Accountability

Colossians 3: 9

Do not lie to each other, since you have taken off your old self with its practices…

The Bible says that those in the church, should not lie to each other.

Like when you notice that someone is giving you the cold shoulder, and you ask…. “Is everything OK with us?”, and the response is… “Everything’s fine.”, when you know it is not

One of the eyebrow raising words in the church today, is accountability.

We don’t have much problem encouraging one another—or carrying each other’s burdens, but when it comes to accountability, that’s a whole other issue.

Accountability runs against the grain of a self sustaining, Christian church contributor.

We often like to be our own person, and do our own thing.

That’s not how the church is supposed to work.

In the church, we cannot stand independent of one another.

Within the Body of Christ, we are responsible to one another to do our part and to help other people.

People in the church often look at accountability, as being warned—challenged and admonished, and to certain degree, those elements are true.

What church people often forget, is that the church is also a place, to receive…support—counsel—encouragement—teaching and affirmation.

God designed the Body of Christ to function best, when it’s members are honestly there for each other.

People who refuse church membership or accountability, have some other underlying issues, that really needs to be dealt with.

We must spur one another on to commitment, and each person should be held responsible, for the way they follow Christ Jesus…