Not trusting your heart prevents two opposite errors. On the one hand, our consciences can be too easy on us. “My conscience is clear, but that does not make me innocent” (1 Corinthians 4:4). Follow God’s Word instead of your feelings. If the Scripture says it is wrong, it is. On the other hand, our hearts can be too hard on us. “If our hearts condemn us, . . . God is greater than our hearts” (1 John 3:20). Follow the gospel instead of
