They, ‘in the ‘latter times’ are giving heed to ‘seducing spiritus’, and are believing ‘doctrines of devils’, and are ‘speaking lies in hypocrisy’, and now their ‘consciences’ are ‘SEARED WITH A HOT IRON’. Such teachings come through hypocritical liars, whose consciences have been seared as with a hot iron. When God hardens the heart, all He does is step away and stop striving with us. Sermon: Joseph: Softening the Seared Conscience - Genesis 42. by Lloyd Stilley on Wednesday, January 01, 2014 at 7:00 AM . All these are signs of a conscience seared with a hot iron according to 1 Timothy 4:1-2 that says: Now the Spirit expressly says that in the latter times. ... whose consciences have been seared as with a hot iron” (1 Tim. The psychopath’s conscience is completely seared and devoid of any emotion of shame or guilt associated with their behavior. The wiser faithful spouse reads the signs and accepts that such a cheater is demonstrating a seared conscience. A seared conscience may be general or particular; that is, the mind may become generally insensible to moral obligation and the ill desert of sin; or this insensibility may be confined to particular sins. False teachers with a seared conscience are easy instruments for the devil and for performing the works of the devil. Our hearts are recalcitrant through repeated disobedience. The Seared Conscience of the Sociopath : Part 3 The sociopath is cunning and is able to fly under the radar of most people's perception. God has given us freewill to seek Him or reject Him and even to play the hypocrite, as so many are want to do. And this sinful and hardened heart is tantamount to the “ seared conscience ” Paul speaks of in 1Timothy 4:1–2. The seared conscience is referred to in 1 Timothy 4:2 where Paul talks about those whose consciences—their moral consciousness—have been literally “cauterized” or rendered insensitive in the same way the hide of an animal scarred with a branding iron becomes numb to further pain. (1 Timothy 4:2) In the ancient world, doctors would use a hot iron to cauterize a wound. However, if we don’t confess our sins, they have a cumulative and desensitizing effect on the conscience, making it difficult to even distinguish right from wrong. When a person’s conscience is corrupted over time, it can become seared. Our consciences become seared. A conscience void of offence toward God is a “clear” conscience; there is no inner awareness of disobeying God or failing to obey God in any matter. The more we commit a particular sin, the less remorse we feel from it. What are evidences of a seared conscience. Share: I want to talk to you this morning about a mysterious and often abused part of the inner life of every human being. The sociopath has a small amount of conscience … They do this by allowing all … The Bible says that God does not change (Malachi 3:6). A seared conscience enables a person to perform acts of wickedness and deception without the desire to repent or the comprehension that his/her actions are wrong. 4:1-2). For example, the first time I commit a particular sin, my conscience … 1. HEALING THE SEARED CONSCIENCE LESSON 45 One of the plagues of sin in this world right now, is the ‘seared conscience’ of those who are in congregations. Such conditions are signs of a spiritually malformed conscience. IV. Ironically, Hollywood glamorizes this behavior, giving tacit approval to the violent and murderous results of psychopathic people. It frequently gets lampooned in the media as the prudish leftovers of another era. 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