Conversion: The turning of a sinner to God
(Acts 15:3) In a general sense the
heathen are said to be "converted" when they abandon heathenism and
embrace the Christian faith; and in a more special sense men are
converted when, by the influence of divine grace in their souls,
their whole life is changed, old things pass away, and all things
become new
(Acts 26:18) Thus we speak of the conversion of the
Philippian jailer
(Acts 16:19-34) of Paul
(Acts 9:1-22) of the Ethiopian
treasurer
(Acts 8:26-40) of Cornelius
(Acts 10:1)ff of Lydia
(Acts 16:13-15) and others.
