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Death Of A Conscience
“This is he of whom it is written, 'Behold, I send my messenger before
your face, who will prepare your way before you.'
I tell you, among those born of women none is greater than John. Yet the
one who is least in the Much
like King Ahab, Jezebel and the prophet Elijah, we find King Herod, his
brother’s wife Herodias, and John the Baptist.
What a sad story. John is
murdered by King Herod Antipas in cold blood to please his eloped mistress.
But worse than murdering a man of God is murdering your own conscience ! Read; Matthew 14:1-12 The four Herods:
1) Herod the Great; who had
nine wives, He was the one who murdered the infants in Bethlehem Matt.2:13-18
; 2) This one is his son Herod
Antipas who lived a life of debauchery; 3)
His son Herod Agrippa who imprisoned Peter and killed James Acts 12:1-23; 4)
his son was Herod Agrippa II who tried Apostle Paul Acts
26:1-32 1) conscience:
inner moral compass 2) conscious: is
when you are aware of something * he is recounting
the past and now has a guilty conscience * conscience is
that red warning light in your soul; a
moral beeper II. v3-5 Don’t
Ignore Your Conscience * he felt guilty
not only for killing John, but for knowing what John had said to him about
morality was true Mark 6:17-19 Mark
* at this point
his conscience is very much alive, but not for long III v6-9 Herod
Had A Trapped Conscience * the lust of the
flesh & eyes, and the pride of life
Mark Proverbs
29:25 snare vs
safety * there’s no
turning back now, he is on the slippery slope of sin * now a tormented
conscience v9 * just hearing
about Jesus and wondering who He really is * thinking that
John the Baptist has resurrected Heed the early warning signs of your
conscience
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