#67 WHEN THOU ART CONVERTED

Pastor Singh differentiates between first and second-generation Christians. Saved out of the world, first-generation Christians often experience dramatic conversions from a life of sin. Second-generation Christians are their children, who have grown up in the church. They often are presumed to be saved when, in fact, they usually are not. The second-generation also need a personal experience with Christ because they, though raised in a Christian environment, were also "shaped in iniquity; in sin, their parents conceived them." (Ps. 51:5) "By the time you reach the third-generation, and beyond, we find traditionalism masquerading as salvation," Pastor Singh emphasizes. Traditionalism results in a church full of unconverted people. They act out the mechanics of religion, believing they are saved when they are not. This condition confronted Jesus found when he "came unto his own, but his own received him not." (John 1:11)