Conversion is supernatural.
Most Christians would gladly assent to that statement. But we don’t often act like we believe it. We obsess over ministry methods and church programs to the point that anyone on the outside looking in would wonder if we really thought converting a lost soul was up to us. We spend more time thinking about contextualization than we do about Chronicles—as if the former had more power to save than the latter.
As others have often said, we talk about conversion as if it’s making decisions rather than making disciples. We describe faith repentance as “asking Jesus into you’re your heart,” rather than the radical, life-altering response of turning from sin and bowing before the reign of King Jesus. We talk about the glory of a personal relationship with God through Christ but leave folks with the impression that a personal relationship with God can also be a private one, one without the church.
In the Bible, however, conversion is supernatural. It’s a work of God’s Word and Spirit—no less than the same power that brought the universe into existence. And so, the implications for how you conduct your next church membership interviews are enormous.
A SUPERNATURAL
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