In general, is the assurance of the truth of any proposition. In a religious sense, it is the first degree of repentance, and implies an affecting sense that we are guilty before God; that we can do nothing of ourselves to gain his forfeited favour; that we deserve and are exposed to the wrath of God; that sin is very odious and hateful, yea, the greatest of evils. There is a natural conviction which arises from natural conscience, fear of punishment, moral suasion, or alarming providences, but which is not of a permanent nature. Saving conviction is the work of the Spirit, as the cause; though the law, the conscience, the Gospel, or affliction, may be the means, Joh 16:8-9. Convictions of sin differ very much in their degree in different persons. It has been observed that those who suffer the most agonizing sensations are such as never before enjoyed the external call of the Gospel, or were not favoured with the tuition of religious parents, but have neglected or notoriously abused the means of grace. <\/p>\n
To these, conviction is often sudden, and produces that horror and shame which are not soon overcome; whereas those who have sat under the Gospel from their infancy have not had such alarming convictions, because they have already some notion of these things, and have so much acquaintance with the Gospel as administers immediate comfort. As it is not, therefore, the constant method of the Spirit to convince in one way, it is improper for any to distress themselves because they are not, or have not been tormented almost to despair: they should be rather thankful that the Spirit of God has dealt tenderly with them, and opened to them the source of consolation. It is necessary however to observe, that, in order to repentance and conversion to God, there must be real and lasting conviction, which, though it may not be the same in degree, is the same in nature. Evangelical conviction differs from legal conviction thus: legal arises from a consideration of God’s justice, power, or omniscience; evangelical from God’s goodness and holiness, and from a disaffection to sin: legal conviction still conceits there is some remaining good; but evangelical is sensible there is no good at all: legal wishes freedom from pain; evangelical from sin: legal hardens the heart; evangelical softens it: legal is only temporary; evangelical lasting.<\/p>\n
The first stage of repentance, when a penitent is led to see the evil nature of sin, and has been proved, to himself, guilty of it. SEE REPENTANCE.<\/p>\n
in general, is the assurance of the truth of any proposition. In a religious sense, it is the first degree of repentance, and implies an affecting sense that we are guilty before God; that we can do nothing -of ourselves to gain his forfeited favor; that we deserve and are. exposed to the wrath of God; that sin is very odious and hateful, yea, the greatest of evils.<\/p>\n
There is a natural and just conviction which arises from natural conscience, fear of punishment, moral suasion, or alarming providences, but which, is not of a permanent nature. Saving conviction is a work of the Holy Spirit, as the cause; though the conscience, the law, the gospel, or affliction, may be the means (Joh 16:8-9).<\/p>\n
Convictions of sin differ very much in their degree and pungency, in different persons. It has been observed that those who suffer the most agonizing sensations are such as never before enjoyed the external call of the gospel, or were favored with the tuition of religious parents, but have neglected or notoriously abused the means of grace. To these, conviction is often sudden, and produces that horror and shame which are not soon overcome; whereas those who have sat under the gospel from their infancy have not often such alarming convictions, because they have already some notion of these things, and have much acquaintance with the gospel, which administers to a believing heart immediate comfort. As it is not, therefore, the constant method of the Spirit to convince in one way, it is improper for any to distress themselves because they are not, or have not been, tormented almost to despair: they should be rather thankful that the Spirit of God has dealt tenderly with them, and opened to them the genuine source of consolation in Christ. It is necessary, however, to observe that, ill order to repentance and conversion to God, there must be real and lasting conviction, which, though it may not be the same in degree, is the same in nature.<\/p>\n
Evangelical conviction differs from legal conviction thus legal arises from a consideration of the divine law, God’s justice, power, or omniscience; evangelical, from God’s goodness and holiness as seen in the cross of Christ, and from a disaffection to sin; legal conviction still conceives there is something remaining good; but evangelical is sensible there is no good at all; legal wishes freedom from pain; evangelical from sin; legal hardens the heart; evangelical softens it; legal is only temporary; evangelical lasting. <\/p>\n
