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<BR><FONT COLOR=#006600 SIZE=-1><B>Article No. 0125</B></FONT><BR><CENTER>

<H1><FONT COLOR=#613300>Are You a Convict?</FONT> </H1>
<B>&#8220; And they which heard it <I>(that is,<BR> the righteous Jews accusing a woman caught in adultery)</I>,<BR> being <R>convicted<RR> by their own conscience<BR> went out one by one, beginning at the eldest,<BR> even unto the last: and Jesus was left alone,<BR> and the woman standing in the midst.; &#8221; </B><BR><BR>
<VERSE-REF43><B><FONT COLOR=#647A28>John 8:9</FONT> </B>
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An often misunderstood -  and perhaps even offensive word used to describe stepping into faith in the Christian walk is the word 
<B><I>conviction</I></B>.  Like it’s root word &#8220;convict&#8221; it implies that one is guilty of something.  
The dictionary definition of <I>convict</I> is <I><FONT COLOR=#FF0000>to prove or find guilty of an offense, 
to declare guilty of wrongdoing</FONT></I>  -but there are two other alternate word meanings which also apply.

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One is to <I><U>convince</U> or <U>persuade</U>  someone of a fact and <U>recognize</U>  the truth of it</I> .  
Actually in both definitions, this is true of what it means before God to be &#8220;convicted&#8221.

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Today’s  scripture verse exemplifies both of these definitions in a profound and duplicated  way. The accusers of the woman 
caught in adultery were  themselves con<I>vinced</I> that they also had made mistakes and were also 
<I>persuaded</I>  in their hearts that this was true. However words like <I>convict</I>  
when studied more deeply yield an even  more surprising secret once dissected.  Like so many English words, 
this word is a compound of two Latin  parts:
<CENTER><B>con</B> <I>(i.e.  <U> with</U>)</I> &#43; <B>vincere </B> <I>(i.e. <U> conquer or victory</U>)</I></CENTER>

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What?&#33;? To have victory with what you ask? Well, the Bible is the best interpreter of itself, so consider the following verse:
<CENTER><I>We are more than conquerors through him that loved us.</I><BR><B>
Romans 8:37</B></CENTER>

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The word <I>conquerors</I> here is the Greek root word NIKE – just like the athletic shoe. 
So to combine the two words, when we are convicted, we <FONT COLOR=#DD0000>recognize</FONT> a truth, 
<FONT COLOR=#DD0000>realize</FONT> we are guilty, but have <B>freedom and <I><FONT COLOR=#648B28>victory</FONT></B></I> 
once we confess this before God. Then the chains are broken that has tied us to our guilt!

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The Bible says <I>“All have sinned, and come short of the glory of God”</I>  (Romans 3:23) but when we are convicted of 
our sin and confess it, we can then give  thanks  to God <I>&#8220;which giveth us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ.&#8221;</I> 
(1 Corinthians 15:57) If you have not claimed your victory over sin, <FONT COLOR=#0000DD>be convicted today and confess yourself before God!</FONT>
   
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