Week 14: Last week we read about the difference of personality and corporeity.

A Study on the Holy Ghost

̶ Week 14 of 38 ̶

By David Wilson

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The Holy Ghost in Conversion

The Holy Ghost plays a very important part in the conversion of sinners, for it is the work of the Holy Ghost to convict us of sin.

John 16:8

When he is come, he will reprove the world of sin, and of righteousness, and of judgment.

The Holy Ghost brings conviction to our hearts and makes us realize we have sinned and are lost and on a downward road to a devil’s hell without God. The general theme of the church today is to preach a social gospel. There’s no room for hellfire and brimstone messages in today’s church. Such preaching scares people, upsets their lives, and undermines their sense of security. I sincerely hope this is the case, for the last thing we need is a sense of false security.

We read in the Word that the fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom. It does us very little good to preach a gospel that’s only part of the truth. The love of God is a great message, but at the same time the full gospel tells us that, yes, there’s a heaven to gain, but at the same time there’s a very real hell we must shun. The Word tells us we cannot do our own thing, but we must walk in the holiness of God. Without holiness, no man shall see God. Ministers who refuse to preach the full truth of the gospel are keeping the Holy Ghost from performing his work. Without the full gospel message, the Holy Ghost has His hands tied and cannot bring conviction to a heart that has not been warned of sin. These ministers are condemning their people to eternity without God. They become blind leaders of the blind, and they will both fall into the ditch together.

People want a gospel that’s easy to live, without trials and temptations. But the Word tells us we will be tried as by fire. Teaching that the child of God doesn’t suffer trials and temptation is an outright lie of the devil. If we can be fooled into believing there’s no hell, then we have no fear of God and are not compelled to give ourselves totally unto God. The Holy Ghost places conviction in our hearts—fear if you please, for it’s a fearful thing to fall into the hands of a living God. The Holy Ghost conviction is what causes us to cry out to God. That fear, after we give our hearts to Jesus, turns into a love so sweet that words cannot fully explain it.

 

 

(Next week we will read more about how the Holy Ghost is involved in conversion.

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