CONVICT THE WORLD / JOHN 16:8

(KJV) John 16:8

 And when he is come, he will reprove the world of sin, and of righteousness, and of judgment:

The Holy Spirit’s main role with respect to promoting the message of Christ is to “convict the world.” The term “convict” (Greek elencho) means to expose, refute and convince. 

1. The Spirit’s work of convicting operated in three areas. (a) Sin. The Holy Spirit will expose sin and unbelief in order to awaken in an individual a consciousness of guilt and a need for forgiveness. Conviction also makes clear the tragic results of rejecting Christ and persisting in sin (going our own way apart from God). After experiencing the Spirit’s conviction, each person must make a choice about Christ. The hope is that this leads to true repentance and a turning to Jesus as Savior and Lord – the forgiver of one’s sins and the Leader of one’s life (Acts 2:37-38). (b) Righteousness. The Spirit convinces the spirit of a person that Jesus is the Son of God who came and showed the right way to God. He reveals that a right relationship with God does not depend on our own good works or efforts, but on Christ’s death on the cross for our sins. If we accept His forgiveness and turn over the rule of our lives to Him, His Spirit will empower us to do what is right by God’s standards and to overcome the ungodly ways and temptations of the world (Acts 3:12-16; 7:51-60; 17:31; 1 Peter 3:18). (c)Judgment. The Spirit convinces people of Satan’s defeat, which Christ secured and guaranteed by His death on the cross for our sin (John 12:31; 16:11). The Spirit also makes people aware of God’s present judgment of the world (Romans 1:18-32) and the future judgment of the entire human race, including each individual’s personal accountability to God (Matthew 16:27; Acts 17:31; 24:25; Romans 14:10; 1 Corinthians 6:2; 2 Corinthians 5:10; Jude 1:14).
2. The Spirit’s work of convicting people of sin, righteousness and judgment will be evident in all who are baptized in the Holy Spirit (“filled” with the Spirit and consumed by His power) and are truly living as Spirit-filled believers. Christ Himself, filled with the Spirit (Luke 4:1-2), testified to the world that “what it does is evil” (John 7:6-7; John 15:18) and called people to repent and turn to God (Matthew 4:17). John the Baptist, “filled with the Holy Spirit” from birth (Luke 1:15), exposed the sin of the Jewish people and commanded them to change their ways (Matthew 11:7; Luke 3:1-20). Peter, “filled with the Holy Spirit” (Acts 2:4), preached a message that convinced 3,000 people of their sin and guilt, calling them to turn from their sin and receive God’s forgiveness (Acts 2:37-41).
3. Any minister or church that is afraid to expose sin and call for repentance (a change of attitude toward God that causes a person to turn from sin and to surrender to God’s purposes) and godly living is not directed by the Holy Spirit. 1 Corinthians 14:24-25 clearly states that God’s presence in a congregation will expose the sin of unbelievers (secrets of their hearts, their God-defying ways) so that they can experience the Spirit’s conviction and Christ’s salvation.

