responsibility of the Holy Spirit is to convict us of sin so that we might confess it. After that the work of the Spirit ends. But at this point Satan usually takes over and tries to imitate the work of God and convict us of sins that God has already forgiven! Believers who think the accusations of the devil are the convictions of the Spirit are caught in a vicious cycle—they engage in continual confession without the assurance of forgiveness. Or they believe the lie that they must live with guilt