Conscience serves as that element of personality by which one raises to the level of consciousness the interrelated system that drives the moral life. The pure heart finds expression in the unrestrained approval of God’s verdict of condemnation against sin—the conscious operation of a good conscience— producing repentance. At the same time and in accord with the same moral reality, the pure heart gives loving and joyful approval— the conscious operation of a good conscience— to the unblemished righteousness of Christ.
