Good morning lovely steemians ,It is another great day the Lord has done,leading us into another glory.
Today l would like to continue with what the Holy Spirit does for us...
We are considering how the Holy Spirit convicts us....
Scripture
John 16 :8NKJV
"And when he is come, he will reprove the world of sin, and of righteousness, and of judgment"
There meaning of convict is deep such as
- condemn
- find guilty
- Imprison
- pronounce
- guilt
- sentence
There is also another word called convection - Assurance
- certainty
- confidence
The initial activity of the spirit of God in bringing about our salvation is His work of conviction.He causes unbelievers to realize that in their sinfulness they stand guilty before a Holy God,and that they must place their in Christ to experience forgiveness and deliverance from condemnation.
The lord Jesus Christ, on the evening of His betrayal and arrest ,indicated that the Holy spirit would come after His departure to reprove the world of sin.
To reprove means
- Blame
- check
- scold
- reprimand
- reprehend
There are three things to consider when the Holy Spirit is convicting us
Concerning sin, concerning righteousness, concerning judgement
Concerning sin
scripture
John 16:8-9 NKJV
"And when he is come, he will reprove the world of sin, and of righteousness, and of judgment:
Of sin, because they believe not on me;"
Concerning righteousness
scripture
John 16 :10 NKJV
"Of righteousness, because I go to my Father, and ye see me no more"
Concerning Judgement
scripture
John 12 :31 NKJV
"Now is the judgment of this world: now shall the prince of this world be cast out."
It is the spirit of God who make the unbelieving sinner aware of his guilt and his need of salvation.This reproving work of the Holy Spirit in the heart of the sinner is essential.Without it,there would be no recognition of Spiritual need and no desire to accept Christ. Without the convicting work of the spirit ,the sinner would never recognize his spiritual need.
Note that,without the convicting work of the Holy Spirit, the preaching of the cross seems as foolishness and produces no fruit.Apart from the work of the spirit of God,the unsaved evade the truth.They make up their own definition of sin.They formulate their own idea about judgement to come.Therefore ,how thankful we should be for the convicting work of the Holy Spirit that accomplish the proclamation of Gods word.
There is more to learn under what the Holy Spirit spirit does for us...