Conviction: The process of being condemned by one's own conscience as a sinner because of God's demands. The idea of conviction is a major theme of Scripture, although the word is rarely used. (Psalm 32,51; Acts 2:37,; Romans 7:7-25). The agent of conviction is the Holy Spirit (John 16:7-11); and the means of conviction is either the Word of God(Acts 2:37) or God's general revelation of His demands through nature and man's inborn consciouness of a sense of right and wrong(Romans 1:18-20,; 2:15). The purpose of conviction is to lead a person to repent of his siins (Acts 2:37-38,; Romans 2:1-4) and to turn to God for salvation and eternal life.