HOW TO DESTROY YOUR CONSCIENCE(15 OF 25)
Scripture: Mark 6:14-29
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How to destroy your conscience (15 of 25)
Series: Mark
Collin Wimberly
Mark 6:14-29
CIT - Herod kills John the Baptist
Proposition - A person can kill their conscience through continual disobedience.
INTRODUCTION: What is our conscience? nounan inner feeling or voice viewed as acting as a guide to the rightness or wrongness of one's behavior.''he had a guilty conscience about his desires''
synonyms:sense of right and wrong, moral sense, inner voice; Someone has said that the conscience is the warning light of the soul. But if we are not careful, we can kill our conscience and turn off that warning light.
ILLUS: here's a story about a man who walks into a restaurant and orders a Coke. As soon as he receives it, he throws it in the waiter's face. The waiter is ready to fight, but the man says, ''Oh, I'm so sorry. I have a horrible compulsion. I can't help it. Whenever someone hands me a drink, I throw it in their face. Please, forgive me.'' Then the guy says, ''I'm working hard to overcome this compulsion. Would you bring me another Coke?'' The waiter says, ''Do you promise not to throw it in my face?'' The guy responds, ''I'm going to do everything I can not to throw it in your face. I'm working really hard to resist.'' So the waiter says, ''Okay, I'll bring you another one.'' Soon the waiter comes back with another Coke, and the guy throws it in the waiter's face. The waiter says, ''I thought you said you wouldn't do that.''
The guy apologizes: ''Oh, this compulsion is so strong. I promise you that I will check myself into an in-patient clinic to get some help. Forgive me. I'm so sorry.'' The guy felt genuine guilt and sorrow, so he checks himself into a clinic, and for one month he gets intense psychotherapy to deal with his compulsion. When he gets out of the clinic, he goes back to the same restaurant, and he walks in and says, ''I'm cured. Give me a drink.'' The waiter says, ''Wait a minute. I had to change my shirt last time you were here. ...
Series: Mark
Collin Wimberly
Mark 6:14-29
CIT - Herod kills John the Baptist
Proposition - A person can kill their conscience through continual disobedience.
INTRODUCTION: What is our conscience? nounan inner feeling or voice viewed as acting as a guide to the rightness or wrongness of one's behavior.''he had a guilty conscience about his desires''
synonyms:sense of right and wrong, moral sense, inner voice; Someone has said that the conscience is the warning light of the soul. But if we are not careful, we can kill our conscience and turn off that warning light.
ILLUS: here's a story about a man who walks into a restaurant and orders a Coke. As soon as he receives it, he throws it in the waiter's face. The waiter is ready to fight, but the man says, ''Oh, I'm so sorry. I have a horrible compulsion. I can't help it. Whenever someone hands me a drink, I throw it in their face. Please, forgive me.'' Then the guy says, ''I'm working hard to overcome this compulsion. Would you bring me another Coke?'' The waiter says, ''Do you promise not to throw it in my face?'' The guy responds, ''I'm going to do everything I can not to throw it in your face. I'm working really hard to resist.'' So the waiter says, ''Okay, I'll bring you another one.'' Soon the waiter comes back with another Coke, and the guy throws it in the waiter's face. The waiter says, ''I thought you said you wouldn't do that.''
The guy apologizes: ''Oh, this compulsion is so strong. I promise you that I will check myself into an in-patient clinic to get some help. Forgive me. I'm so sorry.'' The guy felt genuine guilt and sorrow, so he checks himself into a clinic, and for one month he gets intense psychotherapy to deal with his compulsion. When he gets out of the clinic, he goes back to the same restaurant, and he walks in and says, ''I'm cured. Give me a drink.'' The waiter says, ''Wait a minute. I had to change my shirt last time you were here. ...
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