Man's good opinion of himself makes him think it quite possible to win
God's favour by his own religious performances; his bad opinion of God
makes him unwilling and afraid to put his case wholly into His hands.
The object of the Holy Spirit's work (in convincing of sin) is to alter
the man's (sinner's) opinion of himself and so to reduce his estimate of
his own character that he should think of himself as God does, and so
cease to suppose it possible that he can be justified by any excellency
of his own. The Spirit then alters his evil opinion of God, so as to
make him see that the God with whom he has to do is really the God of
all grace.

Horatius Bonar
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