Feb. 05, 2013 Are We Accountable to God; Is Our Nation Accountable To God?
I am asking you in this teaching to reach deep down inside your heart and seek the answers. If you hear from our Father in heaven you will know the correct answers to the questions and the Holy Spirit will strike a chord within you.
Are you accountable to God? Is the nation accountable to God? Is the church accountable to God? Are the appointed Supreme Court justices accountable to God? Were this nation and the justice system founded on biblical principles? Is it worth remembering the Godly foundations upon which America was established?
Soon on July the fourth we will celebrate Independence Day and the above questions should provide food for thought and reflection. At what cost are we able to enjoy this day? Many or most citizens of this nation have forgotten what the real meaning of this holiday is or the cost that was paid and to this day is still being paid for your freedom so you can enjoy what too many is just another holiday off. Do we forget so soon?
The majority of our schools and great learning centers do not teach the real truth anymore that would not be PC (politically correct). They want us to learn the PC version of history and thus our young people heads are filled full of mush. They and the PC media teach us to hate and despise this great country and what this nation really stands for and what our founding fathers wanted for this country and the constitution that was very carefully crafted and paid for with blood. Have we so soon forgotten that? The powers that are in control want this country divided and have to date been successful in doing exactly what they wanted to do. It has been said that a country divided cannot stand and we are a country divided. We are losing our freedoms and don’t even know it.
Am I saying that this nation at its founding was perfect and that this great nation did not as our history proceeds make many moral mistakes? No I am not saying that at all! Along the way we as a nation made many mistakes such as slavery but we tried to correct that and many other moral mistakes that we as a nation made. We as people make mistakes. Is it right for a man to beat his wife and put her in fear of her life? No, it is not alright. Yes this nation is struggling and we have made many mistakes; but it can still be a great nation; we have to get back on track. We as a nation, as a church need to repent and ask God for forgiveness and ask God to bring back the protective hedge over our nation that we lost on 9-11. Our Father sent us many warnings and we ignored them and lost our moral compass. So as to some of the questions above are we responsible for that, is the church responsible, are we as a nation responsible? The answer is yes, we are all responsible and accountable. The church (as a whole, not all) has failed us, not God, it is us the church, it is us as people; it is us as a nation. We have only ourselves to blame. In too many ways the church is divided, too many denominations, division within our own churches, churches by race, church by many man made interpretations, bickering, hate and deceit in the church, too many churches teaching and preaching what man wants and not as the one true gospel (God’s true word) wants us to preach and teach. The church was never meant to operate that way. Most Christians do not even realize that Satan is alive and well in the church, their spiritual eyes have been blinded and they do not see what they should be able to see. The church is full of sin and we as a church need to repent.
God will judge our work (2 Chronicles 19:5-10) NLT
“He appointed judges throughout the nation in all fortified cities, and he gave them these instructions: “Always think carefully before pronouncing judgment. Remember that you do not judge to please people but to please the LORD. He will be with you when you render the verdict in each case that comes before you. Fear the LORD and judge with care, for the LORD our God does not tolerate perverted justice, partiality, or the taking of bribes.” Jehoshaphat appointed some of the Levites and priests and clan leaders in Israel to serve as judges in Jerusalem for cases concerning both the law of the LORD and civil disputes. These were his instructions to them:” You must always act in the fear of the LORD, with integrity and with undivided hearts. Whenever a case comes to you from fellow citizens in an outlying town, whether a murder case or some other violation of God’s instructions, commands, laws, or regulations, you must warn them not to sin against the LORD, so that his anger will not come against you and them. Do this and you will not be guilty.”
How many of our appointed for life judges think about this or have fear of the LORD before they pronounce judgment or make an interpretation of the constitution that is not just and pleasing to the LORD?
Sin has consequences (Ezekiel 18:20) NLT
“The one who sins is the one who dies. The child will not be punished for the parent’s sins, and the parent will not be punished for the child’s sins. Righteous people will be rewarded for their own goodness, and the wicked people will be punished for their own wickedness.”
