Last night during our family devotions time, we were talking about guilty consciences. Because we are created in God's image and because He has written His law on our hearts, we know wrong and right. Yes, sin clouds that knowledge. Yet, when we sin, we do feel guilt. A child caught sinning by a parent may not be able to look the parent in the eye. The guilty conscience clouds the relationship between child and parent. Sin clouds our relationship with God. God, through His Spirit, convicts us of sin and gives us the guilty conscience. That guilty conscience helps us to realize that we need to confess our sin, be forgiven, and be cleansed from all unrighteousness. I hate when I've got a guilty conscience, but I need it nonetheless. So, today I thank God for guilty conciences.
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