A Good Conscience
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"The knowledge of our acts, states, or
characters, as right or wrong; the faculty, power, or principle which decides on
the lawfulness or unlawfulness of our actions and affections, and approves or
condemns them; the moral faculty; the moral sense." Webster.
"As science means knowledge, conscience etymologically
means self-knowledge ...But the English word implies a moral standard of
action in the mind as well as a consciousness of our own actions. ...Conscience
is the reason, employed about questions of right and wrong, and accompanied
with the sentiments of approbation and condemnation." Whewell.
effect is the application of the blood of Christ expected to have upon the
"How much more shall the blood of Christ, who
through the eternal Spirit offered Himself without spot to God, purge your
conscience from dead works to serve the living God?" Heb. 9:14.
purged by the blood of Christ, in what condition is the conscience of an
"Because that the worshipers once purged should
have had no more conscience of sins." Heb. 10:2.
defense before a certain council, how did Paul say he, had
"Men and brethren, I have lived in all good conscience before God
until this day." Acts 23:1.
When one lives
as the apostle declared he had, in all good conscience, in what condition will
his conscience be?
"And herein do I exercise myself, to have always a conscience void
of offense toward God, and toward men." Acts 24:16.
What does the
apostle say the act of baptism is to the candidate?
"The like figure whereunto even baptism doth also now save us (not the
putting away of the filth of the flesh, but the answer of a good conscience
toward God), by the resurrection of Jesus Christ." 1 Peter 3:21.
What else will a
good conscience lead one to do?
"For this is thankworthy, if a man for conscience toward God endure
grief, suffering wrongfully." 1 Peter 2:19.
If one repels
the Spirit of God from him, and refuses to have his conscience, or knowledge of
himself, quickened, what is the result?
"Speaking lies in hypocrisy; having their conscience seared with a
hot iron." 1 Tim. 4:2.
conscience is well enlightened, what will it do for the individual?
"For our rejoicing is this, the testimony of our conscience, that
in simplicity and godly sincerity, not with fleshly wisdom, but by the grace of
God, we have had our conversation in the world." 2 Cor. 1:12.
With what is a
good conscience connected?
"Now the end of the commandment is charity out of a pure
heart, and of a good conscience, and of faith unfeigned." 1 Tim.