Conversion

CONVERSION
THE ACT OF BEING CONVERTED:
1 a : to bring over from one belief, view, or party to another b : to bring about a religious conversion a : to alter the physical or chemical nature( or properties of) b (1) : to change from one form or function to another
I WAS LISTENING TO DAVID JEREMIAH RECALL A TIME THAT HE HAD TO BORROW A CAR TO GO SOMEWHERE HE HAD TO BE. A FRIEND LOANED HIM HIS CAR. HE GOT READY TO GO AND THE GAS GAUGE SHOWED LOW FUEL. HE WENT TO A SERVICE STATION AND WAS GOING TO FILL UP. THE CAR HAD DIESEL EMBLEMS ON THE FENDERS AND THE GAS CAP SAID DIESEL ONLY, SO HE FILLED IT WITH DIESEL, AND WENT ON HIS WAY. AS HE WAS GOING THROUGH A SMALL TOWN ALONG THE WAY THE CAR STARTED TO SPUTTER AND BUCK AND STOPPED DEAD. AN OLDER MAN STOPPED TO SEE IF HE COULD ASSIST. HE RAISED THE HOOD AND SAID THIS IS NOT A DIESEL IT HAS SPARK PLUGS. DAVID CALLED HIS FRIEND AND FOUND THAT HE HAD CONVERTED IT TO A GASOLINE ENGINE AND HAD FORGOTTEN TO TELL HIM.

IT STILL LOOKED LIKE A DIESEL FROM THE OUTSIDE BECAUSE HE NEVER CHANGED THE EMBLEMS AND WARNINGS. IT HOWEVER NOW RAN ON A DIFFERENT FUEL THAN IT USE TOO. IT DID NOT MATTER HOW LONG IT RAN ON DIESEL BEFORE, IT NOW RAN ON GAS, AND DIESEL WOULD CAUSE IT PROBLEMS.
New Living Translation (NLT)Passage Matthew 18:3:3. Then he said, "I tell you the truth, unless you turn from your sins and become like little children, you will never get into the Kingdom of Heaven.
Amplified Bible (AMP)Passage Matthew 18:3:3. And said, Truly I say to you, unless you repent (change, turn about) and become like little children [trusting, lowly, loving, forgiving], you can never enter the kingdom of heaven [at all].
King James Version (KJV)Passage Matthew 18:3:
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.
CONVERTED: TO TURN ONE THING INTO ANOTHER, TURN AROUND

King James Version (KJV)Passage Luke 22:31-32:
31. And the Lord said, Simon, Simon, behold, Satan hath desired to have you, that he may sift you as wheat:
32. But I have prayed for thee, that thy faith fail not: and when thou art converted, strengthen thy brethren.
CONVERTED HERE MEANS TO MAKE AN IMMEDIATE AND DECISIVE CHANGE, A DELIBERATE CHOICE. CONVERSION IS A VOLUNTARY ACT IN RESPONSE TO THE PRESENTATION OF TRUTH.
AT CONVERSION YOU STILL LOOK THE SAME. IT’S THE INNER PERSON THAT HAS CHANGED FROM DARKNESS TO LIGHT. YOU ARE STILL HUMAN. YOU LOOK THE SAME. THE ENGINE OR YOUR HEART IS DIFFERENT. IT HAS BEEN CONVERTED. YOU CAN NOT RUN IT ON THE SAME FUEL THAT IT USE TO RUN ON. IT USE TO RUN ON THE THINGS OF DARKNESS BUT NOW NEEDS LIGHT TO FUEL IT. AS A CHRISTIAN YOU WILL SPUTTER, STALL, AND EVEN STOP DEAD, AND EVEN POSSIBLY SHIPWRECK THE LIVES OF OTHERS IN THE PROCESS IF YOU TRY TO KEEP RUNNING YOUR LIFE ON DARKNESS.
LIGHT FUELED HEARTS CAN NOT RUN ON DARKNESS. DARKNESS FUELED HEARTS CAN NOT RUN ON LIGHT.
WHAT ARE SOME OF THE THINGS THAT FUEL DARKNESS
King James Version (KJV)Passage 2 Timothy 3:1-5:
1. This know also, that in the last days perilous times shall come.
2. For men shall be lovers of their own selves, covetous, boasters, proud, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy,
3. Without natural affection, trucebreakers, false accusers, incontinent(LACKING SELF CONSTRAINT OR CONTROL) good,
4. Traitors, heady, highminded, lovers of pleasures more than lovers of God;
5. Having a form of godliness, but denying the power thereof: from such turn away.

Fear, gossip, being judgemental,and anything else that kills, steals, destroys, or hurts is in the kingdom of darkness.


THINGS THAT FUEL LIGHT.

