convicted?

[jlhargus]

I hear you there and understand that, but its also used positively, as in I was convicted that Jesus was the Son of God. Does that imply the person had not previously believed it, and the conviction was to their unbelief? Or can being convicted just mean convinced, having no implication that the person was sinning?

JL: I would guess yes. I suppose, as with any Protestant belief, definitions can have defferent meanings. I can only go by my experience and understanding as a former nondenoninational Protestant. Plus having Protestant relatives and friends.

They are convinced of the truth. Yet convicted implies being condemned in conscience by the Holy Spirit for wrong belief or action. In other words the Holy Spirit is acting, on the conscience, it isn’t just human reasoning that changed their mind.

 

[littlenothing]

See, that’s what confused me the most, and that’s why I posted the question. I didn’t get how it was being mused both ways. I can understand it if it is a correction of previously held belief (or lack thereof), or correction of behavior.

 

[jlhargus]

See, that’s what confused me the most, and that’s why I posted the question. I didn’t get how it was being mused both ways. I can understand it if it is a correction of previously held belief (or lack thereof), or correction of behavior.

JL: I didn’t know you were on line I edited my remarks above I hope it makes it more clear.

 

[littlenothing]

Gotcha! Thanks!