Integrity

[ScottA]

How do we define "truth"?

Jesus ;)

 

[Bob Estey]

Jesus ;)

His words and God's words, I think.

 

[bbyrd009]

I suppose our first sin is our first selfish act, whenever that happens

”Christ died for our sins”
.

How do we define "truth"?

“that which you are not able to hear”

 

[bbyrd009]

Jesus ;)

i gave you a like there, but i have no doubt that we would all define that term differently

an innaresting commentary on “truth”

(searching for a Witness to John 14:6 I am the…truth)
surely one somewhere

 

[Bob Estey]

“that which you dont want to hear”

The smart ones want to hear the truth because then they can make the right choices.

 

[bbyrd009]

The smart ones want to hear the truth because then they can make the right choices.

ah, wanting may not be the issue so much as simply lacking the context to understand imo, after a certain point anyway. Its have no ears to hear i think, meaning not a sin or anything per se, just that the truth is so foreign to our then current understanding that it cannot be heard
and smart lol dont get me started

 

[Reggie Belafonte]

Virtue !

 

[bbyrd009]

exploring the nexus of integrity and random would surely be interesting?
we read in a language that they did not write

 

[Bob Estey]

ah, wanting may not be the issue so much as simply lacking the context to understand imo, after a certain point anyway. Its have no ears to hear i think, meaning not a sin or anything per se, just that the truth is so foreign to our then current understanding that it cannot be heard

When we live life as the Lord taught us, things tend to turn out well and we then understand why the Lord said to do this or not to do that. The wisest people, then, are the ones who obey the Lord. I imagine there are a lot of biblical scholars and theologians who don't have a clue, because they don't try hard to obey the Lord.

 

[bbyrd009]

When we live life as the Lord taught us, things tend to turn out well and we then understand why the Lord said to do this or not to do that. The wisest people, then, are the ones who obey the Lord. I imagine there are a lot of biblical scholars and theologians who don't have a clue, because they don't try hard to obey the Lord.

ego-death is a really hard thing yeh

there is this vision of myself as a little kid who did not recognize himself in a mirror, and life was like a dream, only i became lucid in it…

 

[quietthinker]

Yes. Then someone might want you to define "righteousness."

Thinking right, feeling right, relating right, acting right ....from the get go! = righteousness

 

[Bob Estey]

Thinking right, feeling right, relating right, acting right ....from the get go! = righteousness

But then I have to ask you to define "right." (I would define it as being obedient to God.)

 

[quietthinker]

But then I have to ask you to define "right." (I would define it as being obedient to God.)

Perhaps we could say, being in harmony with God.

 

[Bob Estey]

Perhaps we could say, being in harmony with God.

Are you in harmony with the Ten Commandments?

 

[quietthinker]

Are you in harmony with the Ten Commandments?

A question you could ask yourself.

 

[Bob Estey]

A question you could ask yourself.

The expression "in harmony" makes me a bit nervous. I find when I do things the Lord's way, things work out far better. For that reason, I like the word "obedience."

 

[quietthinker]

The expression "in harmony" makes me a bit nervous. I find when I do things the Lord's way, things work out far better. For that reason, I like the word "obedience."

Is there a disconnect between harmony and obedience?

 

[Bob Estey]

Is there a disconnect between harmony and obedience?

Does "harmony" mean Jesus is Lord?

 

[Behold]

But thou hast upheld me because of my integrity,
and set me in thy presence for ever. Psalm 41:12 RSV
Without looking at a dictionary, how would you define “integrity”?
How do you think God defines “integrity”?

God defines integrity as : faithfulness

We define it as :
keeping your word.
being honest
finishing what you start
being dependable

 

[Bob Estey]

God defines integrity as : faithfulness

We define it as :
keeping your word.
being honest
finishing what you start
being dependable

No, I think God defines "integrity" as "obedience."