A clear conscience is either a cleansed conscience or a numb conscience.

A clear conscience is either a cleansed conscience or a numb conscience. 

A cleansed conscience only comes from the work of God's Spirit and according to Jesus' work on the cross. The Bible says, "They show that the work of the law is written on their hearts, while their conscience also bears witness, and their conflicting thoughts accuse or even excuse them..." (Romans 2:15, ESV) God has imprinted what is morally right and wrong on our hearts. Sometimes we don't know what's right, but we know something is NOT right in our conscience. That's God calling us to Himself. If we are not morally perfect, we are (a) not God, thus (b) created and (c) responsible to a Creator who (d) demands we give an account for (e) the sin that offends Him and also reveals our (f) rebellion against Him. 

So, we need saving. We need saving from (1) God's righteous wrath, (2) the ultimate consequences of sin, the (3) immediate power of sin, (4) the lordship of Satan and (5) the numbness that (5a) stops us from hating our sin and (5b) makes us numb to God's moving in our lives, (5c) deaf to God's voice and (5d) blind to God's nature and (5e) oblivious to His overwhelming presence in His creation. 

What does all this boil down to? This: we need Jesus. 

He satisfies the legal claim against us. 
He defeated death. 
He offers His righteousness in the place of our sinfulness. 
He even then imputes -- grants / gives -- His righteousness to us as we live.
He delivers from sin.
He causes us to pass through judgment. 
He frees us from the clutches of Satan. 
He frees us from the clutches of our flesh. 
He rips from us our hearts of stone!
He grants us a heart of flesh! 
And...

MORE! MORE! MORE! 

We need Jesus!

Our conscience will tell us something is not right. The Law will pinpoint it! I guarantee it! The Spirit is revealing Jesus to mankind constantly, lifting Him up, making the minds of mankind see Him and the souls of mankind thirst for Him. 

No matter how many laws are passed to make us think some sins are "okay" or "legal," the things the Law calls sin are still sin! The only thing that is going to clear our conscience is to go numb or get cleansed! No matter how commonplace lying, greed, sexual sin, dishonoring parents, loving idols, self-centeredness or a HOST of other things become, sin is still sin and our conscience tells us something is not right! 

Or, we are numb to truth.

We need Jesus!