Thursday, December 13, 2012

What Happens when an Unbeliever becomes a Believer?

If the Spirit joins with the Word in order to effectually call, convict, and illumine the unbeliever, then new spiritual life will be recreated, accompanied by faith and its fruits. By this new life of faith, the once-unbeliever will be irresistibly transformed within and will begin to be shaped into a new form without as well.

--Brian A. DeVries, "The Evangelistic Trialogue: Gospel Communication with the Holy Spirit," Calvin Theological Journal 44, pg. 56.

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