Can Our Conscience Be Our Guide?

[316 words] “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” (Romans 2:15). You may have been told, “Let your conscience be your guide.” The conscience sits in judgment of man’s actions. According to Romans 2:15 the conscience accuses us or excuses us, “…their conscience also bearing witness, and their thoughts the mean while accusing or else excusing one another:” In order for our conscience to function properly it must be educated properly. Notice these examples where on account of wrong or a misinformed conscience, individuals proceeded without any feeling of guilt. The Apostle Paul did “many things contrary to the name of Jesus of Nazareth” (Acts 26:9), yet believed he had “lived in all good conscience before God” (Acts 23:1). He did so in ignorance and unbelief. His conscience was…