Acts 26:27-28 King Agrippa, believest thou the prophets? I know that thou believest. Then Agrippa said unto Paul, Almost thou persuadest me to be a Christian.

Paul almost convinced King Agrippa to be a Christian. If he had, would Agrippa been saved? I say no. This devotional is about Convinced Vs Convicted.

John 8:4-9  They say unto him, Master, this woman was taken in adultery, in the very act. Now Moses in the law commanded us, that such should be stoned: but what sayest thou? This they said, tempting him, that they might have to accuse him. But Jesus stooped down, and with his finger wrote on the ground, as though he heard them not. So when they continued asking him, he lifted up himself, and said unto them, He that is without sin among you, let him first cast a stone at her. And again he stooped down, and wrote on the ground. And they which heard it, being convicted by their own conscience, went out one by one, beginning at the eldest, even unto the last: and Jesus was left alone, and the woman standing in the midst.

It is a common teaching that Jesus wrote each man’s sin on the ground. It was His awareness of their sins which convicted them. It was sin being exposed within their hearts by the Lord which caused them to turn, cast their stones aside, and forsake judgement.

We know we are sinners when we sin. When we were lost in our sins, it was something we lived with because we could. It is when the Holy Spirit, the agent of truth exposes our sins and we come to know we have been convicted by God Himself, that we truly repent of sin.

Man can convince you that you are a sinner but if God does not convict you, then any exhibit of faith on your part is not a saving faith. Saving faith is a convicting faith.