A New Conscience

Jeremiah 6:15

15 Were they ashamed when they had committed
abomination? nay, they were not at all ashamed,
neither could they blush: therefore they shall fall
among them that fall: at the time that I visit them
they shall be cast down, saith the Lord.

God sent the prophet Jeremiah to speak out to a people whose hearts were so hard, who had drifted so far away from their God, who had become so entrenched in their sinful behavior that their consciences were no longer piqued over their sin. They had become so comfortable in their wrongdoing that they couldn't even remember how to blush when confronted about it. The consequences for this loss of conscience would be dreadful.

We live today in a world that is very much like the one in Jeremiah's day. The idea of shame or guilt over sinful behavior is no longer in vogue; many prefer to focus instead on justifying or excusing a bad lifestyle. Even as Christians, it can be too easy to excuse sinful habits and to allow our hearts to become hard and our consciences to become deadened.

The good news is that God has given us a path to a softened heart and a new conscience. It starts with first confessing our known sins and then asking God to reveal things within us that are not pleasing to Him. Pray to Jesus that He will search your heart and make you aware of sins you may be doing or forgotten about. When we do that, we'll find that God will keep the promise He delivered through Ezekiel thousands of years ago...

Ezekiel 36:26

26 A new heart also will I give you, and a new
spirit will I put within you: and I will take away
the stony heart out of your flesh, and I will give
you an heart of flesh.

Reference: 365 Essential Questions from the Bible
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