Integrity Still Matters - Pastor Dragoon

'So it was, from the time that he had made him overseer of his house and all that he had, that the Lord blessed the Egyptian’s house for Joseph’s sake; and the blessing of the Lord was on all that he had in the house and in the field. Thus he left all that he had in Joseph’s hand, and he did not know what he had except for the bread which he ate. Now Joseph was handsome in form and appearance. And it came to pass after these things that his master’s wife cast longing eyes on Joseph, and she said, “Lie with me.” But he refused and said to his master’s wife, “Look, my master does not know what is with me in the house, and he has committed all that he has to my hand. There is no one greater in this house than I, nor has he kept back anything from me but you, because you are his wife. How then can I do this great wickedness, and sin against God?” So it was, as she spoke to Joseph day by day, that he did not heed her, to lie with her or to be with her. But it happened about this time, when Joseph went into the house to do his work, and none of the men of the house was inside, that she caught him by his garment, saying, “Lie with me.” But he left his garment in her hand, and fled and ran outside. ' Genesis 39:5-12 The definition of integrity - wholeness, entireness, an unbroken state; particularly the mind; morality Having recognized our sinful nature does not excuse the fact that we are called to still have integrity; we cannot undermine the necessity of integrity in the kingdom of God Comes from the word “integer”, a math term that means a whole number; in - meaning “not”, teger - meaning “to touch” Many of us come to Christ with a “box of unorganized parts” and broken due to a lack of integrity in our lives or someone else’s Integrity must be tested - without the test we can not know that someone has integrity; it is why trials and tests are allowed; you cannot have integrity without heat, the “refiner’s fire” If we don’t make a stand to clean up our lives we will be lacking in integrity; when we refuse to have standards and exercise self-control we will be lacking in integrity Integrity, high standards, purity and righteousness are expensive, they are hard, they are difficult but in time they will be rewarded Want to receive text updates from our church? Send the keyword VBPH to 757-665-2410. Please let us know how this message has influenced you using one of these options: Email: [email protected] Voicemail: https://anchor.fm/vbph-sermons/message Thanks for listening! Has this message been a blessing to you? Please consider giving a generous donation