“Lower the Law and you dim the light by which man perceives his guilt; this is a very serious loss to the sinner rather than a gain; for it lessens the likelihood of his conviction and conversion. I say you have deprived the gospel of its ablest auxiliary [its most powerful weapon] when you have set aside the Law. You have taken away from it the schoolmaster that is to bring men to Christ . . . They will never accept grace till they tremble before a just and holy Law. Therefore the Law serves a most necessary purpose, and it must not be removed from its place.” MenLightLawPurposeChristLossPowerfulAcceptingTakenGraceSeriousHolyWeaponsGainsGuiltConvictionConversionPerceiveSinnerMost PowerfulDeprivedLikelihoodPowerful Weapons Author:Charles Spurgeon
“The burning conviction that we have a holy duty towards others is often a way of attaching our drowning selves to a passing raft. What looks like a giving hand is often a holding on for dear life. Take away our holy duties and you leave our lives puny and meaningless. There is no doubt that in exchanging a self-centered for a selfless life we gain enormously in self-esteem. The vanity of the selfless, even those who practice utmost humility, is boundless.” WayGivingLooksSelfHandsPracticeDoubtOur LivesSelf EsteemHumilityDutyHolyGainsDearConvictionPassingPassingsEsteemBurningVanityNo DoubtMeaninglessSelflessHolding OnDrowningSelf CenteredBoundlessExchangingDear Life Book:Between the Devil and the Dragon: The Best Essays and Aphorisms of Eric Hoffer Source: Between the Devil and the Dragon: The Best Essays and Aphorisms of Eric Hoffer
“I can say with total conviction that it was the Holy Spirit that chose, guided the election of Pope Francis.” I CanSpiritHolyElectionConvictionHoly SpiritPope Author:Donald Wuerl
“The main fighter for the DSP [Deutsch-Sozialistische Partei or German Socialist Party], as I have said, was Julius Streicher, then a teacher in Nuremberg. At first he, too, had a holy conviction of the mission and the future of his movement.” FirstsSaidPartyTeacherMovementHolyConvictionMissionsFighterSocialistJuliusNurembergSocialist Party Book:Mein Kampf Source: Mein Kampf
“Are we willing to risk being misunderstood and maligned in order that truth might be told and men might be saved? Identifying a malady and explaining its seriousness are always the first steps to finding a cure... God has ordained that men come to conviction of sin, repentance, and saving faith through preaching. Yet how can the [Holy] Spirit use our preaching if we are not willing to expose sin or call men to repentance?” IfsMenFirstsUseMightSpiritOrderSinStepsRiskWillingHolyFindingsConvictionSavedCuresSavingHoly SpiritCall MeRepentanceFirst StepsPreachingMisunderstoodExplainingSeriousnessIdentifyingMaladyBeing Misunderstood Author:Paul Washer
“The gospel of Jesus Christ must be the bad news of the conviction of sin before it can be the Good News of redemption. The truth is revealed in God's Holy Word; life can be lived only in absolute and disciplined submission to its authority.” JesusChristSinHolyTruth IsAuthorityNewsJesus ChristAbsolutesConvictionRedemptionGood NewsSubmissionBad News Author:Charles Colson
“We glorify the Holy Ghost together with the Father and the Son, from the conviction that He is not separated from the Divine Nature; for that which is foreign by nature does not share in the same honors.” DoeTogetherFatherShareDivineSonHonorHolyConvictionGhostHoly GhostGlorifyDivine Nature Author:Saint Basil
“The knowledge and spiritual conviction we receive from the Holy Ghost are the result of revelation.” SpiritualResultsHolyConvictionGhostRevelationsHoly Ghost Author:David A. Bednar
“It is so important to see that we are all converted, that we have in our hearts a conviction concerning this great work. It is not a matter of the head only. It is a matter of the heart. It is being touched by the Holy Spirit until we know that this work is true, that Joseph Smith was verily a prophet of God, that God lives and that Jesus Christ lives and that they appeared to the boy Joseph Smith, that the Book of Mormon is true, that the priesthood is here with all of its gifts and blessings.” KnowsHeartImportantBookMatterSpiritJesusChristBoysHolyBlessingJesus ChristConvictionHoly SpiritProphetTouchedWorking ItGreat WorkPriesthoodGod LifeJoseph SmithMatters Of The Heart Author:Gordon B. Hinckley