The Law and Conviction of Sin – A Kingdom Catechism

The Law and Conviction of Sin

A Kingdom Catechism

The Spirit uses the Law to convict sinners.

Q 33: How are nonbelievers convicted of sin under the preaching of the Law?

A 33:   The Spirit of God convicts those He has chosen to save, so that they turn from their sins and receive Jesus as Savior and Lord. (John 16:8-11; John 1:12)

We must not presume to do the Lord’s work in anything other than the Lord’s way. It is not the Lord’s way to bring any to a saving knowledge of Jesus Christ apart from recognition of and repentance from sin. Jesus is not just the “Friend” of sinners; He is their Judge. And unless they confess their sins before this Judge, they will not know Him as their Friend.

The Spirit of God works with the Law of God to bring conviction of sin, as the Apostle Paul indicates (Rom. 7:7). We do the work of the Spirit with the Spirit when, as part of our proclamation of the Good News of the Kingdom of God, we declare the Law and call for confession of and repentance from sin.

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In the Gates is a devotional series on the Law of God by Rev. T.M. Moore, editor of the Worldview Church. He serves as dean of the Centurions Program of the Wilberforce Forum and principal of The Fellowship of Ailbe, a spiritual fellowship in the Celtic Christian tradition. He is the author or editor of twenty books, and has contributed chapters to four others. His essays, reviews, articles, papers, and poetry have appeared in dozens of national and international journals, and on a wide range of websites. His most recent books are The Ailbe Psalter and The Ground for Christian Ethics (Waxed Tablet).

Scripture quotations in this article are from The Holy Bible, English Standard Version, (c) copyright 2001, 2007 by Crossway Bibles, a division of Good News Publishers. Used by permission. All rights reserved.