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1. IF I GO I WILL SEND HIM / JOHN 16:7
2. THEY WILL PERSECUTE YOU ALSO / JOHN 15:20
3. GO AND BEAR FRUIT / JOHN 15:16
4. REMAIN IN MY LOVE / JOHN 15:9-10
5. ASK WHATEVER YOU WISH / JOHN 15:7
6. LIKE A BRANCH THAT IS THROWN AWAY / JOHN 15:6
7. REMAIN IN ME / JOHN 15:4
8. EVERY BRANCH / JOHN 15:2
9. WE WILL … MAKE OUR HOME WITH HIM / JOHN 14:23
10. I AM THE TRUE VINE / JOHN 15:1
11. HOLY SPIRIT / JOHN 14:26
12. HE WHO DOES NOT LOVE ME / JOHN 14:24
13. WE WILL … MAKE OUR HOME WITH HIM / JOHN 14:23
14. WHOEVER HAS MY COMMANDS / JOHN 14:21
15. I WILL COME TO YOU / JOHN 14:18
16. THE SPIRIT OF TRUTH – WITH YOU AND WILL BE IN YOU / JOHN 14:17
17. I WILL ASK THE FATHER – COUNSELOR / JOHN 14:16
18. IF YOU LOVE ME YOU WILL OBEY / JOHN 14:15
19. ASK IN MY NAME / JOHN 14:13
20. GREATER THINGS / JOHN 14:12
21. I AM THE WAY AND THE TRUTH AND THE LIFE / JOHN 14:6
22. I WILL COME BACK / JOHN 14:3
23. MY FATHER’S HOUSE / JOHN 14:1-4
24. LOVED PRAISE FROM MEN / JOHN 12:42-43
25. KNOW THAT YOU ARE MY DISCIPLES / JOHN 13:35
26. LOVE ONE ANOTHER / JOHN 13:34
27. AT A LOSS TO KNOW WHICH OF THEM HE MEANT / JOHN 13:22
28. WASH ONE ANOTHER’S FEET / JOHN 13:14
29. UNLESS I WASH YOU / JOHN 13:8
30. WASH HIS DISCIPLES FEET /JOHN 13:5
31. LOVED PRAISE FROM MEN / JOHN 12:42-43
32. THEY COULD NOT BELIEVE / JOHN 12:39-40
33. DRAW ALL MEN TO MYSELF / JOHN 12:32
34. PRINCE OF THIS WORLD WILL BE DRIVEN OUT / JOHN 12:31
35. WHOEVER SERVES ME / JOHN 12:26
36. HATES HIS LIFE IN THIS WORLD / JOHN 12:25
37. SON OF MAN … GLORIFIED / JOHN 12:23-24
38. MARY … POURED IT ON JESUS’ FEET / JOHN 12:3
39. FOR THE SCATTERED CHILDREN OF GOD / JOHN 11:52
40. THE DEAD MAN CAME OUT / JOHN 11:44
41. JESUS WEPT / JOHN 11:35
42. DEEPLY MOVED IN SPIRIT / JOHN 11:33
43. I BELIEVE THAT YOU ARE THE CHRIST / JOHN 11:27
44. I AM THE RESURRECTION / JOHN 11:25-26
45. STAYED WHERE HE WAS TWO MORE DAYS / JOHN 11:6
46. JESUS LOVED MARTHA AND HER SISTER AND LAZARUS / JOHN 11:5
47. SICKNESS … FOR GOD’S GLORY / JOHN 11:4
48. THEY SHALL NEVER PERISH / JOHN 10:28
49. YOU ARE GODS? / JOHN 10:34
50. THEY SHALL NEVER PERISH / JOHN 10:28
51. MY SHEEP LISTEN TO MY VOICE / JOHN 10:27
52. I KNOW MY SHEEP / JOHN 10:14-15
53. I AM THE GOOD SHEPHERD / JOHN 10:11
54. THE THIEF COMES … I HAVE COME / JOHN 10:10
55. I AM THE GATE / JOHN 10:9
56. JESUS THE GOOD SHEPHERD / JOHN 10:1
57. THOSE WHO SEE WILL BECOME BLIND / JOHN 9:39
58. THEY THREW HIM OUT / JOHN 9:34
59. WORK OF GOD MIGHT BE DISPLAYED / JOHN 9:3
60. BEFORE ABRAHAM WAS BORN, I AM / JOHN 8:58
61. HE IS A LIEAR AND THE FATHER OF LIES / JOHN 8:44
62. IF GOD WERE YOUR FATHER / JOHN 8:42
63. YOU WILL BE FREE INDEED / JOHN 8:36
64. EVERYONE WHO SINS / JOHN 8:34
65. THE TRUTH WILL SET YOU FREE / JOHN 8:32
66. IF YOU HOLD TO MY TEACHING / JOHN 8:31
