Jesus Came to Die to Give Us a Clear Conscience

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Jesus Came to Die to Give Us a Clear Conscience

11 November 2009 No Comment

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Hebrews 9:14- how much more will the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered Himself without blemish to God, cleanse your conscience from dead works to serve the living God?

Chapter 16 of John Piper’s book, “50 Reasons Why Jesus Came to Die” talks about the fact that the death of Christ gives us a clear conscience.

John Piper writes, “So here we are in the modern age–the age of science, internet, organ transplants, instant messaging, cell phones–and our problem is fundamentally the same as always: Our conscience condemns us. We don’t feel good enough to come to God. An no matter how distorted our consciences are, this much is true: We are not good enough to come to him.”

That is why Jesus came to reconcile us to God. He bridged the gap. His sacrifice made us holy and blameless before God. And that is only made possible through the death of Christ.

Piper points out that we feel defiled by our sin because the stain of sin remains no matter what things we do to try to try to alleviate our guilt. We may serve in a soup kitchen, try to do good things, give money to a good cause, etc. but the conscience will continue to incite guilt.

The only answer is the blood of Christ. The blood of Christ cleanses us, as Hebrews 9:14 says. This reminds me of 1 Peter 1:18,19, “knowing that you were not redeemed with perishable things like silver or gold from your futile way of life inherited from your forefathers, but with precious blood, as of a lamb unblemished and spotless, the blood of Christ.”

The only way to be cleansed from a guilty coscience is to turn to Christ for salvation. If you haven’t done that then read the Path of Salvation.