Transparency
March 15, 2018
Why is transparency important in the life of a Christ follower? In churches and faith based organizations? I Thessalonians 5:22. Reject evil of every kind. Other versions: shun the appearance of evil, throw out anything tainted with evil. Scripture sets a high bar. Accountability with others around us might help us spot that ‘appearance,’ the dangers of that temptation before we do. Check out everything. Search Scripture. The Bereans did and were commended not as doubters of the word they were being taught, but affirmers, to make sure the word was not tainted.
Our world has not changed. Evil slithers in, either covertly, or disguised. Looking OK. We are vulnerable, the human condition. Solution: Throw it out, run from it, even its appearance.