LESSON 1

Conscience – distinguishes the human creatures, innate ability to sense right and wrong
Used to silence a guilty conscience:
 Drugs
 Therapy
 Entertainment
1984 – when Avianca Airlines jet crashed in Spain
The Conscience, revisited – John McArthur

When you violate your conscience:

 Condemns  Consternation
 Triggering feelings of shame  Anxiety
 Anguish  Disgrace
 Regret  Fear

Follow Conscience:
1. Commends 4. Self-respect
2. Bringing joy 5. Well-being
3. Serenity 6. Gladness

Scire (to know; Latin)

Con (together; Latin)
Suneidesis (Greek word for co-knowledge), 30 times in New Testament
Leb (hebrew word, heart)

Wrong ways of treating conscience:

 Suppressing it
 Overruling
 Silencing it

Facets of honesty:
 Truth
 Integrity

Facets of dishonesty:
1. Slander
2. Lying
3. Deceit
4. Cheating and silence

Why students cheat? (Acc. to Jerry White)

1. Pressure of society
2. Pressure of grades and performances
3. Laziness
4. Peer pressure
5. Overcoming failure

Guilt – experienced when someone commits a sin or violation

Shame – an emotion that transpires when a person disobeys his/her conscience.

LESSON 2
“I” – center of sin
4 world views that put self above God
1. Narcissism
- Self-love
- Excessive interest or admiration for himself
2. Hedonism – love of pleasure
3. Materialism – love of things, exclusively or excessively in the material or physical necessities and comforts of life
4. Pluralism – no one is right or wrong
Effects of sin
1. It breaks our relationship with God
2. It removes our peace and joy
3. It causes pain and sorrow
4. It acsues death

How to avoid sin

1. Learn to say ‘No”
2. Avboid sin situations
3. Keep close to God
4. Occupy yourself with pure thoughts

David Berkowitz
- Son of Sam
- The serial killer wjho sowed a 13 month reign of terror over NYC in 1976-77
365 consecutive years – years in prison David should face

Rich – a fellow inmate who shared him Jesus Chrot’s love

Gideon’s Pocket New Testament

LESSON 3
According to 2 Timothy 3:1-5
Terrible times will come and people will..
1. lovers of themselves
2. lovers of money
3. Boastful, proud, and abusive
4. disobedient to their parents
5. Ungrateful
6. Unholy, without love
7. Unforgiving
8. slanderers, without self-control
9. Brutal not lovers of the good
10. Treacherous, rash, conceited
11. Lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God
12. Form of godliness but denying its power

Shalom (Hebrew) eireinei (Greek) – peace

Eireinei – mental attitude of tranquility based ona living relationship with God

Two kinds of Peace

1. Peace with God

2. Peace of God

Steps to Knowing God’s Peace

1. Believe that God loves you so much.

2. Realize that you are a sinner and ask God for forgiveness.
3. Acknowledge the work of redemption Jesus did on the cross.
4. Invite Christ into your heart and be saved.