Subject One Hundred Eighty-seven

THE PURIFYING OF THE CONSCIENCE
BY THE BLOOD

Scripture: Heb. 9:14

1. The function of the conscience
   1. God is the ruler of the universe, so He is also the ruler of man.
   2. God rules man by means of man’s conscience. So in function, the conscience represents God to rule man.
   3. Whatever is condemned by the conscience is also condemned by God.
2. The function of the blood
   1. God’s righteousness causes God to condemn man; however, Christ bore man’s sins and died for man, thus satisfying God’s righteous requirement.
   2. In the sight of God, the blood of Jesus cleansed man from sin, thereby abolishing God’s condemnation of man.
3. The purifying of the conscience by the blood
   1. As Jesus’ blood has cleansed man from sin in God’s sight and has abolished God’s condemnation of man, so it has also taken away the condemnation of man’s conscience.
   2. By Jesus’ blood taking away the condemnation of man’s conscience, man’s conscience is purified so that there is no longer the feeling of shortcoming in the conscience.
   3. The purifying of the conscience with its feeling causes man’s conscience to be at peace before God.
4. The result
   As the blood of the Lord Jesus cleanses man’s conscience, it not only gives peace to man’s conscience, but also enables man to serve God.
5. How to partake of this cleansing
   Develop this point.