“INTEGRITY MATTERS”

• “If you have integrity, nothing else matters. If you don’t have integrity, nothing else matters."

– Harvey MacKay

• Proverbs 10:9; 11:3

• Today’s “one another” that is in our closet: _____________________________________

Colossians 3:9; Ephesians 4:25

1. TELLING LIES. Colossians 3:9-10 Ephesians 4:22-25

− It is habit forming.

− It is hard work.

− It is a heavy weight.

− It is a hopeless practice. Hebrews 4:13 | Numbers 32:23 | Proverbs 19:5

2. LIVING LIES.

− Matthew 15:8 – Lips vs Heart

− 2 Corinthians 11:15 – Masquerading

− 1 John 2:3-6 – Claims vs Life lived The biggest lie!

− James 2:14 –

− Hebrews 4:13 – God knows

− 2 Timothy 2:19 –

RESPONSE: Ask yourself these questions and answer them honestly ...

− Am I telling lies? What are they? To whom?

− What does God want me to do?

− Am I living a lie; pretending that I am a follower of Christ, when really, I’m not?

− Am I willing to repent of this deception and seek forgiveness and salvation?