Do you want to sleep soundly at night? Do you want to be able to look people squarely in the face? Try Paul’s recipe found in 2 Corinthians 4:2 (NKJV):
But we have renounced the hidden things of shame, not walking in craftiness nor handling the word of God deceitfully, but by manifestation of the truth commending ourselves to every man’s conscience in the sight of God.
Renounced: to give something up, to reject belief in (the hidden things of shame)
- Now they won’t be hidden or deceiving others...the equivalent to walking in the truth.
Craftiness: using cunning or trickery to deceive other people (no more!)
- Now only walking in truth
Deceitfully: intentionally misleading or fraudulent in lying to people or not telling them the whole truth
- Now manifesting (to show something clearly) the truth found in the WORD OF GOD
Giving up shameful, secret things
+ Not twisting God’s Word or taking it out of context to fit your agenda
+ Clearly using God’s Word as He intended
= Clear Conscience
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