1 Timothy 4:2 “speaking lies in hypocrisy, having their own conscience seared with a hot iron.”          We have seen that everyman has a conscience, believer and unbeliever alike. We have also seen that the conscience only plays one role in the lives of men, howbeit a very important role, which is to convict them to do that which is good and reject that which is evil. So how does the conscience impact the lives of unbelievers? To the extent that the unbeliever chooses to ei

2 Corinthians 4:2 “But we have renounced the hidden things of shame, not walking in craftiness nor handling the word of God deceitfully, but by manifestation of the truth commending ourselves to every man's conscience in the sight of God.”   Every person is born into this earth with a conscience. In the above quoted passage of scripture the Holy Spirit through the apostle Paul talks about how he and his fellow ministers in the gospel commended themselves to every man’s consc

1 Corinthians 8:7-13 “However, there is not in everyone that knowledge; for some, with consciousness of the idol, until now eat it as a thing offered to an idol; and their conscience, being weak, is defiled.  (8)  But food does not commend us to God; for neither if we eat are we the better, nor if we do not eat are we the worse.  (9)  But beware lest somehow this liberty of yours become a stumbling block to those who are weak.  (10)  For if anyone sees you who have knowledge

1 Corinthians 8:12 “But when you thus sin against the brethren, and wound their weak conscience, you sin against Christ.”     A Christian with a weak conscience will remain in that state, and grow weaker if they continue to ignore their conscience. Once we are born-again and our consciences are washed clean in the blood of the lamb, it is still possible for the believer to disobey their conscience by committing sin and thus continue to weaken their conscience. We all still ha

Romans 2:14-15 “for when Gentiles, who do not have the law, by nature do the things in the law, these, although not having the law, are a law to themselves, (15) who show the work of the law written in their hearts, their conscience also bearing witness, and between themselves their thoughts accusing or else excusing them.”   Just as the mind of the Christian needs to be renewed once we come into the kingdom of God (Romans 12:2), so the conscience of believers needs to be st

1 Peter 3:15-16 “But sanctify the Lord God in your hearts, and always be ready to give a defense to everyone who asks you a reason for the hope that is in you, with meekness and fear; (16) having a good conscience, that when they defame you as evildoers, those who revile your good conduct in Christ may be ashamed.”   Everyone has a conscience, for as we have already seen the conscience of man in an integral part of the inward man. As I have already stated, it is only in the

Romans 2:15 “who show the work of the law written in their hearts, their conscience also bearing witness, and between themselves their thoughts accusing or else excusing them.”    And so we see that from the moment that Adam sinned, that man’s conscience became an integral part of man’s being. We have seen that when they ate the fruit of the knowledge of good and evil that the eyes of their consciences were opened. The eyes of man’s conscience were not opened to be able to s

Hebrews 12:22-23 “But you have come to Mount Zion and to the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem, to an innumerable company of angels,  (23)  to the general assembly and church of the firstborn who are registered in heaven, to God the Judge of all, to the spirits of just men made perfect.”   Knowing that the conscience of man is located in the physical organ of the brain helps us to understand a number of important truths about the conscience. One of the first trut

Deuteronomy 1:39 “Moreover your little ones and your children, who you say will be victims, who today have no knowledge of good and evil, they shall go in there; to them I will give it, and they shall possess it.”   Everyone born into the earth has a region in their brain where the conscience resides. That part of the brain remains dormant for all of our childhood however, and it is only activated for the first time when the child reaches puberty, which normally begins at tw

Genesis 2:7 “And the Lord God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living being.”             And so of the four parts of our inner man, in this series we want to discuss the conscience of man. So what is our conscience? In order to answer that question we need to see exactly where man’s conscience originates, which means that we need to go back to the beginning when God created man, to see how the conscien

Romans 1:9 “For God is my witness, whom I serve with my spirit in the gospel of His Son that without ceasing I make mention of you always in my prayers.”   As we will see in this section, scripture reveals to us that our inward man is made up of four separate parts. Those parts are our spirit, our mind, our will, and our conscience. The first part of the inner man which we will discuss is the spirit. In the passage of scripture quoted above the apostle Paul speaks about the

John 3:3-5 “Jesus answered and said to him, "Most assuredly, I say to you, unless one is born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God."  (4)  Nicodemus said to Him, "How can a man be born when he is old? Can he enter a second time into his mother's womb and be born?"  (5)  Jesus answered, "Most assuredly, I say to you, unless one is born of water and the Spirit, he cannot enter the kingdom of God.”   There are certain truths revealed to us in the New Testament that cannot be

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John 16:8-9 “And when He has come, He will convict the world of sin, and of righteousness, and of judgment: (9) of sin, because they do...

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1 Timothy 4:2 “speaking lies in hypocrisy, having their own conscience seared with a hot iron.” We have seen that everyman has a...

1 Corinthians 10:27-29 “If any of those who do not believe invites you to dinner, and you desire to go, eat whatever is set before you,...

2 Corinthians 4:2 “But we have renounced the hidden things of shame, not walking in craftiness nor handling the word of God deceitfully,...

1 Corinthians 8:7-13 “However, there is not in everyone that knowledge; for some, with consciousness of the idol, until now eat it as a...

1 Corinthians 8:12 “But when you thus sin against the brethren, and wound their weak conscience, you sin against Christ.” A Christian...

Romans 2:14-15 “for when Gentiles, who do not have the law, by nature do the things in the law, these, although not having the law, are a...

1 Peter 3:15-16 “But sanctify the Lord God in your hearts, and always be ready to give a defense to everyone who asks you a reason for...

Romans 2:15 “who show the work of the law written in their hearts, their conscience also bearing witness, and between themselves their...