Jesus says in Matthew 9, I did not come to call the righteous but sinners to repentance. So yeah, the spirit of God convicts us of our sins to show us our need for Jesus. Now, of course, >> the question comes out or up how much and how long. I don't think it's the two-year period. >> I've been convicted of my sin for two years. I think I filled up the measure of my guilt and therefore now I'm going to believe that I'm a sinner >> and I need Jesus. conviction of sin. >> How [clears throat] much depths of despair and misery do I need to get into? The Bible doesn't address that >> birth of regeneration at before the conviction or after that's >> well conviction comes and then we look to the Lord Jesus. If you're asking is conviction of sin a part of regeneration is that >> I think that's really what's under the hood with this one. >> Okay, let me see. conviction of sin before or after I took it this way. Is there any conviction of sin before we believe the gospel? Yeah. Or else we're not going to look to Christ as our savior in the gospel. And then after faith, is there conviction of sin? Yeah. I, you know, >> lost a tutor. Yeah. >> I feel it driving down Yale Road every single day. I mean, you know, I'm not the most patient man and traffic seems to exacerbate that. And I'm convicted of my sin and I need to confess it to God. That's how I understood the questions.
