“Turned” – From What to What?
Acts 26:18 suggests six powerful contrasts between the unsaved and the saved individual which help define the effects of conversion (to “turn”). Sometimes the contrasts are stated explicitly; other times, one side or the other is implied [noted in squared brackets]. They are as follows.
1) From spiritual darkness to the light (with eyes now opened)
2) From the power of Satan to a personal relationship with God
3) [Guilty and condemned] to sins forgiven
4) [No ultimate future but death and hell] to an eternal inheritance from God (cf. I Pet. 1:3-4)
5) [Separated from God] to separated unto God (sanctified)
6) [No faith in Christ] to faith in Christ