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NASB | Romans 2:15 in that they show the work of the Law written in their hearts, their conscience bearing witness and their thoughts alternately accusing or else defending them, |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Romans 2:15 They show that the essential requirements of the Law are written in their hearts; and their conscience [their sense of right and wrong, their moral choices] bearing witness and their thoughts alternately accusing or perhaps defending them |
Subject: Where did our conscience come from? |
Bible Note: Dear Brother Jeff and Sister Azure, I came across this definition of conscience by the Edinburgh professor David Dickson written in 1664: "Conscience, as it doth respect ourselves, is the understanding power of our souls examining how matters do stand betwixt God and us, comparing His will revealed, with our state, condition and carriage, in thoughts, words or deeds, done or omitted, and passing judgment thereupon as the case requires." He taught that all "reasonings of conscience" were formed from what he called a "practical syllogism." The major premise he called duty (what we should or should not do) and the minor premise he called our state before God (obeying, disobeying, approved, under censure, justified, or condemned). Dickson argued that, as believers, we are to hone our conscience continuously and thoroughly with Scripture. The Puritan adage that "As we learn all to practice, we learn much by practice," seems to be particularly applicable in such an effort. Anyway, I thought this was an interesting and pertinent addition to our discussion. In Him, Doc |