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True repentance results in a turning from sin and an inner renewal which can only be brought about by God, who draws people to himself and who, through Jesus Christ, gives forgiveness and new life.

Deuteronomy 4:30-31

Conversion as turning to God

Luke 1:16-17

Turning back to God

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Deuteronomy 30:2-3,10
Luke 22:32
James 5:19-20
Acts 14:15

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Turning from idolatry

1 Samuel 7:3
Jeremiah 3:12-13; 4:1-2
1 Thessalonians 1:9-10
2 Kings 17:13-14
Isaiah 55:6-7

Turning from sinful ways

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2 Kings 13:11; 14:24; 15:9
Jeremiah 18:11; 25:5
Ezekiel 18:23
Daniel 9:13
Acts 3:19

Conversion as a turning away from unbelief to faith

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It is linked to repentance

Ezekiel 14:6; 18:30
Acts 26:20
Acts 11:21

It is linked to coming to faith

2 Corinthians 5:17

Conversion brings new life

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It results in a transformed life

Romans 12:2
2 Corinthians 3:18
Galatians 6:14-15
Romans 6:3-4

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It is symbolised in baptism

Colossians 2:12; 3:1-3
Hosea 12:6
Matthew 18:3-4

It demands a new lifestyle

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Galatians 5:22-24
Ephesians 4:1; 5:8-11
1 Peter 2:11-12
Galatians 4:7

Conversion brings a new relationship with God

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It brings a new status

Galatians 3:26-29
1 John 3:1
1 Peter 2:9-10
2 Corinthians 3:15-16

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It brings a new understanding

Jeremiah 31:34
Hebrews 8:11
Jeremiah 24:7

Conversion is a work of God

Lamentations 5:21

God turns people to himself

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1 Kings 8:58
Jeremiah 31:18
Ezekiel 36:26-27
John 6:44; 15:16
Ephesians 2:12-13
James 1:17-18

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God gives new birth

John 3:3-6
Titus 3:4-5
1 Peter 1:23

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1055 God, grace & mercy
3230 Holy Spirit & regeneration
5016 heart, fallen & redeemed
6666 grace
6698 newness
6728 regeneration
6732 repentance
6740 returning to God
7908 baptism, significance
8020 faith
8138 monotheism
8144 renewal
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