Two words - conversion and revival - used to describe the process of our
salvation.
Conversion is what a person does, and God makes a revival. Thus, the
appeal is human, and the revival is the God's side of the same process.
In a night conversation with Nicodemus, Jesus said, "If one is not
born again, he cannot see the Kingdom of God" (John 3.3). Hence, the birth
from above is necessary in order to get to heaven. Being born again, like a
natural birth, is a passive process. With natural birth, we come into this
world and become its citizens. In the same way, the right to a heavenly
residence we receive only through birth. Since we have all been born once, the
Bible calls this the second birth with the right to eternal life by birth from
above.
In
repentance, we renounce the old sinful way of life and turn to Christ. Who will
turn to God all his sinful, he becomes his in the sky. God is responsible for
giving us a new, eternal life; It is our birth from above. With any external
symbol this process is not connected, but life in Christ soon becomes marked by
the visible fruits of the spirit, which are the essence of love, joy, peace,
patience, goodness (kindness), mercy, Faith, meekness, abstinence (Gal 5.22-23).
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