Tag: conscience
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Under the Water, Under His Authority – 1 Peter 3:21-22
1 Peter 3:21-22 The like figure whereunto even baptism doth also now save us (not the putting away of the filth of the flesh, but the answer of a good conscience toward God,) by the resurrection of Jesus Christ:Who is gone into heaven, and is on the right hand of God; angels and authorities and…
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Which Tree Will You Choose? – 1 Peter 3:18
1 Peter 3:18 For Christ also hath once suffered for sins, the just for the unjust, that he might bring us to God, being put to death in the flesh, but quickened by the Spirit. Peter says Christ suffered once for sins, the Just for the unjust, that He might bring us to God. That…
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Keep the Window Clean – 1 Peter 3:16-17
1 Peter 3:16-17 Having a good conscience; that, whereas they speak evil of you, as of evildoers, they may be ashamed that falsely accuse your good conversation in Christ.For it is better, if the will of God be so, that ye suffer for well doing, than for evil doing. Peter says believers are to have…
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A Cleansed Conscience — Hebrews 9:13–14
Hebrews 9:13–14 For if the blood of bulls and of goats, and the ashes of an heifer sprinkling the unclean, sanctifieth to the purifying of the flesh: How much more shall the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered himself without spot to God, purge your conscience from dead works to serve the living…
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A Clean Heart Sees Clearly — Titus 1:15
Titus 1:15 Unto the pure all things are pure: but unto them that are defiled and unbelieving is nothing pure; but even their mind and conscience is defiled. Paul now moves from false teaching to the condition of the heart. He says that to the pure, all things are pure. That statement can easily be…
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When Faith Is Quietly Abandoned — 1 Timothy 4:1–2
1 Timothy 4:1–2 Now the Spirit speaketh expressly, that in the latter times some shall depart from the faith, giving heed to seducing spirits, and doctrines of devils;Speaking lies in hypocrisy; having their conscience seared with a hot iron; Paul shifts from structure to warning. He has talked about the message of the church. He…
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Fight Well — 1 Timothy 1:18–19
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. Paul calls him son again. That tells you this is…