Holding on to your faith and a good conscience, which some have rejected and so have suffered shipwreck with regard to the faith. 1 Timothy 1:19

God has given human beings the gift of conscience, a sense of right and wrong. But the human conscience was exposed to damage when sin entered into the human experience when Adam and Eve chose to disobey the one commandment God had given them. Since that moment, sin has damaged the conscience of every human being.

I am never amazed when a child gives her/his opinion about life. I listen attentively. One day when I was feeling worse about the class and their negative behavior toward learning, I was taught something. This young man was the grandson of a well-known local bishop.

He said his parents make him go to church every Sunday and he can not see where it makes a difference. I told him that I agreed, it did not make a difference to some people. However, the preacher has been called upon to tell them anyway, “For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord ” Romans 6:23.

He went on to tell me that, what he has gotten out of all this church-going, all these years, is that people are basically evil? Since I had his mother’s number on speed dial for his behavior, I said, I am going to call your mother and tell her something good for a change. You have been listening!

When you first receive salvation through Jesus Christ, God places His Holy Spirit in you. Part of the Holy Spirit’s role in the Christian life is to pinch you when you are about to say or do something that is not Godly.

I had not been myself lately. I let the negative media get to me. When I was awakened early one morning to pray, I was reminded that I need the Holy Spirit to come back into my life. He will not dwell where he is not wanted.

When we have the Holy Spirit playing that role in our lives, if we obey, we can safely allow our conscience to be our guide. Thank You Holy Spirit.