What are believers the result of, and what new concept do they have?
Believers are the result of a creative work of a Creator God. Because they are a new person, they have a whole new concept in life, with changed appetites, lifestyle, behavior, and attitude. This change distinguishes them from their former ways, though it does not make them sinless or give them a halo.
Les explains that every believer suddenly has a change of appetites, a change of lifestyle, a change in behavior, and a change in attitude because they are a new person, different from what they were. This does not give them a halo or make them sinless, but it shows they are the result of a creative work of a Creator God and have a whole new concept in life. Les illustrates this with a young man his same age who spent every Saturday night in the tavern and the bar, then came to his class one night and asked why he never saw Les in the bar on Saturday night. Les replied that he did not see him in church on Sunday morning. Their lifestyles and appetites are totally different, as different as daylight and dark. Therefore Les questions professing Christians who see nothing wrong with doing everything the world does, because there must be a change in attitude and behavior. If there is no change, he doubts anything happened. When the change is genuine, he rejoices that the person has come to know the Lord and has been born again.