CONVERSIONS, CONSEQUENCES OF

When many people are converted they make the mistake of thinking that the battle was already theirs, that the victory is now won. But, after serving Christ for a few months, we realize that conversion is like enlisting in the army: there is a battle at hand and many more in the future.250

In England there is a paper factory that makes the finest stationery in the world. One day a man touring the factory asked what it was made from. He was shown a huge pile of old rags and told that the rag content was what determined the quality of the paper. The visitor wouldn’t believe it. In weeks he received from the company a package of paper with his initials embossed on it. On the top piece were written the words “Dirty rags transformed.”

The same is true of the Christian life. It is a process of transformation from what we were into something new and wonderful.251