh~re lie 'on e~muhave beei oare~.8. about(God, 11v~ in oQnstant-. te ar . d re ad ._aM I!lrt.tagon1sm te- God, he now finds

~ h1 m s" ,1 :tn S o state of" reverence', -oonfidence, ob-edien e ~~devotlon. Ther ::e~wl1 ibe a "rner nt1a.1fear_of God,' a c~nstant sr~t1tU4e to q~, and S onew lOlallty ..to him.Betore C'" nverslon-the -$ l I l I o Yhave been gratification of the"'!'lesh.Culture andintellectual pursuits or the making of m on ey _m ayha.ve been of first and su_preme importance... Now,_righteoueess and holiness of' heart, a.nd living tl:lthe Chrl1Lst1a.n1 . 1 1 ' . 8 w1ll be p~aoed. above a.ll othErconcerns ,- for the pleas'Omg of Christ will be theonly thing of real importanoe .Con~~us1on~-Conversionmeans a c om pl ~te o han geot life. inthe individual, and more 1mportant.h1sacceptanoe inthe kingdom of' God through the :f1n1

-.. ad work of' Ch1rst on the cross.A woman ~~~~~t~~~~

relates the following exper1ence~ She had -beenconfused J bewilder_ed and very unAaPPy in her life.She h~ been eontemplating suicide. Then one dayshe wa.s listening to the radio when a religious _.../


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( . ~pr ogr am~eame on. 8he 'listiened. It was a pr ogr ~ inIwh;ch conversion was stressed. -After the -p rogramJsne tur ned off her r adio, knelt in'her l1 ving r oomand reoelved.Chr1st. Bhe said hap husband, whomshe:f orme r y hate d, s he ~n ow 1eved: 9r oh1ldren1m-~mediatelY saw-a dlrrerenoe~ h e r . She was a betterho us ek ee pe r -. S he joined a ohurch and.has won herfather and several of'*her clos.est friends. She Jsays that her fears, -"-doubts, andconfus~onB are&-'"thlng of the past. She ,nowhas hope, l!ves a .dfl"feren.t lite, a n d h a s l o v e f'Qr ev~:ryone. Her . . . . . . . _ _ _ _s 1 J 1 s , w h 1 c h . w l i S r e lila.ny;,havellJbeen forgiven.~Tb1s can hap~.n to you, 1f you sur render ~our 11fe. to~0hr1st, surrender yoyr heart to Chrtst. Yes,yolt csn be oha;ngl, you can DBhappy; why live a._m_iserable life, a:we.y-trom God, whe~ he wants tobe your guide ~ f'r1.end. Dt>n!t put 1t o.t:f. Tomorr-be. too- l&te~

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12-4-60 Conversion, what is it?