Conscience

By Kevin Cauley

Conscience is our moral sense of ought. For it to function properly it must be trained and exercised. A good example is found in the person of Daniel ( Daniel 1:8). It being our own personal moral sense of ought (right or wrong), it is possible for it to be deceived. For example, the apostle Paul, even though he had earlier in his life persecuted Christ, declared that he had lived his life "in all good conscience before God" ( Acts 23:1).

Daniel 1:8: "But Daniel purposed in his heart that he would not defile himself with the portion of the king's meat, nor with the wine which he drank: therefore he requested of the prince of the eunuchs that he might not defile himself."
Acts 23:1: "And Paul, earnestly beholding the council, said, Men and brethren, I have lived in all good conscience before God until this day."

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