Most of us have heard various “Christian” phrases; like:

“God takes you as you are.”

“You do not need to clean yourself up to come to Jesus”

These two phrases are true; and this phrase is also true:

“God will take you as you are, but will not leave you as you are”

A person that is changing in the likeness of Christ; turning from sin and living for God more and more every day is the indicator of someone that has been born-again. After all, the Scripture tell us, “he who is in Christ is a new creation (or creature, depending on the translation)”