Conscience

In our lives of the 21st century, there are many things that are considered grey areas; parts that are not wrong nor right. So how do we decide for ourselves how to best serve God in those areas? Which of those grey spots are right for us and which are not best? How can we tell?

The answer is a God-given tool called the conscience. Everyone has a conscience (Romans 2:14-15). Its function is to tell you if something is right or wrong. But what is a conscience? The world views the conscience as an annoying mosquito. Is this how we should view the conscience? As something that does not help at all but just distracts us? No, of course not.

The conscience is the soul reflecting on itself. It's the innate part of your soul to help you determine the difference between right and wrong. But how can the conscience show you right from wrong? It shows it by being measured to a specific standard. Most of the time, we, as humans, measure it against those Christians among us that may be just a few steps behind us, so that we look alright(even good) in our own eyes.

So what should we measure our conscience up against? We need to go to the highest authority we can, which is God. The only way we can know God is through His word. We must measure our conscience to the Bible, because that is the only foundational truth on this earth. That is what will make us stronger as Christians by humbling us as humans and lifting God up in our lives.

Everything I have said was said to me by Adam Tyson this weekend at BCLR's spring retreat. At the end of his first session, he left us with 3 challenges, of which I would like to leave you.

1. You must make sure that your conscience has been cleansed. - 1 Peter 3:18

2. You must make sure your conscience maintains balance (between legalism and liberalism)

3. You must make sure your conscience stays pure(continually confessing sin) - Proverbs 28:13

God Bless.Live for Him!