Conviction vs. Condemnation

conviction

CONVICTION Sense of guilt and shame leading to repentance. The words “convict” and “conviction” do not appear in the KJV. The word “convince” (KJV) comes closest to expressing the meaning of “conviction.”

The Hebrew word yakah expresses the idea of conviction. It means “to argue with,” “to prove,” “to correct.”

God may be the subject and persons the object (Job 22:4), or a person may be the subject who convicts another person (Ezek. 3:26).

Holman Illustrated Bible Dictionary (Conviction)

The conviction not only implies the exposure of sin (despair) but also a call to repentance (hope).

In team sports after a game (win or lose) the team will get together days later (sometime during practice) and go to the film room and watch film from the previous game to analyze what they did right and what they did wrong. The reason for pointing out mistakes that a player made in the game is not shame them and remove them from the team. It’s to access what went wrong so that the same mistake is not carried into the next game.

Conviction of the Holy Spirit is like a life coach pointing out where you went wrong so that we can correct and not carry the same mistake into the next moment of life.