Following and Forming our Conscience

What is the connection between

Forming a Christian Conscience

Matthew 12: 9-13

FOLLOW YOUR CONSCIENCE

It describes the God-given law built into our human nature

- OUR REASON-

We are morally obliged to always do good and avoid evil.

Hence,

Our dignity lies in following our properly formed consciences.

Jesus and Conscience…

Lesson: Conscience allows us to go beyond the law and defend basic human values.

Educate your Conscience

Form our Conscience

Why?

FORMATION will lead to TRANSFORMATION

- We are called to discern how we can concretely live out Christ’s commandments of love in all our relationships.

A MATURE CHRISTIAN CONSCIENCE

Every person has a responsibility to develop his conscience because we undergo stages of development in life.

Levels of Christian Conscience

1. Instinctive Level

Good- rewarded

Bad- punishment

Levels of Christian Conscience

2. Ethical or moral stage

Good or evil of acts is not dependent on the approval or disapproval of others

Levels of Christian Conscience

3. Christian Level

Actions as a great response of faith to achieve the fullness of life.

Challenge

Since conscience is not a law unto itself but uses objective moral laws and values to discern moral good and evil, we have the moral obligation to form, inform and transform our conscience.