Seared Conscience

Dave Roever was our guest this past Sunday  He taught a good relevant message.

Here are some notes from it:

Key verse 1 Tim. 4:1- w/ emphasis on the latter part of vs. 2. (1)The Spirit clearly says that in later times some will abandon the faith and follow deceiving spirits and things taught by demons. (2)Such teachings come through hypocritical liars, whose consciences have been seared as with a hot iron.

• What took their pains away?
• Pain- no body wants it, no body likes it.
• Pain is a gift from God.
• Deal w/ the issue or it will eat you up and kill you.
• Pain is a warning that something isn’t right.
• Frog ex of cold/hot water: they adjust to the temperature and adjust their sensitivity- start in lukewarm water then turn to hot- doesn’t feel heat anymore- boils to death.
• Famous sailor- after started sailing ended up on the ‘outer banks’ right next to the shore- “my God, how did we get here.”
• His compass was only off by 1 degree.
• Over many miles, starting off by 1 degree will land you off by many degrees.
• Listened to the wrong voices, when he shouldn’t have set sail.
• Ex: on leprosy- rats nibble on fingers because of numbness on hands.
• Numbness causes things to fall off.
• Sin is to the soul as leprosy is to the hand.
• Sin eats away at the conscience until it is seared.

 

Questions to ask ourselves and think on-

What have you grown numb too?

Is your conscience sensitive to your surroundings?

Are you dealing w/ your pains or pushing them down until they are eating you alive?

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