'A Good Conscience
“I have lived before
God in all good conscience up to this day” (Acts 23.1). This is the secret of
Paul’s life. The conscience he refers to is not that of an unregenerated person
but of a Holy Spirit-filled conscience. Bold in approaching God and perfect in
his communion with Him, the Apostle’s regenerated conscience gives him no
reproach. He does everything according to it.
Never does he do
anything that his conscience objects to, nor does he ever permit one item to
remain in his life which it condemns.
He is therefore bold
before God and man. We lose our confidence when our conscience is murky. The
Apostle “always (took) pains to have a clear conscience toward God and toward
men” (Acts 24.16), for “if our hearts do not condemn us, we have confidence before
God; and we receive from him whatever we ask, because we keep his commandments
and do what pleases him” (1 John 3.21-22).
Believers simply do
not realize how very significant their conscience is.
Many have the idea that as long as they walk
after the spirit all is well. They do not know that an unclear conscience means
loss of confidence in approaching God and that this loss in turn means
disruption of one’s communion with Him. In fact, a muddied conscience can
hinder our intuitive communion with God more than anything else. If we fail to
keep His commandments and to do what pleases Him our monitor within shall
naturally reprove us, rendering us fearful before God and hence keeping us from
receiving what we seek. We can serve God only with a clear conscience (2 Tim.
1.3). An opaque one shall surely cause us to shrink back intuitively from God.
“Our boast is this, the testimony of our conscience that we have behaved in the
world, and still more toward you, with holiness and godly sincerity, not by
earthly wisdom but by the grace of God” (2 Cor. 1.12). This passage speaks of
the testimony of conscience. Only a conscience without offense will testify for
a believer. It is good to have the testimony of others, but how much better to
have the testimony of our own conscience.'
Excerpt from 'The
Spiritual Man' By Watchman Nee
More study on this
tomorrow by the GRACE and WILL of GOD all through Jesus Christ our Lord and
Savior now and forever!!!!!!! AMEN.
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