What is Conviction? (A Biblical Perspective)
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- Опубліковано 8 лип 2024
- Many confuse condemning promptings as God’s correction or conviction. Some have even been trained to believe that the worse you feel, the more God is working on you. This stems from an unhealthy God lens. You are not listening to God, but the voice of the condemning Inner Pharisee.
During a personal heart renovation season of my life, I knew I needed to mature in how I perceived God’s voice. In allowing God to work on my foundation, I realized the majority of what I thought God was saying to me was really guilt, accusation and shame. I needed a whole makeover in my listening.
As I expressed this problem with others, one after another, believers nodded their heads, sharing that they battled with the very same thing.
Where many believers get trapped, is they want to listen to God’s voice and be aware if the Holy Spirit is bringing correction or conviction.
There is a lot of confusion over what conviction actually is, so I want to help bring clarity to this by doing a Scriptural deep dive.
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Thank you for this video! I used to be someone who would constantly criticize people about their sin, mainly because that's what I saw people doing on TikTok. But recently, I realized that what I was saying was based on pride. Before I fully understood God's grace I was always worried and had a lot of anxiety, but God has freed me from that. But now I want to help people understand God's grace more and less on the good works they feel obliged to do. A lot of people think they are righteous bc of their good works, but we are only righteous through Jesus Christ!
Yo Tik Tok is so toxic
What happens to me is whenever I am happy with God, something would trigger me and I would think it’s “conviction”. I struggled for years with legalistic Christianity, and it’s now killing me and when I hear those conviction, it makes me depressed and suicidal.
What is legalistic Christianity?
Are you sure these are convictions if they make you feel depressed and suicidal? I’m asking because I experience something similar. But as Mark says, what torments the heart are not God’s ways.
@@MissYasminBabyy basically a distortion where we as Christians focus primarily on the law rather than God's love and Grace. I don't mean we should follow a mamby pamby Christianity where it's all warm and fuzzy all the time. But a real relationship that's not judgemental and follows God out love and not fear. Hope that helped
sameeee
This is so helpful. I knew there was a big difference between condemnation & conviction (for the believer) but couldn’t find the words though I seen the theme throughout scripture.
Recently someone told me that me being bullied/bashed by someone in pulpit was actually the Holy Ghost convicting me. I’m so thankful you are speaking out about these topics! You’re able to put words to what I know to be true.
Glory to God. This is amazing, and I'm realizing how much my vision of God needs to be changed, every single day. Love you Mark. Meanwhile I'm reading Exposing the Rejection Mindset.
Life changing teaching! Wowwwww!
I have lived my whole life condemned... and the church enhanced the condemnation. This is my time to break free... and to be free indeed. Free to live without condemnation!!! THANK YOU MARK!!!!! GOD BLESS YOU!!!!!!
Thank you!
There is therefore now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus.
Romans 8:1 ESV
Mark, I'm so scared after watching this. I'm a person who came to God 3 years ago (was an atheist) in the midst of severe anxiety I've been suffering from over 20 years. God is my last resort. I started with doing works, because I didn't know God, I'm learning about Jesus from my friend, church and your channel. But I don't know if I have faith or is it only hope that God is and he is so good as you and my friends and church tell me. And as I came to God I didn't think about my sins, only about His help with my anxiety!. I know that I am a sinner because God says so and I agree with this (I know what I have done and what I'm still doing - smoking for example and being angry, etc), but I don't feel remorse or regret of my sins, only fear of punishment. And now I'm scared that maybe this anxiety is a punishment? Is this anxiety I suffer is convinction for a people like me who want so badly to believe and be loved? I'm so scared and confused now. I gave my life to Christ but I still struggle with faith and now I'm scared that if I don't feel sorrow of my sins, I can't come to Him.
I have been a Christian for years and I am only just understanding this stuff too. You're not alone in feeling how you do, I am going through the same fear of not being able to come to Jesus because I don't feel the right feelings. But I'm learning this is a lie. Anxiety is not conviction. Conviction comes from the Holy Spirit, and 'the wisdom which is from above is first peacable, gentle and easy to be heard'. When you are convicted, you will feel deep remorse for your sins and a strong desire to turn the other way and run to Jesus. Do you feel this? Condemnation brings anxiety, fear of punishment, and feeling UNABLE to come to God, and this is what you are feeling. I think the best thing you can do is pray. Be honest with God about your feelings, and ask him to help you understand your state of mind, to forgive you of your sin entirely by Jesus, accept and thank him for what he did for you on the cross, and ask him to give you his Holy Spirit. Ask him to convict you. Praying for you
Mark, another wonderful video. I've been frustrated many times during my long period of numbness due to some abuse, however, through your teaching I've been learning to be patient with myself through this journey as you say. I know I have an inner voice of condemnation that berates me, but interestingly enough you've helped me to realize that a bunch of these other thoughts I have is the spirit's conviction. I've been in a fog due to the condemnation weighing me down, and its been hard to recognize this, however, in this I see that my mind gravitates towards doctrine and scripture speaking of our identity in Christ, saved by grace alone, and even in my worst sinful state God loved me. How much more that I am in Christ does he now love me? I too relate to hiding in shame and fearing the light, but rather I have feared the light because I expected the light to be a piercing dagger that would slay me. If thats what you believe God will do is it any wonder why people would fear approaching God? It's taking time, but man is God patient and gracious. He sees how we've been hurt and wounded and as you say, He works with us right where we are.
This is so true!!! I seen this in people that be in church and doing crimes. They will also use the legal system with lies against you be safe. Stay in prayer🙏🙏🙏
Thank you so much for what you do, I wish you had more subscribers, don't ever stop making videossss. God bless you and your family.
Wow this is so amazing! Thank you Mark.
So glad! Tough subject, but one that needs insight and clarity.
Now this was healthy conviction wow, thank you Mark. Glory to God but you are helping me so greatly.
Thank you
Amen
Amen.
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Jesus was chastised for me, why would I be chastened? if you happen to know an answer to that question, that's one that's puzzled me. Also the definition of chastise is a very terrifying definition, horrifying! there's no love of a father in that definition I promise. Do you have any comments on that? I accept my father's correction, but i do not accept chastisement, I will not and refuse to accept that my father punishes me because he already punished Jesus. I believe I punish myself with my action my sin but my father does not punish me.
Anything that produces torment in the heart is not God's ways. As a Dad myself, I have discovered that as I teach my children, any correction done in the midst of loving relationship and compassion is incredibly powerful. There is a difference between discipline and condemning punishment. Our world lacks these kind of references as to what a healthy correction looks like. I've experienced both the punishing and tormenting condemnation as well as the loving course correction. The latter changed my life. The former left me shredded and wounded. As I have been sharing in these videos, God is moving many of us from a fear-based relationship based on condemnation and torment, to a loving relationship fueled by His grace. As you can see, most of the application of "conviction" is actually done through relationship with believers, which have often been so damaging in our relationship history.