We continue looking at Holy Spirit conviction. We do this because many preachers are unsaved and they don't know the first thing about true Holy Spirit conviction.
The Word of God becomes effective to the lost soul because it is a sword. Ephesians 6:17 says: "And the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God." The Holy Spirit cannot do one thing in the heart of the sinner apart from the Word, and the Word is powerless without the Holy Spirit. The Holy Spirit takes the Word of God to the sinners heart and when He does, He brings him to the bar of justice. He convicts him of his sinfulness and shows him that he is condemned. The sinner feels and realizes and acknowledges his guilt and condemnation.
Many people that claim to be saved have no idea what I am writing about. They "accepted Jesus," or "trusted Jesus," or "made a decision for Jesus." The Holy Spirit will apply the Word of God to the sinner and open him up. The Holy Spirit will direct the arrow of God's Word into the heart of the sinner and lay bare his depravity. He will reveal the loathsome nature and his vile corruption. Holy Spirit conviction will open the eyes of the guilty sinner and let him look within for the first time. He turns the sinner "from darkness to light, and from the power of Satan unto God." He does this that the sinner may "receive forgiveness of sins, and inheritance among them which are sanctified by faith." (Acts 26:18)
Holy Spirit conviction is when He takes the Word of God home to the heart of the sinner, causes the sinner to discover his misery out of Christ and causes him to cry out, "Brethren, what must I do?" Or, like the Philippian jailer, "Sirs, what must I do to be saved?" (Acts 16:30) The Holy Spirit causes the lost man to see himself bound over to death as a guilty sinner and fills him with fear and terror, anxiety and remorse, and sets to mourning after Christ for salvation.
Friend, this is why we as a ministry exist, to provide the old rugged truth to help people get saved and become holy.
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