🔥 Seared Conscience Explained | Biblical Metaphors | 1 Timothy 4:2

Do you worry that you’ve committed a huge sin? Worried that you blasphemed the Holy Spirit? Are you convinced that you have a “seared conscience” and you’re concerned for your eternal future because of these things? STOP!

Episode 118 10/20/2017
🔥 SIZZLING HOT! Seared Conscience Explained | Biblical Metaphors | 1 Timothy 4:2

Today on #CrackYourBible, we’re talking about the Biblical metaphor found in 1 Timothy 4:2, that of a “seared conscience.” While Christians fret and worry if they have a seared conscience, they must understand that if they are concerned about the possibility of having a seared conscience, they don’t have one. We’re all familiar with people who gladly, proudly, reject God. There’s no proof, miracles, facts - ANYTHING – that could convince them of the divinity of Jesus and they flat out reject God. Make no mistake, once a mind has been seared; only the One who can defy the laws of physics and uncook a burnt piece of meat could ever have a chance at softening a seared conscience.

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[TrentonJackson-plle]

Prayer request:

OK. This is my prayer request. My conscience it feels like there’s nothing going on. I feel like I want to care at least. It seems like I don’t feel anything if I were to sin, but feel a little bit of shame. I don’t feel conviction, and that conviction is necessary to my conversion. Please pray for me if it is not too late, also I’ve had perverse thoughts. and when I try and open my heart to the word, it seems like something is keeping me and caused my body to shake and to growl. I also felt like I could’ve blasphemed the spirit. Please pray.

Thanks, Trenton.

[jamesmccarthy]

Awesome video Rachel I really feel that sin and shortcomings are the things that have shut me off spiritually in the past so I do my best repent when I fall short

[btkean]

Great video very apt especially these days, , Hi from New Zealand Psalm 2 ..."blessed are those who Trust in The Lord "..

[ignaciogaray]

please pray for me, I have a heart of stone and I am afraid of falling into a reprobate conscience, pray that Jesus softens my heart and I can return to him



[raekquon]

Definitely had to subscribe after watching this video.... thank u for the illustration.... may God continue to use u mightily

[wildchild]

I never thought I'd be happy to feel bad about something 😅😂😂😂 thank you for this video

[christianitychannel]

All thanks to Rachel.🤘🏽

I ain't worried anymore.

[nictwisp]

Awe, you ruined a sausage for us? Thanks! 😄💕
Good analogy 👍🏽

[karlawaK]

Yes this is a great analogy Rachel. And REPENTANCE is the key. However I did notice that CONFESSION to those who were affected (not a priest!), was missing. As in asking for forgiveness "for Not a flippant "I'm sorry." But not with people who are violent, or other dangerous people. Those may remain b/t the person & THE LORD. Alway seek RUACH HAKO'DESH/HOLY SPIRIT!
I just want to see it all lived out that's all! 😊☝💖🙏 (hence tag)
-Azariah/SuburbaKnight
Ps 20:1, 6-8; Is 43; Is 38:15-20; John 14:11-21

[theblacksmithshammer]

This is a video that stopped me in my tracks. Love the illustration.

So violated or burned they cannot profitably interact with the truth.

So, here is the next question that maybe you can do a follow-up video on, if you deem it worth your time:

Is there a way to help someone recover from a seared conscience?

[TheOfiicialSuperCoolBros]

Pray for me my conscience is seared i cant hear or feel God anymore

[donaldcrankshaw]

Rachel what if i can't be born again and receive the Holy Spirit

[ugenegareth]

I answered and said, "If I have found favor in thy sight, O Lord, show this also to thy servant: whether after death, as soon as every one of us yields up his soul, we shall be kept in rest until those times come when thou wilt renew the creation, or whether we shall be tormented at once?" 76 He answered me and said, "I will show you that also, but do not be associated with those who have shown scorn, nor number yourself among those who are tormented. 77 For you have a treasure of works laid up with the Most High; but it will not be shown to you until the last times.

78 Now, concerning death, the teaching is: When the decisive decree has gone forth from the Most High that a man shall die, as the spirit leaves the body to return again to him who gave it, first of all it adores the glory of the Most High. 79 And if it is one of those who have shown scorn and have not kept the way of the Most High, and who have despised his law, and who have hated those who fear the Most High -- 80 such spirits shall not enter into habitations, but shall immediately wander about in torments, ever grieving and sad, in seven ways.

