Jesus saw Nathanael coming toward Him and said concerning him, “See! Here is an Israelite indeed [a true descendant of Jacob], in whom there is no guile nor deceit nor falsehood nor duplicity!” [John 1:47 (AMP)]

Other Bible translations of the above passage use words like “trustworthy” and “sincere” in Jesus’ description of Nathanael. The Message version says he had “not a false bone in his body.” How do we measure up in comparison to Nathanael? What words would other people use to describe us? What sort of words we would use to describe ourselves? Most important, when Jesus meets us, will He be able to say, “Here is a genuine Christian, one who is honest and principled, a person of complete integrity”?