The Conviction of the World by the Holy Spirit [Tuesday of the Sixth Week of Easter]

THE HOLY SPIRIT IN THE FORM OF A DOVE.
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"And when he comes 

he will convict the world 

in regard to sin 

and righteousness 

and condemnation:" 

- John 16:8

God sent His only-begotten Son as the Savior of the world, not its judge, therefore He did not convict the world [see John 3: 16-17]. But the Holy Spirit will convict the world because He came in order to lead the world into all the truth which the world tries to resist and deny.

The Holy Spirit will convict the world in regard to sin 
because it doesn't believe in Jesus Christ 
our Lord and Savior [John 16:9]

The Holy Spirit leads us to all the truth and He also reminds us about everything that the Lord has taught [see John 16:13]. It is He who helps us to know the true Jesus Christ, our Lord and Savior. It is also the Holy Spirit who leads us to the formulation of dogmas and doctrine that purifies the Faith from heresies, that is, wrong beliefs about the Lord Jesus Christ and other matters regarding our religion. He is the Spirit of Truth who will never lead us to error and to lies. Therefore, if anyone does not believe in the Lord Jesus Christ as the Holy Spirit makes known, and in others things that He leads us to have knowledge of hence must believe in, will be guilty of sinning and therefore liable to His conviction [see John 3:18]. 

The Holy Spirit will convict the world with regards to righteousness
because the Lord Jesus Christ has returned to the Father 
and we cannot see Him anymore [John 16:10]

The Holy Spirit leads us to the full knowledge of the Lord Jesus Christ as the Son of God, the Lamb of God who was innocent of the many accusations which His persecutors hurled against Him which led to His crucifixion and death. But through such death He was able to gain for us freedom from bondage to sin and the acquisition of the divine life, that is, grace. It is only through the Lord Jesus Christ that we shall obtain grace and eternal life with the Father. Though we do not see Him anymore, He is always present through the Holy Spirit who doesn't do His own work nor speak His own words but only those which comes from the Father and the Son [see John 16: 13-15]. Therefore, through the Holy Spirit, we can be assured of true justice, of being justified, of being made righteous, through the grace of the Lord if we believe and fulfill all that the Lord has commanded especially the command to love one another for if we do not love, we know not God and He abides not with us [see 1 John 4: 8, 16]. And the Holy Spirit will convict us. 

The Holy Spirit will convict the world in condemnation
because the ruler of this world has been 
condemned [John 16:11]

The ruler of this world, the Devil, has been defeated by the Lord Jesus Christ [see John 16:33]. The enemy does not own the world anymore as he didn't really own it even before [see John 12:31]. He was just an usurper and the Lord Jesus Christ only regained what has been taken away from the Father through the Devil's snares. He has been subjected to judgment, to eternal punishment, and all those who will do evil things in violation of God's love will be destroyed together with him [see Revelation 21:8; also Matthew 25: 31-46]. The Holy Spirit will convict those who will never leave the activities of the Devil for the Lord has already redeemed the world from bondage to sin hence no longer subject to the Devil. So those who remain in sin will be convicted and destroyed [see 1 Corinthians 6:9; 1 John 3:15; Revelation 9:21; 14:10].


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