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Immediately after the Church began, Peter healed a widely known beggar who had been lame since birth (Acts 3:1-10). This extraordinary event drew the undivided attention of everyone in the temple area. Immediately "all the people ran together . . . greatly amazed" (verse 11). Peter advised the astonished crowd: "Repent therefore and be converted, that your sins may be blotted out . . ." (Acts 3:19).
Paul, on another occasion, wrote to the Christian converts in Rome: ". . . Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind . . ." (Romans 12:2).
What do these commands-repent, be converted, be transformed-mean to anyone who wishes to be a part of the Church of God?
The word repent, translated from the Greek metanoeo, literally means "to perceive afterwards" (Vine's Complete Expository Dictionary of Old and New Testament Words, 1985, "Repent"). It conveys the concept that one must recognize and admit his sins and acknowledge the need to change his mind, heart and behavior.
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