FAITH CAPSULE: What does the commandment mean to you? 

John 8:1-36

The commandment of God is His law to guide man. 
Commandments of God are the purpose of God for all to love. 
The command of God did not change from the time of the Old Testament till today. 
Galatians 5:14 records the urgency of the purpose of the commandments stating, “For all the law is fulfilled in one word, even in this: “You shall love your neighbor as yourself.” 
The commandments of God are fulfilled for all to love others as God loves us.
In the book of 1Timothy 1:5-6, the word of God identified three avenues for love demonstration before God: “Now the purpose of the commandment is love from a pure heart, from a good conscience, and from sincere faith, from which some, having strayed, have turned aside to idle talk.”
Loving from a pure heart, a good conscience, and sincere faith stands to count before God.
Ones that love with pure heart strive for a good conscience, with sincere faith. 
One that claims faith (as many in the church do) and does not have a good conscience is impossible.
Conscience is the sense of right and wrong that governs the thoughts and actions of one.
Actions of one before God demonstrates such faith before God. 1 Samuel 2:3 buttresses, “…For the Lord is the God of knowledge; and by Him, actions are weighed.”
Conscience is what convicts man to turn man from what is not right before God.
Lying, deception, and manipulation are the identities of many acclaimed believers, the evidence of one that lacks a conscience. 
Also, the lack of conscience will cause a believer to live life in empty pride consciously or unconsciously.  
Conscience is responsible for conviction in life. 
However, pride often hinders one not to respond to conscience when the conviction is in place. 
Conscience will convict one that is ready to disregard pride. 
The Pharisees led a woman caught in adultery to Jesus with the hope of a judgment over the adultery woman.
They requested stoning her according to the Law of Moses. 
Jesus responds, “He who is without sin among you, let him throw a stone at her first.” (John 8:7) 
The book of John 8:9 documents the people to the response to Jesus, “Then those who heard it, being convicted by their conscience, went out one by one…”
All are to strive for conscience and not become to grow in having love before God. 
The defense of Paul before Felix made it known in his statement that conscience is what all should strive to become part of life. Paul states, “This being so, I myself always strive to have a conscience without offense toward God and men.” (Acts 24:16)
Having a conscience without offense toward God and anyone is a good conscience.

Prayer for today: Ask to live a life growing to know and have the conscience to gain, to retain the presence of God.