If we're going to enjoy happiness and fulfillment, we're going to have the kind of joy that causes our

heart to rejoice and gives us the freedom to serve God gladly and happily and without constraint, then we have to you with John MacArthur. I'm your host Phil Johnson. You've

probably heard the slogan, a mind is a terrible thing to waste.

Well, what could be a greater waste than to load your mind with sin, to daydream of

immorality, or to harbor harbor bitterness or to think selfish thoughts and never think of others.

So how do you keep your mind pure?

How do you prevent outward temptations from becoming sinful thoughts, possibly even leading to wicked

actions.

Find out here on Grace to you as we bring you one of John MacArthur's classic ser's on Defeating Sin and Temptation, Keeping a Pure Mind.

It's part of John's Study Foundations Volume 2.

Now to help you attack Sin where it starts, here's John MacArthur.

Turn, if you will, to 2 Corinthians Chapter 1, and let me just read verse 12 to you to set the context for a further discussion of this matter of conscience.

Paul writes, for our proud confidence is this, the testimony of our conscience that in

holiness and godly sincerity, not in fleshly wisdom, but in the

grace of God we have conducted ourselves in the world and especially toward you.

Now you'll remember that the apostle Paul was being assaulted as to his integrity,

as to his righteousness, as to his authority, as to his credibility, as to his

effectiveness. He was being attacked on every front. And in defense of himself he

appeals to the highest court, the highest court that is on

earth, apart from God himself, is conscience. He doesn't ask for the testimony of some other men to come to his aid. He doesn't ask

for some group to write a letter of commendation. He simply says this, whatever you may be saying,

our proud confidence is this, the testimony of our conscience.

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