Of sin<\/p>\n
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– <\/strong>General references<\/p>\n Gen 4:13<\/span>; Deu 28:65-67<\/span>; Job 40:4-5<\/span>; Psa 31:10<\/span>; Psa 38:1-22<\/span>; Psa 51:1-4<\/span>; Psa 51:7-17<\/span>; Isa 6:5<\/span>; Lam 1:20<\/span>; Eze 7:16-18<\/span>; Eze 7:25-26<\/span>; Eze 33:10<\/span>; Mic 7:17<\/span>; Luk 5:8<\/span>; Act 2:37<\/span>; Act 9:6<\/span>; Act 16:29-30<\/span>; Rom 2:15<\/span>; 1Co 14:24-25<\/span> Sin, Confession of<\/span> <\/p>\n<\/p>\n – <\/strong>Instances of:<\/p>\n \n b Adam and Eve, after their disobedience<\/p>\n Gen 3:8-10<\/span> <\/p>\n \n b Joseph’s brethren, on account of their cruelty to Joseph<\/p>\n Gen 42:21-22<\/span>; Gen 44:16<\/span>; Gen 45:3<\/span>; Gen 50:15-21<\/span> <\/p>\n \n b Pharaoh:<\/p>\n \n b After the plague of hail<\/p>\n Exo 9:27-28<\/span> <\/p>\n \n b After the plague of locusts<\/p>\n Exo 10:16-17<\/span> <\/p>\n \n b After the death of the firstborn<\/p>\n Exo 12:31<\/span> <\/p>\n \n \n b The Israelites:<\/p>\n \n b After being rebuked and punished for worshiping the golden calf<\/p>\n Exo 33:4<\/span> <\/p>\n \n b After the death of the ten spies, and their being sentenced to wander forty years<\/p>\n Num 14:39-40<\/span> <\/p>\n \n b After their murmuring against God and being bitten by fiery serpents<\/p>\n Num 21:7<\/span> <\/p>\n \n b Saul, after sparing Agag and the best of the spoils<\/p>\n 1Sa 15:24<\/span> <\/p>\n \n b David:<\/p>\n \n b After the pestilence sent on account of his numbering the people<\/p>\n 1Ch 21:30<\/span> Psalms, Penitential<\/span> <\/p>\n \n \n b Widow of Zarephath, when her son died<\/p>\n 1Ki 17:18<\/span> <\/p>\n \n b Belshazzar, when he »saw the part of the hand that wrote«<\/p>\n Dan 5:6<\/span> <\/p>\n \n b Darius, when Daniel was in the lions’ den<\/p>\n Dan 6:18<\/span> <\/p>\n \n \n b Mariners:<\/p>\n \n b After casting Jonah into the sea<\/p>\n Jon 1:16<\/span> <\/p>\n \n b At the preaching of Jonah<\/p>\n Jon 3:1-10<\/span>; Mat 12:41<\/span>; Luk 11:32<\/span> <\/p>\n \n \n b Jonah, in the whale’s belly<\/p>\n Jon 2:1-10<\/span> <\/p>\n \n b Herod, when he heard of the fame of Jesus<\/p>\n Mat 14:2<\/span>; Mar 6:14<\/span>; Luk 9:7<\/span> <\/p>\n \n b Jews, when Jesus commanded the guiltless man to cast the first stone at the woman taken in adultery<\/p>\n Joh 8:9<\/span> <\/p>\n \n b Judas, after his betrayal of Jesus<\/p>\n Mat 27:3-5<\/span> <\/p>\n \n b Saul of Tarsus, when he saw Jesus on the way to Damascus<\/p>\n Act 9:6<\/span> <\/p>\n \n b Felix, under the preaching of Paul<\/p>\n Act 24:25<\/span> <\/p>\n \n b Philippian jailer, after the earthquake<\/p>\n Act 16:30<\/span> Wicked<\/span> <\/p>\n \n<\/p>\n From God<\/p>\n \n – <\/strong>General references<\/p>\n Job 33:14-30<\/span>; Joh 6:44-45<\/span>; Joh 16:7-11<\/span>; Act 16:14<\/span> Penitent<\/span>; Remorse<\/span>; Repentance<\/span>; Sin, Confession of<\/span> <\/p>\n<\/p>\n Unjust, of innocent persons<\/p>\n Accusation, False<\/span>; Indictments<\/span> <\/p>\n in general, is the assurance of the truth of any proposition. In a religious sense, it is the first degree of repentance, and implies an affecting sense of our guilt before God; and that we deserve and are exposed to his wrath.<\/p>\n CONVICTION In general, is the assurance of the truth of any proposition. In a religious sense, it is the first degree of repentance, and implies an affecting sense that we are guilty before God; that we can do nothing of ourselves to gain his forfeited favour; that we deserve and are exposed to the wrath … Continue reading “Conviction”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-38551","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-encyclopedic-dictionary"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/dictionaries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38551","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/dictionaries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/dictionaries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/dictionaries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/dictionaries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=38551"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/dictionaries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38551\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/dictionaries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=38551"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/dictionaries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=38551"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/dictionaries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=38551"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}Fuente: Nave’s Topical Bible<\/b><\/i><\/h4>\n
Conviction<\/h2>\n
Fuente: Biblical and Theological Dictionary<\/b><\/i><\/h4>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"