“I HATE that word conversion,” said a preacher in a certain town the other day;” one would think, to hear some folk talk, that a person had to undergo some great change.”
Evidently he had not undergone any change, for it is a great change to be turned from darkness to light, and from the power of Satan to God. It is a great change from rushing down to Hell, on the broad road, to marching on the narrow road to Glory.
Conversion is a real thing. The Apostle Paul was before his conversion a blasphemer and a persecutor and injurious. After his conversion he became a most devoted servant of the Lord, and strengthened his brethren.
Do you, dear reader, hate that word conversion? Scripture says, “Repent ye therefore, and be converted, that your sins may be blotted out” (Acts 3:1919Repent ye therefore, and be converted, that your sins may be blotted out, when the times of refreshing shall come from the presence of the Lord; (Acts 3:19)). Why, we love that word conversion, and would not be unconverted lads for all New Zealand.
“For what shall it profit a man, if he shall gain the whole world and lose his own soul? or what shall a man give in exchange for his soul?” Again, “Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ and thou shalt be saved.” Conversion is an absolute necessity if you are to be saved. Are you converted?
WILL AND WILL.