Always Keep Your Conscience Clear - Zac Poonen - August 3, 2018

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Note: Due to technical limitations at the time of this recording, the audio recording is only available from natural sound. The message content is still important, so we decided to publish the recording as is. http://rlcfchurch.org/always-keep-your-conscience-clear River of Life Christian Fellowship 1306 N Lincoln Avenue Loveland, Colorado - 80537, USA

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The central message is the critical importance of keeping one's conscience clear, which the speaker compares to the eye's need for cleanliness. He argues that God breathed the spirit, including conscience, into man, distinguishing him from animals. Neglecting this conscience, whether through sin or unconfessed hurt, leads to spiritual blindness, making one unable to discern truth, even when reading scripture. Therefore, one must immediately confess sins to God and forgive others to maintain a clear conscience.

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How humanity and animals were created on the sixth dayGod created both animals and man on the sixth day from the ground, but man became a living soul when God breathed into his nostrils.

The one thing that distinguishes man from animalsIt is not the mind, feelings, or physical traits that separate humans from animals, but the breath of God that formed the human conscience.

Neglecting the voice of conscienceJust like animals can be trained to behave, humans can fake good behavior, but ignoring the conscience causes people to sink to the level of animals over time.

The eye as the lamp of the bodyJesus taught that the eye is the lamp of the body, comparing the sensitivity of the physical eye to the human conscience.Luke 11:34

How to wash out your conscienceJust as a speck of dust in the eye causes irritation that demands washing, a disturbed conscience requires immediate confession, apology, and forgiveness.

Understanding the Bible through a pure conscienceSpiritual blindness and differing biblical interpretations stem from an uncleansed conscience rather than a lack of intelligence.

God speaks every single dayGod loves to speak to His people every day, and an unclouded conscience enables believers to hear His voice clearly like a trumpet.

Hiding truths from the clever and revealing them to infantsJesus thanked the Father for hiding spiritual truths from clever, intelligent people and revealing them to infants who possess pure consciences.Matthew 11:25

Living by every word from the mouth of GodMan lives by every word that proceeds from God's mouth, and without a sensitive conscience, even intelligent people are reduced to the level of animals.

Hearing guidance for life's decisionsWhen facing directional choices in life, a sensitive ear hears the voice behind us saying which way to walk, preventing costly mistakes.

Paul's commitment to a clear conscienceApostle Paul stated his aim to be in the resurrection of the righteous by doing his best to keep a clear conscience before God and men.

The tension between the flesh and the spiritWhile our bodily part is made of dust and pulls us toward earthly things, the God-breathed spirit pulls us upward to listen to God's voice.

Start keeping your conscience clear todayReligious rituals and saying certain phrases are not enough; believers must confess wrongs, forgive others, and make restitution to hear God amazingly.

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