The Three C's Of Salvation - Part 1 Conviction Series

III. CONVICTION PRECEDES SALVATION AND/OR REVIVAL.

A. It is conviction that causes one to realize that he or she is separated from being in a right relationship with God.

B. Unless a sinner repents, he will stand condemned before God and lost forever. Luke 13:5 "I tell you, Nay: but, except ye repent, ye shall all likewise perish."

D. Before there can be true repentance, a sinner must have an understanding and acknowledgement that he is guilty of sin accompanied by a godly sorrow.

E. Conviction of sin brings a man to an awareness of this hopeless, helpless condition.

F. There are two types of biblical conviction. The conviction of the lost and the conviction of the redeemed. In the conviction of the lost the Lord draws them to the foot of Calvary.

G. The difference is that the lost benefits, when he responds, by receiving salvation, while the believer regains fellowship with the Lord.

H. The Conviction of the Redeemed draws the believer back to Calvary.

I. Revival always includes conviction of sin. In a true revival, Christians are always brought under conviction seeing their sinfulness and separation from God.

J. Isaiah 6:5 "Then said I, Woe [is] me! I am undone; because I [am] a man of unclean lips, and I dwell in the midst of a people of unclean lips: for mine eyes have seen the King, the LORD of hosts."

CONCLUSION: Conviction is an awareness of your sinfulness, of God’s righteousness and the great gulf that spans between the two. Conviction cries out as those who listening to Peter on the day of Pentecost were pierced through to the heart with conviction, "What shall we do?" implying an apprehension of one’s peril and a sense of guilt but also a readiness to yield completely to the claims of God. To which Peter’s reply is repent and come to Christ! Respond to God working in your heart today!