Honestidade
A honestidade é virtude cristã fundamental. Deus é Deus de verdade e nos chama a viver com integridade, transparência e retidão em todos os nossos relacionamentos e negócios.
Integridade diante de Deus
O Senhor abomina a balança falsa, mas o peso justo é seu prazer. A integridade dos justos os guia pelos caminhos retos.
False balances are an abomination before the Lord:
But a just weight is acceptable unto him.
When a just man dies he leaves regret:
But the destruction of the ungodly is speedy, and causes joy.
When a just man dies he leaves regret:
But the destruction of the ungodly is speedy, and causes joy.
Then shalt thou understand righteousness, and judgment;
And shalt direct all thy course aright.
To do justly and to speak truth,
Are more pleasing to God than the blood of sacrifices.
Let thine eyes look right on,
And let thine eyelids assent to just things.
Praticar a honestidade
Falai a verdade, pagai o que deveis, não negueis ao próximo o bem. A honestidade prática é testemunho do evangelho.
Forbear not to do good to the poor,
Whensoever thy hand may have power to help him.
He that seeks the Lord shall find knowledge with righteousness:
And they that rightly seek him shall find peace.
Treasures shall not profit the lawless:
But righteousness shall deliver from death.
Confissão e transparência
Confessai as vossas ofensas uns aos outros. Quem confessa e deixa o pecado encontra misericórdia e restauração.
He that covers his own ungodliness shall not prosper:
But he that blames himself shall be loved.
Coração puro
Bem-aventurados os puros de coração, porque verão a Deus. A honestidade começa no interior e se manifesta nas ações.
I have been wretched and bowed down continually:
I went with a mourning countenance all the day.
Who is as the Lord our God?
Who dwells in the high places,
For the sin of his lips a sinner falls into snares;
But a righteous man escapes from them.
He whose looks are gentle shall be pitied,
But he that contends in the gates will afflict souls.
A righteous man declares the open truth;
But an unjust witness is deceitful.
A perverse man spreads mischief,
And will kindle a torch of deceit with mischiefs; and he separates friends.