Conscience is used 29 times in the New Testament only.  Our Conscience can be either a good conscience or a bad conscience.  Below are the things that we may glean from each passage as it pertains to the Word:

Paul, even though he killed many Christians stated that he “lived in all good conscience before God until this day" (Acts 23:1).

Our conscience should not offend God (Acts 24:16).

Our conscience can bear witness to the truth, (Romans 2:15) and the Holy Ghost (Romans 9:1), and a testimony of truth (2Corinthians 1:12). If others persecute your for your faith, their own conscience will make them ashamed (1Peter 3:16).

We must do what is right for "conscience sake" (Romans 13:5, 1Corinthians 10:25-29).

Our Conscience can be weakened or defiled (1Corinthians 8:7, 1Corinthians 8:12, Titus 1:15) or seared (1Timothy 4:2), and can be emboldened to sin (1Corinthians 8:10).

It is a proof of our honesty to those who witness our actions (2Corinthians 4:2, Hebrews 13:18).

Christ's sacrifice, working through the Holy Spirit will purge your conscience of dead works (Hebrews 9:14, Hebrews 10:2).

We will be considered gracious is we suffer for the wrong reasons because we follow our conscience (1Peter 2:19).

Baptism is the answer of a good conscience (1Peter 3:21).

Gifts and Sacrifices would not make our conscience complete or clear (Hebrews 9:9).

When reading through 1 Timothy chapter One; we will understand that the conscience can replace the Law ("the law is not made for a righteous man, but for the lawless and disobedient"1Timothy 1:9), and that if our conscience it properly working, or "Pure" (1Timothy 3:9, 2Timothy 1:3) it will guide us to do what is right.

Aubrey Johnson wrote in his new book “Spiritual Patriot - Call to Arms” the following:

People would subject themselves to higher power not only to avoid punishment, but also because their consciences tell them it is the proper thing to do. External restraints are only necessary for those who reject the internal restraint provided by God. Even if there would no police officers, courts or jails, the law should still be obeyed for conscience sake. When impure thoughts are left unbridled, they can sear the conscience until it is of no effect. At that point, laws that interfere with satisfying the flesh are easily disregarded.

Peter wrote a statement about baptism to Christians who existed in an idolatrous world. After stressing the precious value of being in Christ (1 Peter 1:3-12), after stressing the responsibility of being in Christ (1 Peter 1:13-25), after stressing the transformation of conversion (1 Peter 2:1-10), after urging them to be Christian in their life roles--whether citizen, servant, wife, husband, or just ordinary person (1 Peter 2:13-12), after affirming the value and motivation for a radically different behavior (1 Peter 3:13-20), Peter reminded these people that their baptism occurred for two reasons: (1) it was a conscience appeal to God, and (2) it was a response to the resurrection of Jesus Christ.

Your attention is specially called to Peter's declaration that the conscience is involved in the conversion process. The person realizes his/her past behavior insulted God--whether or not he/she intended to be insulting! The person realizes the forgiving God who raised Jesus from the dead can resurrect him/her to a new life, a new existence. In these realizations, the person is moved [personally motivated] to respond to God's accomplishments in Jesus Christ.

The act of baptism is much, much more than submitting to a religious ritual. It is much, much more than escaping the attention of some pesky people. It is surrender to faith in God's achievements in Jesus Christ. It is a desire to redirect life. It is a determination to escape the destructiveness of past behavior by joyfully accepting God's forgiveness in the resolve to redirect personal life.

Just like the ark functioned to (1) rescue Noah and his immediate family and (2) to take them to a new existence, so baptism exists to (1) rescue the person and (2) take him/her to a new existence.

For baptism to serve the purpose God intended, it must be a conscience response as well as a physical response.