Title: Live a Life of Integrity (4 of 9)
Series: Finding Your Way
Author: Tony Thomas
Text: 1 Peter 2:11-25
At my college class reunion last month I learned that one of my classmates took his wife to McDonald's for an ice-cream cone. A vanilla cone costs $1.38, so two times $1.38 equals $2.76. He handed the cashier $5, she provided the change, and he drove on to the next window to pick up their cones. But, when he got home he discovered that the change totaled $3.24 - instead of $2.24.
He was tired, it had been a long day, and he told his wife that he'd return the $1 in the morning. His wife, however, explained the when the cashier clocked out her drawer would be at least $1 off. "Maybe we ought to return the money tonight?" she said.
Reluctantly, they jumped back in the car and got back in line. When it was time to order he explained that he'd just received the wrong amount of money in change and he was returning $1. When he got to the window the cashier said, "Just so you know it wasn't a mistake. I was in church last Sunday and heard you speak. I just wanted to find out how honest you were."
In I Peter 2, Pear writes: "Dear friends, I urge you, as aliens and strangers in the world, to abstain from the sinful desires which war against your soul. Live such good lives among the pagans that, though they accuse you of doing wrong, they may see your good deeds and glorify God on the day he visits us" (vvs. 11-12).
Circle the word "see" in verse 12. The Greek word means, "To observe." The world doesn't give a passing glance; they are carefully watching to see if we stumble! They're trying to discover if our lip matches our life. They're looking for signs of integrity and hypocrisy. So Peter says that we have to cultivate integrity.
Many athletes (amateurs and professionals) cave in to peer pressure: from taking performance-enhancing drugs, to lying under oath, to refusing to honor signed contracts, and to cheating on their wives.
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Series: Finding Your Way
Author: Tony Thomas
Text: 1 Peter 2:11-25
At my college class reunion last month I learned that one of my classmates took his wife to McDonald's for an ice-cream cone. A vanilla cone costs $1.38, so two times $1.38 equals $2.76. He handed the cashier $5, she provided the change, and he drove on to the next window to pick up their cones. But, when he got home he discovered that the change totaled $3.24 - instead of $2.24.
He was tired, it had been a long day, and he told his wife that he'd return the $1 in the morning. His wife, however, explained the when the cashier clocked out her drawer would be at least $1 off. "Maybe we ought to return the money tonight?" she said.
Reluctantly, they jumped back in the car and got back in line. When it was time to order he explained that he'd just received the wrong amount of money in change and he was returning $1. When he got to the window the cashier said, "Just so you know it wasn't a mistake. I was in church last Sunday and heard you speak. I just wanted to find out how honest you were."
In I Peter 2, Pear writes: "Dear friends, I urge you, as aliens and strangers in the world, to abstain from the sinful desires which war against your soul. Live such good lives among the pagans that, though they accuse you of doing wrong, they may see your good deeds and glorify God on the day he visits us" (vvs. 11-12).
Circle the word "see" in verse 12. The Greek word means, "To observe." The world doesn't give a passing glance; they are carefully watching to see if we stumble! They're trying to discover if our lip matches our life. They're looking for signs of integrity and hypocrisy. So Peter says that we have to cultivate integrity.
Many athletes (amateurs and professionals) cave in to peer pressure: from taking performance-enhancing drugs, to lying under oath, to refusing to honor signed contracts, and to cheating on their wives.
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