I personally like when people are honest with me and point out my faults, so that I know my weaknesses and I can submit those weaknesses to Christ through prayer. That’s why I find the sermons of Dr. Charles Stanley, Paul Washer, and Billy Graham attractive, because they are effective. Of course I didn’t enjoy all honest and Biblical sermons because God used them to require change in me; it is very difficult to submit an area of weakness to Him to direct us through the change process.
I can remember sermons of Dr. Stanley I listened to that I thought I would never need because I would never come across that situation, yea, right! that same sermon came in so handy a couple of years later! The same thing with reading the Bible…I read the Bible few times and some verses didn’t really apply to my situation, but they formed a grid of thinking that when I came across a situation I knew what God said about it and how to respond to it. And when I respond to a certain situation in disobedience (my way) I knew that I disobeyed God because our conscience we can re-program over time by disobedience, but the Holy Spirit and God’s Word do not change.
The quality of honesty, especially when it comes to people’s destiny and the quality of their lives, have been lost and replaced by the art of tickling our ears by telling us what we want to hear. That’s why it is so important to check the Bible when someone preaches something to see if it is really according to God’s word.
Perfect in Beauty by Fadi
If we don’t want to feel uncomfortable, how will we ever recognize our sinfulness? And if we don’t recognize our sins how will we ever repent? And if we don’t repent how will we know we need salvation? And if we don’t realize we are lost how will we look to Christ to save us from our sins and eternal torment in hell? And if we don’t confess our sins, how will He ever conform us to the likeness of His Son Jesus Christ? And if we don’t allow Him to make us holy like His Son Jesus Christ, how will we ever be the light of this world bearing witness to Christ?!
I will leave you with an example of how honest, clear, and firm our Lord’s words are:
“You are the salt of the earth. But if the salt loses its saltiness, how can it be made salty again? It is no longer good for anything, except to be thrown out and trampled by men.†Matthew 5:13
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Hi Fadi. Your skills in Photography is very good. I very much appreciate the article on THE QUALITY OF HONESTY. i too believe in Jesus Christ and the Bible as God’s Word. I am a born again Christian living in Karachi, Pakistan.
Be Blessed.
Tony