Becoming a Christian today
Is both a choice and a process.
That joyful journey begins with faith,
Repentance and baptism to progress
The Spirit of the Lord converts us
Into something better than we were before
To become but a new creature, thus
With our hearts changed to do evil no more
We are transformed through conversion
The Holy Ghost confirms this always
From our old sins we gain a remission
And, through faith, the old things in us pass away
But what of my past?" Some might say
Being filled with a lifetime of regret and remorse
God cares a lot more about who we are
And who we are becoming than about who we once were
From here our discipleship continues
Learning and growing in faith
Repenting daily trying to choose
The path that our Savior has laid
Verse 1] Becoming a Christian today Is both a choice and a process That joyful journey begins with faith Repentance and baptism to progress The Spirit of the Lord converts us Into something better than we were before To become but a new creature, thus With our hearts changed to do evil no more [Chorus] We are transformed As Christians Through conversion The Holy Ghost confirms this always We gain remission The old things pass away [Verse 2] But what of my past? Some might say Being filled with a lifetime of regret and remorse God cares a lot more about who we are And who we are becoming than about who we once were [Chorus] We are transformed As Christians Through conversion The Holy Ghost confirms this always We gain remission The old things pass away [Bridge] From here our discipleship continues Learning and growing in faith Repenting daily trying to choose The path that our Savior has laid [Final Chorus] We are transformed As Christians Through conversion The Holy Ghost confirms this always We gain remission The old things pass away Through Christ's atonement always
because someone was raised in a Christian home, or it can result from a believer sharing their faith with someone who is unsure about God or Christ. Regardless, each of us will be affected in our faith journey by the beliefs and examples of others. As we seek to become disciples of Jesus Christ, we can feel the Holy Ghost bearing witness to our souls that we are children of a loving Father in Heaven (see Acts 17:28–29) and that Jesus Christ is our Savior who offers us eternal life. And from there, our discipleship continues.
True conversion to Christ always consists of the Spirit of the Lord converting or changing us into something better than we were without Him. As the Apostle Paul explained, “Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new” (2 Corinthians 5:17). Elder Dale G. Renlund of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles described the fruit of this ongoing transformation: “Our hearts are changed, and ‘we have no more disposition to do evil, but to do good continually’ [Mosiah 5:2]. … God cares a lot more about who we are and who we are becoming than about who we once were” (“Lifelong Conversion” [Brigham Young University devotional, Sept. 14, 2021], 4, speeches.byu.edu). Ultimately, this divine transformation—rooted in faith in Christ’s divinity and His sacrifice on our behalf—is at the core of what it means to be a Christian.
https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/learn/articles/what-does-it-mean-to-be-christian?lang=eng
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