Men’s Study: Integrity
Disciplines of a Godly Man • Sermon • Submitted • Presented
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Nearly four out of 10 (38%) respondents admit they’d be prepared to behave unethically in one or more ways to improve their own career progression
What would you do for $10 million
25% would abandon family
23% would become a prostitute
7% would kill a stranger
Colossal slide of integrity
Little difference between world and Christians
Main reason for crisis is that we are dishonest
“Their throat is an open grave;
they use their tongues to deceive.”
“The venom of asps is under their lips.”
Church cannot prosper with deception among members
Church needs people who refrain from blatant living and are free from hypocrisy
The world longs for liberation from dishonesty
A Truthful spirit is a great evangelistic tool
Integrity = Wholeness, Completeness
A Psalm of David.
O Lord, who shall sojourn in your tent?
Who shall dwell on your holy hill?
He who walks blamelessly and does what is right
and speaks truth in his heart;
who does not slander with his tongue
and does no evil to his neighbor,
nor takes up a reproach against his friend;
in whose eyes a vile person is despised,
but who honors those who fear the Lord;
who swears to his own hurt and does not change;
who does not put out his money at interest
and does not take a bribe against the innocent.
He who does these things shall never be moved.
People lie to cover wrong
A Man of Integrity
Integrity demands that all speech be intentionally true
Never deceive by Omission
Never cheats, defrauds, or steals
Man of Integrity keeps his word
Never promises to do something he doesn’t intend to
Man of Integrity is a man of principle
Having courage to stand up for convictions even if it costs you
Benefits of Integrity
Benefits of Integrity
Integrity can cost you a relationship, reputation, promotion, job, even your life
Character
Character determines the course of one’s life here on earth
Conscience
Having a clear conscience enables you to stand firmly in the storms of life
Intimacy
Assures deep intimacy with God
Elevation
Integrity encourages more integrity
Evangelism
