Post by JEM on Nov 20, 2005 13:01:29 GMT
A WINNING COMBINATION Read 1 Timothy 18 v 20
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by Herb Vaner Lugt on May 8th 2004 in OUR DAILY BREAD
Now note 1 Timothy 1 v 19
,,,”having faith, and a good conscience, which some have rejected, concerning the faith having suffered shipwreck “
A new believer slipped into his old ways by attending a party and getting drunk.
When he arrived home his wife would not let him in.
Instead she called their pastor who found the man sleeping in his car
The pastor drove him to a motel to sleep off his drunkenness He knew him well and was confident that a strong rebuke would not be needed,
Instead he asked god to convict the man and bring him to repentance. In this case the pastor choose the right course. The young man later said he had learned a valuable lesson through his experience and the LORD had “taken all the fun out of sin”
A” good conscience” will disturb us when we do something we know is wrong
We keep our conscience “good” , efficient, healthy, by heeding it, using it. listening to it, and turning away from sin. In that man’s case avoiding getting drunk, by controlling his intake of alcohol by operating within safe limits or if driving by not drinking at all.
In this passage Paul said that the faith of Hymenaeus and Alexander “suffered shipwreck” because they rejected the voice of their good conscience (1 Timothy 1 v 19-20).
By doing so they had deadened their conscience and then apparently twisted the truth to justify their conduct
True faith and a sensitive conscience will take all the fun out of sinning and remove the desire to twist the truth to justify what is wrong.
Faith and a good conscience are a winning combination Lets keep them strong
Our conscience is a gift from God. It is a guiding light.
And when aligned with faith and truth, it tells us wrong from right.
CONSCIENCE IS A SAFE GUIDE
WHEN GUIDED BY GOD’S WORD.
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by Herb Vaner Lugt on May 8th 2004 in OUR DAILY BREAD
Now note 1 Timothy 1 v 19
,,,”having faith, and a good conscience, which some have rejected, concerning the faith having suffered shipwreck “
A new believer slipped into his old ways by attending a party and getting drunk.
When he arrived home his wife would not let him in.
Instead she called their pastor who found the man sleeping in his car
The pastor drove him to a motel to sleep off his drunkenness He knew him well and was confident that a strong rebuke would not be needed,
Instead he asked god to convict the man and bring him to repentance. In this case the pastor choose the right course. The young man later said he had learned a valuable lesson through his experience and the LORD had “taken all the fun out of sin”
A” good conscience” will disturb us when we do something we know is wrong
We keep our conscience “good” , efficient, healthy, by heeding it, using it. listening to it, and turning away from sin. In that man’s case avoiding getting drunk, by controlling his intake of alcohol by operating within safe limits or if driving by not drinking at all.
In this passage Paul said that the faith of Hymenaeus and Alexander “suffered shipwreck” because they rejected the voice of their good conscience (1 Timothy 1 v 19-20).
By doing so they had deadened their conscience and then apparently twisted the truth to justify their conduct
True faith and a sensitive conscience will take all the fun out of sinning and remove the desire to twist the truth to justify what is wrong.
Faith and a good conscience are a winning combination Lets keep them strong
Our conscience is a gift from God. It is a guiding light.
And when aligned with faith and truth, it tells us wrong from right.
CONSCIENCE IS A SAFE GUIDE
WHEN GUIDED BY GOD’S WORD.