The matter is quite simple. The bible is very easy to understand. But we Christians are a bunch of scheming swindlers. We pretend to be unable to understand it because we know very well that the minute we understand, we are obliged to act accordingly. Take any words in the New Testament and forget everything except pledging yourself to act accordingly. My God, you will say, if I do that my whole life will be ruined. How would I ever get on in the world? Herein lies the real place of Christian scholarship. Christian scholarship is the Church’s prodigious invention to defend itself against the Bible, to ensure that we can continue to be good Christians without the Bible coming too close. Oh, priceless scholarship, what would we do without you? Dreadful it is to fall into the hands of the living God. Yes it is even dreadful to be alone with the New Testament.
Søren Kierkegaard
Unless I am convinced by sacred Scripture, or by evident reason, I cannot recant, for my conscience is held captive by the word of God, and to act against conscience is neither right nor safe… Here I stand. I can do no other. God help me. Amen.
Martin Luther
How to Destroy / Sear Your Conscience:
1 | Avoid God’s Word
2 | Get Comfortable with the Sin in our Lives
3 | Stop Confessing & Repenting of Sin
Engage God’s Word
Get Uncomfortable with the Sin in our Lives
Start Confessing and Repenting of Sin
Lord Jesus Christ, Son of God, have mercy on me, a sinner.