Introduction and Review: Timothy, in order to wage a good warfare must hold on to two valuable things, faith and a good conscience.
I. A Good Conscience Explained… A. The Conscience (generally speaking) defined… “The conscience is man's moral intuition.” Romans 2:14,15 B. A Good Conscience is… 1. Purified, Hebrews 9:14; 10:22 2. Guided by God's Word, I Peter 2:19 3. More that a clear conscience… a. It pronounces judgments that are followed… b. It produces true repentance, 2 Corinthians 7:10 c. It is always joined or closely connected to real faith 4. It always looks to duty…
II. Things Necessary to Maintain a Good Conscience… A. Daily living in the hope of Heaven, Hebrews 10:34; Psalm 119:61 B. Having a sincere love to Christ, Romans 8:35 C. Developing and growing in a well grounded conviction of the truth, I Thess. 5:21 D. A sound, spiritual contempt of the world… 1. In order to be done with it…Mark 10:22 2. To be entirely dependent upon God…Hebrews 13:5 E. A Deep rooted belief of God's providence…
III. Being Alert to Danger… Lesson: Not everyone who claims to belong to Christ really does. A. Some have made “shipwreck” of their faith… 1. They have rejected faith (the truth)… “One cannot keep his faith while he plays loose with the truth.” R.H. Lenski 2. A ruined conscience… B. Two Serous examples… See 2 Timothy 2:16-18 Lesson: Be careful of irreverent babble, Matthew 12:36. “A bad conscience is the mother of all heresies.” John Calvin C. The Judgment pronounced… “excommunication” 1. Understanding Paul's meaning, i.e. I Corinthians 5:5,13 2. Seeing Paul's purpose…
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