John MacArthur wrote, "There can be no repentance or faith until the heart has been re-created. But in the moment of regeneration the Holy Spirit imparts the gift of repentant faith to sinners, bringing them to saving faith in Christ, and enabling them to turn away from sin. The result is a dramatic conversion."
The Holy Spirit enables your conversion to Christ. Conversion is through "the gift of repentant faith to sinners." When you are converted, repentance and saving faith come together. Repentance means you turn to God by saving faith in Christ.
The Holy Spirit transforms your heart, which is the mind, will and emotions. The result is conversion, turning away from the old life to faith in the Lord Jesus Christ. To be converted means you are free from the old life of bondage to sin, through the power of God in Christ.
The Spirit of God works through the word of God to bring new birth (1 Peter 1:23) MacArthur stated, "The result is a dramatic conversion." To be converted to Christ is by the word of God and the Spirit of God. The gospel of Christ comes to you through the power of the Holy Spirit, with much assurance (1 Thessalonians 1:5).
Conversion means you are God's workmanship as a new creation in Christ (Ephesians 2:10). "Therefore, if any man be in Christ, he is a new creation. Old things have passed away; behold, all things have become new" (2 Corinthians 5:17).
