This one may hurt!

Recently some men from church did a study about being a Godly Man. In this book Kent Hughes had one chapter about integrity. In this chapter he listed some things that spoke to our lack of integrity, see if any of these get you!

In a study by Sherman and Hendricks, Christians were as likely as non-Christians to:

Falsify their income tax returns
Comment plagiarism
Bribe to obtain building permit
Ignore construction specs.
Illegally copy a computer program or steal music online
Steal time at work
Commit phone theft
Exaggerate a product
Tell people what they want to hear
Selectively obey the law...like speed limits, texting and driving, seatbelt. etc.

Any of these get you? I bet the last one got most!

So as followers of Jesus we must be people of integrity and truth at all times no matter the circumstance. Even when no one is watching because God is always watching! 

Romans 3:10 as it is written:“None is righteous, no, not one; 

The reason why we are not what the verse says above?

Romans 3:18 “There is no fear of God before their eyes.”

So how is your integrity this morning? With the power of the Holy Spirit, us followers can overcome, let’s do it!

Tom