 Conversion or regeneration in the strict sense of the term is the work of divine grace and power by which man, born of the flesh, and void of all power to think, to will, or to do any good thing, and dead in sin is, through the gospel and holy baptism, taken from a state of sin and spiritual death under God's wrath into a state of spiritual life of faith and grace, rendered able to will and to do what is spiritually good and, especially, led to accept the benefits of the redemption which is in Christ Jesus.Lutherans disagree with those that make predestination the source of salvation rather than Christ's suffering, death, and resurrection.Lutherans reject the Calvinist doctrine of the perseverance of the saints.