AA59
We are to keep a clear conscience.
Category: Godliness, Holiness & Righteousness
Type: Positive
Form: Explicit
Source dataset: New Testament
Uniqueness: Unique
Classical commandment: No
New Covenant Literal Application
Applies to Person Categories: Everyone
Literal Application: mandated
More explanation about New Covenant Literal Application
The New Covenant Literal Application Code (NCLA) is an interpretive guide used by the authors to indicate which person categories a mitzvah applies to, and at what level of literal compliance.
It combines person categories such as Jewish, K'rov Yisrael, and Gentile, together with male/female distinctions and an application level such as mandated, recommended, optional, or prohibited.
This code reflects the authors' interpretive opinion and is provided for prayerful consideration. On this page, the technical code is summarized into plain language to help new readers understand it more easily.
Detailed codes: GFm - Gentile female, mandated | GMm - Gentile male, mandated | JFm - Jewish female, mandated | JMm - Jewish male, mandated | KFm - K'rovat Yisrael female, mandated | KMm - K'rov Yisrael male, mandated
Bible references
Key NT Scriptures
- Hebrews 13:18
- 1 Peter 3:15-16
- 1 Peter 3:21
- 1 Timothy 1:5
Supportive NT Scriptures
- Acts 23:1
- Acts 24:16
- Hebrews 9:13-14
- 1 Timothy 1:18-19
- 1 Timothy 3:8-9
Supportive OT Scriptures
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1 Kings 8:37-39
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Commentary
Rabbi Michael Rudolph
Our conscience is that entity within us that tells us what is morally right and what is morally wrong. If it were not for the Bible and the Holy Spirit, our conscience would be at the whim and mercy of our fallen human nature. and what we are taught by our parents, our teachers, and the world in which we live. It is likely that some of what we are taught is right, but too often we are impacted by wrong teaching as well. This Mitzvah instructs us to keep a clear conscience, which means to align our conscience with what God says is right, an instruction that we could not follow were we ignorant of Scripture, and our conscience unable to hear and resonate with the Holy Spirit. Therein lies the key to complying with this Mitzvah ; it is to learn from the Bible, and hear and be obedient to the Holy Spirit.
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