Do you ever wonder if INTEGRITY as a virtue is perishing from the earth? Whatever happened to sheer honesty, or just being truthful—publicly, privately? Whatever happened to saying what you mean and meaning what you say, to keeping your word? ..... The God of the Bible is a God of integrity. It is impossible for God to lie (Heb. 6:18). Our Lord Jesus Christ has transparent ministry. The Holy Spirit is totally, thoroughly and completely honest. Jesus called Him the Spirit of truth (John 14:17). As for Jesus, He said of Himself that He is the way and the truth and the life (vs. 6, emphasis added), and so equally the Holy Spirit is truth. As it is impossible for God to lie, never forget that the Holy Spirit is incapable of lying to you. He will never deceive you. Jesus Himself was full of grace and truth (John 1:14). Truth means fact. It means what is reliable. What Jesus does and says can be proved, and He will not let you be ashamed. When a miracle was performed the enemy of truth was forced to say, We cannot deny it (Acts 4:16). Jesus is transparent integrity. Today we sometimes use the expression the real deal. It is what people want to see in leaders, what people long for in relationships—no deceit, no infidelity, but honesty and trustworthiness. That is what we want in a friend—pure gold, the real thing. Jesus is that. The God of the Bible is that— His words are trustworthy (2 Sam. 7:28),
Posted on: Mon, 20 Oct 2014 14:26:29 +0000
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