OLD FASHION VALUES2. INTEGRITY

IF YOU HAD TO CHOOSE BETWEEN FAME AND FORTUNE OR INTEGRITY AND

MATURITY, WHICH LIFE WOULD YOU CHOOSE? Why?

DEFINE INTEGRITY. Why is it so important?

WHAT ARE THE BENEFITS OF INTEGRITY? Where do you need integrity?

IntegrityIn looking for people to hire, look for three

qualities: integrity, intelligence, and energy. And if they don’t have the first, the other two will kill

you. Warren BuffetIntegrity is doing the right thing, even when no one

is watching.CS Lewis

T1 INTEGRITY BLESSES YOUR LIFE.Psalms 15:1-5

1Who may worship in your sanctuary, Lord? Who may enter your presence on your holy hill? 2Those

who lead blameless lives and do what is right,speaking the truth from sincere hearts. 3Those who refuse to gossip or harm their neighbors

or speak evil of their friends.Psalms 15:1-3

4Those who despise flagrant sinners, and honor the faithful followers of the Lord, and keep their promises even when it hurts. 5Those who lend

money without charging interest, and who cannot be bribed to lie about the innocent. Such people will stand firm forever.

Psalms 15:4-5

IntegrityThe ultimate measure of a man is not where he

stands in moments of comfort and convenience, but where he stands at times of challenge and

controversy. Martin Luther KingNearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want

to test a man’s character, give him power.Abraham Lincoln

T2 INTEGRITY IS ALWAYS CHALLENGED.Job 1:6-12

6 One day the members of the heavenly court came to present themselves before the Lord, and the

Accuser, Satan, came with them. 7 “Where have you come from?” the Lord asked Satan. Satan answered the Lord, “I have been patrolling the earth, watching

everything that’s going on.”Job 1:6-7

8Then the Lord asked Satan, “Have you noticed my servant Job? He is the finest man in all the earth. He

is blameless—a man of complete integrity. He fears God and stays away from evil.” 9Satan replied

to the Lord, “Yes, but Job has good reason to fear God. 10You have always put a wall of protection

around him and his home and his property.You have made him prosper in everything he does.

Look how rich he is!Job 1:8-10

111But reach out and take away everything he has, and he will surely curse you to your face!” 12 “All

right, you may test him,” the Lord said to Satan. “Do whatever you want with everything he possesses,

but don’t harm him physically.” So Satan left the Lord’s presence.

Job 1:11-12

IntegrityWhoever is carless with the truth in small matters

cannot be trusted with important matters.Albert Einstein

Integrity is doing the right thing when nobody is looking. There are too many people who think that the only thing that’s right is to get by; and the only

thing that is wrong is to get caught.JC Watts Jr.

T3 INTEGRITY GIVES YOU A CLEAR CONSCIENCE.Job 27:2-6

2 I vow by the living God, who has taken away my rights, by the Almighty who has embittered my

soul—3As long as I live, while I have breath from God, 4my lips will speak no evil, and my tongue will

speak no lies. 5 I will never concede that you are right; I will defend my integrity until I die.

6 I will maintain my innocence without wavering.My conscience is clear for as long as I live.

Job 27:2-6

WHAT’S YOUR FAVORITE THING ABOUT JOB?What’s hard to accept about the story?

NAME 5 PEOPLE WITH INTEGRITY.Why do they have influence?