Greetings to the ever growing @steemchurch and its parishioners and apostles. Appreciation to the most noble knight I know @sirknight, the founder of the @steemchurch. The things I learn everyday from posts on the @steemchurch are invaluable and very much helpful to me. Today I want to give back the little I know on honesty.
Honesty is a matter of great importance and concern especially in the lives of Christians. Honesty simply put is being honest. And according to the dictionary, to be honest is;
1:free of deceit; truthful and sincere
2:morally correct or virtuous.
Every relationship is built on trust, and this trust is gained by series of acts towards a person overtime. Mind you, it is easy to gain the trust of a person or for you to trust a person but the acts that inspire this trust can be true or false based on if a party decides to be honest or not. This is where honesty comes in. Relationships built on honesty from both parties are stronger and tend to last longer because the people involved have decided to accept each other's characters and habits even though they are not totally good, this way there is trust. On the other hand, a relationship built on dishonesty in any form would end up hurting one or all parties involved when the truth comes out. And I tell you the longer the truth is hidden, the more painful it will be when the truth is out.
As Christians, honesty should be what we build our lives on. That means we must first be honest with ourselves so that we can easily be honest to other persons. Hosnesty helps a man build a good reputation in both the sight of God and the eyes of men. Honesty an integrity work hand in hand. For you to have a high integrity, you have to be a honest person. Integrity is built with honesty and also maintained by honesty.
In the world today, being honest is a hard thing to do, but we christians have the word of God and the holy spirit in us to help us achieve it. But it still depends on you because there is always choice to make in situations that has options. Being honest all the time maybe stressful and even instigate criticism from others, but it is worth it.
You will recognize them by their fruits. Are grapes gathered from thornbushes, or figs from thistles?
17 So, every healthy tree bears good fruit, but the diseased tree bears bad fruit.
18 A healthy tree cannot bear bad fruit, nor can a diseased tree bear good fruit.
19 Every tree that does not bear good fruit is cut down and thrown into the fire.
20 Thus you will recognize them by their fruits.
Matthew 7:16-20 ESV
An honest answer is like a kiss on the lips.
Proverbs 24:26 NIV
To do what is right and just is more acceptable to the LORD than sacrifice
Proverbs 21:3 NIV
The honest man is rewarded by God not men.
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