“…having faith and a good conscience, which some having rejected, concerning the faith have suffered shipwreck…” 1 Timothy 1:19

Those who want to remain firm in the faith have to maintain a good conscience. For this, it is necessary for them to sacrifice their impulses, passions and interests, that have nothing to do with God.

Faults generate a bad conscience. A bad conscience generates accusations. Accusations bring about doubt. Doubt neutralises faith. Thereafter, it’s only a matter of time before a person is shipwrecked.

Those who decide to let go of whatever gives them a bad conscience are filled with certainty. This is instant. A good conscience brings peace; the peace of the salvation of the soul.

A clear conscience guarantees the peace that surpasses all understanding – the peace that allows us to sleep well; the peace that enables us to go through deserts and storms.

However, it is necessary to strive in order to maintain it, as the apostle Paul did:

“This being so, I myself always strive to have a conscience without offence toward God and men.” Acts 24:16