Having a Good Conscience

Text: 1Timothy 4:1-2

We cannot get away from our conscience. We can argue with it, we can defile it, we can harden it, but we can never get rid of it. We may force it to malfunction, but it will always be there.

Acts 24:16

Definition: that faculty of the mind, or inborn sense of right and wrong, by which we judge of the moral character of human conduct. It is common to all men. Like all our other faculties, it has been perverted by the Fall (John 16:2; Acts 26:9; Rom.
2:15). It is spoken of as "defiled" (Titus 1:15), and "seared" (1 Tim. 4:2). A
"conscience void of offence" is to be sought and cultivated (Acts 24:16; Rom.
9:1; 2 Cor. 1:12; 1 Tim. 1:5, 19; 1 Pet. 3:21).

Conscience is not the law; it bears witness to the law...It is not the standard; it bears witness to the standard.

 Proverbs 28:1, "The wicked flee when no man pursueth:" ...that is the work of your conscience.

I.                  The Purpose of a good conscience

It will give us knowledge

1 Co. 8:7-10

II.               The Purity of a good conscience

       It will help keep us honest.

Hebrews 13:18

III.           The Power of a Good Conscience

       It will keep us on track Spiritually.

1Timothy 1:1-6

IV.           The Profit of a good conscience

      It will help us to have victory.

 1Timothy 1:18-19