INTRODUCTION

Sin makes quite the mess of man’s conscience. Immediately it begins to attack man’s knowledge of God with the end goal of causing him to reject God altogether. Sinful man turns to many different devices in hopes of taking care of his sin-tainted conscience. He may seek to cleanse his conscience by doing religious works, or he may try to forget that his conscience has been corrupted by turning to the pleasures of sin, either way he is left with a conscience in need of purging. Where can man turn to find the purging he so strongly desires? According to Hebrews 9:14How much more shall the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered himself without spot to God, purge your conscience from dead works to serve the living God?
See All..., only the blood of Christ can purge a man’s "conscience from dead works to serve the living God."

DEVOTIONAL THOUGHTS

• (For smaller children) Paul did many things against the people of God before he got saved (Acts 22:19-20 [19] And I said, Lord, they know that I imprisoned and beat in every synagogue them that believed on thee: [20] And when the blood of thy martyr Stephen was shed, I also was standing by, and consenting unto his death, and kept the raiment of them that slew him.
  See All...). He wrote about how to be saved and he knew he was forgiven (1 Corinthians 15:1-4 [1] Moreover, brethren, I declare unto you the gospel which I preached unto you, which also ye have received, and wherein ye stand; [2] By which also ye are saved, if ye keep in memory what I preached unto you, unless ye have believed in vain. [3] For I delivered unto you first of all that which I also received, how that Christ died for our sins according to the scriptures; [4] And that he was buried, and that he rose again the third day according to the scriptures:
  See All...; Colossians 1:14In whom we have redemption through his blood, even the forgiveness of sins:
  See All...). Paul didn't let his past hinder his service (Philippians 3:13-14 [13] Thou wentest forth for the salvation of thy people, even for salvation with thine anointed; thou woundedst the head out of the house of the wicked, by discovering the foundation unto the neck. Selah. [14] Thou didst strike through with his staves the head of his villages: they came out as a whirlwind to scatter me: their rejoicing was as to devour the poor secretly.
  See All...).
• Do you have a conscience that has been attacked by sin? Have you called upon the Lord Jesus Christ to save you and allow His blood to purge your conscience?
• How do religious works fall short of purging the conscience? How do the works of the flesh only further complicate the problem with man’s conscience?

PRAYER NEEDS

• Thank God for the purging you have through the blood of Christ.
• Ask the Lord to help you serve Him better.

HYMN

Are You Washed in the Blood?

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