Jesus saw Nathaniel walking toward him for the first time and “Here is an Israelite indeed in whom there is no guile” (John 1:47). In other words Nathaniel did not use deceit to get people to do what he wanted. He spoke his mind clearly.
When we trick people by not telling the entire story, we dishonor them. We are saying with our actions that either the other person is not capable of making a right decision given all the facts, or the other person will make the right decision if he or she has the facts and we do not want that. Either way, we cannot be trusted.
Being straight forward is much more difficult than it sounds, but it is well worth the effort
(1 Peter 2:1)