God will hold us accountable for our sin (Ezekiel 18:30) NLT
“Therefore, I will judge each of you, O people of Israel, according to your actions, says the Sovereign LORD. Turn from your sins! Don’t let them destroy you!
And I will include verse 31-32 because it is relevant to this teaching and all of us should take it to heart. The gospel states: “Put all your rebellion behind you, and get for yourselves a new heart and a new spirit. For why should you die, O people of Israel? I don’t want you to die, says the Sovereign LORD. Turn back and live!”
Our LORD loves us and does not want us to die in sin, He wants us to get a new heart and a new Spirit, He wants us to turn back to Him and live.
We are accountable for every word that we speak (Matthew 12:36) NLT
Here the Lord is speaking and He is holding us accountable to the smallest word.
“And I tell you this, that you must give an account on judgment day of every idle word you speak.”
Confronting others with their sins should be done in private (Matthew 18:15) NLT
Here the LORD is again speaking: “If another believer sins against you, go privately and point out the fault. If the other person listens and confesses it, you have won that person back.”
We should hold each other accountable (Luke17:3) NLT
Our LORD says: “I am warning you! If another believer sins, rebuke him; then if he repents, forgive him.” I will follow up with verse 4 because it is talking about forgiveness here and we all need to read and heed this: “Even if he wrongs you seven times a day and each time turns again and asks forgiveness, forgive him.”
We are accountable for what we believe (John 3:18) NLT
The LORD states: “There is no judgment awaiting those who trust him. But those who do not trust him have already been judged for not believing in the only Son of God.”
To more explain this verse so that we will all understand it I will refer to Matthew Henry’s Commentary in it he states: This denotes more than a reprieve; he is not condemned, that is, he is acquitted; and if he be not condemned he is discharged. Who is he that condemns? It is Christ that died. The cross perhaps lies heavy upon him, but he is saved from the curse: condemned by the world, it may be, but not condemned with the world, Rom. Viii.1. Read here the doom of those that will not believe in Christ: they are condemned already. How great the sin of unbelievers is. They believe not in the name of the only-begotten Son of God, who is infinitely true, and deserves to be believed, infinitely good, and deserves to be embraced. God sent one to save us that was dearest to himself; and shall not he be dearest to us? How great the misery of unbelievers is: they are condemned already, for their own hearts condemn them. A condemnation grounded upon their former guilt. He is condemned already, because he has not believed. Unbelief is a sin against the remedy (something that corrects or counteracts).
God holds Christians accountable (Romans 14:11-12) NLT
“For the Scriptures say, “As surely as I live, says the LORD, every knee will bow to me and every tongue will confess allegiance to God.” Yes, each of us will have to give a personal account to God.”
Again because this is important I will quote from Matthew Henry’s Commentary it states:
We shall all stand before the judgment- seat of Christ. Christ will be the judge, and before Him we shall stand as persons to be tried. To illustrate this (verse 11), he quotes a passage out of the Old Testament, which speaks of Christ’s universal sovereignty and dominion, and that established with an oath: As I live (saith the Lord), every knee shall bow to me. It is a prophecy, in general, Christ’s dominion. Here is a proof of Christ’s Godhead. Divine honor is due to him, and must be paid. The bowing of the knee to Him, and the confession with the tongue, are but outward expressions of inward adoration and praise. Every knee and every tongue, either freely or by force. All His friends do it freely. Bowing to Him—the understanding bowed to His truths, the will to his laws, the whole man to his authority; and this expressed by the bowing of the knee, the posture of adoration and prayer. Confessing to him--acknowledging His glory, grace, and greatness—acknowledging our own meanness and vileness, confessing our sins to him. All His foes shall be constrained to do it. Hence he concludes in verse 12, Everyone of us shall give account of himself to God.