81 The first way, because they have scorned the law of the Most High. 82 The second way, because they cannot now make a good repentance that they may live. 83 The third way, they shall see the reward laid up for those who have trusted the covenants of the Most High. 84 The fourth way, they shall consider the torment laid up for themselves in the last days. 85 The fifth way, they shall see how the habitations of the others are guarded by angels in profound quiet. 86 The sixth way, they shall see how some of them will pass over into torments. 87 The seventh way, which is worse than all the ways that have been mentioned, because they shall utterly waste away in confusion and be consumed with shame, and shall wither with fear at seeing the glory of the Most High before whom they sinned while they were alive, and before whom they are to be judged in the last times.

88 "Now this is the order of those who have kept the ways of the Most High, when they shall be separated from their mortal body. 89 During the time that they lived in it, they laboriously served the Most High, and withstood danger every hour, that they might keep the law of the Lawgiver perfectly. 90 Therefore this is the teaching concerning them: 91 First of all, they shall see with great joy the glory of him who receives them, for they shall have rest in seven orders.

92 The first order, because they have striven with great effort to overcome the evil thought which was formed with them, that it might not lead them astray from life into death. 93 The second order, because they see the perplexity in which the souls of the unrighteous wander, and the punishment that awaits them. 94 The third order, they see the witness which he who formed them bears concerning them, that while they were alive they kept the law which was given them in trust. 95 The fourth order, they understand the rest which they now enjoy, being gathered into their chambers and guarded by angels in profound quiet, and the glory which awaits them in the last days. 96 The fifth order, they rejoice that they have now escaped what is corruptible, and shall inherit what is to come;

and besides they see the straits and toil from which they have been delivered, and the spacious liberty which they are to receive and enjoy in immortality. 97 The sixth order, when it is shown to them how their face is to shine like the sun, and how they are to be made like the light of the stars, being incorruptible from then on. 98 The seventh order, which is greater than all that have been mentioned, because they shall rejoice with boldness, and shall be confident without confusion, and shall be glad without fear, for they hasten to behold the face of him whom they served in life and from whom they are to receive their reward when glorified.

99 This is the order of the souls of the righteous, as henceforth is announced; and the aforesaid are the ways of torment which those who would not give heed shall suffer hereafter." 100 I answered and said, "Will time therefore be given to the souls, after they have been separated from the bodies, to see what you have described to me?" 101 He said to me, "They shall have freedom for seven days, so that during these seven days they may see the things of which you have been told, and afterwards they shall be gathered in their habitations."

102 I answered and said, "If I have found favor in thy sight, show further to me, thy servant, whether on the day of judgment the righteous will be able to intercede for the unrighteous or to entreat the Most High for them, 103 fathers for sons or sons for parents, brothers for brothers, relatives for their kinsmen, or friends for those who are most dear." 104 He answered me and said, "Since you have found favor in my sight, I will show you this also. The day of judgment is decisive and displays to all the seal of truth. Just as now a father does not send his son, or a son his father, or a master his servant, or a friend his dearest friend, to be ill or sleep or eat or be healed in his stead, 105 so no one shall ever pray for another on that day, neither shall any one lay a burden on another; for then every one shall bear his own righteousness and unrighteousness." Esdras 7:75

[wretched]

great video, but i have to ask a question. i doubt i will get an answer because this vid was posted so long ago but, what if i feel as if i 'dont care' when i sin, like how you said in the video, but i want to care? what should i do? im so afraid my heart is hardened. i dont know what i need to do. everybody says to pray. i dont even know what to pray about anymore. sorry about all this lol, i just want to know if you have a bit of insight i could use

[dabiededoo]

how do you see 1Timothy 1:4??

i am converted 9 months ago or so.
and just learned since 3 days about the sacred secretion. so this all new.. but how you see that verse i ask myself because i readed that today

[Tee-df]

Tell me about it! I know such people! And it so sad! Committing the unforgivable sin.

[Passione]

What if you have problems with habitual sin but still feel bad about it? I struggle and need help discerning this.

[danyellaguerrero]

I'm born again and I feel like I seared my conscience cause I had bad thoughts and now the word of God doesn't enter me

[pinkgirlsharon]

I got kicked out of a Bible study because of the belief in the Bible to some people having a seared conscience. It is clear from the Bible, but some people hate that truth. 😬

[chiaratiara]

The goodness of God leads us to repentance, even if we are somewhere in the list at the end of Romans 1. Read the next chapter.