KEY SCRIPTURE:1Ti 1:19 KJV Holding faith and a good conscience; which some having put away concerning faith have made shipwreck:

In our previous study we considered holding faith and a good conscience as a vital means of staying strong in the faith.Among all that was said we said a good conscience is basically to have a pure moral integrity towards God and men..In addition to having moral integrity a good conscience also involves having a good judgement about various issues of life.There have been certain individual’s who did not judge rightly and so suffered very badly.The story is told of some brethren who were supposed to join a boat to cross the volta lake.The rain was very high that day.These brethren said since Jesus walked on the water, they would also do likewise and by faith walk across the water.These brethren were unfortunately swept off by the water and they got drawn.This is a very unfortunate incident and these brethren did not exercise a good judgement and so lost their lives.

Why did they fail to get the results they expected.?This was a case of poor judgement .Please know that real faith does not fail. Mark 9:23 KJV” Jesus said unto him, If thou canst believe, all things are possible to him that believeth.” Something went wrong in this very incident.Did they need to cross the lake walking on the water.Where was the boat at that hour .God loves to have His children function in the supernatural, but were they ready to exercise their faith at that instant.Apostle Paul tells the church to employ faith and a good conscience or good judgement.What was their motive at that hour.Is your decision to take a particular faith stance because the word of God promises to provide or you want to prove how great you are.

There have been certain men of God who would never rest nor listento certain signals that their bodies need rest.They keep going till one day their bodies just give up.Some are hit by irrepairable paralysis or they just die.In some ocassions they suuffer these conditions right in church when they were preaching.Dear servant of God you have to employ faith and a good judgement in all your dealings.Know when the spirit is demanding a special sacrifice and when you have to rest.Mar 6:31 KJV” And he said unto them, Come ye yourselves apart into a desert place, and rest a while: for there were many coming and going, and they had no leisure so much as to eat.”
The disciples were so busy that they had no time to rest nor even eat because of the multitudes that kept coming and going.The Lord insisted they stop to rest and eat.Do not kill yourself before you finish your assignment.The Lord needs you to fulfil your ministry

THOUGHT:BE WISE AS SERPENTS AND AS HARMLESS AS A DOVE

FURTHER STUDIES

Mat 10:16 KJV” Behold, I send you forth as sheep in the midst of wolves: be ye therefore wise as serpents, and harmless as doves.”

Mar 6:31 KJV And he said unto them, Come ye yourselves apart into a desert place, and rest a while: for there were many coming and going, and they had no leisure so much as to eat