Title

Conscience of Christ

Scripture
“This is the covenant that I will make with them after those days, says the Lord: I will put My laws into their hearts, and in their minds I will write them.”
(Hebrews 10:16)
Devotional
The only way to have the law of God in our hearts and written in our minds is to have the mind of Christ. The only way to have the mind of Christ is to have Christ as Lord and Savior. The book of Colossians calls it, “Christ in you, the hope of glory.”(1) Here we have the Spirit connecting with the body and soul. That connection is found in the conscience. Our consciences are mentioned some thirty times in the scriptures. When we have the Spirit of God, we will have a natural inclination with regard to right and wrong. As long as we do not reject the prompting of the Lord, He will continue to guide us through the witness of the conscience. Our consciences will always be a good guide as long as they do not contradict God’s Word. Once we receive the engrafted Word (2) it will be settled in our minds and hearts. It will always accomplish what it is set out to do. It will not return void. (3)

(1) Colossians 1:27, (2) James 1:21, (3) Isaiah 55:11
Thought For The Night
“The church must be reminded that it is not the master or the servant of the state, but rather the conscience of the state.” Martin Luther King, Jr. (1929–1968), Baptist minister and great civil rights leader.
 
Evening Text
Hebrews 10:16: “This is the covenant that I will make with them after those days, says the Lord: I will put My laws into their hearts, and in their minds I will write them.”
Looking for Answers
Evening Study Guide
Defining: “Conscience”: “1. Internal or self-knowledge, or judgment of right and wrong; or the faculty, power or principle within us, which decides on the lawfulness or unlawfulness of our own actions and affections, and instantly approves or condemns them,” Noah Webster 1828 Dictionary
 
Referencing: “‘He who is without sin among you, let him throw a stone at her first.’ …Then those who heard it, being convicted by their conscience, went out one by one, beginning with the oldest even to the last,” John 8:7-9 NAS.
 
Applying: Let the Word of God confirm your conscience, not the reverse.