Transcript Mark 12:13,14 (NIV)

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A Life of Integrity
Don’t Mess it Up
Jerry E. White, Honesty, Morality and Conscience.(Colorado Springs, CO:NavPress, January 1999)
Jerry E. White. 52 Rules to Live By. (Colorado Springs, CO:NavPress, 2010)
Jerry E. White.The Joseph Road: Choices That Determine Your Destiny.(Colorado Springs, CO;NavPress.
October 2009
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Mark 12:13,14 (NIV)
“ Later
they sent some of the Pharisees
and Herodians to Jesus to catch him in
his words. They came to him and said,
Teacher, we know you are a man of
integrity.”
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Mark 12:14 (NIV)
“ . . . You aren't swayed by men,
because you pay no attention to who
they are; but you teach the way of God
in accordance with the truth. Is it right
to pay taxes to Caesar or not?
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How did they define ….
INTEGRITY?
How did they
define Integrity?
 Not swayed by man’s opinion
 Not partial
 Teach truth – no compromise
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Setting the Trap
Mark 12:15-17 (NIV)
“ Should
we pay or shouldn't we?" But Jesus knew
their hypocrisy. "Why are you trying to trap me?"
he asked. "Bring me a denarius and let me look at
it." They brought the coin, and he asked them,
"Whose portrait is this? And whose inscription?"
"Caesar's," they replied. Then Jesus said to them,
"Give to Caesar what is Caesar's and to God what
is God's." And they were amazed at him.”
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Integrity
in·teg·ri·ty noun \in-te-grə-tē\
Honesty
Upright
Virtue
Righteous
Honor
Godliness
Morality
Wholeness
Principled
Sincerity
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General Omar Bradley
“We have grasped the mystery of the atom
and rejected the Sermon on the Mount. The
world has achieved brilliance without
wisdom, power without conscience. Ours is a
world of nuclear giants and ethical infants.”
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Integrity Is An Issue of:
The heart…………………Motive
Our actions……………….Example
Other’s perceptions……..Credibility
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Steps to Moral Suicide
Life is made up of many small ethical
decisions. They either:
Make big, wrong choices easy
Prevent those choices that destroy our lives
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Steps to Moral Suicide
Moral and ethical suicide occurs when:
I no longer feel badly when I violate ethical
or moral principles
I rationalize that there are no absolutes that
can tell me how to live
The Goal
Acts 24:16
So I strive always to keep my
conscience clear before God and man.
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The Focus of Integrity
With God
With your family
With your leaders
With your followers
The Currency of
Integrity
Your word
Your lifestyle
Your faithfulness and dependability
Your motives
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Core Issues of Integrity
The inner gauge...our conscience
The voice of integrity...our work
The spirit of integrity...how we treat people
The reputation of integrity...credibility,
trust, perception
Basic Goals for Ethical
Decisions
To be a man or woman of integrity
To influence our children, and those for
whom we are responsible, to live with
integrity
To influence our peers and our leaders to
live and act with integrity
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Types of Integrity
Personal—how I live my private life
Professional—how I live my public life
They must be
CONNECTED!
Why People Act
Honestly
Law
Fear
Inner Conviction
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Where Do Convictions
Come From
Family background
Experience—peers, education
Spiritual/religious foundations
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