conversion / transformation

At the point of conversion, a person makes a decision to make Jesus the LORD of their life. Roberts also says conversion is to change religions. This choice is followed by a change in lifestyle and an individual growing to become more and more like Christ. Roberts says transformation means to become new. The apostle Paul said “if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation,” which seems to me to be describing a conversion. However, I still believe Paul and Roberts are on the same page. Paul is describing a person whose standing with God is changed. A Christian has been saved, is being saved and will be saved. At conversion they were changed, but Roberts urges Christians to continue to change; to transform their lives and align with the will of the Father. I believe Christians should continue to allow the Holy Spirit to work in their lives and mold them into who they were meant to be. When we yield to the will of the Father we take part in the transformation process and become Kingdom citizens.