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IS YOUR CONSCIENCE EXPANDABLE?

I have hidden your word in my heart that I might not sin against you. Psalms 119:11

Ever hear of a Pitcher plant? It attracts insects with its bright colors, but once inside, they lose their footing and slide down a sugarcoated tube into a liquid that drowns them. Satan does that too; he sugarcoats the way to ruin and before you know it you’re hooked. Adam Clark once worked in a store selling silk. One day his boss suggested he stretch the silk as he measured it; this would increase profits, and also Adam’s value to the company. He refused. Adam Clark told his boss, ‘Your silk may stretch but my conscience won’t.’ Nixon aid Jeb Magruder, commenting on the Watergate scandal, said: ‘We conned ourselves into thinking we weren’t doing anything wrong, and by the time we were doing things that were illegal, we’d lost control.’ The book The Day America Told The Truth, reports that 91% of those interviewed lie regularly, and 70% believe there are ‘no absolutes’ when it comes to good and evil. God says: ‘Don’t stealthily move back the boundary lines’’ (Proverbs 22:28). Why? Because they’re there for your protection! Paul writes, ‘‘hold fast that which is good’ (1 Thessalonians 5:21), because right’s right, even when everybody’s against it, and wrong’s wrong, even when everyone’s for it. After fasting 40 days, Satan said to Jesus: ‘Change these stones into bread (Matthew 4:3). Now eating’s right when you’re hungry, but following the devil’s suggestions is not. So, while Satan twisted the Scripture to justify sin, Jesus used it to withstand him. And you can do that too!

Prayer
Heavenly Father, help me to do the right things that your Word instructs me to do and not compromise things – even the small little things. In Jesus’ Name, Amen