I told him, every time he heard someone take the Lord's name in vain, to bless the holy name in his heart, to pray for the person swearing, and to wait for an opportunity to evangelize him. This requires our conversion. But both of these are necessary to conversion. Justification is the work of the sacrifice of Jesus Christ on our behalf. It is an act of God, an unmerited gift received through faith, and faith itself is the unmerited gift of the Holy Spirit.
Justification immediately brings forth sanctification.
This grace all the while strengthens and enhances my own genuine free will, until it comes to perfection in the true service of God. In thinking of Christian moral standards, we need to think under the terms of this great Article, which admirably summarizes the Scriptures on conversion. For it is only out of a true and lively faith that behavior pleasing and acceptable to God springs, as fruit does from a tree. An example comes to mind. She looked up our church in the yellow pages.