Conviction (5)



Without the Law there is no transgression, so without the knowledge of the Law there can be no conviction.Nature, Necessity and Character of True Repentance


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One last word, about getting rid of fear. Two men had to cross a dangerous bridge. The first convinced himself that it would bear them, and called this conviction Faith. The second said 'Whether it breaks or holds, whether I die here or somewhere else, I am equally in God's good hands.' And the bridge did break and they were both killed: and the second man's Faith was not disappointed and the first man's was.


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(such is our innate pride) we always seem to ourselves just, and upright, and wise, and holy, until we are convinced, by clear evidence, of our injustice, vileness, folly, and impurity. Convinced, however, we are not, if we look to ourselves only, and not to the Lord also- he being the only standard by the application of which this conviction can be produced.Institutes, Book 1 Chapter 1


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men are never duly touched and impressed with a conviction of their insignificance, until they have contrasted themselves with the majesty of God.Institutes, Book 1 Chapter 1


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