Non-Essentials & Strong Convictions
Non-Essentials & Strong Convictions
Romans 14:3 - Let not the one who eats despise the one who abstains, and let not the one who abstains pass judgment on the one who eats, for God has welcomed him.
Tim revisits ‘Should a Christian observe the Sabbath?’
Tim revisits ‘Should a Christian observe the Sabbath?’
Tim revisits the question: "Should a Christian Keep the Sabbath Today"
Should a Christian Observe the Sabbath?
Should a Christian Observe the Sabbath?
Should a Christian observe the Sabbath? I should have expected this one would come up too. Ah, I thought about this one. Is this going to get me in trouble?
- Act 24:16 So I always take pains to have a clear conscience toward both God and man.
- 1Ti 1:19 holding faith and a good conscience. By rejecting this, some have made shipwreck of their faith,
- Titus 1:15 To the pure, all things are pure, but to the defiled and unbelieving, nothing is pure; but both their minds and their consciences are defiled.
- 1 Timothy 4:2 2 through the insincerity of liars whose consciences are seared…
- 1 Samuel 24:5 And afterward David’s heart struck him, because he had cut off a corner of Saul’s robe.
A weak and constantly accusing conscience is a spiritual liability, not a strength. Many people with especially tender consciences tend to display their overscrupulousness as if it were proof of deep spirituality. It is precisely the opposite.
Ironically, a weak conscience is more likely to accuse than a strong conscience. Scripture calls this a weak conscience because it is too easily wounded.
A cleansed conscience is not a conscience that managed to forget guilt, it’s a conscience that has experienced guilt dealt with by the price being fully paid at the Cross.