BBD 12.09.10 A Corrupted Conscience (Classic)

#1 · December 9, 2010, 9:46 pm

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12.09.10

A Corrupted Conscience

To the pure all things are pure, but to those who are defiled and unbelieving nothing is pure; but even their mind and conscience are defiled. - Titus 1:15.

In Albuquerque, New Mexico Amadeo Salguero was arrested for the carjacking of an Acura at the point of a gun from three people. The Acura had an excellent stereo system, which most likely was what Salguero was after. Salguero was having difficulty operating the system, and so he called one of his victims and asked, "I don't want there to be hard feelings, but, hey, how do you hook up your amp? The call was traced to Salgueros cell phone, who lived just across the street from where the carjacking occurred.

One translation of Titus 1:15 instead of "defiled," says "corrupted," and both words could be used. With Amadeo Salguero we see a corruption of his conscience. His conscience is so corrupted that he sees little wrong with robbing someone at gunpoint. Im sure he was quite shocked when the police arrived to arrest him after his call for help about operating the stereo system.

Recently I visited with a deputy sheriff after our church was broken into, and he said that the people they were dealing with now are the children of those they were arresting ten to fifteen years ago. Hard to believe, but corruption is being taught by the example, and words of some parents. Of course, the world itself is corrupted, and constantly bombards the minds of all of us with its evil message. We should fear having a conscience that is not able to provide a moral guide, and that does not know right from wrong, or sees everything not as black and white, but in shades of gray. Robert J. Little says, "A seared conscience is one whose warning voice has been suppressed and perverted habitually, so that eventually instead of serving as a guide, it only confirms the person in his premeditatedly evil course.

The solution for uncorrupting a corrupted conscience is found in Hebrews 9:14 which says, "How much more shall the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered Himself without spot to God, cleanse your conscience from dead works to serve the living God?" Once our conscience has been cleansed, we should strive to keep it that way, as we see in the example of the apostle Paul who says, "I have hope in God, which they themselves also accept, that there will be a resurrection of the dead, both of the just and the unjust. This being so, I myself always strive to have a conscience without offense toward and men (Acts 24:16)." In other words, Paul strived always to keep his conscience clear or pure. We must do the same!

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Posted by: edwrather <edwrather@...>

Visit the Burning Bush websites:

http://www.theburningbush.net
http://www.theburningbush.org

The Burning Bush websites have received visits from more than 170 countries. Celebrating 11 years online since January 31, 1998. Since June 8, 1998 the Burning Bush Devotional has been spreading the truth of Gods Word to more than 11,000 subscribers across the world.

Please join the Burning Bush Prayer Group. The group began in 1998 and is made up of over 300 prayer warriors. Send prayer requests and receive prayer requests. To join send an email to: bbpg-subscribe@yahoogroups.com

If you love to send and receive inspirational emails then the Burning Bush Inspirational Group is for you. To join send an email to bbinspire-join@welovegod.org

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The Burning Bush Devotional
Welcome to the 3013 new subscribers since January 1, 2010!!
There were 1367 new subscribers during 2009!!
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12.09.10

A Corrupted Conscience

To the pure all things are pure, but to those who are defiled and unbelieving nothing is pure; but even their mind and conscience are defiled. - Titus 1:15.

In Albuquerque, New Mexico Amadeo Salguero was arrested for the carjacking of an Acura at the point of a gun from three people. The Acura had an excellent stereo system, which most likely was what Salguero was after. Salguero was having difficulty operating the system, and so he called one of his victims and asked, "I don't want there to be hard feelings, but, hey, how do you hook up your amp? The call was traced to Salgueros cell phone, who lived just across the street from where the carjacking occurred.

One translation of Titus 1:15 instead of "defiled," says "corrupted," and both words could be used. With Amadeo Salguero we see a corruption of his conscience. His conscience is so corrupted that he sees little wrong with robbing someone at gunpoint. Im sure he was quite shocked when the police arrived to arrest him after his call for help about operating the stereo system.

Recently I visited with a deputy sheriff after our church was broken into, and he said that the people they were dealing with now are the children of those they were arresting ten to fifteen years ago. Hard to believe, but corruption is being taught by the example, and words of some parents. Of course, the world itself is corrupted, and constantly bombards the minds of all of us with its evil message. We should fear having a conscience that is not able to provide a moral guide, and that does not know right from wrong, or sees everything not as black and white, but in shades of gray. Robert J. Little says, "A seared conscience is one whose warning voice has been suppressed and perverted habitually, so that eventually instead of serving as a guide, it only confirms the person in his premeditatedly evil course.

The solution for uncorrupting a corrupted conscience is found in Hebrews 9:14 which says, "How much more shall the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered Himself without spot to God, cleanse your conscience from dead works to serve the living God?" Once our conscience has been cleansed, we should strive to keep it that way, as we see in the example of the apostle Paul who says, "I have hope in God, which they themselves also accept, that there will be a resurrection of the dead, both of the just and the unjust. This being so, I myself always strive to have a conscience without offense toward and men (Acts 24:16)." In other words, Paul strived always to keep his conscience clear or pure. We must do the same!

Copyright © 2002-2010. Ed Wrather. Permission is given for use of the devotionals on a non-profit basis with source credited. The Burning Bush website has been online since January 31, 1998. On June 8, 1998 the email version of the Burning Bush Devotional was first sent. Ed Wrather began writing devotionals in the early 1990s. The distribution of these first devotionals was primarily through the Burning Bush Newsletter sent to prison facilities throughout the United States and Canada.

For information about how to hear my testimony in your church visit this link: http://www.theburningbush.net/pages.asp?pageid=22160

Many prayer needs are posted at the Burning Bush website on the Prayer Request page. You can also post your prayer requests there and they will be forwarded to the Burning Bush Prayer Group (Of course, I am always in need of prayer - please pray for me.).

If you are not my friend on facebook or myspace you can be, just add me. The devotionals are posted in my blogs on those two social networks and you can leave comments, feedback about them there. There are other social networks designed just for Christians, however, this is an outreach project to reach those who may not know the Lord or may have wandered away. You can help me reach out to them.

If you enjoy the devotional please recommend it to your friends. They may subscribe by sending a blank email to burningbushhtml-join@welovegod.org

Two videos of my sermons are posted on Godtube at: connect.tangle.com/Wrather

You can listen to services at my son, Clark Wrather's church (First Baptist Church of Broken Bow, Oklahoma) live on Sunday mornings at 10:55am CST http://www.kkbifm.com/

There is a complete devotional archive at the old Burning Bush website. Here is the URL: http://www.theburningbush.org/33.html.

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