Homilist 1 Peter 3:14-17 But and if you suffer for righteousness' sake, happy are you: and be not afraid of their terror, neither be troubled;… I. The possession of a good conscience is POSSIBLE FOR MAN. 1. A conscience that rules the entire man. 2. A conscience that is ruled by the will of God. II. The possession of a good conscience DOES NOT PROTECT FROM THE TONGUE OF CALUMNY. The man who lives in a corrupt world, ringing out a good conscience in every tone of his voice, and radiating it in every action, has ever awakened the most antagonism amongst his contemporaries, and will ever do so. III. The possession of a good conscience WILL UTTERLY CONFOUND YOUR ENEMIES. 1. Slanderers of the good are often confounded now in courts of law. 2. Slanderers of the good will be overwhelmingly confounded one day in the moral court of the universe. IV. The possession of a good conscience is VITALLY CONNECTED WITH A CHRISTLY LIFE. (Homilist.) Parallel Verses KJV: But and if ye suffer for righteousness' sake, happy are ye: and be not afraid of their terror, neither be troubled; |
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