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Nothing is more despicable than the hypocrite, and nothing more agreeable than sincerity. What this man had was a godly sincerity.” Actually, his name was given him “of God” and “in grace” (II Cor. 1:12, Gk.). The English Sincere, according to the dictionary, means, “to be in reality as in appearan
Sincerity is not enough. There are many sincere people in the world. What is one sincere about? Paul even speaks of the Pharisees and Israel as a whole who had “a zeal of God.” But he quickly adds, “but not according to knowledge” (Romans 10:2). Here, I think, is where the pinch comes. Many of us ar
As often as that expression of his conviction meets with opposition, he is confessing his Lord. Heart, Sincerity
I am pleading now, not for perfection, but for integrity.
Wherever you turn you are greeted in the same, pleasant way. Yet these greetings are very much like a handshake: you soon detect its quality and sincerity. Some of them are cold and lifeless, a mere formality, thoughtlessly spoken. Others are warm and affectionate, but frivolous, lacking in convicti
Integrity is more than telling the truth. Integrity is more than believing in yourself. Integrity is belief in the absolute Truth, and acting on this belief. As Peter Scotese, a successful business man, has said, “Integrity is not a 90 percent thing, not a 95 percent thing; either you have it or you
Never compromise with the truth, and never seek to win others for the cause of Christ by a life and walk of compromise and synthesis. Furthermore, we must be very sincere in our speech, attitude, approach, etc. When Paul declares in Romans 10 verse 1: “Brethren, my heart’s desire and prayer to God
“All of this I most solemnly and sincerely promise and swear, with a firm and steadfast resolution, to keep and perform the same, without any equivocation, mental reservation or secret evasion of mind whatever, (not even in his inner conscience, S.
Our worship should be spiritual and sincere. That means we should mean what we say. We should mean the words we sing. We should mean it when we confess our faith in the words of the Apostles' Creed. We should mean it when we pray, having a true desire for the things we seek, and being sincerely than
They say, e.g., that a man who believes the lie is nevertheless to be commended because, obviously, he is sincere, and we must admire his sincerity. As if to be sincerely wrong is some kind of Christian virtue. No, rather we have an objective standard of truth. And this standard of truth is to be fo