Are You Honest? by A. T. Robinson

Review and Herald Publishing Association · Takoma Park Station, Washington, D. C. · Feb 3, 1910

FromReview and Herald, Vol. 87, No. 5.

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Are You Honest?

By A. T. Robinson

A. T. ROBINSON

I AM a member in good standing in the Seventh-day Adventist Church.

But are you honest?

That is a strange question to ask a good Seventh-day Adventist?

But are you honest?

I pay every man his due, nor do I owe any man in the world a dollar. You had better explain what you mean by repeating this question.

What would you say of one who appropriates for his own use that which belongs to another?

I would say he is dishonest, a thief, a robber.

How much of all that comes into your possession does God say “is mine;” “it is holy unto the Lord”?

“And all the tithe of the land, whether of the seed of the land, or of the fruit of the tree, is the Lord’s; it is holy unto the Lord.”

Have you been appropriating for your own use the whole or any part of that which the Lord says is his? Are you honest?

I pay some tithe occasionally; so my conscience does not trouble me much on that point.

But are you honest? Are you bringing all the tithes into the storehouse?

No, to be truthful, I have not been particular in this matter. In fact, I have not felt that I could afford to pay a full and honest tenth of all I receive.

Then are you honest? What does God say about this matter?

“Will a man rob God? Yet ye have robbed me . . . in tithes and offerings.”

My brother, my sister, are you honest? Are you honest with God?

If not, you would better repent of this robbery against God, before you are called upon to render an account of your stewardship.

“Moreover it is required in stewards, that a man be found faithful.”

College View, Neb.