The importance of a pure conscience

1 Timothy 3: 9 Holding the mystery of the faith in a pure  conscience

 We have a glorious faith. We are privileged to have access to such a faith.  If you don’t know the Lord yet, the door is wide open for all. All you need to  do is to receive Jesus Christ the one who died for you as Lord as Saviour and  begin to live unto Him.

 Yes we have a glorious faith, and to benefit more from what we have, we need  to   ‘ hold the mystery of faith in a pure conscience’.

 What does this mean?  Listen to your heart. We are to search our hearts  at all times. We need to make sure that our motives are right. We are to remain  teachable and ensure our hearts and conscience are pure.

Lets look at a few scriptures:


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.

 Acts 24:16
 And herein do I exercise  myself, to have always a conscience void to offence toward God, and toward men. 
 

Paul says here that he exercises himself i.e a conscious effort to make sure his conscience is void of offence toward God and men.


1 Timothy 1: 5

 Now the end of the commandment  is charity out of a pure heart, and of a good conscience, and of faith unfeigned:
 
Holding our faith in a pure conscience is part of our call. Everything the  Lord requires us to do is for our good and essential to life a productive  Christian life.

 The importance of this is evident from this scripture:

 
1 Timothy 1:18-19
 This charge I commit unto thee, son Timothy, according to the prophecies which went before on thee, that thou by them mightest war a good warfare;

 Holding faith, and a good conscience; which some having put away concerning faith have made shipwreck:

 Very serious but true.
 
Lets exercise ourselves to maintain a good and pure conscience. Lets do what we know is right and maintain our ground whether or not others do.


Its critical to our walk with the Lord.

Bisi Oadipupo