Pastor W.F. Kumuyi, the General Superintendent of the Deeper Christian Life Ministry spoke on “Fresh Commitment To Preaching The Powerful Gospel” in a recent workers’ training service. In one of his sub-topics, he talked about, “The preaching of the convicting gospel,” and advised his members to prioritize the preaching of the convicting gospel.
He said that when we preach the gospel aright, it penetrates the heart of man, it brings conviction to the sinner that he has sinned and come short of the Glory of God and that conviction leads to repentance, it leads to being convicted of their sins. When Jesus Christ was on earth, He told His disciples that they will be going away and the comforter will come after him. It will improve the world of the sin of righteousness and judgement.
The Lord Jesus Christ said, “when the Spirit comes, He will rebuke the world of sin, He will cleanse their hearts from unrighteousness, He will reveal that the world has sinned entirely.”
Speaking further, he said that the judgment of God is coming, and all who have not been forgiven will be condemned forever and ever.
If we are preaching the convicting gospel, it will rebuke the world of sin. And in that situation of being filled with the Spirit of God, it’ll make sinners come under conviction. If you preach in the power of the Spirit and the conviction of the Spirit, He brings conviction to the people. In their hearts, they will desire to know what they should do to come out of condemnation.
Finally, he said that if sinners are going to come out of condemnation, they will repent, they will turn away from their sins and they will receive the grace, they will receive the goodness and the gift of the Holy Spirit. Christ died for us, you’re under condemnation because of your sin, and if sinners remain in this deadness of sin, they will perish and they will suffer forever and ever. But when we come to Christ, the Spirit of God effectively and powerfully turns us away from sin.
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