Many who profess to follow Christ have not genuine
religion. They do not reveal in their lives the fruit of true conversion.
They are controlled by the same habits, the same spirit of fault-finding
and selfishness, which controlled them before they accepted Christ.
No one can enter the city of God who has not a knowledge
of genuine conversion. In true conversion the soul is born again. A new
spirit takes possession of the temple of the soul. A new life begins. Christ
is revealed in the character. The spirit of a new life works within. Faith
passes into knowledge, and the word of God is understood. The branch becomes
a living part of the Vine.