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Accountability
Contributed by Dr.w.samuel Legon on Jul 20, 2021 (message contributor)
Summary: We must give account for our lives.
ACCOUNTABILITY
Deuteronomy 24:16The fathers shall not be put to death for the children, neither shall the children be put to death for the fathers: every man shall be put to death for his own sin.
Romans 14:12So then every one of us shall give account of himself to God.
Every word.
Matthew 12:36But I say unto you, That every idle word that men shall speak, they shall give account thereof in the day of judgment.
Men must be faithful.
1st Corinthians 4:2Moreover it is required in stewards, that a man be found faithful.
Reap what you sow.
Job 4:8Even as I have seen, they that plow iniquity, and sow wickedness, reap the same.
Weakness in the heart.
Proverbs 6:12A naughty person, a wicked man, walketh with a froward mouth.
13He winketh with his eyes, he speaketh with his feet, he teacheth with his fingers;
14Frowardness is in his heart, he deviseth mischief continually; he soweth discord.
Don’t give to brag.
Matthew 9:1Take heed that ye do not your alms before men, to be seen of them: otherwise ye have no reward of your Father which is in heaven.
We need to sow more.
Psalms 126:5They that sow in tears shall reap in joy.
We need to sow for ourselves
Hosea 10:12Sow to yourselves in righteousness, reap in mercy; break up your fallow ground: for it is time to seek the LORD, till he come and rain righteousness upon you.