The necessary result of God’s saving work is a transformed person. When a soul is redeemed, Christ gives a new heart (cf. Ezekiel 36:26). Implicit in that change of heart is a new set of desires – a desire to please God, to obey, and to reflect His righteousness. If such a change does not occur, there is no reason to think genuine salvation has taken place.-John MacArthur, The Gospel According to Jesus, © John MacArthur, 1988, p. 96.

Great hopes make everything great possible.- Benjamin Franklin