Acts 10 tells the story of Peter’s “conversion” after his “conversion.” Peter was a Christ follower. He had given his life to Jesus and was giving his life for Jesus. Jesus had made dramatic changes in him and the Holy Spirit continued making those changes. Still, there was more to be done.

You can call it the conversion of the mind. Peter’s heart had been changed and now his thinking needed to catch up. So in a vision God’s Spirit opened the next phase for Peter.

In the message I shared a quote from a book I read twenty-five years ago. When I got out of seminary I read Jim Wallis’ The Call to Conversion: Recovering the Gospel for These Times. It had a powerful impact on me. Here's what Wallis wrote about the continuous nature of conversion...

“This decision to allow ourselves to be remade, this conversion, is neither a static nor a once-and-finished event. It is both a moment and a process of transformation that deepens and extends through the whole of our lives. Many think conversion is only for nonbelievers, but the Bible sees conversion as also necessary for the erring believer, the lukewarm community of faith, the people of God who have fallen into disobedience and idolatry.”

In one particular way my life is like Peters’ – there is still more to be done.