How Long Does It Take to Be Converted?

Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association · Battle Creek, Mich. · Jul 28, 1874

How Long Does It Take to Be Converted?

“How long does it take to be converted?” said a young man to his father. “How long,” said his father, “does it take the judge to discharge the prisoner when the jury have brought him in not guilty?” “Only a minute.”

“When a sinner is convinced that he is a sinner, and is sorry for it, when he desires forgiveness and deliverance from sin, and believes that Christ is able and willing to save him, he can be discharged by the judge. It does not take God a long time to discharge a penitent soul from the condemnation and power of sin.”