The Meaning of Conversio Mores

The Prodigal Son (1911), detail by George Grey Barnard

 

THE MEANING OF CONVERSIO MORES 

“Conversion is a grace that motivates us to turn from sin and give ourselves to Jesus—and then to continue turning to him, more and more deeply.” (1)

There are two types of conversion—initial and ongoing.

“In initial conversion, we come to know Jesus and begin to experience the blessings of being members of his body, the church.” (2) 

“Ongoing conversion is the process of pursuing habits that lead to holiness and rooting out those habits that separate us from Jesus.” (3) 

Notes

(1) “Seeing with New Eyes,” The Word Among Us, Volume 23, Number 10 (October 2004), page 14. 

(2) “Going Further with God,” op. cit., page 16. 

(3) Ibid., page 17.

THE MEANING OF “THOSE WHO MOURN”

“Those who mourn” is “those who repent,” from the Greek word, penthos or sorrow.

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“Blessed are those who mourn, for they shall be comforted.”—Matthew 5:4

Paul writes in 2 Corinthians 7:10, “For godly sorrow produces repentance leading to salvation, not to be regretted; but the sorrow of the world produces death.”

...The comfort that Jesus offers to all who mourn with a godly sorrow is that the sin that they repent over can come to an end in their lives.

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—“Blessed are those who mourn,” ActiveChristianity