My Conscience

https://www.lavistachurchofchrist.org/cms/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/My-Conscience.mp3 by Jeffrey W. Hamilton Text: I Corinthians 4:1-5   I.         Defining your conscience             A.        A part of every human is an awareness of what he should do in various situations             B.        Your conscience does not determine what is right or wrong                         1.         That is what judgment is for.                         2.         Righteous judgment is done by God’s wisdom – Proverb 8:12-17…

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Does Sin Trouble Us?

https://www.lavistachurchofchrist.org/cms/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/Does-Sin-Trouble-Us.mp3 by Raymond Warfel

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Weak in Faith vs. Weak in the Faith

by Fanning Yeater Tant Gospel Guardian, 24 September 1970 To be weak in faith is not the same as to be weak in the faith. There are two kinds of “weakness” involved, and they are to receive different treatment from those who are stable in Christ. The first kind of weakness is that which afflicted…

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Is it possible to recover from searing your conscious?

Question: Some time ago, I began to slowly return to my old ways. At first, I found myself plagued by guilt, but as time passed I would ignore God’s conviction.  For the most part, I didn’t sin very much. but I struggled with lust every now and then. I still tried to live by God’s…

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What is the difference between feeling guilty and feeling convicted?

Question: Is it true that if you don’t know if something is a sin that you should not do it if it makes you feel convicted? So what is the difference between feeling guilty or feeling convicted? Sometimes I put a lot of thought into something that I bought. I bought the entire collection of…

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Keeping a Pure Conscience

by Sean P. Cavender While standing trial before Felix, the apostle Paul stated that he had strived to live with a pure conscience before God and men (Acts 24:16). This should be the goal of each and every child of God–living life with a pure conscience (I Timothy 1:5,19). The conscience can be a valuable…

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Should the church building be used for weddings or funerals?

Question: A good friend of mine told me about your web site and that your material has been a wonderful resource for him. You have a wonderful article answering the question: “Is it scriptural to have recorded music (not vocal) in a wedding ceremony that is held in the church building?“ In that article you…

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Can you discuss “gut feelings?”

Question: We have been having some great discussions at Bible study about gut feelings; for example, when some say I have a gut feeling about that person, but we have never met that person. I got a gut feeling about the boy my daughter is dating, or I got a gut feeling about the preacher,…

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Where is the line drawn between false teachings and matters of conscience?

Question: I’ve read your articles on false teaching and head coverings. My question is: How do we know if someone is engaging in false teaching? More specifically, where do we draw the line between false teaching and matters of conscience (Romans 14)? For example head coverings. There are a lot of different points of view…

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The Conscience as a Guide

by Jeffrey W. Hamilton Text: Acts 22:22-23:5   I.         Teaching the difference between right and wrong             A.        Young children have no knowledge of good and evil – Deuteronomy 1:39                         1.         As a result, they are not very concerned with matters of right and wrong.                         2.         Mom and Dad handle those issues and let you know.             B.        But somewhere along the…

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Warning Against “That First Instinct”

by Warren E. Berkley “Check your moral compass frequently. I have seen it both in combat and in peace. If you do not know who you are walking into a situation, you may not like who you are when you’re done. When I was a lieutenant in Vietnam, I lost Lance Corporal Guido Ferranaro from Bethpage, New York, a…

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