The Importance Of A Spiritual Thermometer

The main problem is that there are those who believe that the conscience is a spiritual thermometer. Where one assumes that it can be placed into any situation, and will discreetly reveal the moral temperature—too hot, too cold, or just right. Unfortunately, that is not how our conscience work, it is not a spiritual thermostat. The difference is vivacious. Thermostats don’t define hot or cold. One can state that it reflects one’s definition of hot or cold. It is set by however one wants and that is exactly how the conscience works. It is a spiritual thermostat, one sets it to the standard one chooses. One determines when to use it and when to keep it idle, for it does not tell one whether one is violating God’s standards of lying of deceitfulness. …show more content…
As Jeremiah states in 17:9 of the NLT “the human heart is the most deceitful of all things, and desperately wicked. Who really knows how bad it its?” Though, as always, Jesus Christ is always there when we need the most. In john 2:24-25 he states, “but Jesus didn’t trust them because he knew all about people. No one needed to tell him about nature, for he knew what was in each person’s heart.” There are no surprises when it comes to our God. The purpose of this reflection paper is to integrate week’s three’s course reading and video presentation on “truth telling: violations in the Abraham/Rahab Bible stories. At the end of the paper, there will be a conclusion using biblical literature outlining the main lessons a health profession can