1. Jesus was harder on hypocrites than prostitutes, adulterers.
1.1. House building
1.1.1. Frustrated
1.1.1.1. Agreed
1.1.1.2. Cut corners
1.1.1.3. Contractors
1.1.1.4. Material
1.1.2. Every decision you make
1.1.3. How you live
1.1.4. Say
1.1.5. Do!
1.2. Generous
1.2.1. Selfish
1.3. Do what’s right
1.3.1. Cut corners
1.4. Show honor
1.4.1. Tear down
1.5. Extend grace
1.5.1. Judge harshly
1.6. Tell the truth
1.6.1. Tell the story in the way it benefits you
1.7. Building your own house
1.7.1. Legacy!(Kids watching)
1.8. Fastest way raise rebellious kids
1.8.1. Claim one thing
1.8.2. Live another
1.9. Every day—Decision
1.9.1. You are building your own home
2. What’s your integrity worth?
2.1. What would your actions say your integrity is worth?
2.1.1. Lying on a resume to get a job
2.1.2. Falsify expreport—Embezzle
2.1.3. Cheat exam better grade
2.1.4. Exaggerate a story be liked
2.1.5. Neighbor’s wifi
2.1.5.1. Netflix
2.1.6. Lie kids’age disc admission
2.2. Integrity worth
2.2.1. One time
2.2.2. Golf ball!
2.2.3. When you have integrity
2.2.3.1. Nothing else matters
2.2.4. When you don’t have integrity
2.2.4.1. Nothing else matters
2.3. Free pop story
2.3.1. Will you sell your integrity for a buck 25
3. Psalm 139:23–24 (NLT): 23 Search me, O God, and know my heart; test me and know my anxious thoughts. 24 Point out anything in me that offends you, and lead me along the path of everlasting life.
3.1. Challenging
3.2. Heart is deceitful above all things
4. Show me
4.1. Where you are most defensive
4.1.1. Most defensive often most vulnerable
4.2. What you don’t want others to know
4.3. What you criticize in others
4.3.1. What you criticize the hardestis often a reflection of where you are weakest
5. The Problem
5.1. Psalm 15:1-5
5.1.1. Psalm 15:1 (NLT) 1 Who may worship in your sanctuary, LORD? Who may enter your presence on your holy hill?
5.1.2. Psalm 15:2 (NLT) 2 Those who lead blameless lives and do what is right, speaking the truth from sincere hearts.
5.1.3. Psalm 15:3 (NLT) 3 Those who refuse to gossip or harm their neighbors or speak evil of their friends.
5.1.4. Psalm 15:4 (NLT) 4 Those who despise flagrant sinners, and honor the faithful followers of the LORD, and keep their promises even when it hurts.
5.1.5. Psalm 15:5 (NLT) 5 Those who lend money without charging interest, and who cannot be bribed to lie about the innocent. Such people will stand firm forever.
5.2. Read news
5.2.1. Politician
5.2.2. Athlete
5.2.3. Leader
5.2.4. Family
5.2.5. Friend
6. Integrity is when your behavior matches your beliefs
6.1. Proverbs 10:9 (NLT) 9 People with integrity walk safely, but those who follow crooked paths will be exposed.
6.2. Lack integrity...
6.2.1. Stressful!
6.2.2. I have never walked in integrity and hoped not to get caught.
6.2.3. Integrity is who you are when no one is looking.
6.2.4. Reputation is what they think Integrity is who you really are.
6.3. Right thing
6.3.1. Never go bad
6.3.2. Hope they don’t find out did right!
6.3.3. Private life consistent w/your public life. Who you are when no one looking
6.3.3.1. Integrity diff reputation
6.3.4. Opposite of integrity
6.3.4.1. Hypocrite
6.3.4.2. Actor in a play
6.3.4.3. Jesus was irritated with hypocrites
6.3.4.3.1. Matthew 23:25 (NLT) 25 “What sorrow awaits you teachers of religious law and you Pharisees. Hypocrites! For you are so careful to clean the outside of the cup and the dish, but inside you are filthy—full of greed and self-indulgence!
6.3.4.3.2. Matthew 23:26 (NLT) 26 You blind Pharisee! First, wash the inside of the cup and the dish, and then the outside will become clean, too.
6.3.4.3.3. It's not what you show, It's what is in you that matters.
7. Title
7.1. A Matter of Integrity
7.1.1. What integrity’s not
7.1.1.1. Perfection
7.1.1.2. Never mistake
7.1.1.3. No one integrity
7.1.2. Integrated life
7.1.2.1. Latin
7.1.2.1.1. Integer
7.2. PIE
7.2.1. Professional
7.2.2. Family
7.2.3. Social
7.2.4. Spiritual
7.2.5. Private
7.2.5.1. That's integrity
7.2.6. Better