INTEGRITY: Part 2
INTEGRITY AS A SOURCE OF GUIDANCE
Pr 11:3 The integrity of the upright will guide them, But the perversity of the unfaithful will destroy them.
A person of integrity, as they walk in accordance with a good conscience, views life with limited options, and as such only needs limited guidance. The perverse, with their corrupted conscience, view life as having much less limitations, and they end up walking right into the pits they overlooked.
Love further limits one's options as the upright are not only concerned about maintaining their own good conscience, but also not violating the conscience of others. Thus for example Paul deals with the issue of eating meats sacrificed to idols. For some Christians it didn't bother their conscience to eat such meats, but Paul reminds them to be concerned for the conscience of others. 1Co 10:28,29 "But if anyone says to you, 'This has been offered in sacrifice,' then do not eat it, both for the sake of the man who told you and for conscience‘ sake—the other man’s conscience, I mean, not yours."
So when you consider what is God's will concerning any particular situation, take into consideration your conscience and that of others.
The Berean Christian Bible Study Resources
INTEGRITY AS A SOURCE OF GUIDANCE
Pr 11:3 The integrity of the upright will guide them, But the perversity of the unfaithful will destroy them.
A person of integrity, as they walk in accordance with a good conscience, views life with limited options, and as such only needs limited guidance. The perverse, with their corrupted conscience, view life as having much less limitations, and they end up walking right into the pits they overlooked.
Love further limits one's options as the upright are not only concerned about maintaining their own good conscience, but also not violating the conscience of others. Thus for example Paul deals with the issue of eating meats sacrificed to idols. For some Christians it didn't bother their conscience to eat such meats, but Paul reminds them to be concerned for the conscience of others. 1Co 10:28,29 "But if anyone says to you, 'This has been offered in sacrifice,' then do not eat it, both for the sake of the man who told you and for conscience‘ sake—the other man’s conscience, I mean, not yours."
So when you consider what is God's will concerning any particular situation, take into consideration your conscience and that of others.
The Berean Christian Bible Study Resources
