But, I know Lutherans also believe that an individual can be saved wihout baptism by faith in Jesus Christ because all Christians are actually justified by faith. Thanks for the website. It has been a great help. I hope you stay encouraged to continue doing the work of spreading the Good News. Conversion is the bestowal of faith by the Holy Spirit working through the means of grace.
Conversion is synonymous with regeneration or being born again.
Conversion is not a process, but it is instantaneous. A person is either a believer or he is not a believer. He is either converted and regenerated or he is unconverted and unregenerate. The gospel in God's Word and the Sacraments nourishes faith and causes it to grow in strength and in the production of good works which are the fruit of faith. If a person who was baptized as an infant subsequently falls from faith, he needs to be called to repentance.