OUR CONSCIENCE

1) The word conscience: “The interior faculty for the personal discernment of good and evil.”

2) Simple definition: Conscience is like a court; it makes judgments on matters brought before it.

3) Man has struggled with conscience problems for a long time – Gen. 3:8.

4) God appealed to man’s conscience early in the earth’s history, Gen. 4:10.

5) Acts 23:1 tells us what about conscience? _________________________________________________

6) Rom. 13:5 means? ____________________________________________________________________

7) List examples: _______________________________________________________________________

8) Is the conscience only for right and wrong (Rom. 14:2)? ______________________________________

9) Can our conscience be our guide? ________________________________________________________

10) Relate your answer to 1 Cor. 4:4 _________________________________________________________

11) Do we learn anything about the conscience of others – 1 Cor. 8:9? ______________________________

12) Explain 1 Cor. 8:10 – the conscience can be “violated”: ______________________________________

13) Three important things for Christians: _____________________________________________________

14) 1 Tim. 3:9 tells us _____________________________________________________________________

15) Comment on 1 Pet. 3:21 - ______________________________________________________________

16) HAVING A CONSCIENCE IMPLIES CERTAIN TRUTHS:

a) It implies that “evil” exists because it tells us things are good and things are bad. Recent lootings.

b) It implies a “higher power” (it came from somewhere). Compare Jn. 16:8 & Acts 2:37.

c) A conscience is designed to say sin is bad, God is good, God has the cure for sin.

d) Possession a conscience implies the existence of “free will.”

e) Finally, it implies an after life. Why strive for a clean conscience if earth is all there is?

17) There are different kinds of consciences:

18) Heb. 10:22 – explain: _________________________________________________________________

19) Acts 26:9 – explain: __________________________________________________________________

20) Jn. 8:9 (KJV) – explain: _______________________________________________________________

21) How is a conscience convicted? _________________________________________________________

22) A successful Christian life goes hand in hand with a good conscience.

23) For this to happen our conscience must be trained – Heb. 5:14.

24) Passages that may be related to the conscience (4 good and four bad):

25) Gen 12:18-20 - _______________________________________________________________________

26) Gen. 26:9-11 - ________________________________________________________________________

27) Gen. 31:39-41 - _______________________________________________________________________

28) Neh. 5:15-19 - ________________________________________________________________________

29) Gen. 3:6-8 ___________________________________________________________________________

30) Gen. 42:21 - __________________________________________________________________________

31) Ex. 9:27 - ____________________________________________________________________________

32) Mt. 14:2 - ____________________________________________________________________________