CONVICTION

 

 

John 16:8 ”And when he is come, he will reprove the world of sin, and of righteousness, and of judgment.”

 

The Ministry of the Spirit . . . . . concerning sin, righteousness, and judgment. He comes to this earth which already is convicted of these three things but now with a new message concerning these three. All 3 have a new center which is Christocentric, just as with the ministry to the Church.

        Should produce activity, which is the basis of faith. If there be no conviction, faith is impossible.

        This is essentially a mental concept, a change of mind about the whole relationship of the man to the way he has been living his life, with self at the center and God shut out.

John 16:8; Eph. 5:11, 13; Acts 2:37 at Pentecost; Isa. 1:18

 

"And have no fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness, but rather reprove them."

"But all things that are reproved are made manifest by the light: for whatsoever doth make manifest is light."

"Now when they heard this, they were pricked in their heart, and said unto Peter and to the rest of the apostles, Men and brethren, what shall we do?"

"Come now, and let us reason together, saith the LORD: though your sins be as scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they be red like crimson, they shall be as wool."