Old Llantrisant Hill
Introduction
- What does the world need more than anything else?
- Examples
- A sense of sin – to be convicted
- Otherwise sinners will never turn to God
- What is this conviction?
- Not to do our best – this is never enough
- All have sinned – Romans 3:23
- People will one day have to give an account
- People need to know that God’s mercy is greater than our sin
- The Church seeks to influence the world
- Be zealous for good works – examples
- Godly witness
- As people we are powerless to influence others
- These verses are a great encouragement
- It is God the Holy Spirit who brings conviction
- Reading John 16:8-11
- The Holy Spirit came at Pentecost – Acts 2
- They were called to believe in Christ, to repent of their sins, to be baptised
- Then they would receive the Holy Spirit
- Whole families and communities were coming to faith throughout Acts
- There are many who today trust in Christ
- Overview:
- Convicting the world of Sin
- Convicting the world of Righteousness
- Convicting the world of Judgment
Convicting the world of Sin
- Human nature does not believe and embrace the Gospel
- The worst sin of all is not to believe – to turn your back on God
- The Holy Spirit has come to convict people of sin and turn back to God
- Wales is a secular society
- Yet the Holy Spirit is able to come in great power
- He has done it before in times of revival
- What is conviction of sin?
- People say that guilt is bad
- False guilt is wrong
- True guilt is correct – examples
- We do not want a seared conscience
- People will not turn to Jesus unless they know they are sinners
- Principally sinning against God – not against God
- You must give an account
- The wages of sin is death
- The church must preach the law of God, live Godly lives and pray for the preaching of the gospel
- What about you?
- Are you in unbelief and condemned?
- Believe on the loving Lord Jesus Christ who came to rescue, heal, and forgive you
Convicting the world of Righteousness
- The world has a wrong view of righteousness
- Not about a set of ethics, being moral or living to a code
- Jesus exposed false forms of righteousness – that is really pride
- People’s righteousness must be more than the pharisees
- Man cannot attain to this righteousness
- The righteousness that exceeds – is that of Jesus Christ
- Jesus exposed anger without a cause – as people being in danger of the judgment
- Jesus exposed lustful thoughts – as sin
- Jesus taught the parable of the pharisee and the tax collector
- Our idea of righteousness is false
- We need Jesus’ righteousness
- Quote from song – Rock of Ages
- Jesus was the only righteousness Man
- Spoken of in the Psalms
- The Holy one of God
- Whose body did not see corruption (Acts 2:31)
- Our righteousness is like filthy rags – are you persuaded that Christ is the only righteousness one
- "For He made Him who knew no sin to be sin for us, that we might become the righteousness of God in Him." 2 Cor 5:21
- A transaction – our sins taken by Christ and His righteousness given to us
- To those who trust in Him
- In His righteousness, Jesus was returning to His Father
Convicting the world of Judgment
- The ruler of the world is the devil – he is judged
- If he is judged, all his subjects will be judged too
- All mankind must be ready for the judgment of God
- In the Garden of Eden it was prophesied that Jesus would crush satan
- The seed of the woman to crush the serpent’s head
- Jesus dwelt satan a fatal blow on the cross
- Jesus judged the devil at the cross
- For all mankind – to die and then the judgment
- We must be written in the Lamb’s book of life
- God has appointed a day for this judgment
- Those who do not know Jesus will be told to depart from Him
- Do you know Jesus Christ?
- He came to pay for all our sin – at the cross
- All who believe in Him are fully forgiven, cleansed of their sin and given the righteousness of Christ
- All who refuse – these will be condemned forever
- Trust in Jesus Christ