Charles Wesley expresses this
in one of his matchless hymns:--
"How can a sinner know
His sins on earth forgiven?
How can my gracious Saviour show
My name inscribed in Heaven?
"We who in Christ believe
That He for us hath died,
We all His unknown peace receive,
And feel His blood applied.
"His love, surpassing far
The love of all beneath,
We find within our hearts, and dare
The pointless darts of death.
"Stronger than death and hell
The mystic power we prove;
And conquerors of the world, we dwell
In Heaven, who dwell in love."
The witness of the Spirit is far more comprehensive than many
suppose. Multitudes do not believe that there is any such thing,
while others confine it to the forgiveness of sins and adoption
into the family of God. But the truth is that the Holy Spirit
witnesses to much more than this.
He witnesses to the sinner that he is guilty, condemned before
God, and lost. This we call conviction; but it is none other than
the witness of the Spirit to the sinner's true condition; and
when a man realises it, nothing can convince him to the contrary.
His friends may point out his good works, his kindly disposition,
and try to assure him that he is not a bad man; but, so long as
the Spirit continues to witness to his guilt, nothing can console
him or reassure his quaking heart.
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