Yesterday I wrote about a couple that my wife and I were discipling. As I said yesterday, when he began the course he was not a Christian. Whenever we asked him why he told us that in order to become a Christian he needed to repent. He told us that repentance was the most difficult thing that he ever had to do because it involved changing the way he thought about everything.
One night I suggested that he read C. S. Lewis's book, Mere Christianity. That Saturday his wife was at a church yard sale and there she found a copy of the book. He immediately read the book. However this only confirmed in him the need for repentance and the difficulty in repenting.
One night we showed up for the discipling course and his wife told us that he had something to share. He told us that he had become a Christian that day. What changed his mind? He said it was a matter of letting God deal with the situation he was facing regarding his work and whatever the consequences of his decision he would leave it to the Lord. Immediately the burden was lifted, he was able to repent and God came into his life.
Once again they taught us the lesson that it is only the Holy Spirit that can bring repentance and without repentance there is no salvation.
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