“8 And when he is come, he will REPROVE THE WORLD OF SIN, and of righteousness, and of judgment: 9 Of sin, because THEY BELIEVE NOT on me; 10 Of righteousness, because I go to my Father, and ye see me no more;” (John 16:8-10 KJV)
Verse 9 is about unbelievers. The Holy Spirit is convicting THEM of their sins so they might call out to God for salvation and mercy.
Verse 10 shows the truth for an already eternally saved believer. It is our newly created , born again Spirit and the fact of our righteousness of God, (which God made us by imputation, in Christ -2 Cor. 5:17-21). Our new RIGHTEOUSNESS OF GOD at our core being is the reason for us feeling icky and guilty when we sin. Jesus said ‘because I go to my Father’, because He could not send the indwelling Holy Spirit until He was back in Heaven. The Holy Spirit indwells a believer in their new born again, forgiven 100%, Spirit of God; our great comforter!
No more are we condemned (Romans 8:1)! Our sins are remembered no more by God against us as believers (Hebrews 10:17) and we should have no more consciousness of sins (Hebrews 10:2). That should not be our focus. A believer’s sins were all paid for by Christ crucified 2000 years ago (1 John 2:2). It is so hard for us to believe but that is the fact stated.
Our mind still needs renewing but our newly created Spirit NEVER SINS and cannot sin (1 John 3) because it was already made by God into the righteousness of God, in Christ.
“For he hath made him to be sin for us, who knew no sin; that we might be made the righteousness of God in him.” (2 Cor. 5:21 KJV)
Our core being, The Spirit, is already COMPLETE IN CHRIST and already risen with Christ (Colossians 2). So, when we sin, it is because our body and MIND is not yet renewed. It cannot inherit the Kingdom of God because it is still corrupt (1 Corinthians 15:50). That is why we need the resurrection of the body at the Harpazo Rapture.
Because there has been a change in our core being, in The Spirit, it is our own righteousness that makes us feel guilty and wrong when we sin in the body and mind. Why? Because that is not us anymore! Amen.
That is also why Paul tells us to ‘walk in the Spirit to avoid the lusts of the flesh’ (Gal. 5:16) and why Paul says we should renew our MIND by God’s Word (Romans 12), replacing wrong beliefs with true beliefs from the Word of God. We live outwardly as we believe in the mind and renewing the mind leads to better decisions when tempted and more good works outwardly in love toward others.
An inward change moving outwardly into our life until our bodily resurrection.
