Like Jiminy Cricket many say always let your

Your Conscience Can Be. . . n n n Evil, Heb. 10: 22 Dead,

A Conscience Without Offense Acts 24: 16 Understanding, cleansing, training and protecting the human

What is your conscience? n Faculty of mind by which we assess right and

What does your conscience do? n Commends us or condemns us to ourselves, Rom.

What does your conscience do? n Functions on the basis of what it knows,

Cleansing your conscience Possible through the blood of Jesus Christ, Heb. 9: 9, 14

Training your conscience n With a knowledge of God’s word, Phil. 1: 9 -11

Protecting your conscience n Don’t defile your conscience! – With doubt, Rom. 14: 22

Protecting your conscience n Don’t defile your conscience! – With false doctrine, 1 Tim.

A Conscience Without Offense Acts 24: 16 Operates in “full assurance of faith” (Hebrews

A Conscience Without Offense Acts 24: 16 Must be properly taught and trained to

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Like Jiminy Cricket, many say “always let your conscience be your guide” 1

Your Conscience Can Be. . . n n n Evil, Heb. 10: 22 Dead, Heb. 9: 14 Defiled, Tit. 1: 15 Seared, 1 Ti. 4: 2 Weak, 1 Cor. 8: 7 n n Good, Acts 23: 1 Cleansed, He. 9: 14 Pure, 2 Tim. 1: 3 Without offense, Acts 24: 16 2

A Conscience Without Offense Acts 24: 16 Understanding, cleansing, training and protecting the human conscience 3

What is your conscience? n Faculty of mind by which we assess right and wrong – Monitor or gauge of what we do, Acts 23: 1 – Not the final measure of God’s approval, 1 Tim. 1: 13 (2 Cor. 10: 12) 4

What does your conscience do? n Commends us or condemns us to ourselves, Rom. 2: 15 – May cause guilt and shame, Jno. 8: 9 – May warn us of potential wrong-doing, 1 Cor. 8: 7 – May approve us, Acts 26: 9 5

What does your conscience do? n Functions on the basis of what it knows, Rom. 2: 15; 1 Cor. 8: 7 – Bears witness that one has a knowledge of sin, Rom. 3: 20; 9: 1; 2 Cor. 1: 12 – Therefore, the knowledge upon which conscience rests must be accurate, or the conscience will not give a true reading! (cf. Saul of Tarsus) 6

Cleansing your conscience Possible through the blood of Jesus Christ, Heb. 9: 9, 14 n By an obedient faith, Heb. 10: 22 n – Baptism is “the answer of a good conscience toward God” 1 Peter 3: 21 7

Training your conscience n With a knowledge of God’s word, Phil. 1: 9 -11 – Learn & live the commands of God, 1 Tim. 1: 5 – Grow in faith, 1 Tim. 1: 19 – Serve God, 2 Tim. 1: 3 8

Protecting your conscience n Don’t defile your conscience! – With doubt, Rom. 14: 22 -23 • Protection: Don’t violate it (Rom. 14: 5; 1 Cor. 8: 7, 10, 12) – With apathy, James 4: 17 • Protection: Do right, even to the point of suffering (1 Pet. 2: 19; 3: 16) 9

Protecting your conscience n Don’t defile your conscience! – With false doctrine, 1 Tim. 4: 1 -2 • Protection: Pure doctrine (1 Tim. 4: 3; 3: 9) – With willful sin, Rom. 13: 5 • Protection: Humility & sincerity (2 Cor. 1: 12; Heb. 13: 18) 10

A Conscience Without Offense Acts 24: 16 Operates in “full assurance of faith” (Hebrews 10: 22) 11

A Conscience Without Offense Acts 24: 16 Must be properly taught and trained to help us avoid sin and do God’s will (1 Timothy 1: 5) 12