Conviction

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The proving of a person guilty of sin or a crime. Scripture stresses that God has declared the guilt, together with its consequences, of sinful humanity. The term can also refer to a state of being convinced; i.e., the holding of a strong belief, especially a conscious awareness of one’s guilt and the atoning death of Jesus Christ as the means of remission of that guilt.

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Conviction is proving a person guilty of sin or a crime

Proving someone guilty of sin

John 8:46 ESV

Which one of you convicts me of sin? If I tell the truth, why do you not believe me?

See also Jn 16:8–9 NIV footnote at verse 8; 1 Co 14:24; Jas 2:9; Jud 15

Proving someone guilty of a crime

Deuteronomy 19:15 ESV

“A single witness shall not suffice against a person for any crime or for any wrong in connection with any offense that he has committed. Only on the evidence of two witnesses or of three witnesses shall a charge be established.

The death penalty only to be on the testimony of two or three witnesses:

Nu 35:30; Dt 17:6

2 Sa 14:13; Ps 5:10; Ps 109:7; Pr 24:25

Pilate found no basis for the charges against Jesus Christ:

Lk 23:4; Lk 23:14; Lk 23:22; Jn 18:38

There was no proof for the charges against Paul:

Ac 24:13; Ac 25:7

God’s conviction of sinful humanity

He declares them to be guilty

Romans 3:19–20 ESV

Now we know that whatever the law says it speaks to those who are under the law, so that every mouth may be stopped, and the whole world may be held accountable to God. For by works of the law no human being will be justified in his sight, since through the law comes knowledge of sin.

See also Ps 5:9; Ps 10:7; Ps 14:1–3; Ps 140:3; Ec 7:20; Is 59:7–8; Ro 3:10–18

He also declares the consequences of their guilt

Ge 2:17; Ge 3:17–19; Ro 1:32; Ro 5:12; Ro 5:16–19; 1 Co 15:22

Conviction as holding a strong belief

Romans 14:5 ESV

One person esteems one day as better than another, while another esteems all days alike. Each one should be fully convinced in his own mind.

See also Ge 45:28; Mt 17:20; Lk 20:6 The people were convinced that John was a prophet; Lk 16:31

The conversion of those who were convinced by Paul’s preaching:

Ac 17:4; Ac 19:26; Ac 28:24

Ac 26:9; Ac 26:26; Ro 2:19; Ro 4:21; Ro 8:38–39 Paul’s conviction that it is impossible to be separated from God’s love; Ro 14:14 Paul’s personal convictions about food regulations; Ro 15:14; 2 Co 5:14; Php 1:25; 1 Th 1:5; 2 Ti 1:5 Paul is convinced by Timothy’s faith; 2 Ti 1:12; 2 Ti 3:14

Conviction as the conscious awareness of one’s guilt

Examples of conviction not resulting in repentance

Exodus 9:27 ESV

Then Pharaoh sent and called Moses and Aaron and said to them, “This time I have sinned; the Lord is in the right, and I and my people are in the wrong.