What happens when our missions produce a deficient view of conversion?

This morning I read a interesting article by Petar Nenadov title The Pressures of Persecution. First, it helped me know how to better pray for believers in the 10/40 window. Personally I have several friends who live in the 10/40 window. Eight years ago, my friend came to Christ. After she told her family, her father held a "fake" funeral, even buying a tombstone with her birth date and the day she came to Christ as the date of her death. Her family ordered her to leave the country and never come back or she will be killed. Persecution in Muslim countries is real and intense. 

Second, it highlights a problem with large missions organizations. What is success in ministry? For example, what is the first question a  fellow Christian ask his or her friend?- "How many people go to your Church?" Hardly is it asked,  "Can your flock or students in your ministry handle the Bible correctly? or Does your church leadership or student leaders understand the doctrines found in Scripture" (1 Timothy 4:6-16)? In my experience topics such as understanding God's love, wrath, sovereignty (in both His plan for the world and salvation), the Holy Spirit, how the Old Testament relates to the New Testament, which laws do we obey today, and understanding God's will for my life are hardly discussed, and if they are discussed it is superficial at best. Going deep into the Bible is a rare jewel nowadays.

Lastly, this article brings me back to two words that if understood correctly could solve a lot of problems. Justification and Sanctification. What did Jesus accomplish for EVERY believer when He died on the cross? That is the ultimate question. Did Jesus' death ONLY accomplish forgiveness of sins? Hebrews 10:14-18 explains it well. Hebrews 10:14, "For by a single offering He has perfected for all time those who are being sanctified" and in verse 16, "This is the covenant that I will make with them after those days, declares the Lord: I will put my laws on their hearts, and write them on their minds" For those who believe, Jesus' death, through God's loving election, and through the Holy Spirit = gave a new heart to EVERY believer and all of the believers sins are forgiven. That is the point of John 3 and Jesus' interaction with Nicodemus. A believer's life WILL change. He or she WILL love God (1 Peter 1:8-9)  and he or she will love God's commands (1 John 5:3). Every believer experiences justification and sanctification or another way to say it is - every believer has their sins forgiven and has been born again to love and obey their Lord. Both Justification and sanctification were paid for on the cross by His blood. As has been said so many times this Christmas season, Jesus was born to die! And for that I thank Him.