The conscience convicts the Christian of evil or wrongdoing. The conscience establishes standards for both human and divine relationships. The conscience establishes standards for serving God. But false operating standards in the conscience produce legalism. The more the believer uses applied Bible doctrine, the stronger his conscience becomes in using such thinks as the Law of Liberty and the superseding laws of love and sacrifice.
Conscience is the basis for enduring mistreatment and misunderstanding without defending oneself.
The conscience can be damaged or destroyed with false doctrine and with a calloused soul. The Christian life is a supernatural life and cannot be lived without the filling of the Holy Spirit and the daily function of applied Bible teaching. All changes must come from within, and the Holy Spirit must originate divine good by applying doctrine to the life. We begin a change of viewpoint at the moment of salvation. At that time we changed our mental attitude toward the Lord Jesus Christ.