Bible Questions Answered:
“...people they lie cheat and steal
and I mean good people, from work, and they think nothing about
it...”
Brenda/ Guildford, England United
Kingdom
Bible Answer:
Bible Texts:
Many today, have their conscience,
deadened, seared by a hot iron.
I Timothy 4:1-5 KJV
1 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;
2 Speaking lies in hypocrisy; having
their conscience seared* with a hot iron;
3 Forbidding to marry, and
commanding to abstain from meats, which God hath created to be
received with thanksgiving of them which believe and know The Truth.
(Acts 10/11:1-18)
4 For every creature of God is good,
and nothing to be refused, if it be received with thanksgiving:
5 For it is sanctified by The Word
Of God and prayer.
*Seared – Greek: Kauson (Kow-sone):
Burning, heat.
Seared:
1. To char, scorch, or burn the surface
of.
2. To cause to dry up and wither.
(The Free Dictionary-Farlex)
The hand that has been seared by heat,
has no sensation to pain, its pain receptors have been deadened.
Many have “seared” their conscience.
Romans 1:18-32 KJV
18 For the wrath of God is revealed
from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men, who
hold The Truth in unrighteousness;
19 Because that which may be known
of God is manifest in them; for God hath shewed it unto them.
20 For the invisible things of Him
from the creation of the world are clearly seen, being understood by
the things that are made, even His eternal power and Godhead; so that
they are without excuse:
21 Because that, when they knew God,
they glorified Him not as God, neither were thankful; but became vain
in their imaginations, and their foolish heart was darkened.
22 Professing themselves to be wise,
they became fools,
23 And changed the glory of the
incorruptible God into an image made like to corruptible man, and to
birds, and four footed beasts, and creeping things.
24 Wherefore God also gave them up
to uncleanness through the lusts of their own hearts, to dishonor
their own bodies between themselves:
25 Who changed The Truth of God into
a lie, and worshiped and served the creature more than the Creator,
who is blessed for ever. Amen.
26 For this cause God gave them up
unto vile affections: for even their women did change the natural use
into that which is against nature:
27 And likewise also the men,
leaving the natural use of the woman, burned in their lust one toward
another; men with men working that which is unseemly, and receiving
in themselves that recompense of their error which was meet.
28 And even as they did not like to
retain God in their knowledge, God gave them over to a reprobate
mind, to do those things which are not convenient;
29 Being filled with all
unrighteousness, fornication, wickedness, covetousness,
maliciousness; full of envy, murder, debate, deceit, malignity
(malicious behavior NLT); whisperers (gossip NLT),
30 Backbiters, haters of God,
despiteful, proud, boasters, inventors of evil things, disobedient to
parents,
31 Without understanding, covenant
breakers, without natural affection, implacable, unmerciful:
32 Who knowing the judgment of God,
that they which commit such things are worthy of death, not only do
the same, but have pleasure in them that do them.
Ephesians 4:18,19 NLT
18 Their minds are full of darkness;
they wander far from the life God gives because they have closed
their minds and hardened their hearts against Him.
19 They have no sense of shame. They
live for lustful pleasure and eagerly practice every kind of
impurity.
I Timothy
1:5,6,19 NLT
5 The purpose of my instruction is
that all believers would be filled with love that comes from a pure
heart, a clear conscience, and genuine faith.
6 But the widow who lives only for
pleasure is spiritually dead even while she lives.
19 Cling to your faith in Christ,
and keep your conscience clear. For some people have
deliberately violated their consciences; as a result,
their faith has been shipwrecked.
I Timothy 4:1-5 NLT (Warnings
against False Teachers)
4 Now The Holy Spirit tells us
clearly that in the last times some will turn away from the true
faith; they will follow deceptive spirits and teachings that come
from demons.
2 These people are hypocrites and
liars, and their consciences are dead.
3 They will say it is wrong to be
married and wrong to eat certain foods. But God created those foods
to be eaten with thanks by faithful people who know The Truth.
4 Since everything God created is
good, we should not reject any of it but receive it with thanks.
5 For we know it is made acceptable
by The Word Of God and prayer.
Our
God given conscience, tells us the difference between right and
wrong.
Romans 2:15 KJV
Which shew the work of the law
written in their hearts, their conscience also bearing
witness, and their thoughts the mean while accusing or else excusing
one another;
When a person comes
to The Lord, He purifies, their conscience.
Hebrew 9:14 KJV
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
God?
Hebrews 9:14 NLT
Just think how much more The Blood
Of Christ will purify our consciences from sinful deeds so that we
can worship The Living God. For by the power of The Eternal Spirit,
Christ offered Himself to God as A Perfect Sacrifice For our Sins.
The Apostle Paul,
warned Christians to keep their conscience clear:
A
Clear Conscience:
Acts 24:16 NLT
(Paul)
"... I always try to
maintain a clear conscience before God and all people.
Romans 9:1 NLT
With Christ as my witness, I speak
with utter truthfulness. My conscience and The Holy Spirit confirm
it.
II Corinthians
1:12 NLT
We can say with confidence and a
clear conscience that we have lived with a God-given holiness and
sincerity in all our dealings. We have depended on God’s grace, not
on our own human wisdom. That is how we have conducted ourselves
before the world, and especially toward you.
I Timothy 3:9
NLT
They must be committed to the
mystery of the faith now revealed and must live with a clear
conscience.
Hebrews 13:18
NLT
Pray for us, for our conscience is
clear and we want to live honorably in everything we do.
I Peter 2:19 NLT
For God is pleased when, conscious
of His will, you patiently endure unjust treatment.
I Peter 3:16 NLT
But do this in a gentle and
respectful way. Keep your conscience clear. Then if
people speak against you, they will be ashamed when they see what a
good life you live because you belong to Christ.
This warning by Peter is the same
warning that the apostle Paul, gave “keep your conscience clear.”
The ship that looses it's charts and
compass, will, never find home.
Psalm 119:11 KJV
Thy Word have I hid in mine heart,
that I might not sin against thee.
Psalm 19:14 KJV
Let the words of my mouth, and the
meditation of my heart, be acceptable in thy sight, O Lord, my
Strength, and my Redeemer.
Galatians 5:16 KJV
This I say then, Walk in The Spirit, and ye shall not fulfill the lust of the flesh.
Prayer:
Numbers 14:18 KJV
The Lord is long suffering, and of
great mercy, forgiving iniquity and transgression..."
John 1;12,13 KJV
12 But as many as received Him, to
them gave He power to become the sons of God, even to them that
believe on His name:
13 Which were born, not of blood,
nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God.
