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A 5 page paper. The formation of a Christian conscience takes time. It grows as the individual grows in their faith and in their awareness of Jesus’ teachings of truth and life. One’s conscience is different than moral knowledge. This essay explains the first movement or step is the desire to know the good and the second movement is to be able to discern specific good. The writer comments on these issues. Bibliography lists 7 sources.
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develop a conscience or more specifically, some Christian authors state that a "Christian conscience is formed within the context of a communal faith that sees in Jesus Christ the revelation
of Gods plan..." (Bohr, 1999, p. 182). The formation of a Christian conscience takes time. It grows as the individual grows in their faith and in their awareness of
Jesus teachings of truth and life. Ones conscience is different than moral knowledge. The second is cognitive knowledge while the conscience is what directs our activities at the moment (Rahner,
1975). Langston (2006) wrote that "through and its related notion, synderesis, human beings discern what is right and wrong." Some believe that all humans have a conscience that inherently tells
the person basic general truths about good (Langston, 2006). We train our conscience to function automatically (Rahner, 1975). When it is fully developed, it will just tell us what
is right and what it wrong. The goal is to have the conscience function autonomously and with intensity and immediacy so that the moral knowledge we have is used without
the need to think about it (Rahner, 1975). The conscience functions before and after any act or thought, thus it prejudges and judges. Conscience is always related to God.
When we accept His will, we know that we are responsible for our own actions so it begins with a desire for good, to do the right thing. This is
the first movement towards developing a Christian conscience. We train our conscience over time as we study the Word and interact with other Christians. This community helps shape our lives
and our values. The Christian community seeks to live in Christ by following His Word (Bohr, 1999). Chaldwell (2005) commented that a person decides to become a Christian and
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