39 A Conscience Void of Offense

39 A Conscience Void of Offense

A Conscience Void of Offense

Acts 24:1-23

Conscience is used 31 times in the Word of God, all in the New Testament

Our conscience tells us there is a God

 

A Conscience Void of Offence

Paul constantly worked on his conscience – exercised myself

 

A Conscience that is trained properly

The conscience is not the Holy Spirit

A conscience can be trained

A conscience can be seared I Timothy 4:2

 

A Conscience that is obeyed

That which is known to be right is honestly and faithfully preformed

I Timothy 1:19 They put away their conscience and was shipwrecked

 

Towards God

II Corinthians 4:2 Our conscience towards God is maintained by obeying the Bible

I Timothy 3:9 A requirement of a deacon is to hold the faith that is now revealed with a good conscience

Titus 1:12-16 Teachers teach against God’s teaching with a conscience that is defiled

Hebrews 9:14 Jesus blood was shed to allow us to have a good conscience before God

I Peter 2:17-20 How we treat authority effects our conscience before God

I Peter 3:20-22 Baptism is a public display of confessing God, and it is done to maintain good conscience towards God

 

Towards Man

II Corinthians 1:12

I Timothy 1:3-7 – teaching properly

Hebrews 13:17-18 Paul was asking the people to continue praying for him that as a preacher he would have a good conscience before the people

I Peter 3:15-17 Even when suffering wrongly, as we try to maintain a good conscience before man, for the Lord’s sake