Days of Praise Podcast
Be Truly Converted
Welcome to the Days of Praise podcast, a daily devotional by the Institute for Creation Research. Be truly converted. Repent 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. To be converted can mean many things. The Greek word simply means to turn or change directions. Christian conversion, however, refers to turning away from the whole world system and turning to God through Christ. Similarly, to repent in the Greek, essentially means to think differently and in a Christian context to change one's whole thought process from worldly reasoning to spiritual, centered in Christ and the scriptures. Genuine Christian repentance and conversion result in having one's sins blotted out and thus true times of refreshing from the Lord. But without real repentance and conversion, there is no salvation. Jesus said, "except you repent, you shall all likewise perish." And he also said, "except you be converted and become his little children, you shall not enter into the kingdom of heaven." There are, sad to say, multitudes of men and women who think they are Christians but are not. This is evidenced by the lack of real change in their thinking and living from the beliefs and practices of the world. If any man be in Christ, he is a new creature, old things are passed away, behold, all things are become new. Christ himself has warned that many will say to me in that day, "Lord, Lord, and then will I profess unto them, I never knew you. Therefore it behooves all who profess Christ to seriously review their personal belief and behavior in terms of their conformity to the world of men or to the word of God." As Paul exhorted, examine yourselves whether you be in the faith, prove your own selves. If you've enjoyed today's devotional, be sure to subscribe wherever you listen to podcasts, and please rate and review so more listeners can find us. To support ICR's ministry, visit icr.org/donate. Your gift of any amount helps us reach others with biblical truth and encouragement. Thanks for listening, we hope you'll start each day with day's praise.