About this episode
This episode discusses the importance of conviction as a warning sign in the Christian faith, based on John 16.
Day 84 Today’s Reading: John 16 In The Grace Awakening, author and pastor Charles Swindoll used an imaginative illustration for how best we can live: imagine driving on a treacherous mountain road with a cliff on both sides. As you approach a hairpin turn, you must decide which is better: a state-of-the-art hospital with the best doctors in the world at the bottom of the mountain or a giant yellow warning sign before the curve telling you, “Danger! Curve Ahead. Drive slowly”? The answer is obvious: a warning sign. In John 16, we find Jesus giving His followers a life of warning signs so they don’t end up at the bottom of the mountain in the hospital. The warning sign is called conviction and it’s a ministry of the Holy Spirit. Read with me what Jesus says about it: I tell you the truth, it is to your advantage that I go away; for if I do not go away, the Helper will not come to you; but if I go, I will send Him to you. And He, when He comes, will convict the world concerning sin and righteousness and judgment; concerning sin, because they do not believe in Me; and concerning righteousness, because I go to the Father and you no longer see Me; and concerning judgment, because the…
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Host: The 260 Journey
Topics covered
- conviction
- Holy Spirit
- spiritual guidance
- Christian teachings
- warnings in life
Keywords
- conviction
- Holy Spirit
- John 16
- Charles Swindoll
- spirituality
- warnings
- Christianity
Mentioned in this episode
Books & works: The Grace Awakening, John 16
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