JESUS said:
John 4:14
King James Version
14 But whosoever drinketh of the water
that I shall give him shall never thirst;
but the water that I shall give him
shall be in him a well of water
springing up into everlasting life.
What is conversion?
What are you converted from?
What are you converted to?
Is it necessary to change?
What happens when you don't?
What does the Bible say?
I especially like this Merriam-Webster definition of "conversion":
5 : something converted from one use to another
That's exactly what I thought of conversion, too.
Something like "repurposed".
Which Merriam-Webster defines as:
given a new purpose or use to
Christian Answers defines "conversion" as:
"the turning of a sinner to God"
JESUS defines "conversion" this way:
Matthew 18:3
King James Version
3 And said,
Verily I say unto you,
Except ye be converted,
and become as little children,
ye shall not enter into the kingdom of heaven.
John 3:3-7
King James Version
3 Jesus answered and said unto him,
Verily, verily, I say unto thee,
Except a man be born again,
he cannot see the kingdom of God.
4 Nicodemus saith unto him,
How can a man be born when he is old?
can he enter the second time into his mother's womb,
and be born?
5 Jesus answered,
Verily, verily, I say unto thee,
Except a man be born of water and of the Spirit,
he cannot enter into the kingdom of God.
6 That which is born of the flesh is flesh;
and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit.
7 Marvel not that I said unto thee,
Ye must be born again.
The following verses tell us more.
On what conversion is really all about:
2 Corinthians 5:17
King James Version
17 Therefore if any man be in Christ,
he is a new creature:
old things are passed away;
behold, all things are become new.
Ephesians 2:13
King James Version
13 But now in Christ Jesus
ye who sometimes were far off
are made nigh by the blood of Christ.
Ephesians 2:19
King James Version
19 Now therefore
ye are no more strangers and foreigners,
but fellowcitizens with the saints,
and of the household of God;
Ephesians 4:22-24
King James Version
22 That ye put off
concerning the former conversation the old man,
which is corrupt according to the deceitful lusts;
23 And be renewed in the spirit of your mind;
24 And that ye put on the new man,
which after God is created
in righteousness and true holiness.
2 Timothy 2:20-21
King James Version
20 But in a great house
there are not only vessels of gold and of silver,
but also of wood and of earth;
and some to honour, and some to dishonour.
21 If a man therefore purge himself from these,
he shall be a vessel unto honour,
sanctified,
and meet for the master's use,
and prepared unto every good work.
That's why we need to be born again.
For these very reasons:
Psalm 37:20
King James Version
20 But the wicked shall perish,
and the enemies of the Lord
shall be as the fat of lambs:
they shall consume;
into smoke shall they consume away.
Mark 1:15
King James Version
15 And saying,
The time is fulfilled,
and the kingdom of God is at hand:
repent ye,
and believe the gospel.
John 8:24
King James Version
24 I said therefore unto you,
that ye shall die in your sins:
for if ye believe not that I am he,
ye shall die in your sins.
Acts 2:38
King James Version
38 Then Peter said unto them,
Repent,
and be baptized every one of you
in the name of Jesus Christ
for the remission of sins,
and ye shall receive
the gift of the Holy Ghost.
Acts 3:19
King James Version
19 Repent 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.
Romans 6:23
King James Version
23 For the wages of sin is death;
but the gift of God is eternal life
through Jesus Christ our Lord.
1 Corinthians 6:9-10
King James Version
9 Know ye not that the unrighteous
shall not inherit the kingdom of God?
Be not deceived:
neither fornicators, nor idolaters,
nor adulterers, nor effeminate,
nor abusers of themselves with mankind,
10 Nor thieves, nor covetous, nor drunkards,
nor revilers, nor extortioners,
shall inherit the kingdom of God.
1 Corinthians 15:34
King James Version
34 Awake to righteousness, and sin not;
for some have not the knowledge of God:
I speak this to your shame.
1 Corinthians 15:50
King James Version
50 Now this I say, brethren,
that flesh and blood cannot inherit
the kingdom of God;
neither doth corruption inherit incorruption.
1 Corinthians 15:52-53
King James Version
52 In a moment,
in the twinkling of an eye,
at the last trump:
for the trumpet shall sound,
and the dead shall be raised incorruptible,
and we shall be changed.
53 For this corruptible must put on incorruption,
and this mortal must put on immortality.
Galatians 5:19-21
King James Version
19 Now the works of the flesh are manifest,
which are these;
Adultery, fornication, uncleanness, lasciviousness,
20 Idolatry, witchcraft, hatred, variance,
emulations, wrath, strife, seditions, heresies,
21 Envyings, murders, drunkenness,
revellings, and such like:
of the which I tell you before,
as I have also told you in time past,
that they which do such things
shall not inherit the kingdom of God.
James 1:21
King James Version
21 Wherefore lay apart
all filthiness and superfluity of naughtiness,
and receive with meekness the engrafted word,
which is able to save your souls.
It's all preparation now.
The Rapture can occur any moment GOD chooses.
Time for conversion.
Time to be born again.
Time to repent.
Time to believe the gospel.
Turn to JESUS now!
Romans 10:13
King James Version
13 For whosoever shall call
upon the name of the Lord
shall be saved.
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