Passage 1 Corinthians 13 :
1 Corinthians 13
1Though I speak with the tongues of men and of angels, and have not charity, I am become as sounding brass, or a tinkling cymbal.
2And though I have the gift of prophecy, and understand all mysteries, and all knowledge; and though I have all faith, so that I could remove mountains, and have not charity, I am nothing.
3And though I bestow all my goods to feed the poor, and though I give my body to be burned, and have not charity, it profiteth me nothing.
4Charity suffereth long, and is kind; charity envieth not; charity vaunteth not itself, is not puffed up,
5Doth not behave itself unseemly, seeketh not her own, is not easily provoked, thinketh no evil;
6Rejoiceth not in iniquity, but rejoiceth in the truth;
7Beareth all things, believeth all things, hopeth all things, endureth all things.
8Charity never faileth: but whether there be prophecies, they shall fail; whether there be tongues, they shall cease; whether there be knowledge, it shall vanish away.
9For we know in part, and we prophesy in part.
10But when that which is perfect is come, then that which is in part shall be done away.
11When I was a child, I spake as a child, I understood as a child, I thought as a child: but when I became a man, I put away childish things.
12For now we see through a glass, darkly; but then face to face: now I know in part; but then shall I know even as also I am known.
13And now abideth faith, hope, charity, these three; but the greatest of these is charity.
.PHILIPPIANS 4:4-8

4Rejoice in the Lord always: and again I say, Rejoice.
5Let your moderation be known unto all men. The Lord is at hand.
6Be careful for nothing; but in every thing by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known unto God.
7And the peace of God, which passeth all understanding, shall keep your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus.
8Finally, brethren, whatsoever things are true, whatsoever things are honest, whatsoever things are just, whatsoever things are pure, whatsoever things are lovely, whatsoever things are of good report; if there be any virtue, and if there be any praise, think on these things.
THESE ARE SOME OF THE THINGS WE ARE TO FUEL OUR CONVERTED LIVES WITH . ISAIAH.5:20Woe unto them that call evil good, and good evil; that put darkness for light, and light for darkness; that put bitter for sweet, and sweet for bitter!
THERE ARE PEOPLE DOING THAT ALL THE TIME. AND CAUSING PEOPLE WHO TRUST THEM TO END UP A SHIPWRECK . SO MANY CHRISTIANS AND PASTORS AND DENOMINATIONS ARE DOING JUST THAT. THEY TEACH FOR TRUTH THE TRADITIONS OF MEN AND THE DOCTRINES OF DEVILS. WHEN I GOT SAVED I WAS TOLD SO MANY THINGS ABOUT GOD THAT WAS NOT THE TRUTH. THINGS LIKE GOD DOES NOT ALWAYS HEAL. THE BIBLE SAYS JUST THE OPPOSITE. GOD SENT HIS WORD AND HEALED. GOD IS THE SAME YESTERDAY TODAY AND FOREVER. THERE IS NO SHADOW OF TURNING IN HIM. THAT IS JUST ONE PLACE THAT WRONG TEACHING HAS SHIPWRECKED MANY LIVES. I FOUND IN THE WORD OF GOD THAT HE HAD JESUS TAKE ALL OUR SICKNESS AND DISEASES AND BY HIS STRIPES WE WERE HEALED. I HAD TO CHOOSE IN THE FACE OF TRUTH TO CONVERT SOME WRONG THINKING INTO RIGHT THINKING. THE CHURCH HAD ME SO BEAT DOWN AND SICK, BUT GOD HAD A PROVISION TO GET OUT OF ALL THAT AND I FOUND IT AND LAID HOLD OF IT. THE SICKNESS THAT CAME EVERY YEAR NOW HAD TO STOP AND IT DID.
WE MUST LOOK INTO GOD'S WORD AND STAND ON IT AND IT ALONE. OUR SPIRIT IS CONVERTED IN A INSTANT, HOWEVER OUR MIND AND BELIEFS ARE CONVERTED DAILY AS WE CONFRONT TRUTH FROM THE BIBLE AND CHOOSE TO BELIEVE IT OVER ANYTHING ELSE. AS WE DO THAT WE ARE TRANSFORMED INTO THE CHILD OF GOD THAT WE SHOULD BE. IF WE CHOOSE TO NOT ACCEPT THE TRUTH WE STAY CONFORMED TO THIS WORLD.

Romans 12 KJV.
1I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, which is your reasonable service.
2And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God.
TRANSFORMED: TO CHANGE TO ANOTHER, IMPLYING CHANGE.
SOME OF THE MEANINGS OF CONVERTED WERE VERY SIMILAR.
CONVERTED: TO TURN ONE THING INTO ANOTHER, TURN AROUND, TO MAKE AN IMMEDIATE AND DECISIVE CHANGE, A DELIBERATE CHOICE. CONVERSION IS A VOLUNTARY ACT IN RESPONSE TO THE PRESENTATION OF TRUTH.
IN THE PRESENCE OF TRUTH, LIGHT, AND LIFE CHOOSE THESE OVER FALSEHOOD,DARKNESS, AND DEATH.