SINCERE MILK
SUNDAY JUN 21, 2020
TOPIC: ANCHOR OF FAITH
TEXT: 1 TIMOTHY 1:18-20
Key Verse: "Holding faith, and a good conscience; which some having put away concerning faith have made shipwreck" (1 Timothy 1:19).
The Bible says so much about conscience. Conscience is, simply, the moral sense of knowing what is right or wrong. A good conscience is an anchor or support that holds our ship of faith in peace.
Our faith crashes or suffers accident if our conscience is defiled. A ship without an anchor is heading for a disaster. So, faith without conscience is empty and cannot please God.
A good conscience makes our faith in Jesus meaningful. How can we claim to believe in Jesus, yet, in our minds, cannot overcome immoral thoughts and wicked plans?
In our text, Paul, the Apostle, mentioned the names of some people who, probably, taught others that it was not possible for their faith in Jesus to set them free from sins.
You are saved from sin, and God wants you to have a conscience void of offence before God and man. What you think and love, and what you do and approve of, must be such that are according to God's law of righteousness.
God wants you to be separate from bad friends who do not want you to live a holy life. Live right and have a good conscience.
Prayer: Lord Jesus, You are able to save me from all sins. Bless me with a good conscience.
Further Reading: Acts 24:14-16