I got off of work around 10:30 last night, and as I was driving home-feeling a little sleepy-I started flipping through the radio channels so I that I could listen to the news.
I came across a female talkshow host talking to a caller about the caller's boyfriend who had been unfaithful, but now claimed to have "found God". The caller wanted to know if she should believe what her boyfriend was telling her.
The talkshow host laid it out to her. "I would not take him back, unless what he is saying is true. But you would know if he had really found God. It is a drastic life change, like a personality 180. You would know if he had really found God."
The radio host relayed that she knew this because of a couple she had seen this actually happen to. They were in church every week; they were reading and studying their Bibles everyday; they prayed all of the time. Everything about them seemed to change, for the better.
I think most "churched" people would agree that when an unsaved person accepts Jesus as their Savior, there should be a definite difference in their life, brought about by the Holy Spirit working in their life.
What about that fifteen year old son of a preacher who makes a profession of salvation?
We may think that a young person who has grown up in a Christian home will not seem much different from what he was before. Is that the way the Bible shows it though?
Of course any person who confesses Jesus should change, but I think that even those raised in a Godly home should show more personality and character change than anyone.
The radio's hosts opinion on real conversion certainly made me think about "ye shall know them by their fruits".
What are your thoughts on this?
