Give a little whistle, and ALWAYS let your conscious be your guide...   NOT!

This morning, Bro Dillow led a discussion about our conscience. He noted that at birth, our conscience is given to us by God and is something that is pure and points us in the right direction. But as we develop, there are many external influences (parents, friends, relatives, teachers, entertainment devices, places, religious beliefs, doctrines and teachings, etc...) that shape our conscience. Some of those influences are positive and some are negative. Over time, our conscience is formed in a positive way or it can be deformed by negative external influences.

As a Christian, God can work through the core part of our conscious, i.e., that part that He created. However, He has given us the Holy Spirit to lead and to guide us. Where the conscious was improperly shaped by external influences, we cannot let it be our guide. We must allow God to purge our conscious from all negative effects and allow Him to mold and reshape it back to the original state in which He formed it. This is a process and in cases where it has been negatively affected by external influences, it may take many years to return to its original state.

While Jimmy cricket meant well when he told the puppet Pinocchio to "give a little whistle, and always let your conscious be your guide", this is not sound advice for us today. We must allow the Holy Spirit to lead us for He will always lead us in the right way.