Sermons About Accountability
Making Life Work - Choose Friends
Proverbs says you can't be a wise person unless you've got strong, true friendships. It is not only important to get better at choosing wise friends, but also being that kind of friend to others now.
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True Fellowship involves Judging each other
What is fellowship? Much more than attending a meeting and getting preached at -or even sharing a meal afterwards- true, Biblical fellowship is a mutual commitment between members of the brotherhood/ekklesia/church, that they will keep one another true to the Way, that they will judge one another and ensure that those who are in the brotherhood truly do represent 'the faith once delivered to the saints' (Jude 3). It is in this context that 'the blood of Yeshu`/Jesus cleanses us from sin."
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1 Corinthians 5
In 1 Corinthians 5 Paul criticizes the Corinthians for not protecting the community from sin and using their "freedom in Christ" as an excuse to tolerate sin amongst those who claim to be followers of Christ. He then clarifies that it is not our job to condemn those who do not claim to be followers of Christ, but it is our job to love each other enough to hold each other accountable when our actions don't line up with our words. Sometimes the most loving thing to do (as a last resort) is to help someone face up to the destructiveness of sin by asking them to leave the community.
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Community Life
Community is best accomplished when we allow ourselves to be vulnerable to other people and their lives.
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Accountability with our children
Perhaps you have found that children often have a keen sense of justice. If Mum has cooked chips for dinner, children can be very discerning about how many chips are on someone else’s plate as compared to their own. What we parents need to realise is that it is God who has given them this keen sense of justice, and He has given it to them for a reason. It may not be the reason for which they use it, but a keen sense of justice is intrinsically good as a gift of God.
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To Err Is Human; Is to Forgive, Divine?
Alexander Pope was right: the willingness & ability to forgive is a divine trait, but it’s a divine trait that Jesus says His followers will have.
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Accountable to Heaven
Luke 13:1-9 If God is holding us all accountable, then how do tragic events fit with this? Does God judge personal sin through disease, tornadoes, brush fires? Are tragic events and experiences really the veiled hand of God? Jesus faced these questions in His day, and His answers give both comfort and direction in ours.
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