Convicting of Sin

How does the Holy Spirit now work in the Church to convict lost individuals of sin? What is our part in this convicting work and what is His part? How is it that individuals are convicted of sin? Here is a passage of scripture that cannot be understood through good exegesis alone. The very exegesis of the passage requires us to look now into the lives of the individual to see just how such a truth is working its way out in the world.