67. I PASS JUDGMENT ON NO ONE / JOHN 8:15
68. I AM THE LIGHT OF THE WORLD / JOHN 8:12
69. NEITHER DO I CONDEMN YOU / JOHN 8:11
70. IF ANY ONE OF YOU IS WITHOUT SIN / JOHN 8:7
71. GAIN HONOR FOR HIMSELF / JOHN 7:18
72. JESUS HAD NOT YET BEEN GLORIFIED / JOHN 7:39
73. AS THE SCRIPTURE HAS SAID – STREAMS OF LIVING WATER / JOHN 7:38
74. GAIN HONOR FOR HIMSELF / JOHN 7:18
75. IF ANYONE CHOOSES TO DO GOD’S WILL / JOHN 7:17
76. IT HATES ME / JOHN 7:6-7
77. FEAST OF TABERNACLES / JOHN 7:2-3
78. JESUS HAD KNOWN FROM THE BEGINNING / JOHN 6:64
79. EATS MY FLESH AND DRINKS MY BLOOD / JOHN 6:54
80. THE FATHER … DRAWS HIM / JOHN 6:44
81. MY FATHER’S WILL / JOHN 6:40
82. I WILL NEVER DRIVE AWAY / JOHN 6:37
83. I AM THE BREAD OF LIFE / JOHN 6:35
84. MIRACLES / JOHN 6:1-2
85. DO NOT BELIEVE WHAT HE WROTE / JOHN 5:47
86. ACCEPT PRAISE FROM ONE ANOTHER / JOHN 5:44
87. YOU DILIGENTLY STUDY / JOHN 5:39-40
88. THOSE WHO HAVE DONE GOOD – RISE TO LIVE – THOSE WHO HAVE DONE EVIL / JOHN 5:29
89. HAS GRANTED THE SON TO HAVE LIFE IN HIMSELF / JOHN 5:26
90. HEARS … BELIEVES – WILL NOT BE CONDEMNED / JOHN 5:24
91. MAKING HIMSELF EQUAL WITH GOD / JOHN 5:18-24
92. PERSECUTED HIM / JOHN 5:16
93. STOP SINNING / JOHN 5:14
94. THE MAN WAS CURED / JOHN 5:9
95. THIRTY-EIGHT YEARS / JOHN 5:5
96. SIGNS AND WONDERS / JOHN 4:48
97. CROP FOR ETERNAL LIFE / JOHN 4:36
98. SURPRISED TO FIND HIM TALKING WITH A WOMAN / JOHN 4:27
99. TRUTH / JOHN 4:24
100. WORSHIP … IN SPIRIT AND TRUTH / JOHN 4:23-24
101. SAMARITANS WORSHIP WHAT YOU DO NOT KNOW / JOHN 4:22
102. WATER … ETERNAL LIFE / JOHN 4:14
103. SAMARITAN WOMAN / JOHN 4:7
104. WHOEVER REJECTS / JOHN 3:36
105. LOVED DARKNESS INSTEAD OF LIGHT / JOHN 3:19
106. GOD SO LOVED THE WORLD / JOHN 3:16
107. JUST AS MOSES LIFTED UP THE SNAKE / JOHN 3:14-15
108. THE WIND … THE SPIRIT / JOHN 3:8
109. BORN OF WATER / JOHN 3:5
110. DROVE ALL FROM THE TEMPLE AREA / JOHN 2:15
111. SIGNS / JOHN 2:11
112. CHOICE WINE – HAD TOO MUCH TO DRINK / JOHN 2:10
113. WINE – THEY HAVE NOT MORE WINE / JOHN 2:3
114. YOU SHALL SEE HEAVEN OPEN / JOHN 1:51
115. CEPHAS … PETER / JOHN 1:42
116. THE FIRST THING ANDREW DID / JOHN 1:41
117. WILL BAPTIZE WITH THE HOLY SPIRIT / JOHN 1:33
118. LAMB OF GOD / JOHN 1:29
119. GRACE AND TRUTH / JOHN 1:17
120. THE WORD BECAME FLESH / JOHN 1:14
121. BORN NOT OF … HUMAN DECISION / JOHN 1:13
122. RECEIVED … BELIEVED / JOHN 1:12
123. THE WORLD DID NOT RECOGNIZE HIM / JOHN 1:10
124. GIVES LIGHT TO EVERY MAN / JOHN 1:9
125. LIGHT SHINES IN THE DARKNESS /JOHN 1:5
126. LIFE WAS THE LIGHT OF MEN / JOHN 1:4
127. WITH GOD IN THE BEGINNING / JOHN 1:2
128. THE WORD / JOHN 1:1
129. TAKING FROM WHAT IS MINE / JOHN 16:14
130. ETERNAL LIFE / JOHN 17:3
131. SANCTIFY THEM BY THE TRUTH / JOHN 17:17
132. GUIDED BY GRACE ABOUT

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