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Our Business Standards Reveal Our Character, June 11
Shall I count pure those with the wicked balances, and with the bag of
deceitful weights?
Micah 6:11
, NKJV.
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 men or women are indeed connected with God, and are
keeping His law in truth, their lives 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 their 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 humanity, 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 working people in the daily
vocations of life are unfaithful and slight their work, the world will not judge
incorrectly if they estimate their standard in religion according to their standard in
business.
“He that is faithful in that which is least is faithful also in much: and he that is
unjust in the least is unjust also in much.” It is not the magnitude of the matter that
makes it fair or unfair. As men and women deal with their fellow citizens, so will
they deal with God. Those who are 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 4:310, 311
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