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NASB | 1 Timothy 3:2 An overseer, then, must be above reproach, the husband of one wife, temperate, prudent, respectable, hospitable, able to teach, |
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Bible Question: I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW TAKEN FROM THE SCRIPTURE GIVEN 2TIM 1:3 HOW DOES A MINISTER KEEP A CLEAR CONSCIENCE AND WHY IS IT IMPORTANT FOR YOU TO HAVE A CLEAR CONSCIENCE?? THANK YOU! |
Bible Answer: conscience 1 a : the sense of the moral goodness or blameworthiness of one's own conduct, intentions, or character together with a feeling of obligation to do right or be good (Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary). *************************** Conscience that faculty of the mind, or inborn sense of right and wrong, by which we judge of the moral character of human conduct. It is common to all men. Like all our other faculties, it has been perverted by the Fall. It is spoken of as "defiled" , and "seared". A "conscience void of offence" is to be sought and cultivated This dictionary topic is from M.G. Easton M.A., D.D., Illustrated Bible Dictionary, Third Edition, published by Thomas Nelson, 1897. Public Domain, copy freely. (http://bible.crosswalk.com/Dictionaries/EastonsBibleDictionary/ebd.cgi) *************************** Conscience Conscience is a term that describes an aspect of a human being's self-awareness. It is part of a person's internal rational capacity and is not, as popular lore sometimes suggests, an audience room for the voice of God or of the devil. Conscience is a critical inner awareness that bears witness to the norms and values we recognize and apply. The complex of values with which conscience deals includes not only those we own, but the entire range of values to which we are exposed during life's journey. Consequently, there is always a sense of struggle in our reflective process. The witness of conscience makes its presence known by inducing mental anguish and feelings of guilt when we violate the values we recognize and apply. Conscience also provides a sense of pleasure when we reflect on conformity to our value system. (...) Conclusion. Conscience is an aspect of self-awareness that produces the pain and/or pleasure we "feel" as we reflect on the norms and values we recognize and apply. Conscience is not an outside voice. It is a inward capacity humans possess to critique themselves because the Creator provided this process as a means of moral restraint for his creation. The critique conscience exercises related to the value system which a person develops. Romans 12:1-2 makes the point that God desires that his creation conform to divine values by a process of rational renewal. The Scriptures provide the content for this renewal. Gary T. Meadors. Bibliography. P. W. Gooch, NTS33 (1987); R. Jewett, Paul's Anthropological Terms; C. S. Lewis, Studies in Words; C. A. Pierce, Conscience in the New Testament; M. E. Thrall, NTS14 (1964). (Baker's Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology . Edited by Walter A. Elwell. Published by Baker Books.) (Note: the definitions given here are not for the purpose of starting a boring, eternal quarrel over the definition of conscience. Instead, it is hoped that members will read the definitions and then move right along to answer the original question. So that people can get started, I have quoted 3 definitions.) |