God will reward Christians for their good deeds (1 Corinthians 3:8) NLT
“The one who plants and the one who waters work as a team with the same purpose. Yet they will be rewarded individually, according to their own hard work.” According to Matthew Henry’s Commentary this means that we are employed by one Master (Jesus Christ) busied in one work, in harmony with one another, however they may be set in opposition to each other by factious party-makers. All the faithful ministers of Christ are one (or should be as one) in the great business and intention of their ministry. All such may expect a glorious recompense of their fidelity, and in proportion to it: Every man should receive his own reward, according to his own labor. Those that work hardest shall fare best. Those that are most faithful shall have the greatest reward. They are labourers with God, fellow-labourers.
God will examine our actions (2 Corinthians 5:10) NLT
“For we must all stand before Christ to be judged. We will each receive whatever we deserve for the good or evil we have done in our bodies.”
Accountability should help others (Galatians 6:1) NLT
“Dear brothers and sisters, if another Christian is overcome by some sin, you who are godly should gently and humbly help that person back into the right path.”
This brother and sisters means that we are here taught to deal tenderly with those who are overtaken in a fault, bought to sin by the surprise of temptation. It is one thing to overtake a fault by contrivance and deliberation, and another thing to be overtaken in a fault. Great tenderness should be used. Those who are spiritual must restore such a one with the spirit of meekness; not in wrath and passion, as those who triumph in a brother’s fall. Many needful reproofs lose their efficacy by being given in wrath; but when they are managed with tenderness, and from sincere concern for the welfare of those to whom they are given, they are likely to make a due impression. This is as stated in Mathew Henry’s Commentary.
In closing this teaching I again will refer you to the questions that were stated in the beginning of this lesson. It boils down to yes us as a nation, as a church, as individuals are accountable to God for our actions, our works, and our words as the gospel plainly and clearly points out. Is our nation lost? The answer to that one is no; we are not lost yet. The time is short but there is still time to save this great country of ours. We as a nation and the church must repent; we must get right with God. We must get our moral compass back on track. It can be done; it will not be easy, it will take a lot of work, a lot of praying, praying, and praying. It will take the church teaching the true gospel, learning to work together as a team (as God’s team). The church can no longer stand by the way side and do nothing and believe the misquoted nonsense of separation of church and state that the PC people (that includes some ministers, judges, the congress and senate, the media, the false history of our nation as being taught by our so called higher learning centers, ACLU and others like them and by our own government). The true information is still out there; all you have to do is look for it. It may open your eyes and mind to all the lies that are being taught as fact. The church must get active in who is elected to office; in other words the church must get out and vote. You have no one to blame but yourself when the same people who are messing up this great nation get reelected over and over because you did nothing. Many of us vote or do not vote for a certain person or individual because of what the PC media tells us, sadly we do not ourselves look up that persons record (which is available on the internet) and we do not pray and ask God to help us decide who the right person is or even better another way to get the right advice is to go to the gospel itself! What a novel ideal that is! It could be very simple; if that person or persons running for office voting record are not in line with God’s word than you would know not to vote for or re-elect that person to office. So once again; yes we are responsible and accountable for our actions. You do not have to agree with me or believe me, check out God’s word for yourself and see what He has to say to you. I am trying to wake you up as to what is going on in the church, in our government, in our schools, our higher learning centers, and in our homes. As it stands we are on the verge of losing many of the freedoms that we now enjoy. The Lord is our only hope and I am praying and calling on you to pray for a spiritual awaking in our church and nation. If we as a nation continue on the course that we are on now we will no longer be celebrating the fourth of July for our freedom but will be seeing the death of freedom and liberty this lifetime. I want you to remember and think on this as you celebrate this holiday. If you as a Christian choose to remain in the dark, uninformed, and ignorance to what is going on in this country, and in our government it will be our own fault that this happened and I for one do not want to see this great nation and the people of this nation loose the freedom and liberty that we now enjoy. The devil comes to kill, steal and destroy! Do not let this happen on our duty watch. We are the keepers of the wall, we are the security, and we are God’s army! Woe to us if this happens on our watch! Our Father has entrusted this nation to us to be good stewards. I for one do not want to see God’s displeasure and to lose it for our children and grandchildren.
For those of you who live in other nations this same lesson and teaching can be applied to your situation.
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