1.  A “moral compass” given to every man by God  It must not be ignored  It will either “accuse” us or “excuse” us  It must never be violated

2. Ê A good conscience before obeying the gospel is still not enough

3. Acts 23:1 And Paul, looking intently at the Council, said, “Brethren, I have lived my life with a perfectly good conscience before God up to this day.” This included his activity in persecuting Christians.

4. Ê A good conscience before obeying the gospel is still not enough Ë Obeying the gospel

5. 1 Pet 3:21 And corresponding to that, baptism now saves you -- not the removal of dirt from the flesh, but the answer of a good conscience toward God -- through the resurrection of Jesus Christ.

6. Ê A good conscience before obeying the gospel is still not enough Ë Obeying the gospel Ì The redemptive work of Christ

7. Heb 9:13-14 For if the blood of goats and bulls and the ashes of a heifer sprinkling those who have been defiled, sanctify for the cleansing of the flesh, how much more will the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered Himself without blemish to God, cleanse your conscience from dead works to serve the living God?

8. Heb 10:22 Let us draw near with a sincere heart in full assurance of faith, having our hearts sprinkled clean from an evil conscience and our bodies washed with pure water.

9. Ê A good conscience before obeying the gospel is still not enough Ë Obeying the gospel Ì The redemptive work of Christ Í The danger if we fall away

10. 1 Tim 4:1-2 But the Spirit explicitly says that in later times some will fall away from the faith, paying attention to deceitful spirits and doctrines of demons, by means of the hypocrisy of liars seared in their own conscience as with a branding iron.

12.  Let your conscience be your guide…but not your only or even your best guide  The best guide is the inspired & objective word of God  It can do something your conscience cannot do… it can save your soul