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圣灵对人的良心说话，在罪、错误的人生选择以及潜在的危险上责备我们。

我是一个高尔夫球和宿根植物的收藏家。最近我受责备，这些爱好可能会占用时间，干扰更重要的追求，比如关心他人和实践社会公义。即使我们的宿根花收藏让我想起了伊甸园，即使高尔夫是一项充满美感的伟大运动，这些东西也会成为干扰。而任何分散我们忠心侍奉神的东西都可能成为偶像。

圣灵也可以透过我们的工作，使世人相信公义和审判。事实上，这工作应该通过教会来实现。我们的生活方式应该纯全，反映出基督的公义，我们讲的真理应该犀利，以至于可以唤醒我们所处的文化。

追求真理和正直，那么谎言、欺骗和腐败就会暴露出来。教导所有人都是按着神的形像被造，并被神同等重视，根深蒂固的种族主义就会暴露出来。我们的文化对生命和未出生胎儿的价值态度如此轻率以致将受到审判。饶恕、和好和合作，将会指责人们结党纷争、唯利是图和沽名钓誉的错误价值观，以致不能奉耶稣的名侍奉他人。

The Holy Spirit speaks to the human conscience and convicts us of sin, wrong life decisions, and potential dangers.

I am a collector of tournament golf balls and varieties of hosta plants. Recently I've been convicted that these hobbies can take away from more important pursuits like caring for people and practicing social justice. Even though our hosta collection reminds me of the Garden of Eden, and even if golf is a great game filled with aesthetic beauty, these things can become distractions. And anything that distracts us from serving God faithfully can become an idol.

The Holy Spirit can also work through us to convict the world of righteousness and judgment. In fact, this should happen through the church. The way we live should be so pure, reflecting the righteousness of Christ, and our truth telling should be so pointed that the culture around us will be called to account.

Lies, cheating, and corruption will be exposed by the pursuit of truth and integrity. Systemic racism will be exposed by the teaching that all people are created in God's image and equally valued by God. Our culture's flippancy about the value of life and the unborn will be judged. Forgiveness, reconciliation, and cooperation will convict people of the false values of competing against each other for superiority and getting ahead rather than serving others in Jesus' name.