Is Your Conscience Clear

Is Your Conscience Clear

“So I strive always to keep my conscience clear before God and man.”
Acts 24:16

We have all heard the old saying “Let your conscience be your guide.” However, this may not always be the best guide throughout our lives, as our conscience many times is programmed by the way we were raised and the family values we were taught. If we were taught Godly values by our parents, then our conscience could be our guide and we should follow it. However, if we were not taught Godly values by our parents, and we observed them doing things that they considered right in their eyes, we could very easily become accustomed to these wrong things, and it could become a habit to us, and it would not seem wrong to continue doing them. These habits, although not right in God’s eyes, would seem normal to us, and we would not think twice about continuing to do wrong. Until we come to Christ, the standard is the world system in which we were raised. When we accept Jesus as our Lord and Savior, and begin to study His Holy Word, we soon realize that our bad habits are not pleasing to God, and then our conscience can become our guide. Since our minds are now conformed to God’s way of thinking, we are renewed in such a way that what we believe is in accordance with God’s truth. I would encourage each of you to be very cautious about going against your own conscience once you are committed to Christ, as He tells us that He will lead us on the right paths and will not let us go astray. The Holy Spirit does work through our conscience as God seeks to renew our minds. We need to thank God everyday, that our mind and conscience can be renewed daily through the power of God.