We Should Want the Holy Spirit's Conviction (TMF:854)

Thursday, March 29, 2018
Peace to Live By: We Should Want the Holy Spirit's Conviction (TMF:854) - Daniel Litton
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       I would like to say that we should want the Holy Spirit’s conviction in our lives. We shouldn’t dread his conviction, or despise it, since it comes to help us. God wants to help us become more like Jesus, not just rain condemnation down on us for the fun of disciplining us. I believe that God does not take pleasure in disciplining us. He’s not like a strict grade-school principle, or a harsh father, who loves discipline. But God does know that conviction helps us to grow. And so he provides it for our own good because he loves us. And remember also, the Holy Spirit will also provide encouragement toward our spirits as we are making progress and doing better, and he may even provide rewards for us, in the here and now, as we have successes. Now, we are not to quench the Spirit (see 1 Thess. 5:19). When we don’t receive conviction from the Spirit, we quench him and his work. And then, after rejecting it more and more, we then can face personal discipline from the Lord, which I don’t think any of us want.