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CHAPTER III. 



CONVERSION. 



"WE must be born anew." "As we have borne the 

 image of the earthy, we shall also bear the image 

 of the heavenly, even of the Lord from heaven." 

 Such is the teaching of Divine Wisdom as to the 

 necessity of Regeneration. The meaning of this has 

 been considered in the foregoing chapter; and it 

 is now time to ask the question, What do Professor 

 Drummond, and the entire school of thought to 

 which he belongs, mean by habitually using the 

 word Conversion in place of Regeneration ? 



The most obvious reply is that the words are 

 synonymously used in the teaching of Christ : that 

 the saying to the disciples, " Except ye be converted 

 and become as little children, ye shall in no wise 

 enter the kingdom of heaven," l is a mere repetition 

 of the saying to Nicodemus, "Except a man be born 

 of water and of the Spirit, he cannot enter into 

 the kingdom of God." But there are many reasons 

 why this view is untenable. In the first place, it 

 1 Matt, xviii. 3. 



