On Sunday, November 3, 2024, Teaching Pastor Bruce Hess’ message is “Message 3 – How to Cultivate a Clear Conscience” from our The Bible and Your Conscience series. Below are some questions for your personal or group reflection.
- Bruce stated that Satan’s strategy is to keep us from the blessing of living with a clear conscience. Why does he employ that strategy?
- One step in cultivating a clear conscience is to proactively flee from sin. How can we accomplish that most effectively?
- Have your personal convictions ever been altered by Scripture? Elaborate on how that transpired.
- What are some productive ways we can calibrate our conscience to God’s Word?
- When it comes to consistently monitoring our conscience, how did David choose to do that in Psalm 139:23-24?
- What kind of things get in the way of us regularly confessing our sin?
- Bruce said it is possible to go passive spiritually. Why do you think that happens and how can we avoid it?
- Bruce mentioned three motivations for cultivating a clear conscience. Can you list the three? Which one is most motivational to you?
- Have you ever found it profitable to confess a sin in the presence of another believer, or believers? [see James 5:16] If so, explain why you found it helpful.
Some personal questions:
- Are there any dark corners or “hidden rooms” in your life that you have refused to open to the Lord?
- Are you postponing doing something that your conscience has been telling that you should do?