"And when he is come, he will reprove the world of sin, and of righteousness, and
of judgment:
"Of sin, because they
believe not on me;
"Of righteousness,
because I go to my Father, and ye see me no more;
"Of judgment, because
the prince of this world is judged." (John 16: 8-11)
I have shared many times on the misconstruction which some teachers have given on these verses. The conviction which applies specifically to believers is the conviction of full justification, or "righteousness". This righteousness is a gift which we are called to keep receiving (Romans 5: 17).
The more that we are convicted of our righteousness, that in no way to do we have to fight, or deflate, or smack down any charges in our lives, then do we realize the victory which Christ Jesus has given and keeps giving to us.
Paul first wrote:
"What shall we then say to these things? If God be for us, who can
be against us?
'He that spared not
his own Son, but delivered him up for us all, how shall he not with him also
freely give us all things?" (Romans 8: 31-32)
Then Paul writes:
"Nay, in all these
things we are more than conquerors through him that loved us.
"For I am persuaded,
that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor powers, nor
things present, nor things to come,
"Nor height, nor
depth, nor any other creature, shall be able to separate us from the love of
God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord." (Romans 8: 37-39)
The manifest protection that we have in God's love, signaled to us through Jesus' death on the Cross (1 John 4: 10). This love even now is shed abroad in our hearts by the Holy Spirit in us (Romans 5: 5)
It is important to note that Paul establishes for us our righteousness before God, because they he can declared that "I am persuaded" -- and persuasion is a matter of renewal of the mind (Romans 12: 2) that God the Father has, does, and ever will come through for us in all things Verses 37 through 39 are all manifest examples of God's grace working in our lives.
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