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John 8:3–11

• Jesus married mercy and truth.
• The accusers left as their consciences condemned them.
  We must exercise ourselves to have healthy consciences, like Paul.

1. The Conscience Bears Witness

• Romans 2:15

• The conciences is moral compass
  • It helps tell us what is right and wrong.
• The conciences is moral monitor
  • Commends us when we obey and condemns us when we do not.

2. The Conscience Must Be Trained

• Really, it is our beliefs being trained on what is truth.
• 2 Cor. 8:7
• Consciences are only as good as what we know and believe.
• Our consciences can be warped to falsehoods or honed to truth.

• The Insensitive Conscience
  • Titus 1:15; 1 Timothy 4:2
• The Oversensitive Conscience
  • 1 Corinthians 8:7
  • Paul tries to correct their consciences, but does not condemn them.
    • Yet those who try to impose their weak consciences on others are condemned.
  • There's nothing inherently righeous of being more strict than others.
    • Hosea 6:6
  • It's just overly binding and should be free.
• The Healthy Conscience

3. What You Do with Your Conscience Affects Your Faith

• When you ignore your conscience, you destroy your faith
  • 1 Tim. 1:19
  • This is part of why secret sins are so damaging.
• Folowing your conscience builds your faith.

4. Healthy consciences can be cultivated

• Insensitive consciences can be cleansed.