Teach / Remind
John 14:26 | But the Comforter, which is the Holy Ghost, whom the Father will send in my name, he shall:
teach you all things And bring all things to your remembrance, whatsoever I have said unto you. |
Testify of Yeshua
John 15:26 | But when the Comforter is come, whom I will send unto you from the Father, even the Spirit of truth, which proceedeth from the Father, he shall testify of me: |
Reprove
John 16:8 | And when he is come, he will reprove the world of sin, and of righteousness, and of judgment: 9: Of sin, because they believe not on me; 10: Of righteousness, because I go to my Father, and ye see me no more; 11: Of judgment, because the prince of this world is judged. |
1 John 2:15 | Love not the world, neither the things that are in the world. If any man love the world, the love of the Father is not in him. 16: For all that is in the world, the lust of the flesh, and the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life, is not of the Father, but is of the world. |
James 4:4 | Ye adulterers and adulteresses, know ye not that the friendship of the world is enmity with God? whosoever therefore will be a friend of the world is the enemy of God.
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1 John 3:1-13 | ...The world knoweth us not... |
Christian preachers may point out error. We may define sin with absolute clarity and untiring zeal. We may silence the opposition with an array of unassailable scriptural facts. But that is only a minor part in the process of salvation. In the final analysis it is up to the Holy Spirit to convict the sinner of sin. Until that divine work is done, salvation is not possible. The work of conviction is Yahweh's work. His Spirit alone can convict the sinner of sin. No evangelist, pastor, priest or teacher should ever try to duplicate the work of conviction. It is the work of the Holy Ghost and He alone can do it. The Holy Ghost uses Yahweh's law to convict a person of sin. The law identifies sin. It points out sin. But the real work of conviction is done by the Spirit of God! Remember that fact.
Why do we all have consciences? What part in the process of salvation does conscience play? What does the Bible say about conscience?
Brings Conviction
John 8:9 | And they which heard it, being convicted by their own conscience... |
Bears Witness
Romans 2:15 | Which shew the work of the law written in their hearts, their conscience also bearing witness, and their thoughts the mean while accusing or else excusing one another. |
Romans 9:1 | My conscience also bearing me witness ... |
Persuades
2 Corinthians 5:11 | Knowing therefore the terror of the Lord, we persuade men; but we are made manifest unto God; and I trust also are made manifest in your consciences. |
1 Timothy 4:2 | Speaking lies in hypocrisy; having their conscience seared with a hot iron. |
Acts 23:1 | And Paul, earnestly beholding the council, said, Men and brethren, I have lived in all good conscience before God until this day.
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2 Timothy 1:3 | I thank God, whom I serve from my forefathers with pure conscience, that without ceasing I have remembrance of thee in my prayers night and day. |