We gain a good conscience before God by the blood of the Lamb. By walking with God we maintain it before men and for communion with God, in order to have strength and spiritual understanding, and to have them increasingly. This is the practical strength of good conduct, of a conscience without rebuke.
“I exercise myself, to have always a conscience void of offense toward God, and toward men," said the Apostle Paul. What integrity in such a walk; what truthfulness of heart when no eye sees us! If we are truthful with ourselves, with our own hearts and with regard to our conduct, we can be peaceful in our ways. God also-is there. So walk, says the Apostle Paul, and the God of peace shall be with you.
If the fruit of righteousness is sown in peace, the path of peace is found in righteousness. If I have a bad, conscience, I am vexed with myself and I grow angry with others. When the heart is at peace with God and has nothing with which to reproach itself, and when the will is held in check, peace reigns in the soul.
We walk on the earth, but the heart is above it in communion with better things; we walk in a peaceful spirit with others, and nothing troubles our relations with God. He is the God of peace. Peace, the peace of Jesus, fills the heart. The feet are shod with the gospel of peace, and we walk in the spirit of peace.