Jeremy Utley - Fight to Keep a Good Conscience
Summary
The central message is the critical importance of maintaining a clean conscience, which is a unique privilege of the new covenant. The speaker warns that neglecting this leads to a vicious cycle where guilt distances one from God, making one powerless against temptation. To break this cycle, one must deliberately confess sin, relying on God's promise in 1 John 1:9, and when in doubt, one should confess the burden to find freedom and assurance.
Description
Speaker: Jeremy Utley Title: Fight to Keep a Good Conscience Date: 5/4/21 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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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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