Chapter 34—Conscience
Exalt the Conscience to Its Rightful Place of Authority—God
has given men more than a mere animal life. He “so loved the world,
that He gave His only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in Him
should not perish, but have everlasting life.” He expects those for
whom He has made so great a sacrifice to show their appreciation of
His love by following the example that Christ has set them, living lives
that are in harmony with His will. He expects them to respond to the
love He has expressed for them by denying self for the good of others.
He expects them to use the powers of mind and body in His service.
He has given them affections, and He expects them to use this precious
gift to His glory. He has given them a conscience, and He forbids that
this gift be in any way misused; it is, rather, to be exalted to the place
of authority to which He has assigned it.—
The Southern Watchman,
March 1, 1904
.
Control Conscience and Cultivate an Amiable Disposition—
We should all cultivate an amiable disposition and subject ourselves to
the control of conscience. The spirit of the truth makes better men and
women of those who receive it in their hearts. It works like leaven till
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the entire being is brought into conformity to its principles. It opens
the heart that has been frozen by avarice; it opens the hand that has
ever been closed to human suffering; and charity and kindness are seen
as its fruits.—
Testimonies for the Church 4:59
(1876).
A Pure Conscience a Wonderful Acquirement—A conscience
void of offense toward God and man is a wonderful acquirement.—
Manuscript 126, 1897.
(HC 143.)
Rejecting Conscience Is a Fearful Danger—Day by day men
and women are deciding their eternal destiny. I have been shown that
many are in great danger. When a man will do or say anything to gain
his end, nothing but the power of God can save him. His character
needs to be transformed before he can have a good conscience, void
of offense toward God and man. Self must die, and Christ must take
possession of the soul temple. When, by rejecting the light that God
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