How Does the Holy Spirit Convict People?

Here’s what Christ said about the Holy Ghost convicting the lost:

But very truly I tell you, it is for your good that I am going away. Unless I go away, the Advocate will not come to you; but if I go, I will send him to you. ⁸When he comes, he will prove the world to be in the wrong about sin and righteousness and judgment: ⁹about sin, because people do not believe in me; ¹⁰about righteousness, because I am going to the Father, where you can see me no longer; ¹¹and about judgment, because the prince of this world now stands condemned.

John 16:7-11

The Spirit of God convicts those lost in the world in three ways:

In regards to sin, which means to miss the mark morally and whose wages is eternal death (Romans 6:23);
In regards to righteousness because our righteousness is filthy rags (Isaiah 64:6) and we desperately need the gift of righteousness thru Christ (Romans 5:17 & 2 Corinthians 5:21);
In regards to judgment because, apart from the Anointed One, people will have to stand before the LORD at the Great White Throne Judgment (Revelation 20:11-15).

(When you intercede for those who are lost & dying in this world, pray accordingly).

Of course the Holy Spirit also convicts believers of sin, which is part of the process of sanctification and keeps one in fellowship with the LORD along with God’s grace/favor flowing into his or her life (1 John 1:7-9).

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