God doesn’t just give instructions through the conscience on certain things. He uses this channel to instruct us in all things.
`...feast upon the words of Christ; for behold, the words of Christ will tell you all things what ye should do. (2 Nephi 32:3)`
Your conscience is not just an idea of right and wrong. Your conscience is your composite understanding of all things, including the relationship between cause and effect in all things and including your sense of value in all things.
The conscience provides a lens through which the world can be viewed with instructions from God, in much the same way a director’s commentary can be dubbed over a movie. The conscience can turn any situation in life into a rich learning experience with God.
The universal application of the conscience to any situation makes it of greater value than static commandments from God, which are necessarily limited to the circumstances in which they apply.
Static commandments do not cover every situation. They only apply to the specific situation for which they are given. For example, God’s commandment for the male posterity of Abraham to be circumcised on the eighth day of their lives does not prescribe what should be done for all others on the eighth day of their lives, nor does it describe what Abraham’s children should do for the first seven days of life.
Commandments do not cover every degree of understanding. For example, Jesus gave speeches where he reviewed the law of Moses and revealed an improved way of acting for those who had greater understanding (see, for example, Matthew 5:21-47).
Commandments do not tell us all things that we should do. They provide coverage of some things in some situations. How can we know God’s will outside of those situations? Only through our conscience, which provides a flowing channel for guidance specific to any situation in which and any level of understanding with which we find ourselves.