{"id":30961,"date":"2011-12-14T20:06:00","date_gmt":"2011-12-15T02:06:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/?p=30961"},"modified":"2021-01-21T20:15:29","modified_gmt":"2021-01-22T02:15:29","slug":"what-does-integrity-mean","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/what-does-integrity-mean\/","title":{"rendered":"What does integrity mean?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\t<h2>Question:<\/h2>\n<p>What does integrity mean?<\/p>\n\t<h2>Answer:<\/h2>\n<p>Integrity means to be complete, upright, innocent of willful wrongdoing, a person with a clear conscience.<\/p>\n<p>For example, Job was a man of integrity. &#8220;<em>There was a man in the land of Uz, whose name was Job; and that man was blameless and upright, and one who feared God and shunned evil<\/em>&#8221; (Job 1:1). Even when Satan tried to bring him down, he held to his integrity. &#8220;<em>Then the LORD said to Satan, &#8220;Have you considered My servant Job, that there is none like him on the earth, a blameless and upright man, one who fears God and shuns evil? And still he holds fast to his integrity, although you incited Me against him, to destroy him without cause&#8221; <\/em>&#8221; (Job 2:3). Even with his friends pressuring him, Job would not let his integrity go. &#8220;<em>As long as my breath is in me, and the breath of God in my nostrils, my lips will not speak wickedness, nor my tongue utter deceit. Far be it from me that I should say you are right; till I die I will not put away my integrity from me. My righteousness I hold fast, and will not let it go; my heart shall not reproach me as long as I live<\/em>&#8221; (Job 27:3-6).<\/p>\n<p>See the lesson:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/daniels-integrity\/\">Daniel&#8217;s Integrity<\/a>\u00a0for more on this subject.<\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Question: What does integrity mean? Answer: Integrity means to be complete, upright, innocent of willful wrongdoing, a person with a clear conscience. For example, Job was a man of integrity. &#8220;There was a man in the land of Uz, whose name was Job; and that man was blameless and upright, and one who feared God&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[20],"tags":[552,76],"class_list":["post-30961","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-answer","tag-integrity","tag-terminology"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":30963,"url":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/daniels-integrity\/","url_meta":{"origin":30961,"position":0},"title":"Daniel&#8217;s Integrity","author":"Jeffrey Hamilton","date":"February 4, 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"Text: Daniel 6 \u00a0 I.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Daniel\u2019s Background \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0A.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Daniel was a young man when Judah was conquered by the Babylonians. He was among those carried off into exile. \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0B.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Because of his abilities, Daniel rose to prominence in the Babylonian kingdom serving under the conqueror, Nebuchadnezzar, his son and his grandson. \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0C.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0When the\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Audio&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Audio","link":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/category\/audio\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":15074,"url":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/does-satan-know-our-weaknesses\/","url_meta":{"origin":30961,"position":1},"title":"Does Satan know our weaknesses?","author":"Jeffrey Hamilton","date":"June 10, 2008","format":false,"excerpt":"Question: Does Satan know our weakness? If so, does he use people in our lives in ways to get us to fall? I mean is he able to influence relatives, friends to cause one to stumble? Is he able to put people in our lives who seem to be genuine\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Answer&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Answer","link":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/category\/answer\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":12618,"url":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/how-does-satan-know-what-to-use-to-tempt-us\/","url_meta":{"origin":30961,"position":2},"title":"How does Satan know what to use to tempt us?","author":"Jeffrey Hamilton","date":"September 29, 2007","format":false,"excerpt":"Question: How does Satan know what to tempt us with? He is not God, so how does he know what tempts us? Answer: The simple answer is he doesn't know. He makes guesses and is sometimes wrong. You can see this when Satan attempted to bring down Job. \"So Satan\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Answer&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Answer","link":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/category\/answer\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":53425,"url":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/is-it-wrong-to-change-your-mind-2\/","url_meta":{"origin":30961,"position":3},"title":"Is it wrong to change your mind? (2)","author":"Jeffrey Hamilton","date":"June 7, 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"Question: Hey Jeffrey, I was reading Psalms 15, I noticed it speaks of a man who walks in integrity, and he \"changes not his mind.\" Does that mean it is wrong to change plans or reschedule with a friend or change one's mind about doing something? My friend and I\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Answer&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Answer","link":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/category\/answer\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":1475,"url":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/is-life-only-enjoyable-for-the-righteous-when-they-reach-heaven\/","url_meta":{"origin":30961,"position":4},"title":"Is life only enjoyable for the righteous when they reach heaven?","author":"Jeffrey Hamilton","date":"February 23, 2019","format":false,"excerpt":"Question: Hi Jeff, I read in the Scriptures of all the good things, promises, happiness, peace, comfort and more that the righteous are told they will enjoy, but when you consider their life, it is mostly filled with misery. So I ask, is it only in heaven that they will\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Answer&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Answer","link":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/category\/answer\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":52510,"url":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/i-have-walked-in-my-integrity\/","url_meta":{"origin":30961,"position":5},"title":"I Have Walked in My Integrity","author":"Jeffrey Hamilton","date":"February 4, 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"by Jeffrey W. Hamilton Text: Psalms 26 \u00a0 I.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0David wants to be judged by God - Psalms 26:1-3 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0A.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Most of us want to avoid the judgment of others \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0B.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0There is a risk of being condemned \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0C.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0But here David asks God to judge him and it isn\u2019t a risk in his\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Audio&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Audio","link":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/category\/audio\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30961","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=30961"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30961\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=30961"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=30961"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=30961"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}