1. The Hardened Conscience 10/26/14

2. The Hardened Conscience In Scripture Romans 1:28Debased Mind 2 Corinthians 3:14Hardened Minds 2 Corinthians 4:4Blinded Minds 1 Timothy 4:2Seared Conscience 1 Timothy 6:5Depraved Mind 2 Timothy 3:8Corrupted Mind Titus 1:15Defiled Conscience Hebrews 10:22Evil Conscience

3. Hardened Conscience Defined: The hardened conscience results when we repeatedly respond to the pain of our guilty conscience in ways other than godly sorrow and true repentance.

4. Doctrinal Truths of the Hardened Conscience 1) All unbelievers are on the path towards a hardened conscience as they repeatedly reject God’s command to repent – to the point of never truly repenting.

5. Doctrinal Truths of the Hardened Conscience 2) All true born again believers may show times of hardened rebellion but true believers will eventually respond to that rebellion with godly sorrow and biblical repentance.

6. Doctrinal Truths of the Hardened Conscience 3) Professing believers that live in continued ongoing disobedience to God and his Word are on the path towards a hardened conscience and are in danger of a fully seared conscience.

7. Doctrinal Truths of the Hardened Conscience 4) Those who abandon the faith have at one time professed the faith and may even have appeared to show spiritual growth.

8. Doctrinal Truths of the Hardened Conscience 5) The hardened conscience is not to be confused with the doctrinal error of losing your salvation. In him you also, when you heard the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation, and believed in him, were sealed with the promised Holy Spirit, who is the guarantee of our inheritance until we acquire possession of it, to the praise of his glory. (Ephesians 1:13-14)

9. Doctrinal Truths of the Hardened Conscience 6) The infinitely wise God is not at all confused or perplexed as to who has truly received the gift of eternal life through faith in Jesus Christ.

10. Doctrinal Truths of the Hardened Conscience 7) True believers finish the race, they persevere to the end.

11. The Path to the Hardened Conscience 1) The pattern of rejecting the conscience from a young age.

12. The Path to the Hardened Conscience 2) The seemingly subtle compromising of our conscience to the conscience of the culture.

13. The Path to the Hardened Conscience 3) The conscious fear of others being elevated over the fear of God.

14. The Path to the Hardened Conscience 4) The continual postponements of doing what we know is the right thing to do.

15. The Path to the Hardened Conscience 5) The process of gradually redefining sin.