Devotion: 10/1 - The Opened Sight

Today's reflection explains why some people still are the same after their "conversion" experience. There needs to be regeneration. And regeneration is to receive true forgiveness of sins in your heart. It is not your decision to follow Jesus that saves you. It is the forgiveness of your sins by the blood of Christ that truly saves you. If we do not receive this gift, we are still sinners. This is what it means to be truly born again. Many people look for the "conversion" experience, or the "religious" high when they go to church or some evangelistic events, but we must not forget that conversion does not save you. It is merely the Spirit opening our eyes to see God for the first time. We need to take the next step to leap into faith to be renewed by God, shaped by His own mighty hands.