Zac Poonen - For Children: A clear conscience and receiving God's gift
Summary
The central message emphasizes the critical importance of developing and maintaining a clear conscience from childhood. The speaker uses the creation narrative to highlight that God gave humanity a conscience, which serves as an internal guide for right and wrong actions. He warns that neglecting this conscience leads to a descent to an animalistic mindset, while actively listening to it leads to a godly life that honors God.
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Speaker: Zac Poonen Title: For Children: A clear conscience and receiving God's gift Date: 01/16/2022 Our Goal as Christians is this: To be an exact reflection of Jesus, the Son of God (Romans 8:29) We do this individually by growing in purity in our personal lives (1 John 3:2-3) We do this corporately by becoming fully functioning members of a local Church (Ephesians 4:11-16)
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