We are being held accountable by the judge of our actions. It is our conscience. It remains with each of us even when shadow vanishes on sighting darkness. When we are groping in a thick darkness, our past activities and actions are being scrutinized by our conscience.
The world will be a better place if the position of the prophets are kept and we adhere to the teachings of our Lord Jesus Christ. We will have:
■True Worship
■True Fellowship
■True Friendship
The MOTIVE and the MOUTH must be in agreement. In Isaiah 29:13 The Lord says: "These people come near to me with their mouth and honor me with their lips, but their hearts are far from me. Their worship of me is based on merely human rules they have been taught. (Isaiah 29:13 NIV)
From personal observations, I have counseled myself never to underestimate the mind. No one may or can truly interpret pretense or precision except subjectively-the interpreter's own feelings. What's is done may not represent motive. Life is about who we speak to and what we hear.
Truthfulness is the hallmark of biblical righteousness that epitomizes Jesus Christ. We are challenged to be truthful. Truth is the key to reliability.
Our Lord during his ministry on earth got to a point that he had to voice out and tell people listening to him that he is not ignorant. He said in "Matthew 15:8. This people draweth nigh unto me with their mouth, and honoureth me with their lips; but their heart is far from me." He knew human thoughts.
The time has come for us to be truthful in our speech, just in our dealings, faithfu to our commitments and be honest with all people and at all time.
Every believer in Christ must refuse to be political praise singers. We must not engage in the activities of sycophants to populist leaders. Let us be truthful. We must be people who are "providing for honest things, not only in the sight of the Lord, but also in the sight of men. (2 Corinthians 8:21)
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