Randy McCarthy continues his series on the conscience of man in this sermon by stressing that we should strive to have a good conscience before God and man. Randy makes the point that while men may be informed of right from wrong through the Mosaic law or the natural law, these things merely condemn us and give us no true relief or path to reconciliation when we violate that which we know to be right. It is only through the gospel of Jesus Christ and our repentance and faith in Christ can we be restored and cleansed when we invariably get off track. Randy further shows that even if we strive to have a good, operative conscience before God and man, this is not the entirety of the matter. Disciples of Jesus Christ are called by God to consider the conscience of others, and if necessary, limit our liberty in order to not damage the weak conscience of our brethren because of our love for them. (Heb 9:11-14, Acts 15:1-9, 1 Cor 8:1-13, Mk 7:15, Lk 17:2, 1 Cor 10:23-33, Romans 14:1-19)
Mark Wattenbarger closed out the services by stating that the underlying presupposition for God’s people is that God is our father and has saved us, and we must decide to follow him as Joshua had done in his final words to the nation of Israel (Josh 24:2-15).
“In major things, unity; in minor things, liberty; in all things, charity.”
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