Devotion 12 – Faith & Conscience
Devotion 12 – Faith & Conscience 1 Tim.1:18-19 – “ This charge I commit to you, son Timothy, according to the prophecies previously made concerning you, that by them you may wage the good warfare, having faith and a good conscience , which some having rejected, concerning the faith have suffered shipwreck …” In the above Scripture, Paul identifies a connection between faith and conscience. A good conscience is a safeguard for Christian faith and life. Faith and a good conscience go together. If we do not have a good conscience, we cannot have an authentic faith. The Conscience—An Internal Guide and Judge Our conscience is a part of our God-given internal faculties, a critical inner awareness that bears witness between moral right and wrong - “ their conscience also bearing witness, and between themselves their thoughts accusing or else excusing them ” (Rom.2:15). It functions as both a guide and a judge. It serves...
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