READ: Titus 1:10-16
“…but unto them that are defiled and unbelieving is nothing pure; but even their mind and conscience is defiled.” – Titus 1:15
Whenever believers become indifferent to the promptings of God, it is a dangerous sign.
A pastor friend of mine whose entire family is saved except for one brother told me his story. He related how his mother had taken his brother to so many Full Gospel breakfast meetings that he had become hardened. He had heard many different testimonies from several speakers but these no longer made an impact on his life. Indeed, he knew when the speaker would make an altar call.
Many Christians can lie and their consciences will not prick them any more. Some of them can even invent false stories without batting an eyelid. With sin, there is a gradual process of hardening. You become harder and harder as you become used to sin. If you have a very sen- sitive conscience, the sins that you can commit will be “small” ones. But as your conscience becomes more hardened and more worn-out, your ability to commit “wilder” sins grows.
Recently, I said to a certain rich man, “You must be prepared to meet your God at anytime.” He replied that he was not prepared and that he really didn’t care. When you get to the stage where you don’t care whether you go to Heaven or Hell, then you are in danger. Perhaps now, you are so hardened that you don’t care anymore.
Every Christian needs to have a sensitive conscience. Do not get used to sin. Do not get to the stage where you do not care anymore. Be sensitive to the little prompting of the inner voice, so you don’t backslide!