" ACCOUNTABILITY "

This week we will be looking into " ACCOUNTABILITY. " It's important that we understand God's thoughts on it. Accountability: 1- Being Accountable; Answerable; Responsible 2- Explicable. We are accountable for many of our problems. Do you remember the account of the Angel Of The Lord who appeared to Gideon? Now, Gideon questioned God about the problems he and his nation faced and about God's apparent lack of help. OK, what he didn't acknowledge was the fact that the people had brought calamity upon themselves when they decided to disobey and neglect God. How easy it is to overlook personal accountability and blame our problems on God and others. Unfortunately this does not solve our problems. It brings us no closer to God, and it escorts us to the very edge of rebellion and backsliding. Now, when problems come, the first place to look is within. Our first action should be confession to God of sins that may have created our problems. It's vital that you are aware that we all are accountable to the Lord Jesus Christ not others. While the church must be uncompromising in its stand against activities that are expressly forbidden by Scripture (adultery, homosexuality, murder, theft), it should not create additional rules and regulations and give them equal standing with God's law. Many times Christians base their Moral Judgments on opinion, personal dislikes, or cultural bias rather than on the Word Of God. When they do this, they show that their own faith is weak - they do not think that God is powerful enough to guide his children. When we Stand Before God's Court Of Justice ( " Judgment Seat " ), We won't be worried about what our Christian Neighbor has done. 2 Corinthians 5:10 " For we must all appear before the Judgment Seat of Christ, so that each one may be recompensed for his deeds in the Body, according to what he has done, whether good or bad." Until Next Time... Jim,