In regard to the world, the Spirit’s work is twofold. First, He has come to reprove it of sin, righteousness, and judgment (John 16:7–11). The Bible teaches us, and we know from experience, that all have sinned and are coming short of the glory of God (Rom. 3:23). Sinful man cannot inherit eternal life. Everyone who has ever been born recapitulates Adam’s fall. Everyone is born with the seed of sin within him that, with the coming of the age of accountability, culminates in a multitude of sins. There