Are We Led By Our Conscience Or Led By The Spirit?

One of my prayers lately has been that I truly may be Spirit led. After studying a little on the subject, I have come to this conclusion. If you you want to be Spirit led, avoid thinking that doing good means I'm Spirit led. In reality you are led by your conscience, totally deceived and may not even know it. Being moral doesn't mean your Spirit led. This will only make you think your a good person, when the scripture says: "NO, theres no one good".. Being Spirit led will require you to depend totally on the Holy Spirit, while being led by your conscience will require you to depend on your morality..

Hebrews 10:2 … For the worshipers, once purified, would have had no more consciousness of sins.That verse is further proof that God has not called us to be “moral”, nor are we supposed to be “immoral” the way the devil would want us to be. We are called to be “a-moral” – no more consciousness of sins. Just as if Adam had not eaten from the tree God had forbidden. Just like little children.The church has lost this truth – thinking it is called to be a beacon for morality. Always “taking a stand”. Always pointing a finger. No. The only stand we should take is a stand for Jesus. The only one we should point to is Jesus. Only he can purify. And once purified, we have no more use for conscience.

We are either led by our conscience or led by the Spirit. If I do what’s right “because it is right”, I am led by conscience. If I avoid what’s wrong “because it is wrong” or “because it’s a sin”, I am led by conscience. I am eating from the tree of the knowledge of Good and Evil. I am living by that. And sooner or later I will fall.But God has called you to live by the Spirit. And the Spirit will produce all sorts of good fruit in you- fruit that fulfills morality anyway, but we’ll be unaware of it. No longer will I do what is right “because it is right”. There are better reasons! Reasons like… love. Love is a better motive than morality. No longer will I avoid terrible things because “it’s a sin”. There are better reasons! Reasons like… “I don’t want to!” You can “act moral” but still desire sin. Or you can let God put his desires in you and live by those.That’s why we’re not called to live by conscience. Even if we do, our conscience doesn’t see the entire picture God sees. Living free from conscience, we begin to step into being Spirit-led. We begin to truly live by faith.

Romans 8:14For as many as are led by the Spirit of God, they are the sons of God.And sons of God are purified by Jesus. So do not be afraid- if this sounds too “radical” or “scary”. This is the essence of the gospel! You will see the Kingdom of God because you have been made to be like a child. No more consciousness of sins. Jesus did not say that he came to make you moral. He came to give you life. There were two trees in the midst of the Garden – one was Morality, the other was Life. The first was law, the second was grace. 

Titus 2:11 For the grace of God that brings salvation has appeared to all men, ¹²teaching us that, denying ungodliness and worldly lusts, we should live soberly, righteously, and godly in the present age.Jesus came to be your morality, so that you can experience real life from him.I pray this blesses you the way it did me..

Pastor Albert