Page 71 to not own expensive vehicles. to not own insurance. to not lock their car doors. to not lock the doors of their house. God’s will is for Christian women . . . to never wear jewelry. to wear a veil on their heads in church gatherings. to never cut their hair. to wear clothing that never exposes their legs. to be silent in church meetings. to never wear a bikini. The Limitations of Personal Conscience In Chapter 2, we discussed the conscience. The conscience is an internal guide into God’s moral will. However, the conscience is limited by knowledge. Every person has an internal line that is drawn by his or her conscience. If you cross that line, you have sinned. Yet because the line drawn by our conscience is limited by our knowledge, the line of some Christians will differ from others. Consequently, I may engage in a certain behavior that my
Christ’s righteousness is so imputed to believers that their justification is not merely the act of a sovereign dispensing with law but the act of a judge declaring the law to be satisfied.
Charles Hodge