Living In The Light

May 21, Financial Integrity

Therefore, whatever you want men to do to you, do also to them, for this is the Law and the Prophets.
—Matthew 7:12 LL 151.1

This command of Christ is of the highest importance and should be strictly obeyed. It is like apples of gold in pictures of silver. How many carry out in their lives the principle Christ has here enjoined, and deal with others just as they would wish to be dealt with under similar circumstances? . . . LL 151.2

An honest person, according to Christ’s measurement, is one who will manifest unbending integrity. Deceitful weights and false balances, with which many seek to advance their interests in the world, are abomination in the sight of God. Yet many who profess to keep the commandments of God are dealing with false weights and false balances. When a person is indeed connected with God, and is keeping His law in truth, their life will reveal the fact; for all their actions will be in harmony with the teachings of Christ. They will not sell their honor for gain. Their principles are built upon the sure foundation, and their conduct in worldly matters is a transcript of His principles. Firm integrity shines forth as gold amid the dross and rubbish of the world. Deceit, falsehood, and unfaithfulness may be glossed over and hidden from the eyes of human beings, but not from the eyes of God. The angels of God, who watch the development of character and weigh moral worth, record in the books of heaven these minor transactions which reveal character. If a workman in the daily vocations of life is unfaithful and slights his work, the world will not judge incorrectly if they estimate his standard in religion according to his standard in business. LL 151.3

“He that is faithful in that which is least is faithful also in much. . . (Luke 16:10). It is not the magnitude of the matter that makes it fair or unfair. As a person deals with his or her fellow human beings, so will he or she deal with God. He that is unfaithful in the mammon of unrighteousness, will never be entrusted with the true riches. The children of God should not fail to remember that in all their business transactions they are being proved, weighed in the balances of the sanctuary.— Testimonies for the Church, vol. 4, pp. 310, 311. LL 151.4

Further Reflection: : Are you willing to be honest in transactions even at your own loss? LL 151.5